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A music video for the Japanese boy band arashi, set in the world of One Piece, where members of the band go on adventures together with the Straw Hats. Later they jump with the Thousand Sunny to Japan where arashi gives a concert. The music video is not badly animated and actually quite well realised. I hate the design of the band members because they all have such a stupid smugface. The song is not my personal favourite either. it's just a pop song. It's definitely cool as a fan of Arashi to see them interacting with the straw hats, but I just find the ... whole thing a bit weird.

just another summary. The most important scenes of the season are played while Lena reports on them. If you've taken a longer break between seasons 1 and 2 and can't remember certain details from the first season, you can definitely watch the episode. But it's no substitute for the actual season. If you only watch this summary and skip to the second season, you probably won't really understand the story. Also, you shouldn't miss the good atmosphere and worldbuilding of the first season. It's not a bad summary, but you only need to watch it if you don't remember the first season well.

as recap episodes to season 2 they are ok. if you personally don't have that much interest in the season, you can watch those instead, but for a generally better experience, I would prefer the actual season. Especially an anime like 86, where the quieter and more atmospheric moments allow the story to unfold, will not be fully utilised by a recap that will only contain action and essentials. Those who may have paused the anime for a long time could watch it to get a quick overview. However, 86 is so short that I doubt you would even pause the anime for a longer ... period of time.

The relay starts with a time skip. The rest of the Spearhead squadron lost contact with San Magnolia and are in the territory of the Federal Republic of Giad, the original empire that led the Legion, where they have been accepted as citizens. Meanwhile, Lena continues to work as a handler with another squadron. The season concludes the story beautifully. I liked how the people of the Speahead squadron were struggling to live a normal life, believing they were abandoning their fallen comrades and feeling obligated to end it once and for all on the battlefield. The only thing I didn't like so much was ... the little twist with frederica, which just came across a bit random for me. personally, I also have to say that I perhaps liked the first season even better, but that's just my own judgement. Despite all that, this is still a really good season and a successful finale to the show.

When I watched 86, I had no idea how popular and praised this anime was and now that I've seen it, I have to say that I can definitely understand the popularity. The Republic of San Magnolia is divided into different districts and is at war with the AI-controlled drones of the Giadian Empire. The people of the 86th district have been stripped of all human rights and are forced to fight against the drones. Since their existence is denied by the government, the people of the Republic of San Magnolia live under the propagandistic lie that the war has not claimed a single victim. ... The squadrons of the 86th are under the command of so-called handlers. the main character is one of these handlers. Since she is supposed to replace a previous handler, she fills in for the Spearhead squadron. The Spearhead Squadron is a group of people from the 86th District who are very spiteful towards the citizens of San Magnolia and especially the Handlers. Despite being rejected by her squadron, Vladilena tries her best as a Handler to see all members of the squadron as actual human individuals and not mere puppets of war.

The world in which 86 takes place is quite interesting and especially how the Republic deals with the 86ers is thematised really well.Ethnicity also plays a role in the world, as all the normal citizens of San magnolia belong to the Alba, all others would have been displaced to the 86th district. This again creates an interesting contrast between the citizens of San magnolia, who all have silver hair and eyes and have an unusual "ethnic unity", while the people of the 86th all look different and seem like actual normal people.

Although the anime is about people in big robots who are constantly in battle, the action isn't really what caught me. I was much more interested in the conversations between Lena and the Spearhead Squadron between battles. During these times, Lena not only got to know the individual members better, but she also realised the circumstances in which the 86ers find themselves and the differences between the views of the citizens of San Magnolia and the people of the 86th District come to light. As Lena and the Squadron never see each other and only interact by talking, the differences are also made clearer and reinforced.

Another important character and also the second main character, who I haven't even mentioned yet, is the Undertaker Shin, a citizen of the 86th, who survived the longest at the front and had to witness all the deaths of his comrades. While very stoic for the most part, his long time in the war, guilt for the deaths of his loved ones and his obsessive sense of duty that he must take the names of all his fallen comrades with him makes him one of the most interesting characters and deepest in the entire show. Maybe it's just me personally, but they could have thematised trauma a bit more with him.

To summarise, I can say that 86 is a really good anime about war, social hierarchy and discrimination, anti-human propaganda and makes you question what exactly the costs and consequences of war are. I can recommend everyone to give the anime a try at least once.

(nothing to do with the review exactly, but the end of episode 3 where the squadron members freak out and yell at Lena is one of the funniest most random unhinged moments and I really have to laugh even though it wasn't appropriate at all).

Another summary of Kabaneri of the iron fortress. this time the second half of the series. much better than the first film, but not really worth seeing here either. The films in no way offer a special experience compared to the series. Kabaneri of the Iron fortress is quite entertaining, but quickly becomes boring, which is why it's actually rather bad to watch 1-2 hours of the films in a row and I would much rather recommend that you watch a maximum of 2 episodes. The summaries are definitely not necessary and also offer the worse experience for me personally.

Unfortunately, a rather less good summary of the first half of the series. An extra scene was added at the beginning, but it doesn't contribute anything to the story or plot. Strangely, the scene where Ikoma almost turns into a Kabane was cut out, so it just cuts from nowhere to a scene where the people of the Iron Fortress are angry with the Kabaneri without providing context as to what exactly happened before. Furthermore, the film couldn't end more abruptly, as the film ends at the exact moment the Iron Fortress escapes from the second station. You can watch the film, but I would ... recommend watching the actual episodes.

Very strangely placed tv specials, as they are just 2 random episodes after the anime has already been finished. They are also in no way relevant to the story, which is probably why they weren't originally adapted. One episode is a beach episode and the other is a pool episode, which is hilarious because of course we needed these two obligatory episodes to finish off a romance harem anime. I think the second episode mainly serves to deepen Yotsuba, while the first episode is all about how Futarou feels about the quintuplets. If you are a fan of the series, you can watch it, but ... you don't have to.

The finale of the story, where the characters graduate from school and Fuutarou chooses one of the girls. It doesn't really feel like a film, but more like several episodes in a row, which wouldn't have been enough for a third season. The story comes to a relatively rounded conclusion. Fuutarou decides in favour of Yotsuba at the end and even though there are always little glimpses of Yotsuba's true feelings throughout the series, I think it's a shame that they waited until the end to reveal all her character and her motives and feelings. She seemed very "flat" in the previous seasons because of ... this. I also don't like the "I bet you didn't expect the girl who takes a back seat to be the winner in the end" twist, which is rubbed in your face too much. But basically I'm actually happy with the ending.

I think it's cool that such an old short story by Oda has been adapted. The characters aren't complex or really deep, but they fulfil their purpose. Also, it's a characteristic feature of a short story that we only get a glimpse of the characters rather than fully developed characters. The fights are short, but really cool animated and staged. I also like the last scene they added to emphasise that the story is about the Ryuuma. This gives you a good impression of the person behind the great sword master. They also managed to create a good link to One Piece and it was ... a bit nostalgic to see a clip from the fight between Zorro and Ryuuma in Thriller Bark again.