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Active Raid

Active Raid

20166.12 Seasons24 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Set in a part of Tokyo that has descended into a quagmire, the story follows Unit 8 of the 5th Special Public Security Section's 3rd Mobile Assault Division — popularly called "The Eighth" — who don powered armor "Willware" exoskeletons to counter the rise in crime. Assistant inspector Asami Kazari is assigned to The Eighth with the task of assessing the unit's status and reporting it to her superiors. But her true goal is to rehabilitate this sloppy, haphazard, justice-less group.

NetworksTokyo MXTV AichiKBS KyotoTBSNippon TVSun TV

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Top Cast

Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Souichirou Sena (voice)

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Nobunaga Shimazaki

Takeru Kuroki (voice)

Ari Ozawa

Ari Ozawa

Asami Kazari (voice)

Shizuka Ishigami

Shizuka Ishigami

Haruka Hoshimiya (voice)

Ai Kakuma

Ai Kakuma

Tomoki Hachijou (voice)

Hikaru Midorikawa

Hikaru Midorikawa

Koutarou Inagi (voice)

Masayo Kurata

Masayo Kurata

Rin Yamabuki (voice)

Natsuki Hanae

Natsuki Hanae

Mythos (voice)

Saori Onishi

Saori Onishi

Madoka Amano (voice)

Taishi Murata

Taishi Murata

Tomoki Hachijou (voice)

Themes & Keywords

anime

About Active Raid

Active Raid is a animation, action & adventure, crime series that first aired in 2016 exploring themes of anime. it stars Takahiro Sakurai, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Ari Ozawa. Set in a part of Tokyo that has descended into a quagmire, the story follows Unit 8 of the 5th Special Public Security Section's 3rd Mobile Assault Division — popularly called "The Eighth" — who don powered armor "Willware" exoskeletons to counter the rise in crime. Assistant inspector Asami Kazari is assigned to The Eighth with the task of assessing the unit's status and reporting it to her superiors. But her true goal is to rehabilitate this sloppy, haphazard, justice-less group.

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