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Break Blade: The Stone of Quakes

Break Blade: The Stone of Quakes Break Blade (also known as Broken Blade) is the animated adaptation of Break Blade (ブレイクブレイド), a fantasy mecha story by manga author Yunosuke Yoshinaga set on the continent of Cruzon, where civilization runs on the human ability to command quartz rather than on fossil fuels. The story reached the screen as a six-part theatrical film series produced by Production I.G and Xebec in 2010 and 2011, and was later re-edited into a twelve-episode television series broadcast in 2014.¹

Key fact	Detail
Original work	Manga by Yunosuke Yoshinaga, serialized in FlexComix Blood (Flex Comix)²
Film series	Six theatrical chapters of about 50 minutes each, released May 29, 2010 to March 26, 2011³^•⁴
Production	Animation by Production I.G and Xebec; chief director Tetsuro Amino, director Nobuyoshi Habara, screenplay Masashi Sogo, music Yoshihisa Hirano⁵
Premise	On the continent of Cruzon, people move objects by giving commands to quartz, a power called magic; Rygart Arrow, one of the rare people born without it, can pilot an ancient Golem⁶
Main cast	Hoshi Soichiro as Rygart Arrow, Saito Chiwa as Sigyn Erster, Nakamura Yuichi as Hodr, Kamiya Hiroshi as Zess³
TV edition	The six films were re-edited into a 12-episode series broadcast on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS11 in 2014¹
Adaptation coverage	The anime covers the manga up to volume 10, chapter 51⁷

Spoilers

Setting and premise

The story takes place on the continent of Cruzon, a world where fossil fuels cannot be mined from the ground. The people there instead power their civilization with an inborn ability called magic: anyone can issue commands to quartz dug from the earth, making it move and work, though the strength of the ability varies from person to person.² Roughly one person in a million is born without this power; such people are called un-sorcerers and live inconvenient lives. The protagonist Rygart Arrow is one of them.⁶

Rygart is summoned to the royal capital by his former schoolmate Hodr, who is now king of the kingdom of Krisna, and there he learns a shocking fact: an ancient Golem, a giant humanoid war machine, has been discovered, and Rygart, uniquely among the powerless, can operate it. As war between Krisna and the nation of Athens approaches, the four friends who once studied together, Rygart, Sigyn, Hodr, and Zess, are drawn into the conflict on opposing sides.²^•⁶

The six-part film series

The adaptation was structured as six theatrical chapters rather than a single feature. The first chapter, Kakusei no Toki (The Time of Awakening), opened on May 29, 2010, followed by the second on June 26, the third, Kyōjin no Kizu, on September 25, and the fourth on October 30, 2010.² The fifth chapter opened on January 22, 2011 and the sixth, Dōkoku no Toride (The Fortress of Wailing), on March 26, 2011.⁴ Each chapter ran about 50 minutes, screened in color from an HDCAM format with English subtitles available.³

Production staff. Yunosuke Yoshinaga wrote the original story, with Masashi Sogo handling the screenplay. Tetsuro Amino served as chief director and Nobuyoshi Habara as director; Takushige Norita designed the characters, Takayuki Yanase the mechanics, and Yoshihisa Hirano composed the music.⁵ Yota Tsuruoka was sound director.³ The first chapter's opening theme was "Fate" by KOKIA and its ending theme "SERIOUS-AGE" by Faylan.⁸

Release pattern. The chapters were released in theaters and on home video in quick succession rather than with long gaps: the first chapter's Blu-ray and DVD went on sale July 23, 2010, and the second chapter's on August 27, 2010.⁹ The distributor in Japan was The Klockworx.³ A contemporary account described the project as the first theatrical animation in six parts adapted from a web comic.¹⁰

Story across the chapters. In the third chapter, Rygart, after long hesitation, formally joins the Krisna army to protect his friend King Hodr and Queen Sigyn, while on the Athenian side General Borcuse, known as the "Prodigy of War," begins to move, and Zess leads the Valkyres unit sworn to revenge.³^•¹¹

The 2014 television edition and later projects

In 2014 the six films were re-edited into a twelve-episode television series that broadcast on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS11.¹ The episodes aired weekly from April 6 to June 22, 2014.¹²

A further animation project was announced in 2014: an original animation video with a new storyline exploring the back-story of the Golem Delphine. In December 2016, an announcement on the COMIC METEOR website stated that, after consultation with Yoshinaga, the project had been canceled, and the announcement apologized to fans.¹

Relationship to the manga

The animated adaptations, both the film series and the television edition, cover the manga only partway: a reader who finishes the anime can continue the story in the manga at volume 10, chapter 51.⁷ The films were released on North American home video by Sentai Filmworks and were also available for streaming on Crunchyroll, which summarized the premise as a young king and queen turning to Rygart Arrow, who can pilot a powerful ancient Golem discovered during a brutal war, as friends turn into bitter enemies.¹

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Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026