Realizing the favorable situation this puts them in, the Japanese government sends Ichika to attend the international Infinite Stratos Academy. A global peace is shattered with Japanese protagonist Ichika Orimura discovering he possesses the capacity to pilot an IS unit. One odd quirk of the IS, is due to only being piloted by women, the world becomes a matriarchal one with women dominating society.The series proper begins a decade after the IS weapons system is introduced. This worry leads to the world's nations establishing a 'Alaska Treaty,' banning the use of IS for military operations and that all existing IS units be equally distributed among all nations. With technological and combative measures well beyond any existing weapon system, IS units look to ruin the world rather than head off into outer space as originally designed. Not far from the present day, a Japanese scientist creates an exoskeletal suit of armor and labels it 'Infinite Stratos' or IS.
Infinite Stratos, properly written as IS is an anime inspired by a light novel of the same name.
