Ex-Arm

Akira Natsume dies in a traffic accident in 2014 and wakes up sixteen years later inside a high-tech combat weapon. His consciousness survives the crash, but his body is gone. He navigates a dystopian future where police forces and criminal groups fight over control of human augmentation and artificial intelligence. The story explores how Akira struggles to keep his humanity while functioning as a living arsenal designed for war.

Writer HiRock and artist Shinya Komi developed this series as a remake of Komi's earlier work Ex-Vita. It first appeared in Shueisha's Grand Jump magazine on February 4, 2015. The serialization moved to the digital platform Shonen Jump+ in late 2017 and concluded in June 2019. Fans collected these stories into 14 tankōbon volumes before seeing a sequel titled Ex-Arm EXA run from August 2019 to February 2021.

The franchise gained significant attention for its 2021 anime adaptation produced by Visual Flight. The 12-episode series aired from January to March 2021 on Crunchyroll but faced severe backlash for inconsistent animation and poor pacing. Critics and viewers widely labeled the production a failure due to its low-quality execution. While the manga received praise for its dynamic artwork and unique premise, the anime's reputation now overshadows the source material in most discussions about the franchise. [编辑]