Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse

Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse is a 2012 anime adaptation of the light novel series, based on the Muv-Luv visual novel series.

The anime was announced on July 24, 2011. The 2012 anime series was animated by both ixtl and Satelight, directed by Takayuki Inagaki (eps. 1–2) and Masaomi Andou (eps. 3–24), and aired in Japan from July 2, 2012 to December 23, 2012, consisting of 24 episodes. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime and produced an English Dub of the series releasing on both Blu-Ray and DVD on January 20, 2015 and May 12, 2015.

Synopsis

Since 1973, an invasion of aliens known as BETA upon Earth is driving human civilization into nearly collapse. Facing an enormous mass of enemy force, mankind has developed large humanoid arms called as Tactical Surface Fighters and deployed them to its defense lines through out the world. However, all those efforts could slow down defeats but could not stop BETA, and mankind is forced to abandon major area of the Eurasian Continent. For 30 years, mankind is bogged down in an endless war against BETA without any hopes of victory.

In 2001, the Imperial Japan faces difficulties in the development of a next-generation main Tactical Surface Fighters (TSF) as it defends the front lines of the Far East. The UN has proposed a joint development program between the Imperial Japan and the United States as a part of its international mutual development project of TSF, the Prominence Project.

Yui Takamura, a surface pilot of the Imperial Royal Guards of Japan, is given responsibility for the project and sets off to Alaska. Meanwhile, Yuya Bridges, also a surface pilot of the US Army, was heading to the same destination.

Yet they never knew that their encounter would change their destiny drastically. This story with exciting human dramas and robot actions takes place in the development of a new Tactical Surface Fighters, the most important and effective weapons against BETA, at a crisis of human extinction.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Yui Takamura	Mai Nakahara	Krystal LaPorte
	Yuuya Bridges	Daisuke Ono	Corey Hartzog
	Yuuya Bridges	Mariya Ise (young)	Kira Vincent-Davis (young)
Secondary Characters
	Cryska Barchenowa	Hitomi Nabatame	Christine Auten
	Ibrahim Dahl	Rikiya Koyama	Ty Mahany
	Inia Sestina	Mamiko Noto	Brittney Karbowski
	Jerzy Sandek	Atsushi Ono	David Matranga
	Stella Bremer	Sayaka Ōhara	Allison Sumrall
	Tarisa Manandal	Sakura Nogawa	Terri Doty
	Vincent Lowell	Tomokazu Sugita	Blake Shepard
	Valerio Giacosa	Kenji Hamada	Jay Hickman
	Cui Yifei	Kaori Ishihara	Emily Neves (eps. 1-12)
	Cui Yifei	Kaori Ishihara	Sara Ornelas (eps. 13-24)
	Fikatsia Latrova	Takako Honda	Angela Foster
	Frank Heinemann	Eizō Tsuda	Paul Locklear
	Leon Kuze	Wataru Hatano	Gabriel Regojo
	Lida Canales	Ayami Masuda	Juliet Simmons
	Neelam Rawnand	Yōko Hikasa	Allison Keith
	Phoebe Theodorakis	Natsumi Takamori	Maggie Flecknoe
	Sharon Aim	Rie Tanaka	Shelby Blocker
	Guylos McCloud	Ryōta Takeuchi	Florence Wilder
Recurring Characters
	Natalie Duclert	Ryōka Yuzuki	Emily Neves
	Ilina Baranova	Yurika Kubo	Emily Neves
	Yuhi Kobuin	Kozue Yoshizumi	Maggie Flecknoe
	Nastasha Ivanowa	Mikoi Sasaki	Kara Greenberg
	Budomir Rogofsky	Katsumi Chō	James Belcher
	Christopher	Tetsu Inada	Josh Morrison
	Keith Blazer	Shinobu Matsumoto	Troy Parker
	Lee Linmei	Chinatsu Akasaki	Lainee Hooks
	Wang Shaofeng	Megumi Han	Ronda Prasit
	Eiji Iwaya	Masashi Sugawara	John Swasey
	Olson	Taketora	John Swasey
	Kil Efremov	Ryōta Ōsaka	Kyle C. Jones
	Tonya Upenskona	Ikumi Hayama	Cynthia Ann Feaster
	Kazusa Yamashiro	Kana Ueda	Kira Vincent-Davis
	Lu Yahua	Marie Miyake	Kira Vincent-Davis
	Shimako Kai	Mikako Takahashi	Katelyn Barr
	Izumi Noto	Hisako Kanemoto	Margaret McDonald
	Creshowa Kontarsky	Atsushi Tamaru	Joel McCray
	Meryem Saner / Valentine	Harumi Sakurai	Amelia Fischer
	Ozlem Saner / Giselle Adjani	Ayane Sakura	Courtney Lomelo

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Senna Takamura	Naomi Shindō	Allison Keith	1
Commander Yamaguchi	Tōru Ōkawa	James Belcher
Musuko's Father	Itaru Yamamoto	Clint Bickham
Central Squad Leader	Fuyuka Oura	Brittany Deans	1-2
Aki Iwami	Ayumi Fujimura	Molly Searcy	1-2
Instructor Kōzō Sanada	Hisao Egawa	Jack Ivy	1-2, 12
Comandante Ozawa	Shōzō Iizuka	Mike Yager	2
Vice Comandante Abe	Jūrōta Kosugi	¿?
Imperial Army Soldier A	Yūki Ono	Clint Bickham
Imperial Army Soldier B	Nobunaga Shimazaki	Jack Ivy
Imperial Army Soldier C	Yumi Uchiyama	Brittany Deans
Imperial Army Soldier D	Rina Hidaka	Cayla Coats
Yūya's Grandfather	Yutaka Nakano	James Belcher	4, 7
Mira Bridges (Yūya's Mother)	Kikuko Inoue	Emily Neves	4, 7, 15
Origa Prakina	Ai Kayano	Molly Searcy	8-9
Jacob Nijinski	Genki Muro	Santry Rush	8-9
Captain Wu	Shinobu Matsumoto	Mike Yager	11
Corporal Yamamoto	Taishi Murata	Clint Bickham	11-12
Kyōko Takatsukasa	Saori Hayami	¿?	13
Sawashiro	¿?	Annie Mai
Amemiya	Natsuki Mori	Kira Vincent-Davis
Nikolai Rogoshkin	Kaito Ishikawa	Paul Locklear	14
Tatiana Berskaya	Yukiyo Fujii	Amelia Fischer
CEO	Itaru Yamamoto	Christopher Ayres
Zhar 29	¿?	Courtney Lomelo	15
Klaus Hartwick	Masuo Amada	Mike Bailiff	15, 24
Igor Belyarev	Masami Azuma	Joel McCray	16
UN Operator	Itaru Yamamoto	James Belcher	17
Rick Sven	Madoka Shiga	Kyle C. Jones	18
Idar 2	Yūki Hayashi	Shannon Reed	21
Master	Kenichi Suzumura	Florence Wilder	21, 24
Zelenov	Yūki Hayashi	Kyle C. Jones	23-24

Additional Voices[]

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
Sentai Filmworks	2015	+	Episodes 1-12	1 NTSC A DVB-T	United States
			2 Discs
			Episodes 13-24
			2 Discs

Note[]

Sara Ornelas replaced Emily Neves as Cui Yifei.

External Links[]

Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse at the Internet Movie Database
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse on Behind The Voice Actors