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War & militaryArmed conflict and the soldier's experience.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 7/10BleakGrim and heavy, with little easy relief. These shows sit with suffering instead of softening it.This show: 7/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Suzie YeungShoya ChibaSaori HayamiSayumi SuzushiroSeiichiro YamashitaNatsumi Fujiwara
Written by
Asato Asato
Starring
Suzie YeungShoya ChibaSaori HayamiSayumi SuzushiroSeiichiro YamashitaNatsumi Fujiwara
Written by
Asato Asato
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About
"A war crime disguised as a clean war"
In a nation that claims to fight a war with no casualties, autonomous drones called Juggernauts battle an enemy empire. The truth is uglier: young people stripped of citizenship because of their ethnicity are forced to pilot those drones and die by the hundreds, hidden from public view. The story follows a idealistic handler officer and the hardened squad leader she comes to know only by radio. It's a somber, tightly plotted military sci-fi with genuine mecha combat, but its real weight comes from grief, guilt, and the slow unraveling of a comfortable lie.
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the quiet, devastating bond between a sheltered officer and the soldiers her country pretends don't exist.
Maybe skip if
you want lighthearted escapism, since this leans heavily on wartime grief and systemic cruelty.
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Season 12021
8.845K234h 47m
Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools. Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him.
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Undertaker | 7.6 | 2K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Spearhead | 7.9 | 2K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | I Don't Want to Die | 8.3 | 2K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Real Name | 8.3 | 2K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | I'm With You | 8.6 | 2K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Through to the End | 8.5 | 2K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Will You Remember Me? | 8.7 | 2K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Let's Go | 8.9 | 2K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Goodbye | 9.5 | 2K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Thank You | 8.9 | 2K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Here We Go | 9.2 | 2K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Welcome | 8.3 | 2K | — | |
| ▶ | 13 | It's Too Late | 8.1 | 2K | — | |
| ▶ | 14 | Glad To Be Here | 8.8 | 2K | — | |
| ▶ | 15 | Welcome Back | 7.7 | 1K | — | |
| ▶ | 16 | Even So | 9.3 | 2K | — | |
| ▶ | 17 | I Won't Forget | 8.7 | 2K | — | |
| ▶ | 18 | The Truth is | 8.6 | 1K | — | |
| ▶ | 19 | Stay This Way Forever | 8.4 | 1K | — | |
| ▶ | 20 | Together Unto Death | 8.1 | 1K | — | |
| ▶ | 21 | All That's Left | 9.4 | 2K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | Shin | 9.8 | 4K | — | |
| ▶ | 23 | Handler One | 9.7 | 5K | — |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Suzie Yeung Vladilena Milize
Shoya Chiba Shinei Nozen, Shinei Nouzen, Shinei Nôzen
Saori Hayami Anju Emma, Anju Ema
Sayumi Suzushiro Kurena Kukumila, Kurena Kukumira
Seiichiro Yamashita Raiden Shuga
Natsumi Fujiwara Theoto Rikka, Seoto Rikka
Jonah Scott Raiden Shuga
Erica Mendez Kurena Kukumila
Maureen Price Anju Emma
Billy Kametz Shinei Nouzen, Undertaker
Crew
Asato Asato
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