In the distant future on the planet Earl, colonized by immigrants from Earth centuries ago. "Old technology" has survived in the form of nanomachines that allow female virgins wield Highly-advanced Materializing Equipment (HiME) and become Meister Otomes - bodyguards and warriors that serve the royalty of various kingdoms. Arika Yumemiya has come to Windbloom Kingdom in search of her mother, whom Arika knows was an Otome. On her arrival she meets the top Coral Otome student, Nina Wáng, and Windbloom's heir to the throne, Mashiro Blan de Windbloom. The series follows Arika's progress as a student at Garderobe Academy and the machinations of those desiring the destructive power of the old technology for themselves.

Mika Kikuchias Arika (voice)
Ami Koshimizuas Nina Wáng (voice)
Yukanaas Mashiro Blan de Windbloom (voice)
Saeko Chibaas Natsuki Kruger (voice)
Kiyomi Asaias Miyu (voice)
Sakura Nogawaas Shiho Huit (voice)
Yukari Tamuraas Midori (voice)
Naomi Shindoas Shizuru Viola (voice)
Ryoka Yuzukias Haruka Armitage (voice)
Minami Kuribayashias Erstin Ho (voice)