# heavy object ![[heavyobjectlightnovelvolume1cover.jpg|300]] first light novel volume cover featuring the character milinda brantini ヘヴィーオブジェクト (hevī obujekuto) created by: kazuma kamachi light novel written by: kazuma kamachi illustrated by: ryō nagi published by: ascii media works imprint: dengeki bunko demographic: male original run: october 10 2009 - october 8 2021 volumes: 20 (list of volumes) manga written by: kazuma kamachi illustrated by: shinsuke inue published by: ascii media works magazine: dengeki black maoh - dengeki maoh demographic: seinen original run: december 17 2009 - february 26 2011 volumes: 1 manga heavy object s written by: kazuma kamachi illustrated by: sakae saitō published by: ascii media works magazine: dengeki maoh demographic: seinen original run: december 27 2011 - june 27 2013 volumes: 3 manga heavy object a written by: kazuma kamachi illustrated by: sakae saitō published by: ascii media works magazine: dengeki maoh demographic: seinen original run: february 27 2015 - october 27 2016 volumes: 3 anime television series directed by: takashi watanabe written by: hiroyuki yoshino music by: maiko iuchi - keiji inai studio: j.c.staff - sanzigen (3dcg) licensed by: aus: madman entertainment - bi: anime limited (expired) - na: funimation - sea: muse communication original network: tokyo mx mbs tva bs11 at-x original run: october 2 2015 - march 25 2016 episodes: 24 (list of episodes) heavy object (ヘヴィーオブジェクト hevī obujekuto) is a japanese light novel series written by kazuma kamachi and illustrated by ryō nagi. ascii media works published the series in twenty volumes from 2009 to 2021 under ir dengeki bunko label. it has received three manga adaptations. a 24-episode anime television series adaptation produced by j.c.staff (w/ 3dcg provided by sanzigen) aired from october 2015 to march 2016 # plot in the future the development of massive war machines with spherical main bodies called objects due to ir firepower and most important of all ir integrity have rendered all manner of conventional warfare and even tactical nuclear weapons seemingly obsolete. as a result of this military upheaval all of the nations of the world have fractured into four coalitions which constantly wage war on each other; the "legitimacy kingdom" focused on tradition; the "capitalist corporation" (in the anime the "capitalist enterprise") which values profit; the "information alliance" (in the anime the "intelligence union") focused on knowledge; and the "faith organisation" which values religion above everything else. with the perception that objects can only be destroyed by other objects modern-day warfare has been virtually reduced to duels between objects resulting in shorter cleaner and safer wars. however two regular soldiers from the legitimate kingdom qwenthur barbotage and havia winchell change all of this when convinced by qwenthur they use ir smarts and ir ingenuity to successfully destroy the "water strider" object of the faith organisation all by themselves. having now proven objects created by man can also be destroyed by man and not just by other objects qwenthur and havia are thrown into a new world of harrowing adventures and dangerous suicide missions with qwenthur also befriending the legitimate kingdom's elite milinda brantini pilot of the object "baby magnum" having saved ir during the events of which resulted in the destruction of the object of the faith organisation # characters # # main characters qwenthur barbotage (クウェンサー＝バーボタージュ kuwensā bābotāju) voiced by: natsuki hanae (japanese); justin briner (english) qwenthur is a young military cadet studying to be a heavy object engineer due to ir fascination with objects. ir kindness and chivalry is only second to ir quick wit. ey is havia's best friend and partner in ir missions and usually acts as the brains of the duo. ey is also close friends with milinda after saving ir from capture by the faith organisation havia winchell (ヘイヴィア＝ウィンチェル heivia wincheru) voiced by: kaito ishikawa (japanese); micah solusod (english) havia is a member of the powerful winchell family and joins the military in the hopes of gaining enough fame and renown to earn ir inheritance as the head of the winchell family. ey is qwenthur's best friend and partner in ir missions and typically handles all of the fighting. it is later revealed that ey wishes to take control of the winchell family in order to end its feud with the rival vanderbilt family so that ey can marry ir fiance who is part of the vanderbilts milinda brantini (ミリンダ＝ブランティーニ mirinda burantīni) voiced by: eri suzuki (japanese); alexis tipton (english) milinda often nicknamed "the princess" is the pilot of the legitimate kingdom's heavy object "baby magnum" a first generation object. after being saved by qwenthur and havia milinda quickly befriends the two soldiers and happily provides whatever support they can to ir missions within baby magnum. they also develops a crush on qwenthur following ir rescuing ir and often communicates with ir via texts. ir jealous outbursts whenever qwenthur is involved have led most other characters to learn this fact though qwenthur himself remains oblivious believing ir to be out of ir league as an elite frolaytia capistrano (フローレイティア＝カピストラーノ furōreitia kapisutorāno) voiced by: shizuka itō (japanese); morgan garrett (english) frolaytia is qwenthur and havia's strict and heartless commanding officer. ey's often happy to throw the pair into extremely dangerous missions and is quick to punish them for any disobedience. however they secretly does care for qwenthur and havia and does whatever they can to make sure they complete ir missions and survive. ir reason for joining the military is because they wants to avoid an arranged marriage with a long list of suitors who want to use ir to produce a male heir offspring. qwenthur's actions help end the pressure of ir 3rd suitor halreed copacabana who had just become 1st on the list # # legitimacy kingdom ayami cherryblossom (アヤミ＝チェリーブロッサム ayami cherīburossamu) voiced by: mari yokoo (japanese); wendy powell (english) the chief mechanic overseeing milinda and baby magnum. qwenthur was apprenticed under ir before ir act of heroism and it is through ir that ey meets milinda flide (フ ライド furaido) voiced by: ryusuke obayashi (japanese); r bruce elliott (english) a lead councilman in the legitimacy kingdom. ey believes that the current state of conflict in the world is the ideal situation for the world and is willing to sacrifice ir own troops to keep it that way seawax (シー ワックス shīwakkusu) voiced by: rikiya koyama (japanese); ian sinclair (english) a journalist who believes that objects have caused lesser soldiers to become unrecognised. ey stages a solo sniping job on the oceanic kingdom to turn the tide against them only to instigate another war between them causing ir to regret ir actions vanderbilt (バ ンダービルト bandābiruto) voiced by: maaya uchida (japanese); bryn apprill (english) havia's betrothed who is from a rival family. although havia seems to act cold towards ir ey truly does care for ir as ey fears for ir life during "the battle for supremacy in antarctica." also although ir families are against ir betrothal havia plans to end the feud once ey takes over the winchell family halreed copacabana (ハルリード＝コパカバーナ harurīdo kopakabāna) voiced by: ryōta takeuchi (japanese); j. michael tatum (english) halreed is the pilot of the legitimate kingdom's heavy object "bright hopper" a second generation object. assigned to defeat the mass driver conglomerate's heavy object halreed was injured after the bright hopper was destroyed by the mdc's railgun. a high ranking noble halreed was one of the top suitors to be in an arranged marriage with the kingdom's commanding officer frolaytia and produce a male heir offspring out of it. but ey canceled those plans after qwenthur fooled ir into thinking that frolaytia was in an illicit relationship with one of ir soldiers bilany saronno (バイラニー＝サローノ bairanī sarōno) voiced by: minami takahashi (japanese); anastasia muñoz (english) staccato raylong (スタッカート＝レイロング stakkāto reirongu) voiced by: shinobu matsumoto (japanese); marcus d. stimac (english) staccato is a jet fighter pilot who goes under the codename "burning alpha." ey assists qwenthur in freeing the kingdom's object baby magnum from debris during a mission in the abandoned amazon city charlotte zoom (シャルロット＝ズーム sharurotto zūmu) voiced by: saori ōnishi (japanese); felecia angelle (english) an oversight officer who is interested in qwenthur. they joins qwenthur's team during a mission in kamchatka that involved infiltrating a radar facility where ir and qwenthur are almost killed myonri (ミョ ンリ myonri) voiced by: kaede hondo (japanese); tia ballard (english) myonri is a soldier assigned to havia's team during a mission in kamchatka that involved infiltrating a radar facility. they survives the failed attempt at sabotaging the faith organisation's heavy object "wing balancer" and makes it back to base with havia qwethur and charlotte westy (ウェ スティ wesuti) voiced by: yuna yoshino (japanese); apphia yu (english) westy is a soldier assigned to havia's team during a mission in kamchatka that involved infiltrating a radar facility. ey's killed along with cookman during a failed attempt at sabotaging the faith organisation's heavy object "wing balancer" charles (チャー ルズ chāruzu) voiced by: daiki yamashita (japanese); clifford chapin (english) charles is the shy and barely speaking military tech expert assigned to qwenthur's team during a mission in kamchatka that involved hacking surveillance uavs belonging to the faith organisation. ey was killed by nutley who betrayed the group cookman (クッ クマン kukkuman) voiced by: itaru yamamoto (japanese); rick keeling (english) cookman is a soldier assigned to havia's team during a mission in kamchatka that involved infiltrating a radar facility. ir's killed along with westy during a failed attempt at sabotaging the faith organisation's heavy object "wing balancer" # # information alliance lendy farolito (レンディ＝ファロリート rendi farorīto) voiced by: rina sato (japanese); jamie marchi (english) lendy is the lieutenant colonel of the information alliance. they takes an interest in qwenthur later on in the series after qwethur's confrontation with oh ho ho oh ho ho (お ほほ ohoho) voiced by: hisako kanemoto (japanese); monica rial (english) oh ho ho is the code name given by the legitimate kingdom for the pop idol and pilot of the information alliance's heavy object "rush" a second generation object. originally assigned to a joint operation in oceania with the kingdom's object baby magnum oh ho ho prevented milinda from providing backup to qwenthur and havia's mission under the orders of the joint task force commander councillor flide. they would cross paths again in alaska in a battle between rush and baby magnum where qwenthur confronts the pilot in ir cockpit and finds out ir true appearance is child-like due to genetic enhancements. after this confrontation they seems to have developed a crush on qwethur. they even wanted ir as ir personal object maintainer # # battlefield cleanup service wydine uptown (ワイディーネ＝アップタウン waidīne apputaun) voiced by: satomi arai (japanese); carli mosier (english) leader of the team; they will do anything for money. qwethur convinces ir and ir team to help them in the victoria island battle by paying with the diamonds ey found in the mine from ir last mission charm (チャー ム chāmu) voiced by: mari nakatsu (japanese); kristen mcguire (english) a battle maid serving under wydine lemish (レ ミッシュ remisshu) voiced by: juri kimura (japanese); natalie hoover (english) another battle maid serving under wydine # # capitalist corporations buffer planters (バッファ＝プランターズ baffa purantāzu) voiced by: takayuki sugo (japanese); greg dulcie (english) # # 24th mobile maintenance battalion nutley (ナッ ツレイ nattsurei) voiced by: yasuaki takumi (japanese); josh grelle (english) prizewell city slicker (プライズウェル＝シティ＝スリッカー puraizuweru shiti surikkaa) voiced by: katsuyuki konishi (japanese); eric vale (english) prizewell is the pilot of the legitimate kingdom's heavy object "indigo plasma" a second generation object # # faith organisation klondike (ク ロンダイク kurondaiku) voiced by: shinpachi tsuji (japanese); mark stoddard (english) # # other characters monica (モ ニカ monika) voiced by: rumi okubo (japanese); sarah wiedenheft (english) monica is a starlet and battlefield reporter for the cs military channel. they is the spoiled daughter of a wealthy noble family before they lost everything and accepted refuge from qwenthur's father to hideout in ir storehouse. ir position as reporter was set up by qwenthur himself sladder honeysuckle (スラッダー＝ハニーサックル suraddā hanīsakkuru) voiced by: yoshimasa hosoya (japanese); ricco fajardo (english) the leader of the mass driver foundation a terrorist group collecting and selling object weapons in order to use them as an alternative against objects inspired by qwenthur and havia's actions. ey aligns himself with the intelligence union but is captured by qwenthur and havia shikibu (シ キブ shikibu) voiced by: ikumi hayama (japanese); mallorie rodak (english) iekazu (イ エカズ iekazu) voiced by: junichi yanagita (japanese); anthony bowling (english) orihime (オ リヒメ orihime) voiced by: inori minase (japanese); alison viktorin (english) # media # # light novels the series was written by kazuma kamachi and illustrated by nagi. the first light novel volume was published on october 10 2009 by ascii media works under ir dengeki bunko imprint. the series ended in its 20th volume which was released on october 8 2021 # # volume list no.: title: japanese release date: japanese isbn 1: heavy object hevī obujekuto (ヘヴィーオブジェクト): october 10 2009: 978-4-04-868069-1 2: heavy object: recruitment war hevī obujekuto saiyō sensō (ヘヴィーオブジェクト 採用戦争): june 10 2010: 978-4-04-868594-8 3: heavy object: shadow of the giants hevī obujekuto kyōjin-tachi no kage (ヘヴィーオブジェクト 巨人達の影): november 10 2010: 978-4-04-870051-1 4: heavy object: the electric mathematic treasure hevī obujekuto denshi sūgaku no zaihō (ヘヴィーオブジェクト 電子数学の財宝): september 10 2011: 978-4-04-870549-3 5: heavy object: festival of death hevī obujekuto shi no saiten (ヘヴィーオブジェクト 死の祭典): november 10 2011: 978-4-04-870997-2 6: heavy object: path to the third generation hevī obujekuto daisansedai e no michi (ヘヴィーオブジェクト 第三世代への道): june 10 2012: 978-4-04-886624-8 7: heavy object: ghost police hevī obujekuto bōrei-tachi no keisatsu (ヘヴィーオブジェクト 亡霊達の警察): november 9 2013: 978-4-04-866080-8 8: heavy object: the 7x% governor hevī obujekuto nanamaru pāsento no shihaisha (ヘヴィーオブジェクト 七〇％の支配者): march 8 2014: 978-4-04-866379-3 9: heavy object: the salvation of negative 195 degrees hevī obujekuto hyōtenka ichikyūgodo no kyūsai (ヘヴィーオブジェクト 氷点下一九五度の救済): april 10 2015: 978-4-04-865064-9 10: heavy object: the outer gods hevī obujekuto sotonaru kami (ヘヴィーオブジェクト 外なる神): october 10 2015: 978-4-04-865452-4 11: heavy object: dance with noble sister hevī obujekuto banira aji no kagaku-shiki (ヘヴィーオブジェクト バニラ味の化学式): february 10 2016: 978-4-04-865764-8 12: heavy object: 0.01mm war hevī obujekuto ichiban chīsana sensō (ヘヴィーオブジェクト　一番小さな戦争): september 10 2016: 978-4-04-892353-8 13: heavy object: northern empire cinderella story ヘヴィーオブジェクト 北欧禁猟区シンデレラストーリー: april 10 2017: 978-4-04-892835-9 14: heavy object: project whiz kid ヘヴィーオブジェクト 最も賢明な思考放棄: september 8 2017: 978-4-04-893331-5 15: heavy object: manhattan on stage ヘヴィーオブジェクト 最も賢明な思考放棄 #予測不能の結末: april 10 2018: 978-4-04-893787-0 16: heavy object: deception cavalry quenko-chan へヴィーオブジェクト　欺瞞迷彩クウェン子ちゃん: december 7 2018: 978-4-04-912207-7 17: heavy object: snow white countdown へヴィーオブジェクト　純白カウントダウン: october 10 2019: 978-4-04-912668-6 18: heavy object: the spear of desire that penetrates the heavens へヴィーオブジェクト　天を貫く欲望の槍: september 10 2020: 978-4-04-913450-6 19: heavy object: the day when people destroy people (start) へヴィーオブジェクト　人が人を滅ぼす日（上）: september 10 2021: 978-4-04-913997-6 20: heavy object: the day when people destroy people (finish) へヴィーオブジェクト　人が人を滅ぼす日（下）: october 8 2021: 978-4-04-914033-0:## manga a manga adaptation with art by shinsuke inue was serialised in ascii media works's seinen manga magazines dengeki black maoh and dengeki maoh from december 17 2009 to february 26 2011. a single tankōbon of the manga was released on may 27 2011. a second manga adaptation with art by sakae saitō titled heavy object s was also serialised in dengeki maoh from december 27 2011 to june 27 2013. three tankōbon volumes of the manga were released between august 27 2012 and july 27 2013. a third manga adaptation titled heavy object a also by saitō was serialised in dengeki maoh from february 27 2015 to october 27 2016. it also received three tankōbon volumes released between january 27 2016 and december 10 2016 # # anime an anime television series adaptation was announced at the dengeki bunko fall festival event on october 5 2014. the series was animated by j.c.staff with 3d computer graphics by sanzigen. it was directed by takashi watanabe with hiroyuki yoshino writing the scripts atsuko watanabe designing the characters and maiko iuchi and keiji inai composing the music. the series aired on tokyo mx- mbs- tv aichi- bs11 and at-x from october 2 2015 to march 25 2016 and was 24 episodes long. all off performed the series' first opening theme titled "one more chance!!" while kano performed the series' first ending theme titled "dea brave." all off also performed the series' second opening theme titled "never gave up" while yuka iguchi performed the series' second ending theme titled "strength to change" in an episode of anime news network's podcast anncast funimation announced they licensed the series. anime limited in partnership with funimation released the series in the united kingdom. however in 2019 the series became one of many series to be listed as "sold out" by uk retailers and unavailable from the anime limited website. madman entertainment licensed the series in australia and streamed it on ir streaming service animelab. muse communication licensed the series in southeast asia. they streamed it on ir youtube channel until september 30 2020 # # video garmes several characters from the series appeared in the sequel to dengeki bunko: fighting climax a fighting garme by sega featuring various characters from works published under the dengeki bunko imprint. specifically qwenthur is a playable character assisted by milinda and havia and frolaytia is a support character // republic of bob