Queen's Blade

2009-04-02 · In 4 years time the competition that will decide who the next Queen shall be will start. The strongest warrior will continue to rule the country according to tradition and expand it. The contestants need only be older than 12 years. They need not be human, intelligent or even of that country. The rules for the tournament are simple: murder is allowed. Any weapon can be chosen. The winner is decided when one of the participants flees or can't move anymore. Such event is broadcast through a crystal sphere by the court's magic teacher to all population to see and enjoy.

S01 E01 · 2009-04-02 · 25 min

High Spirits - The Vagrant Warrior

Reina is walking outside of town when she encounters Melona, and tells her she is going to defeat her for attacking travellers. Melona taunts Reina for being such a weak fighter, and says she only wants to fight decent warriors as she is a participant in Queen's Blade, a tournament held every four years to decide who is going to be the next Queen.

S01 E02 · 2009-04-09 · 25 min

Ambitious Undertaking - Warrior Shrine Maiden

Tomoe, a Warrior Priestess, and Shizuka, a Demon Priestess who has defected are meditating in the shrine they tend to. Tomoe decides she is going to travel to the mainland to compete in the Queen's Blade tournament. During the night, Demon Ninja priests attack the temple.

S01 E03 · 2009-04-16 · 25 min

Full Power - Veteran Soldiers

Tomoe and Shizuka arrive on the mainland. Tomoe attempts to blend in by choosing an outfit more fitting for the mainland when she overhears a Queen's Blade battle being undertaken. Reina and Listy reach the entrance to where the Queen's Blade tournament is being held.

S01 E04 · 2009-04-23 · 25 min

Rivalry - The Lightning General

Claudette arrives where Reina and Listy were the night before and encounters Echidna who explains she let Reina go so that Claudette could become countess and hence reward her. Claudette goes to find Reina, and has a flashback to where she rescued Reina as a child.

S01 E05 · 2009-04-30 · 25 min

Resurrected Curse - The Ancient Princess

Reina is missing, swept down the river at the bottom of the ravine, and Echidna goes searching for her. Reina has been enslaved by Menace inside her pyramid. Tomoe and Shizuka approach where Menace is holding Reina, in the Queen's Capital.

S01 E06 · 2009-05-07 · 25 min

Promise - Forest of the Watchman

Reina recovers outside the pyramid, on the edge of a forest, and a Maid of Temptation, Airi is turning the forest into a swamp. She is attacked by the Nowa, Watchmen of the Forest. Airi catches Nowa and steals her life energy.

S01 E07 · 2009-05-14 · 25 min

Kourin - The Angel of Hope

In heaven, Nanael is summoned by Seraphim, the head angel who plans to exile her as she has forced people to fight each other. Seraphim threatens to send her to hell unless she goes to where the Swamp Witch is and find out what the Swamp Witch is up to.

S01 E08 · 2009-05-21 · 25 min

Secret Maneuver - The Fang of the Assassin

Nanael is following Reina on her journey. Tomoe and Shizuka are continuing on their journey as well, and rest at a hot spring. Elina is also on the road and encounters Tomoe and tells her to leave the springs but before she goes Elina realises that Tomoe has fought Reina.

S01 E09 · 2009-05-28 · 25 min

Sincerity - Weapon Smith and Steel Princess

Steel Princess Ymir announces that she will take vengeance against Cattleya for selling low cost weapons, compared to the Steel Mountain ones that she creates. Cattleya leaves her son Rana in charge of her store, and Echidna shows up asking after Reina.

S01 E10 · 2009-06-04 · 25 min

Enlightenment - Blow of the Dragon

Listy, Tomoe and Shizuka all reach the edge of Gainos, and Reina and Nanael catch up with them. Listy tells them to leave, so Reina challenges her to a fight for Queen's Blade and Listy accepts.

S01 E11 · 2009-06-11 · 25 min

Thunder - After the Death Battle

Listy is fighting Claudette when she realises she is starting to go numb from some poison that Echidna has given her, and Claudette defeats her. Reina uses the Elven medicine she has to heal Listy. Reina then challenges Claudette to Queen's Blade.

S01 E12 · 2009-06-18 · 25 min

The Doors Open - Path to the Queen

Cattleya and Ymir head to Gainos to help out those being attacked by the Army of the Dead. Melona, Menace, Airi and the Army of the Dead continue the onslaught against Reina, Listy, Elina, Claudette and Tomoe.

2009-09-24 · In the city of Gainos, Reina the vagrant warrior enters the competition of Queen's Blade to decide the new queen of the continent, but there are a number of obstacles in her way, each with their own reason for fighting.

S02 E01 · 2009-09-24 · 25 min

Assemble! Queen's Blade

Nanael is reassigned by the Head Angel to compete in the Queen's Blade as punishment for failing her prior assignment. Heaven suspects something is wrong with Queen Aldra.

S02 E02 · 2009-10-01 · 25 min

Smite Evil! An Unexpected Battle

Leina is having trouble finding accommodations until she mentions she is in the Queen's Blade, and the greedy hotel manager rushes to fill her order and ends up rooming her with Echidna. Tomoe and Shizuka meet Melpha, and Tomoe admires her for dressing more appropriately than other competitors.

S02 E03 · 2009-10-08 · 25 min

Fiery Passion! Ignited Karma

It is revealed that Nyx is enslaved to a tentacle demon lord named Funikura, who has given her magical fire power, yet often molests her with its tentacles. Elina realizes that Nyx is a coward without Funikura, and tricks her into relinquishing it, upon which Nyx surrenders.

S02 E04 · 2009-10-15 · 25 min

Showdown! Mutually Seeking Bonds

Irma refuses to help Echidna, so Alleyne and Nowa resolve to pick them off one by one. Echidna's past is revealed. Echidna manages to trap Alleyne in a pitcher plant, then to pin Nowa.

S02 E05 · 2009-10-22 · 25 min

Strategy! Palace of Lament

Ymir uses the fact that her bout is being broadcast to advertise the effectiveness of her weapons, especially since Leina is using a Cattleya weapon. Leina emerges victorious, however. Lana is hanging on to Cattleya during her fight with Airi, but actually proves to be helpful as Airi cannot bring herself to kill him.

S02 E06 · 2009-10-29 · 25 min

Complication! Changing Premonition

Claudette and Menace are fighting in a desert, giving Menace the upper hand. Her sand attacks confuse Claudette, and she uses cursed attacks to drain Claudette's strength. It begins to rain, however, which weakens her sand attacks, and Claudette emerges victorious.

S02 E07 · 2009-11-05 · 25 min

Freeze! Circumstances Beyond Calculations

Irma looks for an opening to strike in her fight with Risty, and finds one when Risty starts having flashbacks to her old, righteous self. However, Irma misses in her killing blow, and is defeated instead. Echidna retrieves her afterwards, and the two depart together.

S02 E08 · 2009-11-12 · 25 min

Shameful Shudders! The Battle Angel

Airi and Nanael are both desperate to finish the match quickly, as both are starving, and begin to fight in earnest. Airi weakens Nanael by causing her to spill more of the sacred milk, which spills onto some of the petrified people in the palace.

S02 E09 · 2009-11-19 · 25 min

Innermost Feelings! Showdown at Castle Vance

Claudette and Risty are fighting in the courtyard of Vance Castle just as Vance's army is leaving in his bid to overthrow Aldra by conventional military force. Claudette is initially victorious, knocking out Risty with a lightning bolt.

S02 E10 · 2009-11-26 · 25 min

Long-Cherished Desires! Reason to Fight

Nanael is drinking milk to drown her sorrows at the bar where Nyx works, and Nyx tells her of the rumor about the horned monster seen in the woods. Nanael thinks it might be Melona, and goes to seek her with Melpha.

S02 E11 · 2009-12-03 · 25 min

Duel to the Death! Culminating Showdown

Tomoe demands to know why Aldra had the Kouma Ninja attack Hinomoto. Aldra says that she has been searching for her sister, and Hinomoto is the only area outside of her rule.

S02 E12 · 2009-12-10 · 25 min

Ambition! The One to Inherit the Throne

Nanael makes her report to Heaven, where the Head Angel determines that Aldra has made a pact with Delmora, a fallen angel. The final battle begins, with Aldra proving to have overwhelming power.

2012-04-03 · The story is set four years after the first storyline and revolves around Annelotte, the rebelling knight princess who stands up to the tyranny of the new queen.

S03 E01 · 2012-04-03 · 25 min

Champion of the Rebellion

After Alchemy Strategist Yuit saves her friend Mirim from harassment by the queen's soldiers with the help of her elfen automaton Vante, Ymir shows up at her village the next day trying to procure Vante for the queen's military. Yuit finds an opportunity to escape but is later ambushed by Elina.

S03 E02 · 2012-04-10 · 25 min

Holy Battle

Seeking guidance from the church, Annelotte unwittingly angers the overzealous Inquisitor Sigui and is challenged to a duel. Annelotte must fight for her life as being declared a heretic by Sigui automatically comes with a sentence to be burned alive by holy fire.

S03 E03 · 2012-04-17 · 25 min

The Forest of Moonlight and Sun

On a mission to clear the mysterious fog that's preventing transportation of life-saving medicine, Annelotte travels to the Calibara forest where she meets Moon Shadow Dancer Luna Luna and fights a giant slimy monster. And yes, there will be tentacles.

S03 E04 · 2012-04-24 · 25 min

The Unstoppable Hyper Vibration

Mirim has been equipped with the Hyper Vibration Armor and armed with the Hyper Vibration Sword "Infinite Slasher" by Ymir, who sends her to fight Annelotte under the queen's order.

S03 E05 · 2012-05-01 · 25 min

The Secret of the Castle at Gainos

Annelotte sneaks into Gainos Castle with Yuit and Vante to rescue Mirim, but she must get past Dragon Warrior Branwen first.

S03 E06 · 2012-05-08 · 25 min

A Crown of Flowers and the Hidden Power

Annelotte finally confronts Mirim and her nearly invincible Hyper Vibration Armor, and in the middle of the fierce showdown, Captain Liliana's flying pirate ship suddenly appears in the sky above.

S03 E07 · 2012-05-15 · 25 min

The Flying Pirate Ship

Vante is captured by Liliana, and Annelotte and Yuit must sneak on board her flying pirate ship to retrieve Vante. But they are not the only stowaways there.

S03 E08 · 2012-05-22 · 25 min

The Tempted Young Wife

Ymir recruits Summoner Aldra to join the queen's army. Aldra summons two underworld demons, Belphe and Dogor, to aid in her fight, but they are more interested in finding some tasty humans to feed on.

S03 E09 · 2012-05-29 · 25 min

A Samurai Arrives

Annelotte accidentally travels to a small village of orphaned children, where she meets the self-proclaimed "Samurai God" Izumi. Realizing that Annelotte is a stronger and more skilled fighter, Izumi asks Annelotte to teach her better swordsmanship.

S03 E10 · 2012-06-05 · 25 min

An Angel, a Trap, and the Queen's True Motive

Annelotte and her band of rebels return to Gainos Castle with the intention of confronting the queen head-on, but Ymir has anticipated their arrival and set a dangerous trap for them.

S03 E11 · 2012-06-12 · 25 min

Wavering Spirit

Fierce battles rage across the castle as the forces of good clash with the forces of evil. Amidst the climatic showdown, a sinister secret is revealed.

S03 E12 · 2012-06-19 · 25 min

Bonds of the Resistance

Annelotte finally comes face-to-face with Thundercloud Queen Claudette, and the fate of the continent will be decided by the one who emerges victorious.