Rusted Armors

Rusted Armors (錆色のアーマ, Sabiiro no Āma) is a Japanese mixed-media project. It consists of various 2.5D stage plays, with the first play running in 2017. A manga series illustrated by hagi ran in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Gene from January to October 2019. A second manga series titled Rusted Armors: Daybreak (錆色のアーマ-黎明-, Sabiiro no Āma: Reimei) illustrated by Kairi Shimotsuki is currently running in Monthly Gene since May 2021. An anime adaptation also titled Rusted Armors: Daybreak premiered in January 2022 and is directed by Shimmei Kawahara at Kigumi.

Plot
The Muromachi Shogunate is weakening due to an extended war and the country has entered the tumultuous time known as the Warring States Period where blood is washed away by more blood. In the depths of the deep forests in the unexplored Kinokuni area, the Saika Ikki mercenaries are armed with guns and waving the Yatagarasu flag. Their leader is a foreigner named Magoichi. Meanwhile, a man named Saburou struggles to protect Hinomoto from European invasion. The fate of thes two will lead them both to cross swords with invaders.