# takt op.Destiny (2021)

> After a meteorite unleashes monsters that are drawn to music, a team of girls wielding humanity's great classical works fights to restore the world's melodies.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/101120

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, action, science fiction
- Network: TV Tokyo, TV Aichi, TVQ, TV Osaka, TSC, BS TV Tokyo, TVh
- Cast: Koki Uchiyama, Shion Wakayama, Kaede Hondo, Mai Nakahara, Riho Sugiyama, Natsumi Haruse, Yoshihito Sasaki, Hidenobu Kiuchi
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14935960/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: sincere, propulsive, wistful, melancholic

## What critics say

Audiences rate takt op.Destiny as a mixed, middling anime, appreciating its musical concept and striking monster-battle animation while finding the story underdeveloped.

## Synopsis

Takt Op.Destiny (2021) is a Japanese animated action series created for TV Tokyo and its affiliated stations, produced by MAPPA and Madhouse. Set in a world where music has become taboo after a meteorite called the Kuroya Meteorite releases grotesque monsters known as D2 that are drawn to melodies, the story follows Musicart girls who draw power from humanity's great operas and classical scores. Koki Uchiyama voices Takt Asahina, and Shion Wakayama voices Destiny, the sisters at the center of the team, with Kaede Hondo as Anna Schneider. The engine of the show is simple and urgent: the heroines must stop monsters that feed on the very songs people play, while the world around them has learned to fear sound itself. Each episode builds toward a clash where orchestral passages become weapons, and the twelve-episode season carries a steady sense of pressure. It is a single-season limited run with a serialized arc. Set in a near-ruined world that has forgotten its music, the series blends heroic battle spectacle with a wistful longing for melody. Its tone is sincere and propulsive, with flashes of grief and camaraderie. Fans of Symphogear and Macross Delta will find resonance in its music-powered combat and devoted female trio.

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