# Introduction: I’ve been watching seasonal anime since March 2020, that's when I first truly got into anime. My first seasonal was Tower of God(an amazing webtoon adapted into an anime, it's very much worth your time.) Anyway, I was blown away by how great the Tower of God was and from then on, I started watching seasonal anime. Now, in my opinion, Spring 2021 was lacking, big time. While we did have shows like Tokyo Revengers , Higehiro, and So I'm a Spider, so What, the rest of the season was lacking, especially with My Hero Academia s5 being in its first cour, the current arc was a bit uninteresting. What was going to save the season? April 11th, 86 aired, and this show carried this entire spring season of anime. # Story: 86 is set in a dystopian-like world where there has been an ongoing war with the republic and legion. Robots called “juggernauts' ' are piloted by the eight sixers, people considered to be less than human and are used as tools for the republic's gain. As death is near, Shin, our main protagonist, fights with his comrades against the legion in this death-forsaken war. Lena, our other protagonist, watches over the eighty-sixers and is trying her best to help them all make it through this war. This story tackles many themes and these characters go through many hardships. This theme often reminds me of the holocaust in a sort of way. with friends and neighbors being split apart due to differences as well as similarities to the German Military. It's not skin color or race that separates you from 86, it's your hair color. If you do not have Silver/Ashton hair like the rest of the ever-growing population, you will be sent to the battlegrounds, and at that point, it's an execution field. # Characters: While watching 86, you're constantly thinking about the characters, what will happen to them next, as for any show. In this setting, the characters constantly feel like they are real. War is an ever-growing problem in our world's history and still is a problem now. Eighty-six characters face hardships, problems that they can do nothing about. The only thing they can do is fight, fight for their lives and survival. Eighty Sixes side characters are also well represented as well, they’re all very good characters that you will most likely enjoy. # Art: A-1 Pictures animated 86 and they did a fantastic job. I believe their most popular animated shows are Kaguya-same: Love is War and Sword Art Online. Eighty Sixes art is nothing to write home about, while I really like it, it's not anything major. Personally, I’m just glad they could mix 2d and CGI art and not make it look terrible. # Overall Enjoyment: 86 is a great show. The Genre for 86 may not be my favorite but it's definitely very interesting. I enjoyed 86 a lot while watching and it definitely kept my attention for those 11 episodes. Considering this was adapted from a light novel, it's very good. If you're debating on whether or not to watch it, I highly recommend it. 86 is by far, in my opinion, the best spring seasonal anime that carried the season.