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AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline

Kyoukai Senki · 境界戦機

TV · Finished · Fall 2021 · 13 episodes · 24 min

In 2061 AD, Japan is dominated. Divided and ruled by the four major economic blocs of the world, the Japanese people spent their days oppressed as subjugated citizens. Japan became the front line of the world where AMAIM, a human-type special mobile weapon deployed by each economic zone, strode about.. One day, Amou Shiiba, a boy who loves machines, meets i-LeS (autonomous thinking AI) named "Gai," and this leads him to throw himself into the battle to reclaim Japan, by piloting the AMAIM "Kenbu" built by himself.

(Source: Crunchyroll)

Genres: Fantasy, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Tags: Real Robot, Artificial Intelligence, Male Protagonist, Military, Dystopian, Politics, Terrorism, Coming of Age, Revenge, Primarily Teen Cast

Studio: Sunrise Beyond

Episodes

  1. Episode 1: Activate
  2. Episode 2: Voyage
  3. Episode 3: Reason to Fight
  4. Episode 4: Separate Ways
  5. Episode 5: Determination
  6. Episode 6: Voyage
  7. Episode 7: The Hunt
  8. Episode 8: Path to Recovery
  9. Episode 9: Autonomous Area
  10. Episode 10: Expedition
  11. Episode 11: Encirclement
  12. Episode 12: Battle of the Oki Islands (Part 1)
  13. Episode 13: Battle of the Oki Islands (Part 2)

Reviews

Painfully bland. Being an all 2D animated mecha with no CGI gave me hope but it was lazy 2D animation.

A war glorifying Japanese nationalism propaganda, yet an engaging political mecha anime.