86 (S2)

Title:86 (S2)
86-エイティシックス-
Eighty-Six (S2)
Overall:Unevaluated
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Notables: Animation - A1 Pictures
CHIBA Shouya
HASEGAWA Ikumi
Shin Nouzen and his last four comrades of the highly effective Spearhead unit are missing and presumed dead. Their former 'Handler', Vladilena 'Lena' Milize, had been demoted as a result of her unusual respect for the despised lower caste personnel, but has been assigned a new set of replacements and has rebuilt the unit. It turns out that Shin and the others aren't dead after all, but rather have found their way to the Giad Federacy, a previously unknown country that is also at war with the Legion. Provisional President Ernst Zimerman has taken a distinct interest in them, for reasons which are not yet evident.

A sequel to 86 (S1)


12 episodes (#12-23) plus episode 17.5 (VA commentary on episodes 12-16) and episodes 18.5 and 21.5 (recaps).
Episode Details 
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 17.5, 18.5, 19, 20, 21, 21.5, 22, 23
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Unevaluated Stretch [series:4373#628]
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When I got into an argument/debate with several other 86 fans on ANN, I eventually realized (I think) why they thought this was a truly awesome show while it struck me as kind of haphazard and confusing. It was because while I had been posting about the anime alone, they had been referring to both the anime and the light novel that it is based on. Before I started watching I had had no idea whether 86 was based on an manga, a light novel, a video game or something else. To people who had already read the light novel, the plot made perfect sense and was easy to follow. They already knew where it was going. But to people like me, the adaptation from light novel to anime had been rather sloppy. It was news to me that San Magnolia had intended a Holocaust-style total extermination of the 86ers--I don't recall any mention of that taking place within the anime, but apparently that is made clear in the novel.

Nevertheless, when compiling a survey of my favorite anime of 2021 at ANN, I couldn't help including 86 as one of my five choices. As with season one the action is exciting and well animated, and the characters are likable. I just wish a little more effort had been employed to make the plot make more sense.

Last updated Monday, March 14 2022. Created Sunday, October 03 2021.

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