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Soukou no Strain
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Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo
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These anime are about girls from influential families that loose everything after the betrayal of there brother.
Both girls also suffer bad treatment because of the actions of their brother.
And in order to gain what they have lost the have to fight with robots.
The starts of the anime are very strong and leave a good impression.
Like all great directors, Fukuda knows how to learn from works of the past and improve upon them
-Despite how congested Strain was with its story lines and themes, it evidently lacked the complexity to become critically acclaimed. Cross Ange includes even more themes and plot points for no discernable reasons with barely any exploration to them, provoking thoughts in the viewer instead of spoonfeeding them.
-The preference for gore, shock factor and nudity has escalated greatly between the time of production for the 2 series. Cross Ange adapts to this by accounting holistically for all these factors and even Turn Them Up to Eleven, meeting the
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Both shows focus on a girl in a prestigious position who is thrown into the lowest rung of society due to the interference of their treacherous older brothers. CGI mechas are used in both shows, and the actual origins of the mechas are a plot point in both shows as well.
It's worth noting that Cross Ange is double the length, with many plot twists and "oh shit" moments, and heavily features graphic violence, blood & gore, and sexual violence. Soukou no Strain is much more subdued, which could possibly be seen as boring and predictable. If you found Cross Ange's more graphic elements offputting, or
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