86

The story has plenty of mystery with the enemy, overarching political themes that add to the realism and depth, and lovable characters that make us want more. The OST is god-tier and it's no surprise because it's Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto who did the OST for things like AoT. And the animation is absolutely stellar. The action is quite literally a combo of AoT and Code Geass where our characters pilot tank mechas that swing around like ODM-gear. Yes there is CGI, but the blending of it almost gives demon slayer a run for its money.

If you're still on-edge of watching this anime, go watch the 2nd opening (minimal spoilers, 1st opening is okay) to get a feel. This show is a hidden gem right now within the community.

A very well adapted LN series 86 certainly made an impact in its season 1. If you love military action packed anime along with emotional moments (for instance ep 9 was an absolute banger) and a touch of mysterious world then 86 will certainly amaze you. The closest thing to the world of 86 is the universe of AOT, in terms of disagreement among the races of people. So I recommend you watching it, it's a short anime which will continue its journey in the fall of this year.

I'll need to update this review in the future, but so far this is becoming the product that I wish Code Geass had been. Imagine the most wasted Code Geass character, Monica Krushevsky, who canonically held no prejudices but was still murdered by her own comrade Suzaku for awfully-written shock value, gets transported to an alternate universe to finally get proper characterization on-screen. Heading a troupe of discriminated teenage soldiers who are fighting a war that they were forced into because of a restructuring of borders and caste systems thanks to an AI invasion from an opposing country, Lena faces the ironic hypocrisy of her beliefs that all "Numbers"--in this case called "86"--are equal to her race when she only needs to passively observe the battles on the sidelines of the war and not face the consequences firsthand. Unlike Code Geass, the story remains tight and focused without throwing in any annoying fanservice or diverging into a dumb subplot about a school festival. Deaths actually carry weight since we get to know the characters and their comrades actually get time to grieve. It's an emotional, smartly-written tale that shows just how far anime has come from the plethora of tropes or comically bad overdramatic "plot twists" that plague its fakely smart counterpart Code Geass.

I hope to see more truly introspective writing like this in the future with more anime and that "86" will consistently hit those strong emotional notes while staying true to what it originally set out to do.

I just finished this show and absolutely loved it, the plot was a lot deeper than I thought it was going to be, my only issue was that I felt like it should've been longer, it kinda gave off AoT vibes but instead was only 11 episode. Still recommend watching it.

The series is pretty interesting to watch , you may not understand whats happening in eps 1 but eps 2 is on really different level ,eps 1 may seem boring but when you step on to eps 2 the firework will begin to light and its is a different feel.dont keep reading go watch it while you still can.