Chrome Shelled Regios: The Complete Series S.A.V.E.

A Desolate World
In the far distant future, people live in large, domed moving cities, because the outside air is poisonous and bug like monsters known as Contaminoids wander the earth. Zuelleni is an academic city where pretty much the entire population is made up of students and everything is run by the student council president. Layfon, a teenage boy with a mysterious past, comes to Zuelleni to escape said past. He wants to start his life anew, as a regular, average student. But too bad for him - upon arriving at school for the first day, he is immediately forced into the military arts program. He is assigned to the 17th Platoon, after leader Nina asks for him to fill a recently vacated spot on the team. The rest of the platoon consists of mechanical ace Harley, sharpshooter and ladies man Sharnid, and ne'in operator Felli. However, it is pretty soon evident that Layfon isn't in any need of military training.....

I actually quite enjoyed this series. I'm not really sure why, since there...

A Great Time to Be Had
Chrome Shelled Regios is not a ground-breaking anime as the other reviewers have pointed out, nor it is free from employment of various anime tropes. Nonetheless, as a great writer pointed out a couple of hundred years ago (who could that have been?) 'there's nothing truly new under the sun,' and for me the question is not whether an anime series is entirely fresh in its approach, as much as how does it handle the material it uses. In this sense, I believe Chrome Shelled Regio succeeds admirably. I had a great time watching the show! I watched it twice.

That said, I really wish there was a season two. I believe this is the reason for all the plot threads left hanging. The end of season one left us nicely set up to deal with the plot machinations of this Ignacious character, whoever or whatever he is. There were some rumors on the web that a season two was on the way but those were circa 2010 so I have to assume that, for whatever reason, it was decided not to produce...

Awesome Anime
One of the best animated series I own. Very mpressed with the storyline development, and sequencing. The main characters development throughout the story and the supporting casts development pushed the storyline to the liit and past. Recommended to anyone who is an avid anime lover.

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