86 -eighty six- (Anime)


 * -|Season 1 =

is the anime adaptation of Asato Asato's Light novel series of the same name. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired for 11 episodes between April and July 2021.

Synopsis
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?

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Theme Songs
OPENING THEME:
 * by Hitorie

ENDING THEME:
 * Avid by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki (Episodes 2-3, 5, 7, 10-11)
 * Hands Up to the Sky by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Laco (Episodes 4,6,8)

Characters & Cast

 * Vladilena Milize (VA: Ikuma Hasegawa)
 * Shinei Nouzen (Undertaker) (VA: Shouya Chiba)
 * Raiden Shuga (Wehrwolf) (VA: Seiichirou Yamashita)
 * Theoto Rikka (Laughing Fox) (VA: Natsumi Fujiwara)
 * Kurena Kukumila (Gunslinger) (VA: Sayumi Suzushiro)
 * Anju Emma (Snow Witch) (VA: Saori Hayami)
 * Daiya Irma (Black Dog) (VA: Haruki Irma)
 * Kaie Taniya (Kirschblüte) (VA: Haruka Shiraishi)
 * Henrietta Penrose (VA: Riho Sugiyama)
 * Jerome Karlsthal (VA: Satoshi Mikami)
 * Shourei Nouzen (VA: Makoto Furukawa)

Adaptation Notes

 * Episodes 1 - 11 adapt the first volume of the light novel.


 * -|Season 2 =

is the second part of the anime adaptation of Asato Asato's Light novel series of the same name. It was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired for 12 episodes between October 2021 and March 2022.

Synopsis
The disappearance of the Spearhead Squadron beyond the horizon does little to hide the intensity of the Republic of San Magnolia's endless propaganda. Vladilena Milizé continues to operate as "Handler One," the commander of yet another dehumanized 86th faction's squadron in the continuous war against the Legion.

On the Western Front, Shinei Nouzen and his squad are quarantined in a military base controlled by the Federal Republic of Giad, formerly known as the Giadian Empire. The newly-established government grants the saved Eighty-Six full citizenship and freedom. Housed by the president Ernst Zimmerman himself, the group meets his adoptive daughter and the last Empress, Augusta Frederica Adel-Adler.

However, within the calm of this tender society, Shinei and his team feel that their purpose is on the battlefield. Before long, they are once again in the midst of the Legion's onslaught as a part of the Federacy's Nordlicht Squadron, accompanied by Augusta Frederica. But, as history repeats itself, they realize that no matter the side, death and pain on the front lines are the only comfort they know.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Theme Songs
OPENING THEME:
 * by amazarashi

ENDING THEME:
 * by Regal Lily

Characters & Cast

 * Vladilena Milize (VA: Ikuma Hasegawa)
 * Shinei Nouzen (VA: Shouya Chiba)
 * Frederica Rosenfort (VA: Misaki Kuno
 * Raiden Shuga (VA: Seiichirou Yamashita)
 * Theoto Rikka (VA: Natsumi Fujiwara)
 * Kurena Kukumila (VA: Sayumi Suzushiro)
 * Anju Emma (VA: Saori Hayami)
 * Ernst Zimmerman (VA: Yuuya Uchida)
 * Grethe Wenzel (VA: Kana Ueda)
 * Eugene Lantz (VA: Atsushi Tamaru)
 * Henrietta Penrose (VA: Riho Sugiyama)
 * Jerome Karlsthal (VA: Satoshi Mikami)

Adaptation Notes

 * Episodes 1 - 5 adapt the second volume of the light novel.
 * Episodes 5 - 12 adapt the third volume of the light novel.