Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers (ギルティギア ストライヴ: デュアル ルーラーズ) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sanzigen and Arc System Works, based on the video game series Guilty Gear.[1] The series aired from April to May 2025.
Plot
The plot centers around Gears, which are magical creatures made to advance human evolution. Some gears began fighting against humans, leading to a 100-year-long global conflict known as the Crusades. Years after the Crusades, Ky Kiske, a human, and Dizzy, a gear, are officially getting married, hoping to promote peaceful co-existence between humanity and gears. Their wedding is interrupted by a mysterious person named Unika and anti-gear activist Nerville Hammer. The story follows Ky and Dizzy's son, Sin Kiske, as he tracks down Unika. Other characters from the Guilty Gear series, such as Sol Badguy (now a human), Ramlethal Valentine, Baiken, Johnny, Bridget, and more also play prominent roles in the plot.[2]