Ex-Arm

• Genre — * Action • Crime • Cyberpunk

• Type — manga • Title — Ex-Vita • Author — Shinya Komi • Publisher — Shueisha • Magazine — Miracle Jump • First — December 13, 2011 • Last — April 30, 2013 • Volumes — 2

• Type — manga • Author — HiRock • Illustrator — Shinya Komi • Publisher — Shueisha • Magazine — * Grand Jump • Shōnen Jump+ • First — February 18, 2015 • Last — June 26, 2019 • Volumes — 14

• Type — novel • Title — Ex-Arm the Novel: Deus Ex Machina • Author — Atarō Kumo • Publisher — Shueisha • Imprint — Jump J-Books • Published — December 19, 2018

• Type — manga • Title — Ex-Arm EXA • Author — HiRock • Illustrator — Shinya Komi • Publisher — Shueisha • Magazine — Grand Jump Mucha • First — August 28, 2019 • Last — February 27, 2021 • Volumes — 2

• Type — manga • Title — Ex-Arm Another Code • Author — Atarō Kumo • Illustrator — Shinya Komi • Publisher — Shueisha • Magazine — Ultra Jump • First — February 19, 2020 • Last — November 19, 2020 • Volumes — 2

• Type — TV series • Director — Yoshikatsu Kimura • Producer — * Hiroshi Tani • Yūki Satō • Yoshinori Suzuki • Hisato Usui • Hidenobu Okada • Hiroyasu Taniguchi • Kento Yoshida • Shinji Ōmori • Writer — Tommy Morton • Music — Sō Kimura • Studio — Visual Flight • Licensee — * Crunchyroll • Network — Tokyo MX, SUN, BS Fuji • First — January 11, 2021 • Last — March 29, 2021 • Episodes — 12

• Portal — yes Ex-Arm is a Japanese manga series written by HiRock and illustrated by Shinya Komi. The series is a remake of Komi's earlier manga Ex-Vita. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Grand Jump from February 2015 to December 2017, and later on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ website from December 2017 to June 2019. Shueisha compiled its chapters into fourteen tankōbon volumes. A sequel manga titled Ex-Arm EXA was serialized in Grand Jump Mucha from August 2019 to February 2021 and compiled into two volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Visual Flight aired from January to March 2021.

In 2014, a high school student named Akira Natsume endures a phobia of electrical devices while also being very good at diagnosing them. He leads an average, unfulfilling life, and resolves to change himself for the better and get a girlfriend after being motivated by his older brother. Soon after, he suddenly dies in an accident. 16 years later, a young policewoman named Minami Uenozono and her android partner Alma retrieve and activate a highly advanced AI superweapon known as an "Ex-Arm" and put it into full control of their ship as a last resort. The AI turns out to be Akira's brain, now in a digital form. The series revolves around the police force's attempts to suppress and defeat adversaries using Ex-Arms for their own purposes.

• Akira Natsume • Soma Saito • Minami Uezono • Mikako Komatsu • Aruma • Akari Kitō • Soushi Shiga • Daisuke Namikawa • Chikage Rokuoin • Sumire Uesaka • Alisa Himegami • Yui Ishikawa • Kimura • Taku Yashiro • Kondō • Shōmaru Zōza • Shūichi Natsume • Kōji Yusa • Sōma • Yū Kobayashi • Yugudorashiru • Miyu Tomita • Kaori Munakata • Satomi Arai • Erumira • Azumi Waki • Throughhand • Takaya Kuroda

Prior to Ex-Arm, a manga series written and illustrated by Shinya Komi, titled Ex-Vita, was published in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Miracle Jump from December 13, 2011, to April 30, 2013. Shueisha collected is chapters into two tankōbon volumes, published on August 17, 2012, and June 19, 2013. Written by HiRock and illustrated by Komi, Ex-Arm was published in Shueisha's Grand Jump from February 18, 2015, to December 6, 2017. The series was then transferred to the Shōnen Jump+ website and app, and ran from December 20, 2017, to June 26, 2019. Shueisha collected its chapters into fourteen tankōbon volumes, released from June 19, 2015, to August 19, 2019. A sequel series, titled Ex-Arm EXA, was serialized in Grand Jump Mucha from August 28, 2019, to February 27, 2021. The first collected tankōbon volume was released on December 18, 2020. The second volume was released on March 18, 2021. A manga adaptation of the novel Ex-Arm the Novel: Deus Ex Machina, titled Ex-Arm Another Code, was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump from February 19 to November 19, 2020. The two collected tankōbon volumes were released on December 18, 2020, and January 19, 2021.

A novel titled Ex-Arm the Novel: Deus Ex Machina, written by Atarō Kumo, was published by Shueisha under its Jump J-Books imprint on December 19, 2018.

An anime television series adaptation was announced on the release of the manga's 12th volume on December 18, 2018. The series is produced by Visual Flight and directed by Yoshikatsu Kimura, with Tommy Morton in charge of the scripts and Sō Kimura as composer. The main staff of the series have no previous experience with working on anime. Originally set for a July 2020 release, the series aired from January 11 to March 29, 2021 on Tokyo MX, SUN, and BS Fuji due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The opening theme is "Rise Again" performed by AIRFLIP, while the ending theme is "Diamonds Shine" performed by Dizzy Sunfist.