Active Raid


Active Raid: Kidō Kyōshūshitsu Daihachigakari is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production IMS. Orange produced the 3D CG, with Gorō Taniguchi as chief director. It started airing in January 2016. The anime was split into two seasons, the first half aired in January, while the second half aired in July 2016.

Plot

Active Raid takes place in the near future with advanced technology, particularly a system known as ACTIVE. Due to the abundance of serious crime around the world, police forces begin to use ACTIVE technology along with powered armor mobile suits known as Will Wears. The series focuses on one such police unit in Japan known as Unit 8.

Characters

Unit 8

A police unit that is authorized to use Will Wears and the ACTIVE system. Due to their collateral damage of city infrastructure, Unit 8 has a bad reputation within the police force and public media. While the Japanese title of the anime only refers to them as "Public Mobile Assault Unit Eight", official materials translate their title as "Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit."
; Asami Kazari
; Takeru Kuroki
; Soichiro Sena
; Haruka Hoshimiya
; Rin Yamabuki
; Yasuharu Funasaka
; Madoka Amano
; Namihei Sado/Kyokai-san
;Emilia Edelman
;Marimo Kaburagi

Logos

; Mythos
; Dog

Unit 9

;Yuyuko Shimazakura
;Aju Tomigusuku
;Kanna Miyoshi
;Sosuke Torigoe
;Taiga Nawa
;Kyokai-sama

Others

; Liko
; Hinata Yamabuki
; Tomoki Hachijō
; Miho Oshikouchi
; Kotaro Inagi
; Eriko Kominato
; A-ko
;Abigail Martinez

Media

Anime

The anime is directed by Noriaki Akitaya while Goro Taniguchi served as chief director. Naruhisa Arakawa provides the script. Manga artist Shun Saeki designed the characters while Naoko Nishida adapted the style into anime. Kotaro Nakagawa composed the music. The animation is done by Production IMS, and Orange is producing the 3D CG. The anime started broadcasting in January 2016, with the second season in July 2016.