All they had to do was to follow these two tracks, side by side, to their inevitable climax. After all, the original 86 EIGHTY-SIX novels were popular enough in themselves to score an anime adapted by rising director Toshimasa Ishii. This is already a serviceable set-up for a war story. The Spearhead Squadron, put under her command, understands this intimately.Ĩ6 EIGHTY-SIX is a tale of two train tracks running parallel: thwarted idealism on one side, cruel violence on the other.
She has not yet internalized that her own scruples do nothing for the soldiers under her command and that the good, honest war she wants is not possible under the corrupt institutions that run San Magnolia. Lena is allowed to have these reservations publicly because of her family’s connections. A war in which the minority populace of the Republic of San Magnolia are used as disposable cannon fodder. It’s also the story of Lena “Handler One” Mirize, a promising young strategist with deep reservations about the war her country is running.
The future of the Spearhead Squadron was determined long ago.īut 86 EIGHTY-SIX is not just the story of Undertaker. It’s a classic metaphor: In the Republic of San Magnolia, war is a one-stop ride to hell and death. Beyond that horizon is the all-consuming fire of the front. Our heroes, long-serving soldier Shinei “Undertaker” Nouzen and his Spearhead Squadron, race along it toward the horizon in their insectile Juggernaut vehicles. The very first thing we see in 86 EIGHTY-SIX is a train track.
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