SPOILER ALERT! DON'T READ IT IF U HAVEN'T SEE THE 2ND SEASON

Here is my first review, let's talk about 86. I have to say that at first I didn't expect this series to improve that much, in fact I thought it was a classic sci-fi shonen with very cool war themes. But I was wrong: after finishing the first season and being quite satisfied with it, while watching the second everything changed: quality of the animations, colorful and well-detailed landscapes, the characters had a better insight, all the fighting scenes were perfect and really well detailed with a great design to depict the Reginleif and the Dinosaurias and also the Morpho. Then not to mention the emotions I felt: during the last episode I was shocked, especially when Lena and Shinei's hands twisted forming an 86 !!
Even when the team and the Colonel first met and Lena realized it was them, wow, my heart literally went crazy.

Another strong point of this anime is the cast: in the first season they all lost many companions, but then when only Anju, Shinei, Theoto, Kurena and Raiden remained, you did nothing but fall in love with all the characters more and more: you created a kind of love for them.
I loved Lena as a character, because behind all her insecurities there was some motivation that led her to be very cold at the beginning, as for the death of her father, but then she managed to understand that thanks to the 86 she had changed the vision of his life.

Shinei is also a very complex character: he fights for a living, if he doesn't fight he feels dead inside and would always like to fight alone.

86’s strength undoubtedly lies in its characters and the themes they represent, more than its plot. And thankfully, it does an amazing job at that. None of these characters feel like colorless, background characters; they're all their own individuals, each one equally complex with their own stories, their own struggles, just waiting to be discovered.

If you've seen Attack on Titan you've surely heard that it has some great OSTs. Yes, out of 86 we have the same composer: Sawano Hiroyuki.
The OSTs are just perfect, both the final one and the fights ones.

The last OST is definitely my favorite because they chose to make an original and new one only for the ending and I appreciated this choice a lot, because as you can also see despite the production problems A-1 pictures made a masterpiece .

What can I say, a truly fantastic anime from every point of view, I recommend watching. I hope a second season comes out soon because I want to see the team on the battlefield for a second time.

For me it is a 100/100 without a shadow of a doubt.

I love this anime!