Recommend me some military/war campaign adjacent series. (awful.systems)

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So, prior to this I'm not usually interested in military theme series, but then I give Tanya a watch, and I'm hooked ! I've also watched the movie.

After that, I remember 86 and also finish those. The last one I've finished was Nippon Sangoku, and now I want more like these. I think it's related, but I also throw Sentenced to be a Hero having same vibe, though it's more focus on individual and has much more fantasy flavor setting-wise.

I don't really care about the interpersonal between the character, I think I just enjoy the campaign/battle theater and the logistic side of the war.

Please throw me some of yours recs ! Thanks

Edit: Still reading the recs you guys give, thanks a lot. But for some more context I've watched most of Gundam entries and the usual suspects for space opera so it's already on my radar. But then again maybe other find it helpful, so I don't mind.

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[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

Last Exile is gorgeous and has quite a few outdated military tactics mixed with fantastic flying machines. Gives off the vibe of how in WWI generals still couldn't figure out how to adapt to the insane technological advances of the time.

Golden Kamuy takes place right after the Japanese Russo War but has quite a few traumatic flashbacks to the frontline fighting. I really enjoyed the anime and wished it made a bigger splash.

[-] sleet01@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

I will personally endorse both of these series, both as a viewer and former military.

Watch Last Exile with zero prep, zero research - try to figure it out as you go.

Watch Golden Kamuy after watching Gintama, for, uh, historical background.

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