0:52 The sequence of her gauntlets being enormous and then compressing into her fists' sizes is awesome. It shows all the raw strength she is capable of in a single attack. She literally "packs a punch".
I would like to point out, that the animators have changed the gear and transformation sequence as well as their converters throughout the series. Which I find amazing, it's as if they're showing us the characters development through their geaar.
Just discovered this anime, totally agree. I think it's awesome how they make it clear how her action-movie training has influenced her fighting style.
Technically Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vivid and Vivid Strike had Magical Girls punching the hell out of each other the whole time, it looked really awesome. Nanoha series was badass in general though before Vivid it was mostly the competition of who can fire a more badass magic laser that probably could take down a city.
XV probably has the best transformations. Of the S1 trio each one gives off a vibe of some kind of combat art being bajiquan, swordsmanship and marksmanship. Of the S2 squad there are various forms of dance you have Ribbon Dancing, Figure Skating, and Pole Dancing.
Everyone Else: Lets do some fancy twirling and pole dancing. Hibiki: Gotta practice my Heavy Fist Kata and get my Kamen Rider Scarf ready for some face beating.
I mean, you could say martial arts are a dance of their own, albeit a much more practical (and potentially lethal) one. But yeah, Hibiki is in a class of her own.
Remember when Hibike was weak, fragile and scared, and now our cinnamon roll is massively badass and even punches God in the face ? They grow up so fast 😭 ♥
This show is so fantastic, in no small part because its protagonist is a lesbian bajiquan-using magical girl, which you just never get to see anywhere else.
Hey... Hibiki's basically Female Touma so if anything that just leads to God becoming your waifu. wait... she'd just alternate Touma and Othi's grandaughter... Selfishly saves people without consent? check self worth issues? check would find no worth in the world if she wasn't needed? check. challenged and beat god for taking the most important thing in the world for her away? check check check. Spear of gungnir? check Desires to be understood? check Started lost in a world she didn't understand? check... yep.. this... is a reason to love Hibiki
I can see a lot of references to previous seasons The first sequence with the silhouette and the equalizers is clearly taken from the first season The gold rings and the serial number of each gear can be a reference to AXZ (by the way my favorite sequences ever) The hexagons splitting and turning into the armor pieces is a reference to GX I can't tell any G reference, but overall this sequence is a mashup of memories (that could be the name of a song)
There is another call back for Hibiki, when she slams her foot down she breaks the heels of the boots. Which she does in Season 1 during one of her fights.
@@samuel7802 oh yeah, I will no doubt, for sure. In fact, when you queue shows on Crunchyroll, all the seasons of the series are automatically queue as well.
@@tjuwian they're still adding the fourth season along with the fifth, for some stupid reason, instead of making the entire thing readily avaliable for catch up. Honestly I partially blame Crunchyroll's mismanagement of this series as why it never caught on with western anime fans despite being very popular in Japan.
Got to say, School girls magically transforming to fight giant robots sounds like the most normal thing possible in an anime..............until it seems that the magic is powered by singing!?!?!
The power of the symphpgear is the "phonic gain" . More they singing more her attack or armor change with her psychic and with "unisson song" they van perform duo/trio/quartet/quintet or à six combination attack
I remember long ago when I started season one I was like finally I love magical girl shows but they are all transforming with magical make up and I just needed this. I’m 100% hibiki
My guess is that aside from the first season, they Easter egg'd the other seasons as well. SZS: The equalizer, which was the characteristic of that season's transformation. SZS G: IMO the formation/materialization of the gauntlets and boots pre-stomp. Although in XV it's more dynamic. SZS GX: The Symphogear module on the back (//slapped) SZS AXZ: I'm guessing the showcase of her martial prowess from the end of AXZ's transformation but with more finesse. Also, for those who play the Symphogear XDU mobile game, there is a subtle reference to Edgy Bikki from the X-Drive Miku event! :D Also hey! Our lovable hamster girl has evolved from delivering a single punch in the First Season to a full blown Martial Arts demonstration! I proud of her.
Actually the scarf came from her mini-episode as a divine being as when she fought Adam she had a solo tasal and when she used the gold gear at the end it changed into a scarf. I only noticed it after watching that fight sevearl times as I like the Oro puches she does.
I've seen Mobile games collab with this but I've never really paid attention to it reminds me of that old game series ar tonlica or something where music/singing is turned into strength might give this a watch seeing as I'm low on anime to watch now haha.
There needs to be more magical girl shows like this. Not with pretty girls using cutesy magic and wearing cute frilly dresses, but badass warrior girls wielding mighty weapons wearing futuristic armor
Yes, try to explain this show to someone is complicate: It's a magical Girl show where the main characters save the world with the power of song.... ... but damn if I'm not watching it...
@@iprobablydislikeyou2735 its not a matter of who or what did something first, but more than that, because here you have to add that armors are more mech style, they actually sing in recording sesion, hence all the grunting or shouting or interruption of the same lyrics, and other stuff more
In the lore of the series, there are actually two types of weilders, Type 1 is a weilder who can use their relic naturally without any artificial way to force their bodies into syncing with the gear. Like Tsubasa, Chris, and Serena. Type 2 weilders can't naturally sync with any relics, so they use the LiNKER injections to help ease the stress from the gear and allow them to use them in the first place. Maria, Kirika, Shirabe, and Miku are Type 2 weilders. But now I wonder, what type is Hibiki? Would she be a Type 1 because of her not needing to use LiNKER, or is she a Type 2 because of her being merge with Gungnir for 2 years before ever using it. Or could she even be a Type like a 3rd type? Perhaps originally not capable of using a gear until her long dormant merging with Gungnir, causing her to become able to weilding it. It could be why she could never fully summon her gear's orginiel armed gear.
She was never able to summon an armed gear because her thing isn't weapons, it's holding hands. Which is why she can use all manner of gauntlet variants. She could use an armed gear if she really truly wanted to (see: her berserk mode vs. Nephilim where she literally makes a spear out of her hand). She's a special case due to her longtime fusion with Gungnir to where she's turned into someone naturally attuned (Type 1) as even after its removal from her body she doesn't need LiNKER.
Miku and Hibiki are type 3 which on paper is like type 1 they have no need of LiNKER to bond with a gear, but they can pretty much use any gear they want as they don't have the Babel Curse. Blame the event that both Hibiki and Miku undergone in season 2, the reason they can weild Devine Power.
The delay was worth the wait. Looking to be the best Symphogear season to date! Just when I always think they can't top the last season they somehow manage to do just that.
john mcmasters Coffin be tough, it’s like a turtle. The CASTODIANS (literally gods) made it to contain whatever is inside so naturally 1 strike from a symphogear wouldn’t just take it out...
0:52
The sequence of her gauntlets being enormous and then compressing into her fists' sizes is awesome.
It shows all the raw strength she is capable of in a single attack.
She literally "packs a punch".
Hibiki's elemental attribute: Earth
Dat henshin sequence. Pure bliss. And also, a wink to the first season, such a dedication and homeage.
Wink to all the seasons, and to Hibiki Another/Edgebikki from XDU
Henshin? You a rider fan by chance?
@@Kamui3821 nope, i just use that term in general, that's all
@@Kamui3821 it is just "transformation" in japanese
Seeing the season 1 reference made me SO happy
I would like to point out, that the animators have changed the gear and transformation sequence as well as their converters throughout the series. Which I find amazing, it's as if they're showing us the characters development through their geaar.
What's more, this transformation has elements of all other tranformations. I love how they start with S1 original tranformation.
Just discovered this anime, totally agree. I think it's awesome how they make it clear how her action-movie training has influenced her fighting style.
Literally planning budget to get an Airgetlamh tattoo
I love hibiki, because are there a few girls in the magical girl genre who fights with her bare fists
Indeed, she's badass af
So strong
Technically Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vivid and Vivid Strike had Magical Girls punching the hell out of each other the whole time, it looked really awesome.
Nanoha series was badass in general though before Vivid it was mostly the competition of who can fire a more badass magic laser that probably could take down a city.
Yes
Most Precure do. Symphogear just takes it even further.
XV probably has the best transformations. Of the S1 trio each one gives off a vibe of some kind of combat art being bajiquan, swordsmanship and marksmanship. Of the S2 squad there are various forms of dance you have Ribbon Dancing, Figure Skating, and Pole Dancing.
Everyone Else: Lets do some fancy twirling and pole dancing.
Hibiki: Gotta practice my Heavy Fist Kata and get my Kamen Rider Scarf ready for some face beating.
I mean, you could say martial arts are a dance of their own, albeit a much more practical (and potentially lethal) one.
But yeah, Hibiki is in a class of her own.
Saw this two years ago and am losing it. Pretty good with under-arm nunchaku.
I need more
The transformation scenes just keep getting better and better 😍
This show was probably the biggest pleasant surprise of my life after discovering Berserk.
This is song is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE of Hibiki's Transformations! It goes SO HARD!
What's the song?
@@kingjgamer5977 “all loves blazing”
God there ate so many little callbacks in this transformation. From the season 1 transformation to biki breaking her heels.
Great transformation. Can’t wait see Chris new transformation. They always show off her big guns.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Do mean it both eäys? LMAO
she must do her kyun kyun bang!
I can't wait either. You know there is going to be some crazy fireworks with how the first two transformations have played out.
And also her pistols
Remember when Hibike was weak, fragile and scared, and now our cinnamon roll is massively badass and even punches God in the face ? They grow up so fast 😭 ♥
Out of all the Symphogears, Hibiki fighting style is probably my favorite. Nothing too flashy, just Hibiki getting up close with her bare fist.
Anyone else just _love_ how, in the final season, the transformations reference the ones in the first season?
This show is so fantastic, in no small part because its protagonist is a lesbian bajiquan-using magical girl, which you just never get to see anywhere else.
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru series, has a similar protagonist a kung fu magical girl that might also be a lesbian, also great show and worth a try.
She was dangerous to begin with, but adding skill to that raw berserk strength is overkill.
Takamachi Vivio is getting pretty close.
@@juliannickermann9492 I wasn't a huge fan of the animation the first time I tried it, but I'll give it another shot!
@@shingshongshamalama Then I guess I'll just have to watch the continuation to Nanoha, then.
Remember, kids. If God tries to steal your waifu, just punch God in the face.
More like hug god out of your girlfriend
Lol what
@@DfRaid Homura?!
😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Hey... Hibiki's basically Female Touma so if anything that just leads to God becoming your waifu.
wait... she'd just alternate Touma and Othi's grandaughter...
Selfishly saves people without consent? check
self worth issues? check
would find no worth in the world if she wasn't needed? check.
challenged and beat god for taking the most important thing in the world for her away?
check check check.
Spear of gungnir? check
Desires to be understood? check
Started lost in a world she didn't understand? check...
yep.. this... is a reason to love Hibiki
I can see a lot of references to previous seasons
The first sequence with the silhouette and the equalizers is clearly taken from the first season
The gold rings and the serial number of each gear can be a reference to AXZ (by the way my favorite sequences ever)
The hexagons splitting and turning into the armor pieces is a reference to GX
I can't tell any G reference, but overall this sequence is a mashup of memories (that could be the name of a song)
There is another call back for Hibiki, when she slams her foot down she breaks the heels of the boots. Which she does in Season 1 during one of her fights.
I think G's reference is the background itself. Though it's something that just stuck around for latter transformations, more than a reference itself
I've been an anime fan for 25-30 years and this is the most awesome transformation I've ever seen.
Aw shit, here we go again 😂
😗😏 YEEAAP! 👍
Yep
😁😁Hey Guys... Stop the hormones.
Lmaooo
@@lateherald924 NO! KICK THEM NASTY THOUGHTS!!! Especially next episode :3
Hibiki's such a badass. "I am the sound that echoes ahead/And kindness is always victorious!"
My girl was hitting those earth bending stances hard lol. It was still a dope transformation though.
She even has a gigga drill breaker
The best damn magical girl anime ever.
The best damn musical ever.
You sir, are correct
quick strike madoka would like a word with you (magica madoka)
Indeed ^^
@@voidjest nah
@@voidjest Well, Hibiki is Madoka, so... why not both?
Another show that will be added to my queue
DarkCharismaX this is season 5 so you might need to go to season 1 to understand
That's right, you cab give a try to this show is awesome
@@samuel7802 oh yeah, I will no doubt, for sure. In fact, when you queue shows on Crunchyroll, all the seasons of the series are automatically queue as well.
I hope they bring back miku gear this seqson
@@tjuwian they're still adding the fourth season along with the fifth, for some stupid reason, instead of making the entire thing readily avaliable for catch up.
Honestly I partially blame Crunchyroll's mismanagement of this series as why it never caught on with western anime fans despite being very popular in Japan.
Once again, the universe is telling me to watch Symphogear.
The Symphogear fanbase will tend to do that, too.
Time for my re watch
Amatsu Oh cool, I just started another one, too.
Update: finally listened to the universe and watched Symphogear. It did _not_ disappoint.
Any of you that have not watched Symphogear you really need to it’s amazing
Amazing bad you mean
Chaika Gaz no not at all
@@chaikagaz I suppose you're here to say that's just "magical girls who fight with singing"?
Still one of the best transformations iv seen. Heavy fist kata martial arts plus the scarf= perfection
You're telling me there was an anime that actually took the Kamen Henshin route and I just find out now?
Yes
Not only that, there's 5 seasons of it.
“Ohhhh they got moneyyyy”
Best sequence ever!!!
"Balwisyall **punch** nescell Gungnir tron" Love the new animation!!
Their songs have random gibberish they should just stick to japanese
Chaika Gaz I’m not sure what Hibiki is speaking myself but since Gungnir is in Norse mythology, she could be speaking Norse
@@ScenicFire97 It's made up if I believe. Mish mash of different sources, inspired possibly by Sumerian languages.
ScenicFire
I think it’s implied to be the true Mother Tongue, the language before language
@@spindash64 Sort of cannon if you think about it, Fine was a member of those people and she created the Symphogear.
One year later and it's still glorious.
Still glorious
that was the sickest transformation i've seen in ages wthqq
“Our feelings are stronger!” She says
I’m reminded so much of PreCure from these words XD
After seeing Hibiki's transformation. I can't wait to see the others.
Thats her normal transformation, wait til u see her others like black gungnir
Why cant I like this comment more
Well Kirika was on pole this time for her transformation! 😂😂😂
Got to say, School girls magically transforming to fight giant robots sounds like the most normal thing possible in an anime..............until it seems that the magic is powered by singing!?!?!
butchdeadlift10 In Symphogear every fight practically doubles as a music video with the each character providing the vocals.
And they actually sing during the recording of the episodes.
Hence the screams, grunts, and stress in some of they lyrics.
yes.
The power of the symphpgear is the "phonic gain" . More they singing more her attack or armor change with her psychic and with "unisson song" they van perform duo/trio/quartet/quintet or à six combination attack
@@quester-9695 And you get the "actual fan" award.
I love that part of her outfit gets in the way
Callback from Season one when she broke the heels of her first gear because they were getting in her way of fighting.
I keep coming back to watch this both for the transformation and the singing. Oh and of course the fighting. This season is gonna be lit 🔥
You know what I actually love Symphogear’s spin on the Illuminati. That’s what makes stand out even more than other anime’s.
Oh look, Singing, Fighting, and Singing while Fighting!
Assistant: It's season five should we change the base outfits?
Director: Nah, I got something better in mind.
The base outfits change every season
0:52 I love that clap, which is a reference to how Kanade brought out Gungnir's spear in episode 1 of the first season.
Holy shit this is probably the most badass transformation sequence I've seen up until now
Madoka: The aliens are invincible!
Symphogear: ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!
Ironically the aliens do the same thing in Symphogear.
Hibiki... honestly
You are literally what a fusion of Touma and Othinus looks like.
Toumathinus child
Epic level mechabards people
I remember long ago when I started season one I was like finally I love magical girl shows but they are all transforming with magical make up and I just needed this. I’m 100% hibiki
My guess is that aside from the first season, they Easter egg'd the other seasons as well.
SZS: The equalizer, which was the characteristic of that season's transformation.
SZS G: IMO the formation/materialization of the gauntlets and boots pre-stomp. Although in XV it's more dynamic.
SZS GX: The Symphogear module on the back (//slapped)
SZS AXZ: I'm guessing the showcase of her martial prowess from the end of AXZ's transformation but with more finesse.
Also, for those who play the Symphogear XDU mobile game, there is a subtle reference to Edgy Bikki from the X-Drive Miku event! :D
Also hey! Our lovable hamster girl has evolved from delivering a single punch in the First Season to a full blown Martial Arts demonstration! I proud of her.
Actually the scarf came from her mini-episode as a divine being as when she fought Adam she had a solo tasal and when she used the gold gear at the end it changed into a scarf. I only noticed it after watching that fight sevearl times as I like the Oro puches she does.
@@trisertricordoh2127 Well yeah.. that could also be the case since, since they usually change base forms after each X-Drive they go through.
I don’t even watch this show but the transformations are so sick
then you should
This gives me chills, beautifully done
This new transformation is AWESOME🧡
The best way to describe Hibiki Tachibana is she's basically Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO with the personality of Gentaro Kisaragi/Kamen Rider Fourze
Cannot… unsee…
Aww man I love this anime anime is the best animation ever
Anthony Watson same here
Had a stroke reading this
I'm so mad that the intro to this didn't make it to the disc as a bonus
Time to wait for my girl Chris Yukine's transformation. BANG!
Poke Samurai And to show off her big guns.
animedude8712 I mean, she IS packing a lot more firepower.
I've seen Mobile games collab with this but I've never really paid attention to it reminds me of that old game series ar tonlica or something where music/singing is turned into strength might give this a watch seeing as I'm low on anime to watch now haha.
1:03 this is how you know it’s better then kill la kill
I like how she sings while fighting
PUT SYMPHOGEAR IN BBTAG!!!!!!!
I would petition the hell for that. I need Hibiki and Yang to meet
That would be amazing. I want Shirabe to kocki ass with her Yoyos of death
I might actually play that game I bought for once if it had Symphogear in it
i know there gears fuse to there bodies
but they all have rocket boosters
i guess singing is all a fuel for the fire
There needs to be more magical girl shows like this. Not with pretty girls using cutesy magic and wearing cute frilly dresses, but badass warrior girls wielding mighty weapons wearing futuristic armor
ive been preaching that forever but i dont want anyone copying symphogear's style because no one can do it better than these guys
Nanoha was kind of doing Symphogear before Symphogear was a thing, except not *as* batshit crazy. Nanoha's last good anime series was in 2007, though.
@@melvinshine9841And it also had Nana Mizuki playing a character and singing the openings.
Well, there's always hyperdimension neptunia,...
This anime looks so awesome 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️
Anthony Watson it is very action packed however this is season 5 so if your going to try it start at season 1
This has always been one of those guilty pleasure shows for me lol
Yes, try to explain this show to someone is complicate:
It's a magical Girl show where the main characters save the world with the power of song....
... but damn if I'm not watching it...
kageyame mermaid Melody did it first though
@@iprobablydislikeyou2735 its not a matter of who or what did something first, but more than that, because here you have to add that armors are more mech style, they actually sing in recording sesion, hence all the grunting or shouting or interruption of the same lyrics, and other stuff more
that transformation was so badass
i dont know if i will stop watching this
That Transformation though, Oof that was amazing
In the lore of the series, there are actually two types of weilders, Type 1 is a weilder who can use their relic naturally without any artificial way to force their bodies into syncing with the gear. Like Tsubasa, Chris, and Serena. Type 2 weilders can't naturally sync with any relics, so they use the LiNKER injections to help ease the stress from the gear and allow them to use them in the first place. Maria, Kirika, Shirabe, and Miku are Type 2 weilders. But now I wonder, what type is Hibiki? Would she be a Type 1 because of her not needing to use LiNKER, or is she a Type 2 because of her being merge with Gungnir for 2 years before ever using it. Or could she even be a Type like a 3rd type? Perhaps originally not capable of using a gear until her long dormant merging with Gungnir, causing her to become able to weilding it. It could be why she could never fully summon her gear's orginiel armed gear.
She was never able to summon an armed gear because her thing isn't weapons, it's holding hands. Which is why she can use all manner of gauntlet variants.
She could use an armed gear if she really truly wanted to (see: her berserk mode vs. Nephilim where she literally makes a spear out of her hand).
She's a special case due to her longtime fusion with Gungnir to where she's turned into someone naturally attuned (Type 1) as even after its removal from her body she doesn't need LiNKER.
Miku and Hibiki are type 3 which on paper is like type 1 they have no need of LiNKER to bond with a gear, but they can pretty much use any gear they want as they don't have the Babel Curse. Blame the event that both Hibiki and Miku undergone in season 2, the reason they can weild Devine Power.
Best transformation I've seen in a while
Chris still has her signature bows but she uses them when she wants
Awesome Symphogear XV Video.
Hibiki's phonic gain power level it's over NINE THOUSAND!!! 😱😱😱😱 XD
Hibike is so freaking awesome. I want to be like her...
*How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?*
Hibiki, is that you ???
symphogear came earlier than dumbells though but i get where you're coming from
@@1chim0kuren16 Maybe Hibiki is somewhat a common name there.
DOOM ETERNAL Brought me here let that sink in.
FrostyXen?
@@ToxikDeth Yeap
0:48 her voice sound like Cure gelato
Hibiki is bae.
The thing when the screen becomes darker kinda messes with my eyes, really sucks having to wait for other releases to see it as it should be.
@RottenRoll It's literally the law in Japan. It was made after some episode of Pokemon (iirc) induced seizure in a bunch of kids.
@RottenRoll They might overdo it with the tint to be extra careful. You need to wait for the BDs for an undimmed version anyway.
miter010 I’m still on the face that porygon got banned for that even tho pikachu was the one who blew up the rocket
Ok I need to watch this
Its really worth it but this is season 5 try to start from season 1
Trust me if you haven't already started, do so- its amazing!
I’m pretty you cried at least once watching this entire series cuz I know I did. Especially when Miku got her relic back
"Watch Symphogear"
SG-03 GUNGNIR
SYSTEM ALL GREEN
NORMAL OPERATION
Omni Judgment SGr-03’
@@Shayma98 Rats i missed the "r" lolololol
I love this anime
Sooooo I need that music that plays during the transformation lol
It's called all loves blazing btw
@@rinapplepie2118 POG
The delay was worth the wait. Looking to be the best Symphogear season to date! Just when I always think they can't top the last season they somehow manage to do just that.
I think the last ova was pretty good
The animation is awesome
Love the transformation scene but yea surprised the big thing didn't die immediately from a strike of gungnir
The coffin itself isn't the god, so godslayer wouldn't kick in. Now if she were to punch the one inside...
@@ionamorwenna5564 yea but ya forget the thing that normally happens with gungnir that recoil thing that adds more pow to her punch
john mcmasters Coffin be tough, it’s like a turtle. The CASTODIANS (literally gods) made it to contain whatever is inside so naturally 1 strike from a symphogear wouldn’t just take it out...
Well I know what Im binging next.
So magical girls has reached a whole new level.
for a LONG time, well this is dark
oh and this anime started in 2012
@@killianhalberda9143 It's not dark.
It's more of a serious story
Of course, i just said that to explain that toi can't reduce the ''Magical girls" to sailor moon for example. But you're right
*you
I might have to check this out that transformation looked pretty cool
I had an existential crisis watching this clip. 😤😔😧
Looking forward to the other new transformation animations! X)
Oh wow! That was pretty awesome! =O
Hibiki:Ride the thunder with my fists GUGNIR!
Ok fine ill watch symphogear
Like the reference in the transformation.
Bruh whoever put thumbs down bruh
People who wanted to see a double drill punch.
People who don't like the main character I guess...
I just love the singin/acting, I dare, I double dare for dubs to be this good
1:03 tho
This Is More Like Magical Girl Anime/Shoujo Anime.
I’m liking what I’m seeing here 😃
I FUCKING LOVE SYMPHOGEAR!!!!
If they make a symphogear fighting game Then Hibiki better be VERY UNGA!!!!
Season 15. Danm, it should be on Netflix. ALL seasons. For my niece.
XV is the name of this season, it is season 5, well at least Crunchyroll has it now xD the last 6 Years it was rarely showing up on any streaming page
I kind of like how even though their transformations evolve their clothes stay the same throughout the show.
The final season...I am crying
Gracyfangirl2020 they could go full lyrical nanoha, and make a sequel series when there all older and a new cast.
Jeffherson Vega I beg for that to happen.
This is extra even for magical girls