History Anime / Fractale

** [[spoiler:Sunda is shot and dying and holds the line at an elevator for Clain, Phryne, and Nessa, giving a vaguely motivational speech]], certainly reminds one of a sequence from another [[NeonGenesisEvangelion anime]] with a decent amount of {{mind screw}}.

[[http://www.funimation.com/fractale Simulcast by Funimation]] (and now licensed, but only in North America), with a brief interruption caused by a "[[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Oreimo]][[ScandalGate gate]]" variation in which the simulcast was halted until unauthorized copies were removed from the Internet.

[[http://www.funimation.com/fractale Simulcast by Funimation]] (and now licensed), with a brief interruption caused by a "[[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Oreimo]][[ScandalGate gate]]" variation in which the simulcast was halted until unauthorized copies were removed from the Internet.

** The BareHandedBladeBlock Clain attempts in Episode 7 resembles FullmetalAlchemist.

* AccidentalPervert: Clain [[RunningGag gets this a lot]] when it comes to [[TallDarkAndBishoujo Phryne]] and [[TokenMiniMoe Nessa]].

** Clain/[[TallDarkAndBishoujo Phryne]] and Clain/[[TokenMiniMoe Nessa]].

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Enri (blonde), Phryne ([[RavenHairIvorySkin brunette]]), and Nessa ([[GreeneyedRedhead red]][[RedHeadedHeroine head]]) respectively.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Enri ([[HairOfGold blonde]]), Phryne ([[RavenHairIvorySkin brunette]]), and Nessa ([[GreeneyedRedhead red]][[RedHeadedHeroine head]]) respectively.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Phryne and Nessa in the manga and promotional posters have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair]] and matching {{purple eyes}}. Enri and her older brother Sunda had orange hair and matching orange eyes in their character designs, but the anime changed to Enri having [[HairOfGold blond hair]] and Sunda having brown hair and matching {{brown eyes}}.

* HairOfGold: Clain and Enri (though she has [[AdaptationDyeJob orange]] [[FieryRedhead hair]] in her original character designs).

* ItGotWorse: Episode 3 [[spoiler:and Episode 7.]]

** Episode 3, surprisingly, takes a turn [[ItGotWorse for the worse]]. For an episode that starts off so light-hearted, it ends with [[spoiler:the Lost Millennium revealing the Star Festival is a branwashing scheme of the Fractale System... and the shooting of L.M.s, temple priestesses, and innocent people.]]

** BlueEyes: Clain and Enri.

* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Megan. {{Justified}} in that she is a doppel and her human creator can make her appear in any shape or form.

* {{Baka}}: Said by Nessa to Clain at the end of Episode 4 [[spoiler:when it is revealed he accidentally left her behind.]]

** Dias, who takes out civilians' Fractale Terminals while masking it as a cure and forces them to either join his faction of L.M. or get killed in Episode in Episode 6 [[spoiler:and bombs the temple's underground base with Clain and Phryne still inside in Episode 8.]]

* IGotBetter:
** [[spoiler:Clain after getting shot, thanks to the Fractale System's advanced medical technology.]]
** [[spoiler:Barrot survived the temple underground base explosion, though not without injuries.]]

* CreatorKiller: Series director Yamakan stated that if the series isn't a major success, he would retire. While the series isn't bad per se, it had the misfortune of airing at the same time a goliath known as ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. The 2011 Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami didn't help matters either.

* TheAragorn: Sunda

** In episode [[spoiler:8, Sunda enlists the help of Dias to storm Barrot's ElaborateUndergroundBase to rescue Clain and Phryne. Nessa [[UnstoppableRage gets impatient]] and [[OneManArmy goes in alone]] before they're ready. Good thing, too, because the 3 of them barely get out before [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Dias blows it up]].
** In episode [[spoiler:10, the entire Lost Millennium attacks the temple.]]

[[http://www4.funimation.com/video/?page=show&b=344 Simulcast by Funimation]] (and now licensed), with a brief interruption caused by a recent [[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Oreimo]][[ScandalGate gate]] variation in which the simulcast was halted until all unauthorized copies are removed from the Internet.

''Fractale'' is an 11-episode {{seinen}} anime series directed by Yutaka Yamamoto (series production director of ''TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya'' and director of ''{{Kannagi}}'') and produced by A-1 Pictures and Ordet.

* {{Seinen}}

* PlotArmor: Who seriously think Clain is gonna die from a gunshot at the end of episode 7?

[[http://www4.funimation.com/video/?page=show&b=344 Simulcast by Funimation]] (and now licensed), with a brief interruption caused by a recent {{Oreimo}}[[ScandalGate gate]] variation in which the simulcast was halted until all unauthorized copies are removed from the Internet.

* {{Scandalgate}}: The series will not be seen in whole until all unauthorized copies of the series are taken down. This could be a new version of {{Oreimo}}gate. To coin a phrase: "Fractalegate."

* AirVentEscape: Clain uses this tactic to search for Phryne in Episode 8.

* SlowMotionFall: [[spoiler:When Colin shoots Clain in Episode 7. HeGetsBetter.]]

** VirginTension: [[spoiler:Barrot forces Phryne to let him check to see if she is still [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "qualified"]] to be the "key" or not, but before he can, Nessa invades the underground system and prevents it while on her UnstoppableRage search for Clain.]]

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Enri ([[HairOfGold blonde]]), Phryne ([[BlackAndWhiteBeauty brunette]]), and Nessa ([[GreeneyedRedhead red]][[RedHeadedHeroine head]]) respectively.