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{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Cross Ange:<br />Rondo of Angel and Dragon
| image           = Cover of Cross Ange Volume 1.jpg
| caption         = Cover of the first ''Cross Ange'' Blu-ray and DVD volume featuring the titular protagonist.
| ja_kanji        = クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞
| ja_romaji       = Kurosu Anju Tenshi to Ryū no Rondo
| genre           = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]], [[Mecha anime and manga|Mecha]], [[Action fiction|Action]]<ref>{{cite web|title=THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - CROSS ANGE: Rondo of Angel and Dragon|url=https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1709|website=www.themanime.org|access-date=February 22, 2017}}</ref><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
| creator         = [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = 
| author          = 
| illustrator     = Kenjirō Takeshita
| publisher       = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
| publisher_en    = 
| demographic     = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| imprint         = Kadokawa Comics Ace
| magazine        = {{noitalic|ComicWalker}}
| magazine_en     = 
| published       = 
| first           = August 3, 2014
| last            = June 28, 2015
| volumes         = 3
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = TV series
| director        = Yoshiharu Ashino
| producer        = [[Naotake Furusato]] {{small|(Project)}}<br>[[Mitsuo Fukuda]] {{small|(Creative)}}<br>Yoshitaka Kawaguchi {{small|(General)}}<br>Atsushi Moriyama {{small|(General)}}<br>Akio Mishima {{small|(General)}}<br>Noritada Shimizu {{small|(General)}}<br>Yasumasa Tsuchiya<br>Takahiro Yamanaka<br>Renta Suzuki
| writer          = Tatsuto Higuchi
| music           = [[Akiko Shikata]]
| studio          = [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee
  |AUS=[[Crunchyroll LLC]]{{efn|Through [[Crunchyroll Store Australia]] (formerly known as [[Madman Entertainment|Madman Anime]]).}}
  |NA=[[Sentai Filmworks]]
}}
| network         = [[Tokyo MX]], [[Mainichi Broadcasting System|MBS]], [[Television Aichi Broadcasting|TVA]], [[Nippon BS Broadcasting|BS11]], [[AT-X (company)|AT-X]]
| network_en      = {{English anime network|SEA=[[Animax|Animax Asia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Animax Asia to Air Black Bullet, Cross Ange, Rage of Bahamut, More in 2016|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-24/animax-asia-to-air-black-bullet-cross-ange-rage-of-bahamut-more-in-2016/.96895|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref>}}
| first           = October 5, 2014
| last            = March 29, 2015
| episodes        = 25
| episode_list    = List of Cross Ange episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| title           = Cross Ange: Academy of Angels and Dragons
| author          = 
| illustrator     = Osaji
| publisher       = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
| publisher_en    = 
| demographic     = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| imprint         = Kadokawa Comics Ace
| magazine        = {{noitalic|ComicWalker}}
| magazine_en     = 
| published       = 
| first           = October 5, 2014
| last            = March 29, 2015
| volumes         = 2
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
| title           = Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons tr.
| developer       = Shade
| publisher       = [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]]
| genre           = Action
| platforms       = [[PlayStation Vita]]
| released        = {{Video game release|JP|May 28, 2015}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{Nihongo|'''''Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons'''''|クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞|Kurosu Anju Tenshi to Ryū no Rondo|lead=yes}}, also known as simply '''''Cross Ange''''', is a Japanese [[mecha anime]] television series produced by [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] that aired from October 2014 to March 2015. A manga adaptation began publication in August 2014.

==Plot==
{{See also|List of Cross Ange characters}}
Through the development of groundbreaking information transfer and material generation technology called "Mana", various problems, such as pollution and war have disappeared, and days of peace have arrived in the world. However, the people who receive the benefit of the Mana live in a false peace. Those who cannot use the Mana, referred to by the derogatory term "Norma", who are seen as an opposition to the structures of society, live in oppression. Because this is the [[Social norm|norm]], the people who use Mana do not question it. 

The first princess of the Misurugi Empire, Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi, was convinced of the belief of exterminating the Norma. But on the day she turned 16, and was baptised, her elder brother, Julio, exposed her as a Norma to the public. Angelise, bewildered by the revelation that she herself was a Norma all along, turns into a target of hate by the people in the blink of an eye and is exiled to Arzenal, an isolated military base where Norma are conscripted into service against their will to fight interdimensional creatures known as DRAGONs, and starts her new life as the Norma soldier named Ange. 

As she struggles to adjust to her new identity, Ange's now stormy life takes one surprising turn after another as she embarks on a personal quest to correct the world she lives in, all while learning there may be a bigger conspiracy involving the DRAGONs, the world she lives in, and mana itself, ultimately confronting the source of all her troubles: a terrible man playing God.

==Media==

===Manga===
A [[manga]] adaptation drawn by Kenjirō Takeshita was published between August 3, 2014 and June 28, 2015 on [[Kadokawa Shoten]]'s ComicWalker website<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-04/cross-ange-manga-adaptation-starts-on-japanese-comicwalker-website/.77273|title=''Cross Ange'' Manga Adaptation Starts on Japanese ComicWalker Website|work=Anime News Network|date=August 4, 2014|access-date=September 19, 2014}}</ref> and collected in three volumes.

A light-hearted high-school-themed [[4koma]] parody manga ''Cross Ange: Academy of Angels and Dragons'' drawn by Osaji was published on ComicWalker between October 5, 2014 and March 29, 2015. Each strip followed an anime episode. The manga was compiled in two volumes.

===Anime===
{{See also|List of Cross Ange episodes}}
The anime series is produced by [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] and aired between October 5, 2014 and March 29, 2015 on [[Tokyo MX]], [[Mainichi Broadcasting System|MBS]], [[Television Aichi Broadcasting|TVA]], [[Nippon BS Broadcasting|BS11]].<ref>{{cite web|title=クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞[ロンド]|url=https://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/18978|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)]]|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-date=June 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621093429/https://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series/18978|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-08-03/sunrise-unveils-cross-ange-original-tv-anime-with-1st-promo/.77243|title=Sunrise Unveils ''Cross Ange'' Original TV Anime With 1st Promo|work=Anime News Network|date=August 3, 2014|access-date=August 3, 2014}}</ref> The first opening theme is {{Nihongo|"[[Kindan no Resistance]]"|禁断のレジスタンス|Kindan no Rejisutansu|{{lit}} "Forbidden Resistance"}} by [[Nana Mizuki]], and the first ending theme is {{Nihongo|"Rinrei"|凛麗||{{lit}} "Cold Beauty"}} by [[Eri Kitamura]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-19/sunrise-unveils-cross-ange-tv-anime-2nd-promo/.78968|title=Sunrise Unveils ''Cross Ange'' TV Anime's 2nd Promo|work=Anime News Network|date=September 19, 2014|access-date=October 10, 2014}}</ref> The second opening theme is "{{nihongo|Shinjitsu no Mokushiroku"|真実の黙示録||{{lit}} "Apocalypse of Truth" or "Revelations of Reality"}} by [[Yoko Takahashi]], and the second ending theme is {{nihongo|"Shūmatsu no Love Song"|終末のラブソング|Shūmatsu no Rabu Songu|{{lit}} "Love Song of the End"}} by Mizuki. The insert song featured in episodes five, nine, and twenty-two is "Necessary" by Mizuki.

The series was licensed by [[Sentai Filmworks]] for a digital and home media release in North America.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-08/sentai-filmworks-licenses-cross-ange-rondo-of-angel-and-dragon/.79700|title=Sentai Filmworks Licenses ''Cross Ange Rondo of Angel and Dragon''|work=Anime News Network|date=October 6, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2014}}</ref> [[Madman Entertainment]] (now known as [[Crunchyroll Store Australia]]) also licensed the series for streaming in Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-06/madman-licenses-cross-ange-rondo-of-angels-and-dragons/.79615|title=Madman Licenses ''Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons''|work=Anime News Network|date=October 6, 2014|access-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref> The series was picked up by [[Crunchyroll]] for streaming in North America and other select parts of the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-27/crunchyroll-to-stream-grisaia-cross-ange-tribal-cool-crew/.79290|title=Crunchyroll to Stream ''Grisaia'', ''Cross Ange'', ''Tribal Cool Crew''|work=Anime News Network|date=September 27, 2014|access-date=October 10, 2014}}</ref>

===Video games===
An action shooter game for the [[PlayStation Vita]] titled ''Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons tr.'' was released on May 28, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gematsu.com/2015/01/cross-ange-game-announced-ps-vita|title=Cross Ange game announced for PS Vita|publisher=Gematsu|date=January 13, 2015|access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cross Ange tr. PS Vita Game's Ad Reveals May Release|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-08/cross-ange-tr-ps-vita-game-ad-reveals-may-release/.84206|website=Anime News Network|access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref> The player character is Naomi, who died in the original anime series before Ange arrives in Arzenal. The game features multiple endings depending on player choices. ''Cross Ange'' was included in the crossover games ''[[Super Robot Wars V]]'' and ''[[Super Robot Wars X]]''.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://crossange.com}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{Twitter|anime_crossange}}
* [http://comic-walker.com/contents/detail/KDCW_CW01000037020000_68/ Manga profile] at ''Comic Walker''
* {{ann|anime|16177|Cross Ange Rondo of Angel and Dragon}}

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