Zenonzard: The Animation
The year 20XX. Humans called "Concords" and ultra-high-performance AI called "Codemen" team up as partners to compete in the card battle game ZENONZARD. People are going wild with excitement at the world championships, THE ZENON. One day, Souta Azuma, an average high school student, is challenged to a battle by a mysterious woman, Eilietta Lash. She reveals that she’s a Codeman and that her intent is to team up with Souta and participate in THE ZENON. Souta reluctantly agrees. Souta and Eilietta’s first opponent turns out to be the super-famous player Shion Saionji, who attends Souta’s school, and her partner, Ash Claude.
Episodes
Code01: Hinaria -Hidden Relic-
Hinaria is unemployed, gaming every day. One day she decides to hack the servers belonging to the Beholder Group for some money, and she stumbles across a carefully secured record of two witches, Alice and Rimel. The two women wished to coexist with mankind, and the history they experienced is connected to the modern ZENONZARD.
Code02: Eilietta -Lovesickness-
Sota Azuma and his AI partner Eili continue climbing the Zenon, the world's most prominent card game tournament. The two begin living together, gradually deepening their relationship. Sota becomes popular in school overnight. Eili the AI should be happy for him, but...
Code03: Nonoin -Idle Curiosity-
This is the story about AI Nonoin Nillon who works for a record company as a composer. One day, Nonoin's manager approaches her with a job to write a song for a major pop idol group. The request was to "write the song with the group's essence in mind." This added note gave Nonoin a lot of trouble as she found herself creatively blocked. "I finally saw it, but I couldn't make it like I wanted." What is the answer she came to after all her worrying?
Code04: Ash -Undercover-
While police AI Claude was conducting an undercover investigation into an illegally operating bar, he encounters a former colleague, Lanburn, waiting for him. Now Lanburn has turned to a life of crime as a thief AI. As Claude tries to arrest him, Lambern offers a bet instead - a match of ZenonZard! An enthusiastic audience gathers for the battles between these two shapes up. However, there are secrets hidden within this battle...
Code05: Charlotte -Riddle of Wondercall-
One day, a wonder call doll, which the detective AI Charlotte Seams cherishes, was cut into pieces and discovered. In search of clues to the case, Charlotte contacts the same damaged Finsela, Medira, and a surprising "cooperator" to investigate. Who is the criminal? What is the criminal's true purpose? "I will unravel all the mysteries in the world" --- Charlotte challenges the mystery in the name of the detective.
Code06: Yorusuke -Become Death-
The AI Yorusuke possesses great artistic talent, and he has been hired to perform a ceremonial ritual dance as an offering to a celestial maiden. Yorusuke is worried that he would not be up for the task because he is an AI, but the job is accepted on his behalf. However, it turns out that the Beholder Group is running a certain experiment behind the scenes. And so the artist AI Yorusuke Yorraiha takes the stage.
Code08: Robert -Piece of Cake-
Robert is a pâtissier program who used to take part in Zenonzard. It turns out that the elements the players put on the line during each Zenonzard match aren't just points for deciding who's the best...
Code09: Eilietta -Love Triangle-
The once normal high school student Sota Azuma and his Buddy, nurse AI Eilietta, have made it far into the Zenon, the world ZENONZARD tournament. One day, Eilietta sees Sota being troubled with the upcoming tournament, and she attempts to cheer him up.
Top Cast
Yuuichirou Umehara
Ash Claude (voice)
Megumi Han
Shion Saionji (voice)
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Souta Azuma (voice)
Saori Hayami
Eilietta Lash (voice)
Fairouz Ai
Ruri Minamino (voice)
Rie Takahashi
Hinaria Darkend (voice)
