History Anime / CrossAnge

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: At the end of Episode 1, Jill treats Ange harshly, beating her and subjecting her to an intrusive and humiliating physical exam which includes much rape imagery; Jill beats Ange, tears her clothes off, and makes her scream while the camera cuts to a rack full of torture implements. This scene drew mixed reactions from the fandom.

** The design of Villkiss itself is a shout out to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Strike Freedom]]. For more information, check out the MythologyGag entry above. The Flight Mode however, bears resemblance to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Wing Gundam Zero's Neo Bird Mode]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE Gundam AGE-2 Normal's G-Strider Mode]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: Angelique tells a mother having her Norma baby taken from her that the child isn't Human and best forgotten. Then she turns out to be one herself.

** The design of Villkiss itself is a shout out to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Strike Freedom]]. For more information, check out the MythologyGag entry above. The Flight Mode however, bears resemblance to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Wing Zero Gundam in Bird Mode]].

** The design of Villkiss itself is a shout out to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Strike Freedom]]. For more information, check out the MythologyGag entry above. The Flight Mode however, bears resemblance to the Wing Zero Gundam in Bird Mode]].

** TransformingMecha: The Para-mail can transform into 2 forms: The motorcycle/plane-like Flight Mode and the humanoid Assault Mode.

** TransformingMecha: The Para-mail has an alternate form called the Flight Mode.

* MythologyGag: [[https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10710731_1475957779312407_2340044362784830421_n.jpg?oh=c879a6cd044e9a7ea7f930098080f6e3&oe=54AFC57B&__gda__=1420974097_092a3cc2d131cfe4a15ab53cbe406e32 Several visual references]] to ''MobileSuitGundamSeed'' and ''MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny'', directed by Mitsuo Fukuda, who is the producer for ''Cross Ange''.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The final scene in the first episode was so close to rape that many viewers actually mistook it for PrisonRape.

%%* ClothingDamage: Happens repeatedly in the intro, and then rather viscerally at the end of Episode 1 prior to [[spoiler:the PrisonRape scene]].

* UnSorcerer: Norma, who not only cannot use mana, but are unaffected by it as well. A Norma can simply walk through the strongest man a barrier like it was wet rice paper.

* ActionGirl: The entire known cast.

* FallenPrincess: This is what Ange becomes once she is revealed to be Norma during the Baptism Ritual and sent to a remote island.

* PrisonRape: [[spoiler: Happens to Ange in the guise of a "physical" at the end of the first episode. Lampshaded in the next episode preview as being out of place for a Bishoujo giant robot story.]]

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The opening. "Kindan no Resistance" is sung by Nana Mizuki, who plays the main character Ange. The ending theme "Rinrei" is sung by Eri Kitamura, who will play the character Salia.

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%%* ActionGirl: The entire known cast.

%%* FallenPrincess: Played completely straight with Ange.
%%* FantasticRacism: The Norma have no rights as people, and are seemingly kept in isolated prisons and used as weapons of war.
%%* HumongousMecha: What the Norma use to fight dragons.
%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent: From what we know, they are no different from alien invaders in terms of the plot.

%%* PrisonRape: [[spoiler: Happens to Ange in the guise of a "physical" at the end of the first episode. Lampshaded in the next episode preview as being out of place for a Bishoujo giant robot story.]]

%%* YouAreWhatYouHate: Ange makes her dislike of Norma fairly clear early in Episode 1... which means it's fairly hard for her to swallow the fact that she ''is'' one.

%%* HumongousMecha: The Norma's only known weapon.

%%* PerpetualFrowner: Seems Ange became this after became a soldier

%%* {{Stripperiffic}}: [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuICiCUCAAEu4Pd.jpg The pilot suits]] leave little to the imagination.

Due to humanity obtaining the data technology that has evolved to a great amount- called "Mana"- the human race is able to subjugate all wars, starvation, pollution, and other problems on Earth by using its power, which is similar to magic. Earth has obtained the utopia of complete peace and no wants.

First princess of the Misurugi Empire, Angelize. As with everyone else, she also had no wants or worries. She was celebrated by the people of the empire, and was supposed to wear the crown. However, she realizes the shocking truth that she is a Norma. "Norma": An irregular existence that cannot use Mana, and are treated as heretics and as "things" rather than people. Having everything stolen from her, she isolates herself on a remote island.

What was waiting for her there was a fateful meeting with a group of Norma girls who know nothing but battle. The girls spend their days riding humanoid robot weapons called "Barameiru" hunting giant dragons that have come from another dimension to invade. Having her name taken from her, what will soldier Ange see at the end of the fight? What can she believe in? What will she obtain? The story of a single girl's fortitude starts now.

(Summary originally from Anichart)

* ActionGirl: The entire known cast.
* BadAssPrincess: Ange, despite not having magic.
* FallenPrincess: Played completely straight with Ange.
* HumongousMecha: The Norma's only known weapon.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: From what we know, they are no different from alien invaders in terms of the plot.
* PerpetualFrowner: Seems Ange became this after became a soldier
* PrisonRape: [[spoiler: Happens to Ange in the guise of a "physical" at the end of the first episode. Lampshaded in the next episode preview as being out of place for a Bishoujo giant robot story.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuICiCUCAAEu4Pd.jpg The pilot suits]] leave little to the imagination.

* HumongousMecha: The magicless girls' only known weapon.

* Stripperiffic: [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuICiCUCAAEu4Pd.jpg The pilot suits]] leave little to the imagination.