History Manga / ArpeggioOfBlueSteel

* BoobsOfSteel: Yamato, Nagato and Hyuuga, three of the most powerful battleships in the Fleet of Fog, have very well-endowed Mental Models.
** Subverted with Kongou, who is probably nearly as powerful as Nagato, but flat ([[ACupAngst And according to the omake, jealous]]). Musashi is an even greater subversion, being the equal of Yamato but has a child for a Mental Model.

** LivingMacGuffin: Given how the Admiralty Code has been depicted as having a Mental Model of its own (a young woman wearing an old-style Apollo astronaut's rig), it could be seen as this as well. [[spoiler:She reveals her name as Gretal Hexe Andvari, who implies that she is not a Mental Model but something else.]]

* GratuitousEnglish: The opening title has both English and Japanese lyrics. That said, this doubles as SurprisinglyGoodEnglish as well, as the English words are easily understandable to a native speaker.

The manga has been serialized in ''Young King OURS'' magazine since September 2009, and has at least twelve volumes compiled so far. Meanwhile, a spinoff titled ''Salty Road'', which focuses on [[BreakoutCharacter Heavy Cruiser]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Takao]] during her infiltration of Yokusuka, as well as her interactions with the people living in the city, began serialization on October 2014.

An anime series sublined ''Ars Nova'' was aired during the Fall2013Anime season. Two movies have since been announced for it, both of which draw major plot points from the manga: the first one, titled ''Ars Nova DC'' and released last January 2015, is three parts [[RecapEpisode Recap Movie]] and one part continuation, and details the events leading to the delivery of the Vibration Warhead to the United States Navy as well as the circumstances that force Gunzou and his companions to flee the Americas... right into the path of Battleship Hiei and her escorts. The second movie, entitled ''Ars Nova Cadenza'', is a straight sequel, where Gunzou and co. try to deal with Musashi and Gunzou's seemingly traitorous father Shouzou, as well as Supreme Battleship Yamato.

An anime series sublined ''Ars Nova'' was aired during the Fall2013Anime season. Two movies have since been announced for it, both of which draw major plot points from the manga: the first one, titled ''Ars Nova DC'' and released last January 2015, is three parts [[RecapEpisode Recap Movie]] and one part continuation, and details the events leading to the delivery of the Vibration Warhead to the United States Navy [[spoiler:as well as the circumstances that force Gunzou and his companions to flee the Americas... right into the path of Battleship Hiei and her escorts]]. The second movie, entitled ''Ars Nova Cadenza'', is a straight sequel, where Gunzou and co. try to deal with [[spoiler:Musashi and Gunzou's seemingly traitorous father Shouzou, as well as Supreme Battleship Yamato]].

* {{Gainaxing}}: There's plenty of subtle jiggle among the female characters, though it's animated quite realistically.

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Apart from rocket propelled torpedoes, the JMSDF attack submarine ''Hakugei III'' has a rocket propulsion engine. DARPA has been researching adapting rockets to submarines for the last 10 years.

In September 2014, during the 2014 Tokyo Game Show, Wargaming.net announced a collaboration project between this series and their latest creation, VideoGame/WorldOfWarships.[[note]]Source [[http://www.4gamer.net/games/138/G013889/20140918152/ here]].[[/note]] The event went live January 1st 2016 allowing players to earn select Fleet of Fog ships though a series of related challenges.

* IllBoy: [[spoiler:Instead of masquerading as a butler, Toojurou Osakabe is this in the anime]].