Mecha anime where the robots are OP and the protagonist has zero emotional range. It's weirdly addictive.
8.024 minSeason 1 • Episode 24
LatestThe war has come to one final battle. Having reached an understanding, Slaine resigns himself to his fate. Elsewhere, Inaho answers the call of his own destiny. There is someone who sheds tears at the sight of the battlefield where all too many lights flare, then die out. A solitary girl saw the final moments of their battle.
In 1972, the Apollo 17 mission discovered a hypergate to Mars on the surface of the moon. Soon a war breaks out between Earth and Mars, and Martian soldiers begin to descend from the sky, riding steel giants, intent on exterminating humanity.
Direction
Gen Urobuchi's outline, Ei Aoki's sleek execution.
Score
Hiroyuki Sawano goes absolutely unhinged.
Visual Effects
Mecha designs that feel genuinely alien and threatening.
Natsuki Hanae
Inaho Kaizuka (voice)
Kensho Ono
Slaine Troyard (voice)
Sora Amamiya
Asseylum Vers Allusia (voice)
Mikako Komatsu
Inko Amifumi (voice)
Sayaka Ohara
Yuki Kaizuka (voice)
Sachika Misawa
Rayet Areash (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
Koichiro Marito (voice)
Ai Kayano
Darzana Magbaredge (voice)
Toru Okawa
Saazbaum (voice)
Show Hayami
Cruhteo (voice)
Inori Minase
Eddelrittuo (voice)
Shiina Natsukawa
Lemrina Vers Allusia (voice)
Yu Shimamura
Kaoru Mizusaki (voice)
Makoto Furukawa
Shigou Kakei (voice)
Daisuke Hirakawa
Harklight (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gen Urobuchi only wrote the first three episodes before handing it off, which explains the wild tonal whiplash later.
The infamous 'Inaho face'—his dead-eyed blank expression became a meme for emotionless protagonists everywhere.
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