If you loved Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova DC-, try Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova Cadenza-
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova DC-

Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova Cadenza-
What they share
Both films are directed by Seiji Kishi, and they both carry the neon soaked, surreal mood tags, and they sit in Action / Animation / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova DC-, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova Cadenza- is
You serve aboard Blue Steel, racing the Fleet of Fog to deliver weapon schematics. But a student council of Mental Models appears. The fog thickens. Director Kishi repurposes naval hardware as anime archetypes. The film pulses with submarine warfare and the anxieties of sentience.