Lime-iro Senkitan
Around the the 37th year of the Meiji Era (1904) in the midst of the Russo-Japanese war, the small Japanese army, in need of assistance, uses its special flying (thanks to a benevolent demon) ship, the Amanohara, to attack Russia's major base at Port Arthur (Lushun). Umakai Shintaro, a Russian diplomat originally from Japan, defects and goes to Sapporo to teach at a girls academy. However, that girls academy is not typical - it is on board the Amanohara, and the five girls Shintaro teaches are known as the Raimu Unit - girls with the ability to summon powerful beings to fight for them. Shintaro eventually becomes their teacher and general in battle, and so the six embark on a weird and excessively erotic journey, as Shintaro helps the girls overcome their weaknesses, become stronger for the final stand at Lushun, and also understand the motives of the "Russian Spiritual Corps" that assist the opponent, which, unfortunately, has one member whom Shintaro knew well....
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This anime occurs during the Russo-Japanese War in the early 20th Century, and follows the actions of a 5-girl team on their mission to destroy a Russian fortress on the eastern coast of Asia. Why trust such a dangerous assignment to schoolgirls? Because they can summon elemental mecha and fight with them. Their personalities are ripped straight from the Dating Sim Character Book (the anime is based on an H game, and I certainly like the CG set I have), and I feel confident that many of you can assign them correctly just by looking at the character designs. Due to their commander dying at the beginning of the series, their schoolteacher is assigned to command their squadron, with predictable opposition from the expected corners. They subsequently fall for him at different rates, and by the end of the anime (after many awkard titillating misunderstandings and an onsen episode) they're all vying for his attention and willing to die for him. High-energy action, chipper ending theme, cutesy characters with the requisite amount of deeply-hidden angst ready to be revealed at the right moment, but I found most of the characters too annoying, and some of the premises too far-fetched to enjoy this thoroughly. I have no idea why it was popular enough to earn its own live traveling show. |
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Lime-Iro Senkitan (eroge) created by Elf. Anime rights belong to KSS.