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Synonyms: Eighty Six

Japanese: 86―エイティシックス―

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Type: TV

Episodes: 11

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 11, 2021 to Jun 20, 2021

Premiered: Spring 2021

Broadcast: Sundays at 00:00 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Kadokawa, Bandai Spirits

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: A-1 Pictures

Source: Light novel

Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Themes: Mecha, Military

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Popularity: #248

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According to the Republic of San Magnolia, their ongoing war against the Giadian Empire has no casualties—however, that is mere propaganda. While the silver-haired Alba of the Republic's eighty-five sectors live safely behind protective walls, those of different appearances are interned in a secret eighty-sixth faction. Known within the military as the Eighty-Six, they are forced to fight against the Empire's autonomous Legion under the command of the Republican "Handlers."

Vladilena Milizé is assigned to the Spearhead squadron to replace their previous Handler. Shunned by her peers for being a fellow Eighty-Six supporter, she continues to fight against their inhumane discrimination. Shinei Nouzen is the captain of the Spearhead squadron. Infamous for being the sole survivor of every squadron he's been in, he insists on shouldering the names and wishes of his fallen comrades. When the fates of these young souls from two different worlds collide, will it ignite the spark that lights their path to salvation, or will they burn themselves in the flames of despair?

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Adaptation:	86
Sequel:	86 Part 2
Summary:	86 Special Edition: Senya ni Akaku Hinageshi no Saku

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Characters & Voice Actors

Milizé, Vladilena

Main

Hasegawa, Ikumi
Japanese

Nouzen, Shinei

Main

Chiba, Shouya
Japanese

Kukumila, Kurena

Supporting

Suzushiro, Sayumi
Japanese

Emma, Anju

Supporting

Hayami, Saori
Japanese

Rikka, Theoto

Supporting

Fujiwara, Natsumi
Japanese

Shuga, Raiden

Supporting

Yamashita, Seiichirou
Japanese

Taniya, Kaie

Supporting

Shiraishi, Haruka
Japanese

Keats, Haruto

Supporting

Yamashita, Daiki
Japanese

Penrose, Henrietta

Supporting

Sugiyama, Riho
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Irma, Daiya

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Ishiya, Haruki
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Nakayama, Nobuhiro

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Fujii, Shouta

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Ishii, Toshimasa

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Aketagawa, Jin

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Opening Theme

"3-pun 29-byou (3分29秒)" by hitorie

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	1: "3-pun 29-byou (3分29秒)" by hitorie (eps 1)
	2: "Avid" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki (eps 2-3, 5, 7, 10, 11)
	3: "Hands Up to the Sky" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Laco (eps 4,6,8)

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Jun 19, 2021

Marinate1016

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The word masterpiece gets thrown around so much these days, it’s nearly lost its meaning. The literal meaning being the defining work of an individual’s career. I’m here to tell you now, Eighty-Six:86 is a masterpiece in the truest sense of the word and is one of the best stories in the modern history of the medium. 86 depicts the brutal nature of war, racism and oppression in such a way that you can’t help but to be absorbed into the story, characters and fall in love with the series.

From the time it was announced that my favourite LN series would be getting an anime ... adaptation, I was filled with excitement at the prospect of seeing my fave scenes and characters adapted. Unfortunately, I could not help feeling a sense of dread as well given the studio that would be adapting it. A-1 have had a pretty inconsistent track record over the past decade or so. They’ve given us some amazing works like Anohana and Bokumachi, but also some…. less than stellar works like SAO season 2 or War of Underworld PT.2. A-1, and the anime industry as a whole’s main issue is that LN adaptations are usually just cash grabs and glorified promo material to get people to go out and buy the books. Usually large swathes of stories are left out or butchered. As a result, I was worried that A-1 may rush through the story and omit key aspects of 86. Thankfully, I could not have been more wrong. Not only did A-1 remain faithful to the source material, they even enhanced it in many instances. With arguably their best LN adaptation ever, A-1 gave us the anime of the season.

86 is a very character driven story. Volume 1, which the first cour of the anime covers, is quite slow at time just because of all the detail that goes into the world-building. Asato sensei does a great job of humanising characters and creating a connection between you and them. There may be times during the anime where you feel it drags on or it’s going a bit slow, but I can guarantee you there’s a pay-off coming around the corner. Every second you spend in this world and with these characters matters. The cruel nature of war and child soldiers is on full display, and unfortunately death is always only a moment away. At the core of 86 is the theme of racism. The light novel and anime by extension, do an amazing job of showing how easy it is to fall into the cycle of hatred. On one hand, you have the Alba living peaceful lives within their cities, on the other you have the 86 being forced into a war they didn’t start and left to die. The psychological trauma that both the kids and their commanding officer, Lena go through is conveyed masterfully and really drives home the toll these things can take on humans. If it sounds like this is a dense story, it’s because it is. There is a LOT to unpack in 86, which is why I am so happy A-1 took their time and only adapted one volume for the first cour. This is something that’s nearly unprecedented in today’s era of profit over fidelity.

From a cinematic perspective, A-1 eloquently employ the use of split perspectives in 86. The story is told through the eyes of Lena and Shin and is usually split halfway each episode. It’s a great way to flesh out the world and the characters and I’m glad they went this route. I also loved the use of camera angles, particularly as it relates to facial expressions in the show. During tense moments and conversations, I found that the cuts and angles used added to the moment and helped drive home the significance of the scene.

I mentioned it briefly earlier, but I can’t help but reiterate how much I LOVED the pacing of the show. Usually with these types of adaptations we would get 1-3 volumes for 12 episodes. For a series like 86 which is quite frankly extremely dense, this would have been a disaster. Doing the first volume, at a rate of one chapter per episode and with the quality we got artistically with amazing character designs, the best CGI I’ve ever seen, etc etc., perfection.

Anyone who knows me knows I’ve been pushing the 86 agenda on Twitter and facebook for years. Part of that agenda was an OST by Sawano Hiroyuki. I could not imagine the world of 86 being animated without an OST from the GOAT himself. Sawano has done the OST for several aniplex mech series so it’s not really a shock that he hopped on 86, but bringing his kouhai Yamamoto Kohta onboard was a pleasant surprise. As you’d expect, the two of them SNAPPED on every track featured in the anime. Both EDs are amazing and several inserts like “The Answer” are on repeat on my phone daily. Could not ask for more.

In closing, 86 has been my favourite Light Novel series for years, and at this point it’s probably safe to say the anime is now my favourite anime series. A-1 put together an all star team of talent to work on this show, took their time and gave us something really special. Even if you don’t normally like mech or science-fiction anime, 86 is well worth a viewing due to the amazing handling of real life themes. In today’s hyper-political and tense times, a story on the dangers of racism and hate couldn’t be more relevant.

Eighty-six gets 10 Para-Raids out of 10.

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Jun 19, 2021

Luubie

Mixed Feelings

A1 Pictures has returned, and has returned with an ambitious investment: adapting a Light Novel very renowned by its readers, 86. In the beginning, it was imaginable to see a very good arsenal in the staff and in the show's advertising. No wonder that the name of the show itself caused interest by many. However, we need to keep our feet on the ground. This ambition makes 86 leave an anime that still needs to really show its objective to a level that suffocates and embodies a quality... that doesn't exist yet.

Looking at the construction of the episodes, the show brings an innovation in its ... way of structuring the story. It is not usual for an anime to go back a few moments and repeat them in a single episode, for example, or even give greater importance to the cast of characters instead of applied politics. Even though the anime has "militaria" as its main theme, that's not what the show actually stands out about. In fact, militaria is the last topic to be measured. Lena, or Vladilena, is a very young Major. She is practically an inexperienced when it comes to losses of military power. She is a sweet girl, who yearns to be competent at her job. She has her charm, like every character in the show, but stands out precisely for her unique and impactful propositions. Of course, this is to be expected from an army officer in San Magnolia, the country Lena defends. However, there is a social disruption that Lena is constantly trying to end: the prejudice against District 86. Shinei is the character who makes the connection with Lena and the rest of the people who are contained in the District. They are the largest active military force in the country, fighting robotic equipment called the Legion. They, in their Juggernauts, defend a country rotten in politics, because in addition to institutionally causing this social fissure, it causes ideological discrimination and even differences in military investment.

The entire drama involves Shin and his most personal relationship with Lena's past, where her brother saved her during the war a few years ago. Shin, or "Undertaker", is someone who has a disturbance in his mind of listening to other people in the District who have already died. This leads to the assumption that the Legion uses the brains of these dead humans to fortify their machines and fight the Juggernauts of San Magnolia. Shin, because he thinks he is "dead" and because he wants to find his brother's brain, has been searching for 5 years for a human peace within himself.

And being a human is one of the themes of the show. All this social pressure that is imposed on the District causes an increasingly oligarchic policy, where the rich and generals are decorated with many merits, while for the soldiers of '86, they are nothing more than Pigs (or "Buta Yarou"), people without any charisma or who do not like them in any way, because they are the same segregationists. Lena would be one of the thousands of Operators who would go into a mental frenzy if she were weak and didn't have a purpose with it. Her father was an important person who changed his mind, so that he had a different destiny from the rest of the commanders. Lena exerts this pride to the flag in a revolutionary way, but at the same time she is realistic with her ideals, even if the ideals themselves were not achievable, as the anime itself once mentions. It is not because it is a nation that the motto of the flag becomes possible. In fact, an unattainable goal brings problems of idolatry and problems of politics. Lena is the character that goes through this the most, because to have an experience with the most subdued District in the country, she is not just any character who can withstand constant repression simply for commanding a team of Processors. Even her friend has a role in the anime, which is to represent the opinion of all the other leaders. The very name "Undertaker" within 86 is already causing a stir. Lena has survived difficult days during her work and deserves applause for her efforts.

But it is not just about qualities that 86 deserves to be commented. In fact, you need to demystify your potential from the actual delivery of it. The show, over the course of 11 episodes, brought a lot of cool and intriguing discussions, causing a very felt popularity during this Season. Of course, it's an anime that produces a sense of security, as Studio A1-Pictures was extremely competent with the original material. Sawano is also a creator of wonderful songs, which turned down the show of praise. He is still a living artist and he deserves to continue producing his works, as they are works of art.
But the question that leads me to think that 86 is not all of this is precisely his undecided goal. Of course it's an anime with potential, but it needs to show better what it wants to convey. Whether it's a relationship between Lena and Shin, whether it's militaria as a negative cataclysm for the anime's history, or whether it's about survival, all these topics are presented, but at the same time they're not detachable. It is a show that is truly consolidated in its proposals, but that did not stand out from its own limits. Maybe it's something the anime wanted to do. The light novel has apparently greater general force and is much more admired, even if the audience is small. 86 is a show apart and really interesting. I like what it brought, but at the same time it didn't evolve so well. Yes, episode 10 was great, really the climax of the anime, but what about after that? Will the show ever get lukewarm again? Will it be another show with a visionary goal, but without much precision about what it wants to be? Mushoku Tensei was a recent anime that caused this same sensation. And I'm really scared that 86 is another one of those animes.

-"But it's a show that will demonstrate its superiority after a while, just wait."

Yes I hope so, actually I'm happy to hear it, but it's more for the sake of causing a brief interest. Any show can wreck itself if it doesn't have a great effect at first, but I reiterate: 86 needs more stuff and this is a problem to be solved as soon as possible.

Finally, 86 is one of the shows that I've had a different experience from the others recently. It's a great production, with great scene executions and animation composition, but it can't fool us.

It's not because it's a pretty show that makes it easy to be liked. Kimetsu no Yaiba and Jujutsu Kaisen, for example, even with their amazing animations, have some reason to exist. I hope that 86 has its reason to exist too. Whether this is going to take a while is something to be discussed in a second season, which is coming soon. We hope that the show continues and that it has greater courtesy and greater representation in current animes, it's a good title that certainly deserves its space in 2021.

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Jun 19, 2021

bulkyhog

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Every season, one can find countless anime adaptations of light novels or manga applauded by its dedicated fanbase as being deep, provoking, emotional, amazing, etc. Some live up to or even surpass that hype. Others are an honest adaptation, but an adaptation is all they are. Then, there are those that, quite frankly, are just straight up overrated.

And 86 is in my eyes overrated.

Before I have Milizé simps knocking at my door calling for my head, I just want to make it clear: overrated doesn’t equate to being bad. I don’t think 86 is a bad anime; it’s okay and pretty watchable. But is ...

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