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Oct 25, 2015 5:53 PM

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historical,military,tactical any type is good.
and the should not be between small group of people (fate/zero) or small clans(K).

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Oct 25, 2015 6:16 PM

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Kingdom
Legend of the galactic heroes
Break blade

Oct 25, 2015 6:26 PM

RedPlaty

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arslan senki

Oct 25, 2015 6:30 PM

nep-nep

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GATE isn't that bad if you just want modern military action because it's made for military otaku (to an extent).

Oct 25, 2015 6:32 PM

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http://myanimelist.net/anime/856/Utawarerumono
http://myanimelist.net/anime/5507/Senjou_no_Valkyria:_Gallian_Chronicles

Read Toriko!

Oct 25, 2015 8:32 PM

benriya

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Code Geass, it is awesome
and Uchuu Senkan yamato, i heard it is good

"Watch your back, shoot straight, conserve ammo, and never, EVER cut a deal with a dragon."

Oct 25, 2015 8:35 PM

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Code Geass

Full Metal Panic (Not a giant war, but still very tactical and military based + MECHS)

GATE (Newer anime, very awesome so far)

Oct 25, 2015 9:33 PM

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I definitely think you would enjoy Gunslinger Girl

Oct 25, 2015 10:55 PM

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listbot said:
manga and anime

Ancient:

Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori - Hittites, 1600BC
Historie - about Alexander's father's secretary (as a teen) - 300BC
Ares - Roman mercenaries, sword art, group tactics
Heureka - Second Punic War, history
Ad Astra - Scipio and Hannibal

Ancient China:

Feng Shen Ji - 1600 BC
Kingdom - 480BC, fiction based on history, China was not united but 7 main kingdoms
Bokko - 450BC, defending a weak kingdom
Bin - Sonshi Iden - 360 BC
There are many stories related to the 3-kingdom - 220-280, just to list a few here
- Ravages of time - comics from HK
- Ryuurouden series - Japanese warp to ancient China
- Souten Kouro - focus on badass + smart Cao Cao
- Lord - Super Sangoshi - fiction based on history
Chang Ge Xing - 620c

Middle age:

Innocents - Boys' Crusade - 1200s, about young crusaders
Vinland Saga - 1000s north Europe, battles
Kublai Khan - by Hoshino Yukinobu
Joan (Joan or Arc) - by Hoshino Yukinobu
Hawkwood - England vs France in 1300s
Wolfsmund - Switzerland 1300s
Mercenary Pierre - France Hundred Year's War, focus on Pierre's own life
Maria the Virgin Witch - Hundred Years War, focus on Maria's anti-war struggle & virginity
Arslan Senki - fictional world, middle east, Persia or Middle East?
Shoukoku no Altair - strategic mind, fictional?, Middle East
Shut Hell Akuryou - Genghis Khan and the late Western Xia, Revenge-related, fictional

Japanese middle age:

There are many Sengoku/Nobunaga works, which was around 1500s, just to list a few here
- Senkoku - センゴク, battle strategy and drama
- Nobunaga - by KUDOU Kazuya and IKEGAMI Ryoichi
- Hakuhei Musha - monk army, close combat, end of sengoku
- Anton by Hoshino Yukinobu
- Yuki no Touge Tsurugi no Mai - short side stories in Sengoku
- More on Nobunaga http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2124539623083809473
Vagabond - focus on a lonewolf samurai
Kenshin - focus on samurai not war, more like post-war

Fantasy middle age:

Berserk - one person adventure
Guin Saga - fantasy world, diplomacy, war and adventure
Gensou Suikoden - battles between clans
Diabolo's Soup - Witches' kingdom vs Science
Koukoku no Shugosha / Imperial Guards - action
Ubel Blatt - focus on sword art
Mercenary Maruhan / Yongbyeong Maluhan - against demonic beasts

Modern Warfares:

Napoleon the Lion's Era - 1700s
The Glory of Napoleon / Eikou no Napoleon - 1700s
Gunka no Baltzar - 1800s
Pumpkin Scissors - 1920s, Europe, logistics
Russo-Japanese war Monogatari - long manga
Cat Shit One, Tokyo War, One Man Army and many others - by KOBAYASHI Motofumi
Area 88 - pilot, mercenary
The Silent Service - Cold War, Japan maritime SDF, US Navy
Pineapple Army - Vietnam War, Civilian Military Assistance
Senkai no Tetisu - Navy, submarine
Blue no. 6 - Submarine
Submarine 707R - Submarine
Submarine Super99 - Submarine

Not combative, but with plot closely linked to modern warfares:

Flag - war journalist, in middle east or central Asia
Lucifer no Migite - Japanese volunteer doctor captured in Africa by local guerilla - medics in the battle fields

Western comics:

Modern Warfare 2: Ghost by Wildstorm - game related
Armarauders: The Last Battalion by Mecha Workshop - sci-fi
Le Grand Duc - by Yann & Hugault

WWII:

THE COCKPIT - OVA, manga
Adolf ni tsugu - alternative history
Dokusosen (by Excel) - WWII Eastern Front tactics analysis
Zipang - time warp
Song of Apollo - alternative story
Souin Gyokusai seyo! - Japanese infantry last battles
Ao no Kouro - Japanese interceptor vs US, KOBAYASHI Motofumi
Panzer Krieg 1942-1943 - the horrible Eastern front, KOBAYASHI Motofumi
Happy Tiger - From Japan to Mongol/China, Russia vs Nazi Germany, KOBAYASHI Motofumi
Barefoot Gen - Atomic Bomb
Ishi no Hana - Nazi Germany invaded Yugoslavia
Urda - Nazi found a time machine
Grave of Fireflies - anime, Tokyo firebombs

Post-war Japan:

Yunagi no Machi Sakura no Kuni - atomic bomb survivors
Rainbow - lost generation in Japan

Fictional modern or near-future:

Company DMZ (Convenience Store DMZ), Gate ~ Jietai Kare no Chi Nite... , Meisai-kun - all by Sao Satoru
DOMINION - ova, Tank Police
Gojikanme no Sensou - happen in school where Japan is at war with an unknown force for 5 years already and students are drafted
Husk Eden - romance in anti-Terrorism army of a World Government - shoujo, romance, drama
Jin-Roh - future cops, action
Konpeki no Kantai and Kyokujitsu no Kantai - navy in fictional world base on novels
Library War series - future, politics, squad tactics
Omega 7 - a fictional SDF special squad
Yukikaze - future jet fighters

Sci-fi and mecha on Earth:

Votoms - mech infantry, harsh environment, desert wars, jungle wars
Broken Blade - mecha on land
Front Mission - Dog Life & Dog Style - USNC vs Oceania Union, fictional
Full metal Panic - anti-terrorist private military organization, mecha
Joushi Kouhei - Giant Robot modeled as HighSchool Girls
Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon - sci-fi historical?
MINDS - oneshot mech infantry
Patlabor - mecha police, but Patlabor 2 the movie involves some military armors
Red Eye - mechanized infantry, special squad tactics
Saishuu Heiki Kanojo - My Girl Friend is the Ultimate Weapon - romance, mecha

Mecha and Space:

Gundam series - related to near space colonies
Knights of Sidonia - against aliens in space
Legend of Galactic Heroes - outer space and colonies
Macross Series - near space wars, aliens

Unknown or Distant future:

Basara - post apocalyptic
Kaiouki - sea battles
Nausicaa - post apocalyptic
Senjou no Valkyria - infantry and tanks
Shin Sekai yori - clan battles

Crime and weapons:

Black Lagoon - mercenary, pirates
Eden - drug dealers
Gunslinger Girls - little girls trained as professional hitman
Jormungand - weapon dealers
GITS - sci-fi, android, cyber crime
Psycho-Pass - sci-fi, psychological, investigation, bit of action

Weapon related works + fan service; selling character girls and a bit of military knowledge:

801 T.T.S Airbats - Aozora Shoujotai - aka Blue Sky Girls Squad, OVA
Arpeggio of Blue Steel - fleet girls
C3 - War game club
Girls & Panzer - tank games
Kantai Collection series - fleet girls
Military! - short comedy
Sabagebu - Survival Game Club
Seishoujo Kantai Virgin Fleet - 1923 war, ova, Fleet with only virgin
Steel Girls - military girls
Strike Witches series - flying battle girls
Tactical Roar - sci-fi, adventure and Slice of Life on a future defense warship
Upotte! - weapons are girls now
Sky Girls - battle girls
Busou Shinki - Plastic model fighting girls (sci-fi suits)
Infinite stratos - armor suits, harem, fanservice
Vivired operation - armor suits, fanservice series

NOW THAT IS A HECK OF A LIST

Oct 26, 2015 1:08 AM

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+1 Kingdom
+1 Sidonia

All credit goes to Sacred.

Oct 26, 2015 8:43 AM

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TheGeniusBaka said:

listbot said:
manga and anime

Ancient:

Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori - Hittites, 1600BC
Historie - about Alexander's father's secretary (as a teen) - 300BC
Ares - Roman mercenaries, sword art, group tactics
Heureka - Second Punic War, history
Ad Astra - Scipio and Hannibal

Ancient China:

Feng Shen Ji - 1600 BC
Kingdom - 480BC, fiction based on history, China was not united but 7 main kingdoms
Bokko - 450BC, defending a weak kingdom
Bin - Sonshi Iden - 360 BC
There are many stories related to the 3-kingdom - 220-280, just to list a few here
- Ravages of time - comics from HK
- Ryuurouden series - Japanese warp to ancient China
- Souten Kouro - focus on badass + smart Cao Cao
- Lord - Super Sangoshi - fiction based on history
Chang Ge Xing - 620c

Middle age:

Innocents - Boys' Crusade - 1200s, about young crusaders
Vinland Saga - 1000s north Europe, battles
Kublai Khan - by Hoshino Yukinobu
Joan (Joan or Arc) - by Hoshino Yukinobu
Hawkwood - England vs France in 1300s
Wolfsmund - Switzerland 1300s
Mercenary Pierre - France Hundred Year's War, focus on Pierre's own life
Maria the Virgin Witch - Hundred Years War, focus on Maria's anti-war struggle & virginity
Arslan Senki - fictional world, middle east, Persia or Middle East?
Shoukoku no Altair - strategic mind, fictional?, Middle East
Shut Hell Akuryou - Genghis Khan and the late Western Xia, Revenge-related, fictional

Japanese middle age:

There are many Sengoku/Nobunaga works, which was around 1500s, just to list a few here
- Senkoku - センゴク, battle strategy and drama
- Nobunaga - by KUDOU Kazuya and IKEGAMI Ryoichi
- Hakuhei Musha - monk army, close combat, end of sengoku
- Anton by Hoshino Yukinobu
- Yuki no Touge Tsurugi no Mai - short side stories in Sengoku
- More on Nobunaga http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2124539623083809473
Vagabond - focus on a lonewolf samurai
Kenshin - focus on samurai not war, more like post-war

Fantasy middle age:

Berserk - one person adventure
Guin Saga - fantasy world, diplomacy, war and adventure
Gensou Suikoden - battles between clans
Diabolo's Soup - Witches' kingdom vs Science
Koukoku no Shugosha / Imperial Guards - action
Ubel Blatt - focus on sword art
Mercenary Maruhan / Yongbyeong Maluhan - against demonic beasts

Modern Warfares:

Napoleon the Lion's Era - 1700s
The Glory of Napoleon / Eikou no Napoleon - 1700s
Gunka no Baltzar - 1800s
Pumpkin Scissors - 1920s, Europe, logistics
Russo-Japanese war Monogatari - long manga
Cat Shit One, Tokyo War, One Man Army and many others - by KOBAYASHI Motofumi
Area 88 - pilot, mercenary
The Silent Service - Cold War, Japan maritime SDF, US Navy
Pineapple Army - Vietnam War, Civilian Military Assistance
Senkai no Tetisu - Navy, submarine
Blue no. 6 - Submarine
Submarine 707R - Submarine
Submarine Super99 - Submarine

Not combative, but with plot closely linked to modern warfares:

Flag - war journalist, in middle east or central Asia
Lucifer no Migite - Japanese volunteer doctor captured in Africa by local guerilla - medics in the battle fields

Western comics:

Modern Warfare 2: Ghost by Wildstorm - game related
Armarauders: The Last Battalion by Mecha Workshop - sci-fi
Le Grand Duc - by Yann & Hugault

WWII:

THE COCKPIT - OVA, manga
Adolf ni tsugu - alternative history
Dokusosen (by Excel) - WWII Eastern Front tactics analysis
Zipang - time warp
Song of Apollo - alternative story
Souin Gyokusai seyo! - Japanese infantry last battles
Ao no Kouro - Japanese interceptor vs US, KOBAYASHI Motofumi
Panzer Krieg 1942-1943 - the horrible Eastern front, KOBAYASHI Motofumi
Happy Tiger - From Japan to Mongol/China, Russia vs Nazi Germany, KOBAYASHI Motofumi
Barefoot Gen - Atomic Bomb
Ishi no Hana - Nazi Germany invaded Yugoslavia
Urda - Nazi found a time machine
Grave of Fireflies - anime, Tokyo firebombs

Post-war Japan:

Yunagi no Machi Sakura no Kuni - atomic bomb survivors
Rainbow - lost generation in Japan

Fictional modern or near-future:

Company DMZ (Convenience Store DMZ), Gate ~ Jietai Kare no Chi Nite... , Meisai-kun - all by Sao Satoru
DOMINION - ova, Tank Police
Gojikanme no Sensou - happen in school where Japan is at war with an unknown force for 5 years already and students are drafted
Husk Eden - romance in anti-Terrorism army of a World Government - shoujo, romance, drama
Jin-Roh - future cops, action
Konpeki no Kantai and Kyokujitsu no Kantai - navy in fictional world base on novels
Library War series - future, politics, squad tactics
Omega 7 - a fictional SDF special squad
Yukikaze - future jet fighters

Sci-fi and mecha on Earth:

Votoms - mech infantry, harsh environment, desert wars, jungle wars
Broken Blade - mecha on land
Front Mission - Dog Life & Dog Style - USNC vs Oceania Union, fictional
Full metal Panic - anti-terrorist private military organization, mecha
Joushi Kouhei - Giant Robot modeled as HighSchool Girls
Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon - sci-fi historical?
MINDS - oneshot mech infantry
Patlabor - mecha police, but Patlabor 2 the movie involves some military armors
Red Eye - mechanized infantry, special squad tactics
Saishuu Heiki Kanojo - My Girl Friend is the Ultimate Weapon - romance, mecha

Mecha and Space:

Gundam series - related to near space colonies
Knights of Sidonia - against aliens in space
Legend of Galactic Heroes - outer space and colonies
Macross Series - near space wars, aliens

Unknown or Distant future:

Basara - post apocalyptic
Kaiouki - sea battles
Nausicaa - post apocalyptic
Senjou no Valkyria - infantry and tanks
Shin Sekai yori - clan battles

Crime and weapons:

Black Lagoon - mercenary, pirates
Eden - drug dealers
Gunslinger Girls - little girls trained as professional hitman
Jormungand - weapon dealers
GITS - sci-fi, android, cyber crime
Psycho-Pass - sci-fi, psychological, investigation, bit of action

Weapon related works + fan service; selling character girls and a bit of military knowledge:

801 T.T.S Airbats - Aozora Shoujotai - aka Blue Sky Girls Squad, OVA
Arpeggio of Blue Steel - fleet girls
C3 - War game club
Girls & Panzer - tank games
Kantai Collection series - fleet girls
Military! - short comedy
Sabagebu - Survival Game Club
Seishoujo Kantai Virgin Fleet - 1923 war, ova, Fleet with only virgin
Steel Girls - military girls
Strike Witches series - flying battle girls
Tactical Roar - sci-fi, adventure and Slice of Life on a future defense warship
Upotte! - weapons are girls now
Sky Girls - battle girls
Busou Shinki - Plastic model fighting girls (sci-fi suits)
Infinite stratos - armor suits, harem, fanservice
Vivired operation - armor suits, fanservice series

NOW THAT IS A HECK OF A LIST

Not all of them are translated, though.

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