Heavy Object

Heavy Object
First light novel volume cover featuring the character Milinda Brantini
ヘヴィーオブジェクト (Hevī Obujekuto)
Genre	Action, Mecha
Light novel
Written by	Kazuma Kamachi
Illustrated by	Ryō Nagi
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Original run	October 2009 – present
Volumes	13
Manga
Written by	Kazuma Kamachi
Illustrated by	Shinsuke Inue
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Dengeki Black Maoh, Dengeki Maoh
Original run	2009 – 2011
Volumes	1
Manga
Heavy Object S
Written by	Kazuma Kamachi
Illustrated by	Sakae Saitō
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Dengeki Maoh
Original run	2011 – 2013
Volumes	3
Manga
Heavy Object A
Written by	Kazuma Kamachi
Illustrated by	Sakae Saitō
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Dengeki Maoh
Original run	February 2015 – present
Anime television series
Directed by	Takashi Watanabe
Produced by	Jun Fukuda Kazuma Miki Kosuke Shukuwa Kozue Kananiwa Nobuhiro Nakayama Satoshi Fukao
Written by	Hiroyuki Yoshino
Music by	Maiko Iuchi Keiji Inai
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation
Original network	Tokyo MX, MBS, TVA, BS11, AT-X
Original run	October 2, 2015 – March 25, 2016
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)

Heavy Object (ヘヴィーオブジェクト, Hevī Obujekuto^?) is a Japanese light novel series, written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Ryō Nagi. ASCII Media Works have published eight volumes since 2009 under their Dengeki Bunko label. It has received three manga adaptations. A 24-episode anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from October 2, 2015 to March 25, 2016.

In the future, the development of massive war machines called Objects have rendered conventional warfare and even tactical nuclear weapons seemingly obsolete. As a consequence of this military upheaval, all of the nations of the world have fractured into four coalitions which constantly wage war on each other; the "Legitimate Kingdom", focused on tradition; the "Capitalist Corporation"(in the anime the "Capitalist Enterprise"), which values profit; the "Information Alliance"(in the anime the "Intelligence Union"), focused on knowledge; and the "Faith Organization", which values religion above everything else. With the perception that only Objects can destroy Objects, modern warfare is reduced to duels between Objects, resulting in shorter, cleaner, and safer wars. However, this all changes when two regular soldiers from the Legitimate Kingdom, Qwenthur Barbotage and Havia Winchell, use their smarts and ingenuity to destroy the "Water Strider" Object of the Faith Organization all by themselves. Having proven that Objects created by man can also be destroyed by man, Qwenthur and Havia are thrown into a new world of harrowing adventures and dangerous suicide missions, while together with Qwenthur befriending and saving the Legitimate Kingdom's Elite Melinda Brantini, of the Object the "Baby Magnum".

The first light novel volume was published on October 10, 2009 by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. As of February 2017, twelve volumes have been published.