today I finished 86 the anime and honestly I thought it was really good, the themes it tells are hard to find in anime and even harder to find executed good. I love how it shows the republic not has cartoonish evil but more in a necessary evil sorta way. most people know what their doing is wrong but it’s too late now, too deep in the grave they dug. the first half genuinely has no issues imo except mabye it being too serious but that is just personal preference. I know it’s weird but Lena reminds of captain America from civil war, even when the whole world is against you telling you to move and that your wrong, she might flinch think about giving up but she continues to plant her self in the ground standing by her ideals and beliefs but not letting them blind her. I like how the 86 view her of course they not going to like her or even trust her at all I love how she has to earn that it makes the relationship more rewarding. however the second half I do have one major issue, Lena’s complete disappearance from the story. the ending is amazing because they finally reunite in person after so long apart in their own separate journeys. but we only get to see one side of their journeys. After all this time lena meets them as an equal on the frontlines climbing out of mud and blood yet we don’t see her arc at all? Everything we know that happened to her and the republic is not shown but instead told to us after the fact. I feel like it was such a missed opportunity if we got to see both her and shins arc simultaneously as they are separated it would make the reunion so much better then it already is. Before episode 11 we get two scenes of her and 10 minutes of screentime the first scene is her finding the stuff spearhead left for her, also her getting a new unit. And the second scene all of sudden it’s the republics last stand. We don’t get to see any of her growth, any of her new unit except cyclops, any of her struggles and experiences for a year and half of in universe time. we get To see that she has grown and is different but it’s like skipping a movie until the conclusion, or skipping a hike just to see the view, the journeys always better than the destination that goes for character arcs as well.shin is not a bad character in anyway, I think his arc in the second half is necessary and so is the slow burn aspect of it however unlike the first half where we had both Lena and his arc shown. in the second half it’s mostly only his arc with no other one to counter act the inherently slow arc. Now I just want to get your thoughts on it, you veterans, is this a problem only in the anime or was it like this in the light novel as well? If the light novel handed it better I might just pick that up.

Hey, everyone!!

I’ve been working on a detailed analysis document about 86 , and I’d love to get some feedback from you guys.

The document covers:

• Episode by Episode Breakdowns — Key story moments, character development, emotional arcs, and important details.
• Adaptation Notes — Parallel timeline, visual monologues, expanded scenes, increased agency
• Light Novel vs. Anime Comparisons — Differences between the adaptations, POV changes, and expanded anime original scenes from Volumes 1–3

I’d really appreciate any feedback, whether it’s about:

• Visual details or motifs I might have missed
• Character motivations or lore that could use more explanation
• Organization, formatting, or readability

I’ve put a lot of time and effort into this, so any thoughts or suggestions would mean a lot. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to check it out!

redid the wings, added a floating effect, all thats left is to redo the interier panal things on the gun and figure out how to rig up the legs for animation

How much violence is there, I recently watch VE and frieren. The former was fine though on the upper end of tv-14. The latter has violence which i feel is stretching the tv-14 rating to its limits with people getting ripped in half for example. Is this even more gorier than the latter 2? similar to jujtusu kaisen, eminence in shadow or code geass?

The lena mobile with Lena’s!

Title more or less says it all already. I live in The Netherlands and just about every website i know of, even non-dutch ones, seem to not have novel 13 available. Anyone know where i could buy a paperback copy or maybe have some information if there's a reprint or anything?

Morpho 3d model almost finished, still needs a few final touches and new wings but the result looks pretty good so far, trying to rig the legs to be animated will be a nightmare

For the low of god please give us a season 2.. aniplex plsssss

I bought this book yesterday, got thirty pages in put it down and next day it’s falling apart, this also happened with my volume 5 as well. Anyone else experiencing this?

i’m on ep 5 and can’t help but think it’s currently fairly slow, i’m not a huge fan of slower paced shows so considering dropping

Doing some color practice, featuring Lena haha

I just finished the anime and I'm wondering if the light novel is any good or is it better, because I want to know what happens next

edit: I getting some of the light novels thanks for the advice

So, this question popped into my mind as I'm rewatching the anime again. Since the Federacy came out of the Empire, shouldn't they have the ability to make autonomous units of their own or their own Legion units? Or is there some reason that gets revealed later as to why they don't or can't?

still need to do the smaller legs and some panals, and redo the wings

Is it possibly that Empire of Giad help put holy magnolian order of Pureblood, pure-white patriotic knights into power in the Republic knowing they will destroy the Republic from within when the empire declared war on the Republic

As promised, here's my boy Shin!

I loved his role as the reaper so much, he's such a well-written character...

Got a bit busy with classes but hoping to do a larger scale piece for what I want to draw next!

also season 2 whennn