Project ARMS: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Project ARMS starts with a young man named Ryo Takatsuki, who at the beginning of the series believes that he was in an accident causing his right arm to be severed from his body. However, as the story progresses, it is revealed that he was actually a test subject for experiments involving genetics and an "ARMS" nanomachine implant, along with 3 other youths: Kei Karuma, Takeshi Tomoe, and Hayato Shingu. They all meet under strange circumstances and after many battles they set off on a journey to rescue Ryo's girlfriend Katsumi Akagi who is kidnapped by the Egrigori. The Egrigori are the creators of the ARMS technology.

Series details

• Title: Project ARMS
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Anime
• Premiere date: 2001-04-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2001-09-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18981
• IMDb ID: tt0429416
• TVDB ID: 72394

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-04-07; final listed air date 2001-07-02; episode order: 26.
• Season 2: premiered 2001-07-05; final listed air date 2001-09-29; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Project ARMS on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.