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also known as STRAIN: Strategic Armored Infantry

What is STRAIN: Strategic Armored Infantry about?

Studio: Studio Fantasia
Status: Finished

In the distant future, mankind is divided into two factions: Union and Deague. They have waged a war against each other for so long that no one remembers when it first began. The backbone of the Union military is the manned weapons system Strain, while the Deague uses an unmanned version, the Tumoru.

Sara Werec, the daughter of a respectable family, is a 16-yearold girl who attends Grapera Space Armed Soldier Academy located in the Cranial Solar System, where she is training to become a full-fledged Reasoner (a Strain pilot).

Her brother, Ralph Werec, had been sent to the frontline 130 light-years away to accomplish a special mission when she was 11 years old, a distance that requires 400 years of objective time to traverse by even the fastest Union spacecraft. However, in accordance with the theory of relativity, this corresponds to only two subjective years (time as experienced by those within the spacecraft).

The two of them had lost their parents when they were young and the bond between the two is very close. It is Sara’s dearest wish to be reunited with her brother. To do that, she must travel to the battlefield where he is.

One day, Sara’s planet is suddenly assaulted by Deague forces. To her surprise, her brother, Ralph, turns out to be one of the raiders who successfully kidnap a mysterious girl sleeping in a capsule.

In order to find the truth, Sara gets in a Strain and chases after him. However, she is attacked by Ralph, and the Mimic, a copy of the pilot’s brain which is essential to controlling the Strain, is damaged.



Tags: Real Robot , Military , Space , War , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Bullying , Nudity , Time Manipulation , Yuri
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Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon

Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo

Also known as Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

Betrayed, stripped of her birthright, and declared less than human. Everything that Princess Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi of the Misurugi Empire thought she knew about her world was a lie. Now, for the crime of not being able to use magic, she’s been sentenced to certain death as a slave-soldier. The girl now known as Ange is no longer an innocent Princess: she’s learning how to kill draconic invaders, defending the same traitors who stole her life. However, they made a fatal mistake: they gave her access to an incredible weapon.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Dragons , Dystopian , War , Military , Super Robot , Meta , Nudity , Guns , Alternate Universe , Philosophy , Isekai , Real Robot , Bisexual , CGI , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Body Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Magic , Gore , Swordplay , Bullying , Tragedy , Kuudere , Tsundere , Lacrosse , Female Harem , Shounen , Polyamorous
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Stellvia of the Universe

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Also known as Stellvia of the Universe.

Studio: Xebec , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

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Tags: Space , Real Robot , Aliens , School , Philosophy
Gene Shaft

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Also known as Gene Shaft.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Satelight , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

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Tags: Space , Dystopian , Aliens , Super Robot , Cyberpunk , Real Robot , Primarily Female Cast
Simoun

Simoun

Also known as Simoun.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Studio DEEN , Media Blasters , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

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Starship Operators

Starship Operators

Studio: J.C. Staff , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi

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Gunbuster

Top wo Nerae! GunBuster

Also known as Gunbuster.

Studio: Gainax , Studio Fantasia , Bandai Visual , Victor Entertainment , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the very near future, a race of huge, insect like aliens is discovered traveling the galaxy. These aliens seem dedicated to the eradication of the human species as it takes its first steps away from the solar system, and they are getting closer and closer to Earth. Humanity has responded by developing spacegoing battleships and giant fighting robots. These robots are piloted by the best and brightest of Earth's youth, picked from training schools around the world.

The story begins in the year 2023, not long after the first battles with the aliens, and centers on young Noriko Takaya. Although Noriko's father was a famous Captain in the space fleet who was killed during one of the first battles of the war, her own talents as a pilot are questionable. Nonetheless, she has entered a training school. Through the series Noriko, joined by the beautiful and talented Kazumi Amano, will fight to overcome the trauma of war, the doubts of her peers, and her own lack of confidence.



Tags: Space , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Military , Space Opera , War , Super Robot , Time Manipulation , Primarily Female Cast , Aliens , Time Skip , Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Kaiju , Tomboy , Travel , Nudity , Bullying , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Astronomy , Achromatic , School , Parody , Henshin , Love Triangle
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne

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Also known as Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Visual , Xebec , Yomiuri TV , Viz Media , flying DOG , Dwango
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha

Madoka Kyouno is an energetic girl who is full of passion. As the proud, and only, member of the Kamogawa Girls' High School Jersey Club, she goes around helping people in need.

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Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Aliens , School Club , Female Protagonist , Real Robot , CGI , Kuudere , Time Skip , Crossdressing
Magic Knight Rayearth

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Also known as Magic Knight Rayearth.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Discotek , Yomiuri TV , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Mecha

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Tags: Magic , Super Power , Swordplay , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Shoujo , Primarily Female Cast , Ojou-sama , Gender Bending , Henshin , Super Robot , Primarily Teen Cast , Elf , Dissociative Identities , Archery , Primarily Child Cast , Chibi , Age Gap , Kuudere , Tanned Skin , Heterosexual , Gambling , Space
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Namco Filmworks , Sotsu , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

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An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry.

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Also known as Pilot Candidate.

Studio: Bandai Visual , Xebec , ING
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

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Tags: Military , Space , CGI , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Dystopian , Kemonomimi , Post-Apocalyptic , Tsundere , Super Robot , Seinen

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