23 minSeason 1 • Episode 24
LatestJun declines Seki's offer and becomes the pilot for the final round. During the long battle, he reminisces about his fallen comrades while struggling to save the Earth once and for all.
During a summer camp, 15 children, 8 males and 7 females, find a grotto by the sea. Deep within they discover working computers and some electronic equipment, and later the owner, a man called Kokopelli. Kokopelli claimed to be a programmer working on a brand new game, in which a large robot has to defend the Earth against fifteen alien invasions. He persuades the children to test the game and sign a contract. All but one of them signs; barely a moment later they mysteriously awaken on the shore believing what happened was just a dream.
Writing
Each episode is a complete character tragedy. No one is safe.
Direction
Deconstructs mecha tropes into something genuinely horrifying.
Acting
Koemushi's voice performance is cheerfully malevolent perfection.
Junko Minagawa
Jun Ushiro (voice)
Akira Ishida
Koemushi (voice)
Naomi Shindo
Misumi Tanaka (voice)
Yuko Sanpei
Yōko Machi (voice)
Kana Asumi
Kana Ushiro (voice)
Shinji Kawada
Masamitsu Seki (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Takami Komoda (voice)
Kenji Nojima
Kanji Yoshikawa (voice)
Shintaro Asanuma
Yōsuke Kirie (voice)
Yui Makino
Aiko Tokosumi (voice)
Tomokazu Sugita
Daiichi Yamura (voice)
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Takashi Waku (voice)
Yuka Iguchi
Mako Nakarai (voice)
Soichiro Hoshi
Masaru Kodaka (voice)
Keisuke Oda
Isao Kako (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
From the creator of Narutaru, another 'kids in trauma' classic. Mohiro Kitoh genuinely enjoys making readers suffer.
Often compared to Evangelion, but Bokurano strips away any hope of parental figures or cosmic redemption. The kids are utterly alone.
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