History Anime / ValvraveTheLiberator

** To sink it in even further, T.M. Revolution sings the opening, although in collaboration with NanaMizuki.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: NanaMizuki (VA of Dorssia officer Kriemhild) sings the opening. Just as expected.

* TheGambit: Inverted. After [[spoiler: Lisolette]] dies, L-Elf tries to figure out how he could've possibly saved her. In all his simulations, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption he fails.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Can be declared this for the Valvrave pilots, the survivors of Module 77, and the remaining Karlstied graduates. For the first one, an [[TheKindgom approximately-200-year Galactic Empire]] happy ending that is.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Can be declared this for the Valvrave pilots, the survivors of Module 77, and the remaining Karlstied graduates. For the first one, an approximately 200 year Galactic Empire happy ending that is.]]

* {{Reconstruction}}: Basically fixes all , or at least most, of the mistakes made by the heroes of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' and ''Anime/GuiltyCrown''.

* Reconstruction: Basically fixes all , or at least most, of the mistakes made by the heroes of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' and ''Anime/GuiltyCrown''.

*** [[spoiler: Only a better version of this. While Lelouch was seen as the enemy of the world- undeservedly since his DespairEventHorizon was all caused by his bastard royal family and Britannian associates- Haruto dies while clearly showing who the real monsters are and that despite being immortal and having deceiving supernatural abilities, he and the Valvrave pilots were GoodAllAlong.]]

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Despite the occasional GratuitousEnglish like the song the students sing early on, most the the English in the series is grammatically correct and totally legible.

* GratuitousGerman: On the Dorssian side. They're particularly fond of ''Blitzendegen''[[note]]A little bit more correct but still werid German would be something like "Biltz-Degen"[[/note]] ("Lightning rapier") as an all-purpose battle cry.

* FictionalGenevaConventions: "New Guinea Agreement", which e.g. bans the cruel treatment of prisoners of war and the use of poison gas (or the excessive civilian causalities).

* WhatTheHellHero:
** Haruto gets called on this in episode 2, [[spoiler:after telling Shouko her t-shirt she wore in the first episode is extremely strange. He privately admits to one of his friends that he can't tell her his true feelings since he's become a freak due to controlling the Valvrave.]]
*** [[spoiler:This comes back to bite him big time in episode 21, after Shouko finds out he's one of the immortals, and has been keeping it a secret from her the entire time. She even goes so far as to surrender him and L-Elf to ARUS in an attempt to save the rest of the remaining students.]]
** Haruto calls L-elf out on this in episode 9, wondering why the latter failed to see the second Dorssia fleet attacking the colony. The former brushes away the complaint by saying that he's being given too much credit for seeing everything, despite the fact that he's planned something for almost every situation prior. [[spoiler:More likely he did know, but let them attack to see who would go after the next Valvraves, which Kyuma and Raizo end up doing.]]

* FictionalGenevaConventions: "New Guinea Agreement", which e.g. bans the cruel treatment of prisoners of war and the use of poison gas (or the excessive civilian causalities.

* GratuitousGerman: On the Dorssian side. They're particularly fond of ''Blitzendegen'' ("Lightning rapier") as an all-purpose battle cry.

* {{Camp}}: ''Drowning'' in it considered by some. Valvrave takes nationalist stereotypes, nonsensical plot twists, [[FashionVictimVillain weird bad guy outfits]], preposterous dialogue, and cheesy anime clichés, and filters them through ''just'' enough self-awareness to turn them into art.

* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: In episode 10, Haruto is possessed by the Valvrave and has his way with Saki. Since she stops fighting back and does not use her {{Bodysurf}} powers to try to escape the situation, it does make the dynamics of said rape, probably as far as an aversion. Suffice it to say, the whole scene was extremely sudden and provoked a great deal of discussion, along with some not inconsiderable backlash. The official blu-ray commentary even mentioned it was for shock value, although never stated it as actual rape.]]

* VoodooShark: The [[AppliedPhlebotinum Runes]], power source for the Valvraves, do-anything plot devices, source of much {{Wangst}} in the second season, [[spoiler:and the true form of the [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot original body-snatching space vampires]]. The explanation of what the Runes are and how they work is, quite frankly, complete baloney, even given the ''very'' soft science of the rest of the show.

* SnarkBait: Those that did not see the series as {{Camp}} tended to hate it not unlike ''Code Geass'' and ''Guilty Crown''.

* AliensMadeThemDoIt: [[spoiler:More specifically, the Valvrave made Haruto rape Saki.]]

* {{Camp}}: ''Drowning'' in it. Valvrave takes nationalist stereotypes, nonsensical plot twists, [[FashionVictimVillain weird bad guy outfits]], preposterous dialogue, and cheesy anime clichés, and filters them through ''just'' enough self-awareness to turn them into art.

* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: In episode 10, Haruto is possessed by the Valvrave and rapes Saki, who stops fighting back and does not use her {{Bodysurf}} powers to try to escape the situation, which could make some people question the dynamics of said rape. Suffice it to say, the whole scene was extremely sudden and provoked a great deal of discussion, along with some not inconsiderable backlash.]]