Watch Symphogear

So now that we’ve mathematically derived Symphogear from its constituent parts, where can you actually watch the show? The phrase “Watch Symphogear” has itself achieved a minor meme status, as everybody’s got that one friend that keeps trying to get them to watch it. Even if you didn’t before… too bad, you’re stuck with ME now!

Sign from Retro Saikou AWA booth	Car by @kloacy
Could no longer find original Tweet :(	Meme from /r/symphogear
Photo by @ladyinverse, from my AWA panel

Shiranui Flare Says Watch Symphogear

But don’t just take my word for it! Those “vee tubers” are all the rage with the kids these days, so maybe you’ll be convinced if you hear it from a cute anime girl like Flare Shiranui:

(Source: Flare ch karaoke stream)

Watch Symphogear On Crunchyroll Dot Com

In case I’ve somehow managed to convince you to Watch Symphogear, all 5 seasons are now available on Crunchyroll.

This is something that we do not take for granted - we’ve had a rocky history with streaming. Season 1 was simulcast for only a short time as part of Funimation’s brief partnership with NicoNico, G rode entirely on fansubs until Crunchyroll picked it up after the end of their GX simulcast, and then AXZ fell back into fansub-only land again until Crunchyroll got around to releasing each episode alongside the corresponding episode of XV, a two year break during which time I’m pretty sure their social media guy Miles got asked about it on Twitter several times a week despite not being able to do anything about it. Symphogear fans are a persistent bunch, what can I say?

Watch Symphogear On Blu Ray Disc

What’s more, Discotek has finally licensed Symphogear for home video release after all these years! They’ve released Season 1 on Blu Ray in 2020, and the rest over the following two years. So now that they’re all out, Symphogear fans can stop flooding the Q+A section of every Discotek Day stream asking when the next one is coming (Symphogear fans are a persistent bunch, what can I say…)

Discotek’s releases are extremely high quality, so it’s absolutely worth picking them up! The series could not be in better hands. They include all the chibi short Blu Ray specials and a few bonus videos of the voice actresses at live premiere events, in addition to having pristine audio/video quality and newly-translated subtitles, complete with character color-coding for the song lyrics. The new translation gives the dialogue more character flavor depending on who’s speaking, adds consistency to lines that gained significance later on, and clarifies some plot points that were a little confusing in the week-to-week subtitles. There are some choices that I liked better in previous subtitle scripts and some that I like better here, but on the whole it’s very well-done.

Example Of Discotek's Blu Ray Subtitles

You can get the Blu-Rays here:

Crunchyroll Store	Anime Corner Store

I used to have a link to Rightstuf Anime’s page to buy the Blu-Ray, but sadly what was once my favorite and most reliable independent retailer has been bought by Crunchyroll and merged into their store. Here’s what the page looked like, in memory of an old “friend” (also note the “Top Seller” label, heck yeah!):

Rightstuf Symphogear Blu Ray Page