(CR) 86 TV anime

[Yazi88]

So pretty much most people are loving this last episode.

Really nice to see.

It was even better than what I expected as it added more emotional moments compared to the novel.

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Oooh, what do we have here? Looks like the team poured most of their effort & resources for this episode compared to the previous one (for obvious reasons, I guess). They pair finally meet and it's pretty good.

Overall, I give this show 7/10. As you can see from my score, I don't think it's absolutely ecxellent. It still retains its overly sappy nature from beginning to end. I've said this before during Cour 1 but it still applies in Cour 2: this show feels like it's a "mecha made by Key". Sappiness abound and characters often speak like they're performing lines on stage (even the blocking) whenever they're talking about something serious. Sawano's music cranked that sappiness to over-9000 (for better or worse) and I don't like the OP songs at all (I think they really mis-represent the show). Some parts of the narrative are clunky, derivative and could've been done better.

Those are the negatives that took the 3 points out of 10.

Meanwhile, the rest are ranging from ok to excellent. Visuals are top notch (some animation cutting-corners notwithstanding). Art direction is superb but could use something more to differentiate the characters' mech-spiders so that we can tell who's who during a group battle. CGI is good. Whenever Sawano is not being overly sappy, the BGM is always top tier. Main two characters are worth rooting for while the side-protags are likeable enough. Excellent voice-acting too. The villains are.....ok. The action mostly delivers whenever they want to showcase it. The story mostly delivers despite the clunkiness I've mentioned before. Also, Fido certainly helps.

All in all, I'm glad this show exists and I'm glad it attracted some new viewers who've never watched mecha before and opened their eyes that mecha shows are not about the robots (which is ironic considering the human characters are literally fighting terminator-bugs in this show).

Now that I think about it, looks like mecha anime in the 20s decade started strong. We had the trinity of EVA 3.0+1.0 movie, Gundam Hathaway movie & this 86 show which all started in 2021 and did gangbusters in box office & ratings IIRC (I wanted to include Dynazenon which also did well in 21 but that show was mainly from Tokusatsu franchise, not mecha anime). I wonder how well the rest of the decade will do for mecha.

[Yu Ominae]

Shin's profile:

[Frontier]

From Fido's montage of images:

Spoiler:

Shin and Rei's parents.

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

Oooh, what do we have here? Looks like the team poured most of their effort & resources for this episode compared to the previous one (for obvious reasons, I guess). They pair finally meet and it's pretty good.

I think both episodes were beautifully depicted and directed .

Overall, I give this show 7/10. As you can see from my score, I don't think it's absolutely ecxellent. It still retains its overly sappy nature from beginning to end. I've said this before during Cour 1 but it still applies in Cour 2: this show feels like it's a "mecha made by Key". Sappiness abound and characters often speak like they're performing lines on stage (even the blocking) whenever they're talking about something serious. Sawano's music cranked that sappiness to over-9000 (for better or worse) and I don't like the OP songs at all (I think they really mis-represent the show). Some parts of the narrative are clunky, derivative and could've been done better.

I think of it less like Key and more of a Shojo story set in a Mecha Sci-Fi setting...which explains a lot about Shin and Lena's relationship (and I think the author actually wrote some Shojo stories prior to 86) .

I guess there's a fine line between sappiness and proper dramatic weight, although the emotions always rang true and genuine to me.

I think this cours' Opening fit wayyy better than cour 1's, and had better visuals, and I also felt all the insert songs hit really well in this episode .

[blakstealth]

I dunno if anyone noticed this, but:

https://twitter.com/ponkeii/status/1505440906001846272

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by blakstealth

I dunno if anyone noticed this, but:

https://twitter.com/ponkeii/status/1505440906001846272

What with Shin and Lena's hands at the end...this show and it's symbolism .

[grecefar]

I watched all the season in 1 sit and it's been a while since I disliked a loli this much, frederica ruined this season for me.

At least I loved the last chapter reunion, it was only good thing in this season. 6/10

[Jan-Poo]

Originally Posted by blakstealth

I dunno if anyone noticed this, but:

https://twitter.com/ponkeii/status/1505440906001846272

That works if they have exactly the same calendar as our, and if the stellar year somehow coincides with AD. Otherwise, how do you know if that isn't a leap year?

[Gerard07]

Seen the last episode, San Magnolia received a lesson for his behavior but not everyone learned, finally the protagonists meet again and prepare for another battle, it looks interesting.
I really liked the series, I liked the characters like Shin and Lena, their antagonists too and I like the other characters like Frederica, the bad thing was the breaks but that's fine, to wait for more news about the series.

[EroKing]

YouTube

https://youtu.be/dfOsUNxc2Xg

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[Frontier]

Originally Posted by EroKing

YouTube

https://youtu.be/dfOsUNxc2Xg

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So beautiful .

[sierra117]

Originally Posted by Jan-Poo

That works if they have exactly the same calendar as our, and if the stellar year somehow coincides with AD. Otherwise, how do you know if that isn't a leap year?

Considering how much subtle hints A1 were throwing around in this series a d that we have a bunches of "coincidences" piled up like the day Shin and Lena officially met was the same day the episode was aired irl and the days episode 21 and 23 were aired are also roughly 86 days apart, i pretty thr days here are intentionally left at 86

[carmolita]

Originally Posted by frubam

Totally agreed. Had they met in the last episode, then it wouldn't have had as much impact, I think. Maybe in a romantic sense it could have, as it would have been just the two of them, and Lena's emotions were a bit on-high from the fighting, but even if that WERE the case, I still'd prefer her to meet everyone at the same time as shown here. Made it far more memorable and warmed my heart so much, wouldn't have it any other way =03.

I agree but even though they meet with everyone together they (Shin x Lena) do get a little alone time right after that, umm I'll say it here cause it may never get animated

Spoiler:

Shin drives Lena to her room, he reaches out and holds the part of her hair that's dyed red and tells her to change her hair (the red streak) and her clothes (cause their black and not blue), because it's not her and that she didn't need those things. She cried and said that it was her armor because everyone was gone and if she didn't wear it she would break, she had no one and he said we're here, you caught up to us, the others were listening behind a corner and he held her in his arms as she cried in the hallway more less

Originally Posted by Kanon

That was a very nice conclusion. One I'm so satisfied with I won't watch a sequel even if they make one..

I agree, they ended it exactly the way/ on the scene I thought they would. If they wanted to never continue it, the ending would be satisfying and if they did another season there would be no problems, especially since they were true to the novel but I for one would love to see them continue it. All of the best parts happen when they fight together because Lena is no longer behind a desk but on the battlefield. She has some skills of her own that they haven't shown, I would love to see her in action

The almost handholding at the end is bittersweet it's representative of their relationship, so close yet so far away But very real emotions, the path they follow to truly get to each other is soo worth it,

For those who wonder about what really went on in magnolia. it wasn't cut or anything not a whole lot is really said about in the books that the anime covers, mainly because what went on there is part of a bigger arch, which reveals its ugly head when they fight together.