In the future there are giant robots (shocking, eh?). Humanity has been forced into a civil war (for some reason) and is battling each other in space (wow). There are two factions, arbitrarily named the Union and the Deague; about the only noticeable difference is that the Union uses robots called Strains, which have to be piloted by a cannon-fodder teenager--in this series named after characters from The Little Princess. The Deague is smarter and uses unmanned drones. Oh, yes, to pilot a Strain, you also need a mysterious black box which is the crucial plot element in this story.
So, there's Sara Crews, Cruz, Werec,
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Alternative Titles
Japanese: 奏光のストレイン
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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
Duration:
24 min. per ep.
Rating:
R+ - Mild Nudity
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#44532
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Popularity:
#4842
Members:
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Your Feelings Categories Mar 12, 2021
Summary: Strain is a solid sci fi action series for fans of mechs and space operas. While the action itself is not always the best, the plot is interesting and engaging and has a solid payoff to its various mysteries. If you like fanservice, there's plenty of titties and girl on girl kissing as well.
Positives: + Interesting plot. The main story of Sara Werec and her attempt to understand why the brother she loved slaughtered all of her friends is appropriately dramatic for a space opera. The series is paced well and gives you answers at the right times, and it's fun ... Apr 17, 2025
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
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Aug 24, 2020
Soukou no Strain. This anime because it was a "mech" anime I was super excited to watch it for that reason alone. Something automatically attracts me when an anime has a lot to do with mechs or gian "robots" it actually makes me even more interested. My other genres are Psychological, Samurai, and what I have been watch a lot of here lately and that is "historical" anime that has been part of our earth for many years. This anime really did have a "strong" female lead, and I think there needs to be more anime just like this in the very near future.
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