25 minSeason 1 • Episode 24
LatestMeifong and Sasha are the only remaining Zwölf personnel to counter the ICBMs being fired on towards Germany. Joseph and Xargin engage each other in Blassreiter forms with Gerd and Hermann assisting the former by using their powers on his body. Sasha dies when her Bow Rider explodes from overheating while Meifong is killed after engaging a spacecraft over the Earth. Joseph, after the Isis pill is used, dies with its particles killing Xargin and his Demoniacs by making them solid for good. 5 years after the events of Blassreiter, Germany was able to rebuild from scratch and the federal government reformed XAT with Amanda as a leading officer. The reformed XAT was given a new mandate to protect people who have the ability to turn to Blassreiters. Malek is indoctrinated into XAT due to his abilities as a XAT special agent.
The story is set in a fictional Germany and centers around the outbreak of bio-mechanical creatures named "Demoniacs", who rise from corpses and attack people mindlessly. All the while, a number of human-turned-Demoniacs appear. Some use their powers for good whilst others for evil. One will rise above all other Demoniacs to become the "Blassreiter".
Visual Effects
Gonzo's messy-cool CG mecha hybrid animation.
Score
Industrial metal OP that absolutely slaps.
Masaya Matsukaze
Joseph Jobson
Kenta Miyake
Hermann Saltza
Kana Hanazawa
Elea
Junko Minagawa
Malek Yildrim Werner
Unsho Ishizuka
Shido Kasagi
Yuichi Nakamura
Bradley Guildford
Shizuka Itoh
Amanda Werner
Unsho Ishizuka
Gerd Frentzen
Junichi Suwabe
Magwald Xargin
Fumihiko Tachiki
Wolf Göring
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Alvin Lutz
Aya Endo
Mei-Fong Liu
Atsushi Ono
Victor Stachus
Hitomi Nabatame
Alexandra Jobson
Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Matthew Grant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Ichiro Itano also created the 'Itano Circus'—those swirling missile trails from Macross—which explains Blassreiter's chaotic aerial combat.
The German setting isn't just aesthetic; it directly parallels post-reunification xenophobia and the EU's tensions around 'biological contamination' metaphors circa 2008.
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