Happy Independence Day, Indonesia! If we’re talking about independence day, surely it won’t go that far from a tale of our ancestors during the warring times. You can understand their struggle back in the days for independence by watching these animes below.

10. Haifuri

Haifuri doesn’t set during the warring times, but it still has military elements in it. Haifuri or High School Fleet uses a cruising school that using World War warships.

Akeno Misaki is accepted into Blue Mermaid, a special navy force, and she becomes a captain of a destroyer ship named Harakaze. Because of something, her friends on different ships later turned on her and attack Akeno and her crew. You can expect thrilling fleet battles in Haifuri.

9. Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu

The classic Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu, or also known with its English title Legend of the Galactic Heroes, it tells about the end of 150 years war between the Galactic Empire and Free Planet Alliance under the new generation.

If you are looking for galactic battle anime, then Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu is your choice.

8. Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova

Another war anime on the seas with battle fleets.

Arpeggio: Ars Nova sets in 2039, where humans cannot sail due to the appearance of a mysterious force named Fleet of Fog. This troop consists of ships that have a Mental Model, a human-shaped avatar that represents the heart of the said ship.

One day, Gunzo finds out the Mental Model of I-401 submarine. Since that day, he forms a fleet and tasked to done secret missions to unite humankind.

7. Drifters

Drifters is a very manly anime, it’s full of man versus man battles with gory graphics and adrenaline-pumping action sequences! It is set in an isekai where this world currently in a war between two parties: Drifters and Ends. Each party can summon famous historical real-life figures to fight such as Oda Nobunaga, Hannibal Barca, and Jeanne d'Arc.

6. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Fullmetal Alchemist’s world based on Europe’s Industrial Revolution. Sets in a fictional world where alchemy is one of the most advanced technologies. It tells about two Elric brothers: Edward and Alphonse Elric, who is on the search for philosopher stone to cure their damaged body after a failed attempt to resurrect their deceased mother to life using alchemy.

5. Youjo Senki

Fantasy elements like magic that combined with military elements at first sound weird, but after this anime for episodes, those things become the anime’s selling point.

This anime tells about Tanya Degurechaff, a military girl who is famous for her cruelty due to her dictatorship. Previously, she is known as a Japanese salaryman who reincarnated and punished into a world full of conflicts because he doesn’t believe in God.

4. Break Blade

This war anime revolves around a war of giant robots. Break Blade’s story is similar to those war animes in general. What makes this thing special is the animations. All robot’s animations are drawn by hand. This anime is worth the watch.

3. GATE

GATE’s story begins when a mysterious gate suddenly opens in Tokyo, Japan. It turns out that this mysterious gate is a portal that can connect the real world with the fantasy world. GATE’s story revolves around two things; the light side that tells about a bachelor and the heavy side that tells about military, politics, economy, society, and culture.

2. Code Geass

Code Geass is a mecha anime that tells about the adventure of prince Lelouch vi Britannia on his quest to gain power that is known as Geass and decides to use it to destroy the Holy Britannian Empire, a monarch and superpower country that already conquered many countries.

1. Gundam MS 08th Team

Almost all Gundam series have war-theme in it. But MS 08th Team series is more realistic compared to the others. MS 08th Team is more pinpoint on strategies in battle.

So that’s 10 best war-themed animes. Even though this list doesn’t describe directly describe the actual situation back then (or in real life), at least it can give you the horror of war and the main character’s struggle to achieve peace, liberty, and independence, right?

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