Schwarzesmarken

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: シュヴァルツェスマーケン
English: Schwarzes Marken
Spanish: Schwarzes Marken
French: Schwarzes Marken
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 11, 2016 to Mar 28, 2016
Premiered: Winter 2016
Broadcast: Mondays at 01:05 (JST)
Licensors: Crunchyroll
Studios: lxtl, LIDENFILMS
Genres: DramaDrama, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Themes: HistoricalHistorical, MechaMecha, MilitaryMilitary
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 6.731 (scored by 4621346,213 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #59652
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2117
Members: 117,605
Favorites: 324

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Synopsis

The year is 1983. The Cold War is in full effect, and humanity is under attack. Strange aliens, given the name "BETA," have descended to Earth with the goal of destroying all life. Soldiers have been tasked with piloting large combat suits called Tactical Surface Fighters (TSF) to repel the alien invaders, but the front line is slowly being pushed back towards the surviving cities.

Schwarzesmarken follows the story of Second Lieutenant Theodor Eberbach and the other members of the 666th TSF squadron, a ruthless unit that values a mission's completion over human life. Stationed in East Germany and led by war hero Captain Irisdina Bernhard, the unit specializes in counterassault attacks on laser-class BETA. But the 666th squadron finds itself with more enemies than just the alien forces when optimistic rookie Katia Waldheim joins the squadron, drawing the attention of East Germany's secret police, the Stasi.

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Background

Schwarzesmarken takes place in an alternate universe of the Muv-Luv franchise, following the storyline of the light novels. A visual novel was released on November 27, 2015, and a second was announced for 2016.

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"white forces" by fripSide
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Ending Theme

"Kanashimi ga Jidai wo Kakeru (哀しみが時代を駆ける)" by Zahre [Katia Waldheim (Minami Tanaka), Irisdina Bernhard (Nozomi Yamamoto)]

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Jan 14, 2025
When rating an anime, the story is not the only criterion. The design, voice acting, environment, and other factors are also very important.
Although this anime had some weaknesses, having a strong design, correct characterization, and depicting a historical period in an unrealistic way made it attractive.
Although in some episodes, you will feel bored, but overall you will be interested in finishing it.
Overall, it is a good thing to watch once and fill the empty time.
Although the story is a bit sad, the narrative elements are well-crafted.
If you're a fan of anime with strong, determined girls, you'll find plenty of crushes in this anime.
Oct 14, 2025
Mixed Feelings
Actually, if I could, I would give a rating of 6.5, not 7. This anime is not too bad but not too good. I have watched Mecha which is worse than this anime, so I can Say this anime is quite worth watching if you run out of Mecha anime I will not recommend this anime but please watch it if you are interested because the story is not that bad you guys You can try watching Gravion if you don't believe the Gravion anime is worse than this anime Don't worry, I'm sure some of you will enjoy the story, maybe?
Feb 27, 2017
My opinion:
Schwarzesmarken tries to look original by covering its generic plot and characters with political matters, betrayals, Stasi officers and other chicaneries, it tries to arise emotions by needlessly killing off characters and tries to be memorable through cheesy scenes and lines that only made me cringe.
I had hope in this show up to the moment they decided it is the best decision to make the MC have sex with his newly brought back from the dead sister.

Story: 3/10
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