Muv-Luv Alternative

Title: Muv-Luv Alternative THE ANIMATION
Japanese: マブラヴ オルタネイティヴ
Airing dates: 6/10/2021 (12 TV eps) and 05/10/2003 (14 eps, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien spin-off)
Release dates: 25/11/2004 to 26/08/2005 (3 OVA episodes, Akane Maniax side story)
Genres: Action, Drama, Mecha, Military, Science fiction, Romantic comedy, Shounen, Ecchi, Harem
Original creator: Kōki Yoshimune (Visual Novel eroge)
Original Game developer: âge (aNCHOR Inc)
Director: Yukio Nishimoto
Written by: Tatsuhiko Urahata
Music by: Evan Call
Character designer: Takuya Tani
Sub-character designer: Aki Tsunaki
Director of photography: Takeo Ogiwara
Sound director: Satoshi Motoyama
Animation mecha director: Hiroyuki Taiga
CGI director: Kazuya Ōya
Art director: Ken Naito
Art setting by: Tsukasa Ohira
Color design by: Hiromi Uchibayashi
Prop design by: Koichi Hoshino
Editing by: Ayako Tan
Studios: Yumeta Company, Graphinica and FLAGSHIP LINE
Network: Fuji TV (+Ultra)
Opening theme: "Rinne" by V.W.P
Ending theme: "TRISTAR" by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION

Main cast: Takeru Shirogane (白銀 武) voiced by Kōichi Kamiki (TV) and Sōchirō Hoshi (VN)

Sumika Kagami (鑑 純夏) voiced by Tomori Kusunoki (TV) and Hiroko Taguchi (VN)

Meiya Mitsurugi (御剣 冥夜) voiced by Karin Nanami (TV) and Kazumi Okushima (VN)

Supporting cast: Chizuru Sakaki (榊 千鶴) voiced by Miku Itō (TV), Kaho Takanayagi (OVA) and Masayo Kurata (VN)

Kei Ayamine (彩峰 慧) voiced by Iori Saeki (TV) and Yūko Nagashima (VN)

Miki Tamase (珠瀬 壬姫) voiced by Takako Tanaka (TV) and Hitomi (VN)

Mikoto Yoroi (鎧衣 美琴) voiced by Lynn (TV) and Reiko Takagi (VN)

Yūko Kōzuki (香月 夕呼) voiced by Ruriko Aoki (TV), Takako Inaba (OVA) and Emi Motoi (VN)

Marimo Jingūji (神宮司 まりも) voiced by Sayumi Watabe (TV), Ayaka Minami (OVA) and Miki Inoue (VN)

Kasumi Yashiro (社 霞) voiced by Kanon Takao (TV) and Minami Kuribayashi (VN)

Paul Radhabinod (パウル・ラダビノッド) voiced by Norio Wakamoto

Sayoko Komaki (駒木咲代子) voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi

Tactical Surface Fighters (TSF): Fubuki, Shiranui, Takemikazuchi and Gekishin
Beings of Extra-Terrestrial Adversity (BETA): Grappler, Tank, Destroyer, Fort and Laser
Synopsis: A story of the bonds between those who fight, in a world pushed to its limits. On one of the countless parallel worlds that exist throughout spacetime, humanity has fought a decades long war against the BETA, hostile extraterrestrial invaders, using humanoid fighting machines called Tactical Surface Fighters. This is a story of how humanity lives and dies while on the brink of extinction...
In 1973, the invasion of an extra terrestrial life form, the BETA, began a war that has driven mankind to the brink of extinction. In an attempt to counter the BETA's overwhelming strength in numbers, mankind has developed the humanoid weapons known as TSFs, deploying them on the front lines of their Anti-BETA War all across the globe.
However, mankind still lost the majority of Eurasia to the superior numbers of the marching BETA. For nearly 30 years, mankind has remained bogged down in its struggle against the BETA with no hope in sight.


Title: Black Marks
Japanese: シュヴァルツェスマーケン
Airing date: 10/1/2016 (TV series 12 episodes)
Genres: Action, Drama, Mecha, Military, Science fiction, Harem?
Original creator: Hirohiko Yoshida (ixtl/âge)
Original character designer: Carnelian
Original scenario by: Hiroki Uchida
Director: Tetsuya Watanabe
Written by: Tatsuto Higuchi
Music by: Elements Garden
Character designer and chief animation director: Shuichi Hara
Sub-character designer: Masatoshi Kawano
Sound director: Satoshi Motoyama
Music producer: Evan Call
Studios: ixtl, Liden Films and Sanzigen
Network: TV Tokyo, TVO, TVA, AT-X
Opening theme: "white foeces" by fripSide
Ending theme: "Kanashimi ga Jidai o Kakeru (哀しみが時代を駆ける / Sadness Runs Through the Times)" by Zähre

Main cast: Theodor Eberbach (テオドール・エーベルバッハ) voiced by Kenichi Suzumura
Katia Waldheim (カティア・ヴァルトハイム) voiced by Minami Tanaka
Irisdina Bernhard (アイリスディーナ・ベルンハルト) voiced by Nozomi Yamamoto

Supporting cast: Liae Hohenstein (リィズ・ホーエンシュタイン) voiced by Yoshino Nanjō
Gretel Jeckeln (グレーテル・イェッケルン) voiced by Kiyono Yasuno
Anett Hosenfeld (アネット・ホーゼンフェルト) voiced by Chika Anzai
Pham Thi-Lang (ファム・ティ・ラン) voiced by Emiri Katō

Sylvia Kschessinska (シルヴィア・クシャシンスカ) voiced by Michiyo Murase
Walther Krüger (ヴァルター・クリューガー) voiced by Kenta Miyake
Beatrix Brehmer (ベアトリクス・ブレーメ) voiced by Yukari Tamura
Circe Steinhoff (キルケ・シュタインホフ) voiced by Manami Numakura

Heinze Axmann (ハインツ・アクスマン) voiced by Ken Narita
Inghild Bronikowski (イングヒルト・ブロニコフスキー) voiced by Kaori Fukuhara
Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/embed/dPaqOq9MDUQ?autoplay=1&rel=0
PV#1: https://www.youtube.com/embed/oRTHb6WyebM/?autoplay=1&rel=0
PV#2: https://www.youtube.com/embed/IauR3QlFsz4?autoplay=1&rel=0
CM: https://www.youtube.com/embed/X3Jx6Wvn8yE?autoplay=1&rel=0

Synopsis: Schwarzesmarken is a spin-off of the Muv-Luv Alternative series, but the events takes place in 1983. The East German Army 666th TSF Squadron "Schwarzesmarken" (Black Marks) are a special-forces unit tasked with assaulting BETA forces through unconventional tactics; specifically, they target Lux and Magnus Lux to deny the BETA the advantage of ranged firepower. Their orders are given the topmost priority, such that it is common practice for the 666th to ignore allied distress calls that will result in deviation from their original mission, even if only for a short moment. The 666th Squadron mostly operates MiG-21s, with their squadron commander Irisdena Bernhard piloting an MiG-21PF.

Germany was divided into East and West after WWII, where citizens of either treated the other side as enemies. In the midst of Cold War, however, the Earth was invaded by an alien life form landed on Kashgar, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, known as "Beta." Now, ten years after the first contact, East Germany, formally German Democratic Republic, has become the front line.