86--EIGHTY-SIX (light novel)
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| People are really arguing about the world based off of one episode huh. Lol. They can only fit in so much info in 24 minutes. Relax. And i don't even understand why you guys are worried about her being less than ideal choice because of her empathetic nature when nobody else will even take the damn job and they need a handler immediately. Her nature may be less than ideal but if the military is at least able to put a handler on spearhead squadron then so be it. |
simulatedhelApr 13, 2021 12:59 AM
| I think this Anime has the potential to become a great action Anime. I love the setting, so far... And if it go a bit deeper in the story and gets more complex, it will become one of my favourite Anime of the year... |
| Wow that was a compact, informative episode. I had to pause multiple time to take notes on the background details which helped give you a better understanding of the setting and the dates given so I can sort out a timeline of the events. I was a bit confused at first with all the unfamiliar terms like Handler Processor Para-RAID but they did a good job showing us what these means rather than telling ๐ The fact that the Processors hate Handlers since they all treat them like tools made me even more looking forward to the main girl's future friendship (probably?) with the Spearhead squadron. I love the enemies to friends trope so I'm completely on board with this development. Excited for more. |
| I don't know what's all this fuss about. It was a pretty boring premiere with extreme amount of technobabble. I will give it one or two more episodes though. I hope it gets better. |
Dukino said: This premiere introducing us to everything about the world the story is set. How there's a horrible class system with those silver haired people on top and the rest treated like disposable pigs to the slaughter. Regarding them as so less than their deaths aren't even officially counted as casualties in the battles. Lena, our main girl, becoming the new Handler for this elite squadron. The Spearhead since they're the best of the best and guard the most valuable district number one. Lena not having the best experience being a handler with her previous squadron but wanting to serve as best she can even in this tough position. With all their earlier handlers leaving, going insane or committing suicide the Spearhead squadron has an unsavoury reputation. The battles in this show are super intense. Those unmanned, in name only, drones can zip around the battlefield like its nothing. Shin, aka undertaker, being their leader on the ground. Excited to see this great story unfold in the anime, it will be a great one this season. Thank you for explaining better, I got a hard time comprehending what was going on |
| WOWzers. Episode 1 was phenomenal. I think this is the anime I am most excited about this season. Can't wait to see more. |
| confusing start, but i really like the world and the characters |
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| So far I really like the story. I wasn't really paying attention to the dates until the end so idk if that was important? I see many people not understanding what's going on. I haven't read the LN either and this is my first time with this story, but I understood it very well. |
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Groenboys said: It's not as clear cut as the Republic of San Magnolia being Germany, or the Colorata/86 being Jews.So this is basically Sci-fi WW2 but Germany sends in jews as soldiers Remember, this is fiction and one nation in the universe Asato Asato wrote can be based on a multitude of real life nations. There's an in-universe assortment of ethnic groups, San Magnolia has its own history with material conditions leading to where its society ended up, it may play out similar to real world ones throughout history but it's not going to match up exactly to one. |
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| Boring first half, second half much better Animation is great so far Can't wait to see what this anime has to offer |
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| I really liked this show I jumped into it having no knowledge of it other than seeing lots of people react positively to it and be excited about it. People complain about the show not focusing on the world instead devoting time to pointless things about the characters confuse me because honestly...i couldn't give less of a shit about the spider drones and how the work, or or whatever. i care far more about the characters because thats who we'll be watching for most of the show, and if they're bad characters then the show will also be bad. I despise shows that focus on explaining a cool world, but that have flat and boring characters. i'm sure we'll learn all about the spider drones but for now, I'm happy we get a lot of character moments to really get to know them. |
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| Just finished episode one of this "amazing" new anime, got to say all that I got from it is questions and no answers for what I just witnessed. Can anyone tell me if this gets better? Feels like I just watched a 24 minute generic show that A-1 Pictures be always shitting out every season and tends to be the same concepts already done by some other show before. |
OutfrootzApr 13, 2021 11:47 PM
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Schmeks said: Outfrootz said: Just finished episode one of this "amazing" new anime, got to say all that I got from it is questions and no answers for what I just witnessed. Can anyone tell me if this gets better? Feels like I just watched a 24 minute generic show that A-1 Pictures be always shitting out every season and tends to be the same concepts already done by some other show before. Idk bout u, but for me, I felt like this had a crap ton of “show not tell”. I had a bunch of questions, yet a day later after watching it, even without watching videos, a lot of the stuff seems to have connected in my head and made more sense. It’s very thought provoking. A lot of information yet they don’t just tell you what’s going on. They show you. I got mixed feelings, like maybe should’ve had some more tell. But I’m gonna leave my judgement once I watch more episodes cuz this may be a setup for how everything unfolds and is told in the future eps. I don't know man, I heard this anime had mechs and I like a good ol mech fight what not. instead I got some shit cgi scorpion mech looking things exploding and fighting for god knows what reason as for the information, it was rushed as fuck in the show. literally feels like they crammed 2-3 episodes into one. It was also throwing in a lot of names for things like buildings, tech and troops. way too much information that wasn't presented correctly. |
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| I was expecting good things. And first episode didn't let me down. I'm already really into it. |
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| So Shin is literally an Undertaker for his squadron, killing his teammates when they have fallen. The weight of that responsibility must be quite hard on him. I couldn't get into the first half of the episode, it was a bit boring tbh. The second half was better, livelier and different to the first, but I haven't connected with any of the characters so far. At least the art is good. I hope they can keep up that consistency. |
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| fucking glory to the spearhead squadron |
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| I found the starting part kinda weird and couldn’t really understand it much, but apart from that, everything was pretty much perfect. Exceeded my very high expectations and I’m looking forward to seeing the story develop. |
| Very interesting first episode, I loved that they didnt have someone narrate a 2000 long page history of their world to us and we'll just have to figure things out ourselves as we watch. |
| I liked it. I did notice that a lot of the Region the citizens have a lot of white hair where the 86 Squad are unique in their own way. With the one death I wonder if they are actually humans or AI Should be interesting. Lena is cool and cute and I enjoyed the first episode. |
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| Not an ounce of originality to be found but good execution, the art was up to standards and the directing was sharp, the scene transitions that swapped between tones were nice. |
| super excited for this show. the voice acting came out very well and i am looking forward to seeing what a1-pictures does for more intensive animation scenes in future episodes!! |
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| No humans are used in battle so no fatalities occur....what a load of bullshit. You could smell that coming from a mile away. It's Marley all over again. |
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Oh my this is better than I expected, I'm glad to have found such hidden gem in such lackluster season. Reminds me of Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans a lot, this is going to be good ^.^ |
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| There will be A LOT of sad deaths in this I reckon... |
| Really looking forward to this, the first episode was already great. It felt like double length, but in a good way because a lot was happening. Seems like fanservice is kept to a minimum and the animation is good too. This is the good shit. |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| First anime I watched on my first monitor and I'm glad I chose this show. Love the portrayal of both sides and subtle hints about the situation. Lena design is really good and plus that top tier animation is a bless for me. Looking forward to it and hoping for success of this show. 5/5 |
| Had no idea this was going to be so popular. I'm assuming it's LN readers hyping it up. |
| so the the white haired people are lied to by their government that their using unmanned drones eh when in truth there are human pilots on it |
| That was kind of boring IMO. But I like the animation and I think the action was great. Hopefully there will be less talking and more violence in upcoming episodes |
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| Interesting first episode. |
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