Obsolete

8.1
201912m

In 2014, aliens revealed themselves to request trade with humanity. In exchange for limestone, they would provide a consciousness-controlled general-use robot known as an "Exoframe." Cheaper than an aircraft, tank, or firearm, and easy enough for anyone to operate, the "Exoframe" spreads change throughout the world in the blink of an eye...

Production

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Seasons

12 Episodes • Premiered 2019

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1. Outcast

In South America, 2023. The U.S. Marine Corps intervene in the conflict between Ecuador and Peru with secret Exoframe unit.

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2. Bowman

In 2015, alien technology Exoframes have spread in developing countries. Lieutenant Bowman fears Exoframes' diversion to military weapons.

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3. Miyajima Rei

In 2016, Rei Miyajima from the Japan Self-Defense Forces came to the Indian Army base on the Karakoram range for researching.

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4. Loewner

In 2017, Loewner works for PMC in the Middle East. At the oil terminal, he fights to protect civilians from a terrorist raid.

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5. Soldier Brat

Child soldiers forced to arm with Exoframes and fight. They are used as cheap consumables in conflict zones.

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6. Jamal

Child soldiers, trained by Zahir, can now freely maneuver their Exoframes and destroy tanks and attack helicopters one after another. Then the end of the civil war is announced.

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7. Reshep

Year 2021. There is an international trend of nations going against the Sankt Gallen Arrangement that regulates market distribution and certain usage of EXOFRAMES. The global world is focused on the military parade being held in the Republic of Azania, a nation leading in this opposition trend. The President of the Republic of Azania, Raila Reshep, who successfully brought about a miraculous economic growth from the civil war and is considered the real leader of the new African Union, is pushing for the use of EXOFRAMES.

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8. Area 51

Year 2022. Despite nations around the world investing a huge budget and providing the world's most skilled specialists, attempts to analyze the EXOFRAME and understand the alien technology have failed. In the U.S., Project Xenogage in Area 51 was created to analyze alien technology. But, this project had also been put on hold. Now the project is being taken over by an eccentric leader who is not trying to decipher the alien technology, but rather, trying to find ways to use it.

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9. Carhuincho

Year 2023. The expansion of the EXOFRAME has destroyed existing industries and has weakened the economies of developed countries, leading to chaos in the international order. No one can stop the conflicts and civil wars that have erupted around the world. The border dispute between Ecuador and Peru has grown large and now involves neighboring countries. The Peruvian Jungle Division's EXOFRAME Platoon came under heavy fire from the mysterious EXOFRAME unit while defending their Forward Operation Base, and was destroyed by snipers.

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10. Santa Muerte

Year 2025 - A group of EXOFRAMES walk through the desert on the Mexican-American border. The people on board are forced to carry drugs in exchange for assistance crossing the border into the United States. One of them is a young girl who is given an amulet of Santa Muerte - the Saint of Death by the boy next to her.

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11. Freyja

Year 2030. The EXOFRAME, which can operate in any environment, showed its full potential under the sea. The underwater world became a new battlefield for the EXOFRAME. In the Barents Sea adjacent to the Norwegian Sea, Jan and Freya are workers for a private company in disguise.

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12. Konoka Kokonoha

Bowman and his fellow Marines, who are investigating the worldwide spread of EXOFRAMES discover some footage. It reveals a terrifying future 400 years from now. In the year 2444, the EXOFRAMES’ battlefield moves into space.

Cast

Photo of Masahiko Tanaka

Masahiko Tanaka

Bowman (voice)

Photo of Wataru Takagi

Wataru Takagi

Fernando (voice)

Photo of Jin Yamanoi

Jin Yamanoi

Loewner (voice)

Photo of Ryuuzaburou Ootomo

Ryuuzaburou Ootomo

Zahir (voice)

Photo of Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Miyajima (voice)

Photo of Yuu Sugimoto

Yuu Sugimoto

Kayira (voice)

Photo of Yutaro Honjo

Yutaro Honjo

Jamal (voice)

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