Muv-Luv is an eroge visual novel developed by âge. Consisting of two parts, Muv-Luv Extra and Muv-Luv Unlimited. And then was followed by a sequel: Muv-Luv Alternative.
The trilogy’s story initially presents itself as a light-hearted romantic comedy (Extra), but changes into an alternate timeline coming-of-age story (Unlimited), and finally evolves into an alien invasion war epic with mecha (Alternative).
1. Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (2012)
| Episodes | 24 |
| Aired | Summer 2012 |
Muv Luv Alternative is basically the main series and it has a bunch of spin-offs. Some of them are short stories, some add value to the main story, some are just for lore, or something like that.
Total Eclipse is one of the biggest side stories that got adapted. It’s stange because they adapted it before the main story.
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.
2. Schwarzes Marken (2016)
| Episodes | 12 |
| Aired | Winter 2016 |
The year is 1983. The Cold War is in full effect, and humanity is under attack.
Strange aliens, given the name “BETA,” have descended to Earth and have been destroying all life. Soldiers have been tasked with piloting large combat suits called Tactical Surface Fighters (TSF) to repel the alien invaders, but the front line is slowly being pushed back towards the surviving cities.
Schwarzesmarken follows the story of Theodor Eberbach and the other members of the 666th TSF Squadron Schwarzesmarken (Black Marks), a ruthless unit that values a mission’s completion over human life.
Stationed in East Germany on the Oder-Neisse line and led by war hero Captain Irisdina Bernhard, the unit specializes in counterassault attacks on laser-class BETA. But the 666th Squadron finds itself with more enemies than just the alien forces when optimistic rookie Katia Waldheim joins the squadron, drawing the attention of East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi.
3. Muv-Luv Alternative (2021)
| Episodes | 12 |
| Aired | Fall 2021 |
A story of the bonds between those who fight, in a world pushed to its limits. On one of the countless parallel worlds that exist throughout spacetime, humanity has fought a decades long war against the BETA, hostile extraterrestrial invaders, using humanoid fighting machines called Tactical Surface Fighters. This is a story of how humanity lives and dies while on the brink of extinction…
4. Muv-Luv Alternative Season 2 (2022)
| Episodes | 12 |
| Aired | Fall 2022 |
The second season of Muv-Luv Alternative.
