Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons (クロスアンジュ 天使と竜の輪舞), also known as simply Cross Ange, is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise that aired from October 2014 to March 2015, accompanied by a parody Yonkoma manga. A manga adaptation was published between August 2014 and June 2015.
Set in a world where magic and technology coexist, the story follows Ange, a royal who was banished from her kingdom due to her inability to use mana, a prospect of the world that dictates everyday life. Forced to join a paramilitary organization for her own survival, She is tasked with piloting a special type of mecha to combat interdimensional creatures known as DRAGONs while simultaneously rebelling against those who betrayed her, all while uncovering dark and horrific secrets about her world.
Plot
Through the development of groundbreaking information transfer and material generation technology called "Mana", various problems, such as pollution and war have disappeared, and days of peace have arrived in the world. However, the people who receive the benefit of the Mana live in a false peace. Those who cannot use the Mana, referred to by the derogatory term "Norma", who are seen as an opposition to the structures of society, live in oppression. Because this is the norm, the people who use Mana do not question it.
The first princess of the Misurugi Empire, Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi, is convinced of the idea of exterminating the Norma. But during her 16th baptism birthday, her elder brother, Julio, publicly exposes her as a Norma out of jealousy. Angelise, bewildered by the revelation that she herself was a Norma all along, becomes hated by the people in the blink of an eye and is exiled to Arzenal, an isolated military base where Norma are conscripted into service against their will to fight interdimensional creatures known as DRAGONs, and starts her new life as the Norma soldier named Ange.