M3: The Dark Metal
M3: The Dark Metal
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M3: The Dark Metal

7.2 / 10
2014
1 season
24 episodes
AnimationDramaAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

In a dark void known as the Lightless Realm, a group of children meet and bond, but are then separated and returned to their own dimension. Years later, these children reunite to fight "Admonitions," monsters that originate from the same void, using robots known as "Vess." However, their efforts only slow the ever-encroaching and expanding Lightless Realm from infecting their world. Their lives take a drastic turn when a new foe appears in the form of a "Corpse," whose song is rumored to kill any who hear it within nine days. The "Corpse Song" is heard by the group, and with this, they each begin to pull away and become caught up in their own personal problems—ultimately threatening the fate of humanity.

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Seasons

  • Starry Night

    1.Starry Night

    22-04-201425m

    Ten years have passed since the creation of the Lightless Realm, and the city of Kukujicho becomes more desolate as people's fears increase. Akashi Saginuma, an elite student atten...

  • Embraced by The Reaper

    2.Embraced by The Reaper

    29-04-201425m

    "Those who hear the Corpse's song will die a mysterious death within nine days." As if that rumor became truth, an incident happened before Akashi and his class. Emiru and Mahmu he...

  • Seam of the Past

    3.Seam of the Past

    06-05-201425m

    "The Reaper" was something created in order to defeat the Corpse. Akashi starts training as the pilot for "the Reaper," but with excessive stress, he cannot hide his mounting frust...

  • Danger, Do Not Mix

    4.Danger, Do Not Mix

    13-05-201425m

    Akashi and the pilot candidates were dropped down onto a deserted island for mock investigation training in uncharted territory. While one condition for them to clear the mission w...

  • Self in Vain

    5.Self in Vain

    20-05-201425m

    Synchronization of thought between the pilots is necessary to control a MA-Vess... Heito and Emiru, showing high synchronicity, are involuntarily paired up for field training near...

  • Terror Fading Into Death

    6.Terror Fading Into Death

    27-05-201425m

    Everyone including Akashi was enveloped in deep sadness about the worst-case scenario that descended on Emiru. As if feelings the pilot candidates had like those were being ignored...

  • Command of Solitude

    7.Command of Solitude

    03-06-201425m

    The fact that the Corpse appeared outside of the Lightless Realm threw the entire academy into terror. While rushing their efforts to get the next prototype based on the Reaper int...

  • Reckless Forbidden Realm

    8.Reckless Forbidden Realm

    10-06-201425m

    A signal from a data recorder that an investigative unit left behind in an area that was engulfed by the Lightless Realm ten years ago had been received. It was that of the unit th...

  • Blue Hart of Steel

    9.Blue Hart of Steel

    17-06-201425m

    Akashi escapes from the Lightless Realm. However, Heito and the second machine, Sable, are left behind in the Lightless Realm with no idea whether they are still safe or not. Akash...

  • Your Song

    10.Your Song

    24-06-201425m

    Akashi, finding out the secret behind the Reaper that he pilots as well as the second machine piloted by Heito, quietly decides for himself to rere-enter the Lightless Realm. As Ak...

  • Red Lament of Cruelty

    11.Red Lament of Cruelty

    01-07-201425m

    After Akashi's return, iwato and the other students were told of the second machine's grave secrets after grilling Natsuiri. Not heeding the anger felt by the students after hearin...

  • What Links Two People

    12.What Links Two People

    08-07-201425m

    Sasame was praying for the safety of Akashi, who headed into the Lightless Realm. The original objective was the recovery of the second machine and Heito, but being so intent on pr...

  • Roar of the Beast

    13.Roar of the Beast

    15-07-201425m

    The pilot of Gueules, the third MA-Vess that saved Akashi from his crisis, was Minashi Maki. Akashi becomes stricken with grief over reality of what the true identity of this MA-Ve...

  • Sounds of Regret

    14.Sounds of Regret

    22-07-201425m

    While the Lightless Realm continues to expand, the whereabouts of Akashi Saginuma remain unknown. Iwato and the other students left behind find out that they are known as the “chil...

  • Vacant Heart of Morning Gray

    15.Vacant Heart of Morning Gray

    29-07-201425m
  • Promised Together

    16.Promised Together

    05-08-201425m

    Akashi, Tsugumi, and the Gargouille members had all met one another when they were young. The memories of the past that Tsugumi shared with them clearly showed the reason why the L...

  • Light of the Lightless

    17.Light of the Lightless

    12-08-201425m

    Akashi remembers the sin he had committed once upon a time in the Lightless Realm. Tsugumi's intent was to seek revenge against the eight children, including Akashi. The Corpse has...

  • The Truth of Yomijima

    18.The Truth of Yomijima

    19-08-201425m

    To research the secret of the Arbornine that prevents the Necrometal infection from spreading, Suzaki, Akashi and the others secretly headed over to Yomijima, the island where Mina...

  • The Black Sunset

    19.The Black Sunset

    26-08-201425m

    Controlling the MA-Vess loaded with Mimei, Natsuiri fends off the Admonitions created by the regrets of the islanders. However, Necrometal starts to slowly eat away at his body. Me...

  • Overlapping Sound of Love

    20.Overlapping Sound of Love

    02-09-201425m

    The right to command Akashi and company after their return from Yomijima was handed off to Suzaki. Kasane, who wants to solve the mystery behind the Lightless Stone, heads to the a...

  • You Will, to the Birth Cry of the End

    21.You Will, to the Birth Cry of the End

    09-09-201425m

    Controlling the MA-Vess loaded with Mimei, Natsuiri fends off the Admonitions created by the regrets of the islanders. However, Necrometal starts to slowly eat away at his body. Me...

  • Light, and Then Light

    22.Light, and Then Light

    16-09-201425m

    Minashi alone defies orders and goes on ahead. He arrives at the Corpse in order to give Tsugumi some consolation, but Tsugumi interrupts him and lashes out in anger. The rapidly e...

  • Proof of the Strongest

    23.Proof of the Strongest

    23-09-201425m
  • Original Sin, Past and Future

    24.Original Sin, Past and Future

    30-09-201425m

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