Soukou no Strain


Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: 奏光のストレイン
English: Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Nov 2, 2006 to Feb 15, 2007
Premiered: Fall 2006
Broadcast: Thursdays at 00:00 (JST)
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Studio Fantasia
Source: Original
Genres: ActionAction, DramaDrama, Sci-FiSci-Fi, EcchiEcchi
Themes: MechaMecha, MilitaryMilitary, SpaceSpace
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 7.001 (scored by 95269,526 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #44532
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #4842
Members: 24,204
Favorites: 80

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Synopsis

Eleven-year-old Sara Werec's elder brother, Ralph, was sent to the frontlines of an interstellar war 130 light years away, and Sara vowed to reunite with him one day as a comrade. Five years later, Sara is a student at Grapera Space Armed Soldier Academy, training to become a Reasoner, a pilot of an advanced weapons system called a "Strain."

When the academy is suddenly attacked by enemy forces, Sara enters battle against a Strain that quickly overpowers her. After incapacitating her, the pilot reveals himself to be her Ralph. Killing all the other students and destroying the school, he disappears, leaving Sara to question everything she has ever known. Soukou no Strain is the story of Sara as she reenters training under a new name, now determined to confront her brother and make sense of her brother's actions.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Werec, Sara

Main
Kawasumi, Ayako
Japanese

Werec, Ralph

Main
Kondo, Takashi
Japanese

Gelh, Lotti

Main
Yukana
Japanese

Emily

Supporting
Nonaka, Ai
Japanese

Reberth, Lavinia

Supporting
Nonaka, Ai
Japanese

Jeanette

Supporting
Saitou, Kimiko
Japanese

Jake

Supporting
Iijima, Hajime
Japanese

Hobbs

Supporting
Imaruoka, Atsushi
Japanese

Mariette

Supporting
Tanii, Asuka
Japanese

Havisham

Supporting
Ueda, Yuuji
Japanese

Staff

Cook, Justin
Producer
Tsukino, Masashi
Producer, Storyboard
Watanabe, Tetsuya
Director, Episode Director
Kameyama, Toshiki
Sound Director


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"Message" by Yoko Ueno (eps 1-13)
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Ending Theme

"Umi no Opal" by Sema (eps 1-13)

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Reviews

Mar 30, 2016
Summary: This is the perfect epitome of a good anime. It has a handful of unique and fantastic moments but for the most part is fairly straight forward and forgettable. It isn't bad, it isn't great... it's good. If you're looking for a middle of the road mech anime that focuses more on character development than fighting you will likely enjoy this, but I doubt you'll be moved. One thing I should emphasize is this is NOT ecchi. This is a mech anime. There are a few topless scenes for... reasons... and if you come in thinking high school dxd meets mobile suit gundam you ...
Apr 17, 2025
Mixed Feelings
Is this show... good? Uh... hard to say. It feels like it spends about half of its run kind of floundering around aimlessly. But once you hit the back half, it basically deletes all of its worst aspects and goes whole-hog into some wild yuri sci-fi and the ending as a whole is shockingly fun. It wouldn't be one of my first recommendations, but if you've watched a lot of the similar yuri sci-fi action shows of its era and are just looking for something new, there is. SOME appeal here. As long as you're okay with the entire first six episodes being kind of ...
Aug 24, 2023
Story: 3/10
Supposedly, this anime draws from an existing novel for inspiration called A Little Princess in which the main protagonist attends a rich school in New York City but her father dies in World War II which causes her to become a maid for the school. There she is laughed at by her peers and treated poorly. This anime utilizes that setup to create a similar scenario of the main character having it all and losing it all and being bullied.
The story is nothing special. In the background, two nations are fighting to establish an existing conflict and they aren't really explored or fleshed ...

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