EPISODES: 12
SITE: Official (JPN)
STORY: Sora no Woto revolves around 15 year-old Kanata Kumika, an eager new army enlistee assigned to join a unit of four other girls who defend a fortress in a desolate, war-torn land. Music will play an important role in this anime.
SIMILAR ANIME: Strike Witches

EPISODES: 52
SITE: Official (JPN)
ONE-LINER: this is how it really happened back then.
STORY: Hetalia: Axis Powers is a manga and anime series by Hidekaz Himaruya. The main historical events portrayed in this work occur between World War I and World War II. The series often uses satire and comedy to address well-known and lesser-known historical facts alike. Italy, once home of the strongest empire in the world, has changed. This is the story of Italy, now a cowardly pasta-loving fool, and his friends (other personified countries of the world) as they …

EPISODES: 26
SITE: Official (JPN)
ONE-LINER: Complex story with handsome soldier boys make great shoujo title.
STORY: Set in a gothic fantasy world, this is the story of Teito Klein, an orphaned slave who became the top military academy student. However, an unexpected turn of events left him pursued by the forces of the Barsburg Empire. Now an escaping convict, Teito’s sheltered by the church and it’s law of sanctuary. Here, he discovered many mysteries surrounding himself, the church, and the Empire itself. The fact that he might be connected to a …

EPISODES: 26
SITE: Official (JPN)
ONE-LINER: Bakery girl goes to war.
STORY: Based on the PS3 game of the same name. When Imperial forces attack the small border town of Bruhl, Welkin Gunther, son of late General Belgen Gunther, is forced to fight for his life alongside Town Watch captain Alicia Melchiott. Along with Welkin’s adopted sister Isara, the three escape to Gallia’s capitol and subsequently join the country’s militia forces. As members of the newly-formed Squad 7, they must work to repel the invading Imperial forces and discover the true purpose …

EPISODES: 24
DIRECTOR: Masamitsu Hidaka
STUDIO: Gonzo
AIR DATE: October 3, 2008
SITE: Official
STORY: Kurogane no Linebarrels. An artificial satellite falls to Earth in 2013, seriously injuring Hayase Kouichi. He awakens six months later with strange powers. Three years later, a giant robot called Linebarrel appears and Kouichi joins him to fight for Juda, the largest medical equipment supplier in the world.  Fourteen-year-old Kouichi Hayase’s life has always been a mediocre one, if not dismal. However, those days of being bullied by classmates and escaping to a fantasy of being a hero are put …

EPISODES: 13
DIRECTOR: Kazuhiro Takamura
STUDIO: Gonzo
AIR DATE: July 3, 2008
DVD: Search
SITE: Official (JPN)
STORY: The year is 1939 – it was then that the Neuroi appeared. Nobody knows where they came from or what their ultimate agenda is, but the fact remains that their attacks drove people out of their towns and cities. In order to take arms against them, humanity develops a new anti-Neuroi weapon called the “Striker Unit.” Using the power of magic to fight against the monsters, this new device enhances and amplifies the power of female magic-wielders. To …

EPISODES: 26
DIRECTOR: Masayoshi Nishida
STUDIO: Madhouse Studios
AIR DATE: April 3, 2008
DVD: Search
SITE: Official (JPN)
STORY: Allison and Lillia is adapted from the light novel series Allison and Lillia and Treize by Keiichi Sigsawa. The story takes place in a world with one continent split down the middle by the Lutoni River and Central Mountains. The two countries, the Confederation of Roxche and the United Kingdom of Bezel Iltoa have been at war for over a century and now settled on a cease fire. Allison is a pilot in the Roxche air force …

EPISODES: 26
STUDIO: Gonzo
AIR DATE: April 7, 2003
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SITE: Official
STORY: Last Exile s a Japanese animated television series created by Gonzo, directed by Koichi Chigira, with character designs by Range Murata and production design by Mahiro Maeda. The story takes place in the floating world of Prester. In this romantic sky world based on stylized Victorian fashion and society, Claus and Lavie are pilot and co-pilot of a Vanship and act as couriers. They become involved with a mysterious mission after rescuing a little girl from a strange star-shaped killing …

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Based on the Japanese light novel series by Hiro Arikawa, Library War takes place in a world where the explosion of uncontrolled information came to be considered a direct threat to society. A new government agency was created dedicated solely to information management. Some thirty years later, in 2019, the government still monitors and controls information, suppressing anything they find undesirable. Standing against their abuses of power are the libraries, with their special agents called ‘the book soldiers.’

Main Article: Macross Frontier

Macross Frontier is a direct sequel to the first Macross series and Macross 7 and follows the lives of Alto Saotome, Ranka Lee and a pop idol named Sheryl Nome on board the Macross Frontier colonization fleet. After the war against the Zentradi aliens, Humankind has spread across the universe in order to ensure its survival. During a mission to an unexplored asteroid belt, a reconnaissance New U.N. Spacy (N.U.N.S.) VF-171 is destroyed by extremely powerful and fast insectoid biomechanical alien mecha known as the “Vajra.”