Arpeggio of Blue Steel
By: story and art by Ark Performance ; translation, Greg Moore ; adaptation, Ysabet Reinhardt McFarlane ; lettering and layout, Paweł Szczęszek
Contributors: Moore, Greg (Translator), translator; MacFarlane, Ysabet Reinhardt, adapter; Szczęszek, Paweł, letterer
Published: 2016
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781626923263
Subjects: Ship captains; Submarines (Ships); Naval battles; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Comic books, strips
Other titles: Arpeggio of Blue Steel.
Work titles: Aoki hagane no arupejio
Description: "In the early twenty-first century, the majority of Earths landmass is submerged due to rising sea levels. Enter the Fleet of Fog, a host of sentient alien battleships of unknown origin who easily decimate earths naval forces. Humanity is now on the verge of extinction. In the year 2039, the stalwart Captain Chihaya Gunzou and his intrepid crew on the Blue Steel fleet may be humanitys last chance to fight off the alien invaders. The Blue Steel fleet happens to contain a secret weapon that could turn the tide of war: a mysterious I-401 submarine that can transform into a girl."--Amazon.
Notes: Originally published in 2013 by Shonengahosha Co., Ltd., Toyko.

In keeping with the original Japanese format, this book reads from back to front and from right to left.

Rated "Teen".

Translated from the Japanese.