Audience reviews
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Gyoki
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?
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Schwarzesmarken is an enjoyable watch for those who like action-packed mecha anime, so I recommend it for that reason alone. Most of the characters are intriguing, leaving me wanting to know more about them. However, that leads to the two main issues with the series. Firstly, other than the main duo, the other characters get very little development. Some characters seem to have character development arcs off-screen because of the quick pacing, which leads to the other issue. The show is too short. Having another twelve to thirteen episodes' worth of time to develop the cast and tell the story easily would have made Schwarzesmarken more robust.
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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.
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WARNING: MAY BE LONG AND CONTAIN SPOILERS
review proper starts in the third paragraph
Schwarzesmarken (or Black Mark as I'll continue calling it in this review) is an anime I watched to try and get my action-thriller fix, nothing more. I had no expectations going into it as just a cursory glance at the plot synopsis immediately brought horrible flashes of awful mecha-action war stories that attempt to rip off gundam series. Wouldn't you know it Black Mark became one of my personal sleeper hits of all the anime I watched this year. It has a surprising amount of competence in writing, production, and characterization and it now serves as one of my go-to examples on how to write conflict. I'll try to convey my pleasant surprise in this review. On a side note; this anime is part of the Muv…
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Schwarzesmarken: Where do start? This anime is just like the other one only this one seems like it has more detail within in it when it goes it goes to explain everything. But, it's actually very amazing because how much the 666 squad values and cares about their beloved leader who formed the squad and are willing to put their lives on the line and are also willing to do the impossible if need be. Meaning willing to sacrifice their own lives to protect not only their fierce and highly intelligent, brave, selfless leader, but also each other as well, I would definitely highly recommend this anime to any mech or especially gudam fan, or just any mech type anime fan in general I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
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The plot is very similar to that of Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (as they are part of the same franchise), with the exception that the main character in Total Eclipse actually had some redeemable features. From start to finish, you dislike the majority of the characters as they are all obnoxious and are just full of issues. Whilst the plotline may be enjoyable for the most part, the main character can really bring out during it that he is just not a good person.
For a 2016 series, this art style is quite mediocre. Although it has its redeemable scenes, Total Eclipse (which came out in 2012) trumps it. In all seriousness, it felt a little like there was a lack of love and enjoyment when animating this.
The sound effects are strong and the music is enjoyable. The sounds of clashing…
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The work reminds me of the walking dead, where the ones that should be feared most are the undead, however the living are the ones that should be taken more care of. The same applies to Schwarzes Marken: the greatest enemies are humanity itself rather than the aliens. Full of intrigue and politics, humans try to fight the threat of the Beta while fighting hunger, inequality, poverty and, above all, human rot, and it is very interesting to see how self-interests are placed above a greater good. The story is closed and ends without loose ends, with a sad ending but at the same time very beautiful. I do not give full marks for the fact that the fights of the robots controlled by humans against the Beta have very funny effects.
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Aldnoah Zero with less BS but more baggage.
First off, mecha is a a rough genre for me as I think fighting in giant humanoid robots sounds like nonsense. That said Schwarzesmarken is a step above most mecha in that it doesn't involve a genius high school boy who defeats the enemy with a brilliant plan one one in the entire world's military thought of. The action is exciting and fun, the geopolitics and history is fascinating and the characters have understandable motivations.
However, the main flaw is the anime trying to juggle too many things at once and not entirely succeeding at all of them. Trying to fit in the harem romance, intrigue, warfare, deception, etc is difficult and drags what could be an excellent anime to merely pretty good.
Mecha Octane Rating: 8/10 The attempt at usin…
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Irisdinia is believed to be a survivor of an attempted coup d'etat by betraying her own family to the Stasi, the repressive secret police of Eastern Germany who did not take kindly to treason or spies. However, Earth was now under threat from an alien race known as the "BETA" that devours any human they find. Irisdinia was now a hero, captain of the 666th Squadron "Schwarzesmarken", responsible for wiping out Laser Class BETA which were the greatest threat against human forces due to their long range beams.
While out repelling an invasion they come across a distress signal from a lone UN TSF. Katia is rescued and is taken in by the squadron under asylum as they needed someone capable to replace one of their lost members. Watched over by Theodore, Katia reminds him a lot of his sister Lise…
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To describe this anime quickly
The BETA invaded in 1973 and have almost completely consumed the Continent of Eurasia. This takes place in 1983, the Minsk BETA hive in poland has activated and the BETA are assualting East Germany. At the Same time East Germany is At Civil war with itself in a four way faction war( Unificationists vs Nationals vs Soviet backed vs Western backed)
If you wanted more of what the first 2 episodes on Muv Luv Alternative : Total Eclipse was Schwarzesmarken is what you want
This Anime is Dark and shows us how stupid people can be during an alien invasion that could lead to human extinction. While throwing some curve balls, almost every episode leaves off with a major cliff hanger to compel you to watch the next episode.
The Art is good and seeing infantry gettin…
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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
The story takes place in 1980 portraying a divided Germany and the political battles it harbours as well presenting the battles of the East German Army's 666th TSF Squadron against the overwhelming numbers of BETA monster.
The plot does have some good features such as describing the struggles of civilians during wa…
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Overall (7/10)
Right of the bat, I'm gonna say it's not a great anime, it really isn't. High Average at best, but cut it some slack. The 12 episodes given as screen time was just *way* too short to give the whole story justice. It's dark, but the nitty gritty details of the whole thing aren't really highlighted, they give you a few shots just to get the general idea. I'd say that they actually conveyed the main points and prompt pretty well, but as a lore enthusiast, I can't help but be disappointing with the lack of content. So much potential down the drain probably thanks to them having to cut a lot of the content out due to this restriction. It would have felt better if they gave it 25 episodes. Pity
However, as a follower of the Muv-Luv series, I couldn't help but watch the whole thin…
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I watched it when it came out, so im a little late on this review but whatever.
I have some extremed mixed feelings for this series. On one hand, they have charecter development and even deaths and some extreamly well made drama at some points but at other moments in the series I was bored as f*ck.
I would have given this a 6 or a 5/10 if it were not for the last three episodes because those were reeeeally good.
First time I almost started crying (I never did cry but at the same time, i never have to any of the animes i've watched).
so should you see it? Yeah, if you are patient you should because it pays off in the end, and I do not regret seeing it. Minus points for the fanservice tho.
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I have on numerous occassions been known to describe a certain type of anime as "all being about women with large breasts driving robots." Whilst I originally intended this as a blanket derogatory comment on the pornography of plot and character (not actual pornography of course - as that's usually on message) I should have known that eventually something would show up that would make me eat my own words.
Yes .. there are women with exceptionally large breasts .. and yes they are driving robots. But something about the tyrannical despot background gives it all a complex, thrilling, savage, manipulative and incestuous edge that is frankly incredibly impressive in an I-Claudius, first few season game of thrones type way. For the avoidance of doubt and with my humble apologies to those who h…
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This is one of the most underrated anime series I've ever seen. Based in East Germany in 1983 during the eatly years of the BETA invasion it shows a bunch of sub-plots that are fairly interesting.
The main storry follows the 666º TFS Squadron, also known as "The Number Of The Beast· (Schwarzesmarken), leaded by Captain Irisdina Benrhard. The main character is Theodor Eberbach, a pilot that got caught by the Stasi while he was trying to escape with his family through the Berlin Wall, since then he was tortured and forced to work for the army.
Almost all of the characters are interesting, having to live and fight against their inner fears, like being afraid of losing a teammate or a family member. The character development is well done and you can see episode by episode how they are evolvi…
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Yo Minna!
Why not recall what happened to Germany after WWII? Germany was split into the "Bundesrepublik Deutschland" (west) and the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik-East Germany) and they kinda hated each other but it was more a reaction due to the Cold War. So you probably ask why is this related to an anime review? Well, the setting of this anime is an alternative version of East Germany in the 1980s. I was wondering if there was an anime that has that "after WWII" setting and this anime was close to it. The title was supposed to be in German with the meaning "Black Marks", but it ended up being a grammar flop in my opinion. What should be "Schwarze Marken" became "Schwarzesmarken" in the end and here is the review to it.
Plot and Story Line
As said in the intro, the plot of Schwar…
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Story: 6. The plot was terrible. This anime is supposed to be about people in giant robots fighting aliens. Instead, it just ends up focusing on infighting without some sort of good transition. Plus, this kind of seemed like a mix between Attack on Titan and Gundam/Evangelion.
Art: 9. I liked the art, and the animation, since there were not any scenes with bad animation/art and the movements of the characters were perfect.
Sound: 9. The sound and the effects were great, but they could be a little cleaner.
Character: 7. The character build is not very good. It seems unappealing. If it weren't for my will to finish all animes I started, I would've dropped this because of the terrible plot and character build. The sister is basically a walking yandere cliche, and the character build you see…
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The world is under attack by an alien life form known as Beta and East Germany appears to be next on the aliens' munch list. Schwarzesmarken is supposedly the best mech platoon in Eastern Germany, and charged with performing surgical strikes to give the country a chance. Our protagonist, a young, disagreeable pilot, serves on this mech squad where he must survive countless waves of ugly CGI aliens and the generous breast sizes of his fellow pilots. However, his country is also under dire straits internally as various government factions vie for control, leading to Stalin-style purges and wasted resources. Will his unit survive the dual threat of alien invasion and internal civil war?
Let me preface the rest of the review by noting that this is the first work I've seen in the Muv-Luv unive…
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Schwarzmarken is a show that handles a lot of themes without turning into a mess. Its a show that has a slow pacing so I would not be for everyone however it makes for a good popcorn anime (anime that you can waste your time on if you have time to waste).
Story 7/10
Schwarzesmarken follows a group of mech pilots in east Germany that is in a cold war situation where the berlin wall is still up. They are using mechs to combat a threat against humanity known as the beta which are these aliens. The main story is not about the mechs versus the aliens but the pressure the pilots face at home where a corrupt government is breathing down their neck every second they are off the battlefield. As I said it is popcorn anime so the story is not the most major aspect what you come to see are the mec…
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To sum it up, this anime is average. The politics is even more stupid than real politics, I mean, the hierachy of this anime is all messed up, and seriously? Teenagers? Again? Why the only ones who can save the world have to be a teenager?
The story it annoys me, we have a bunch of aliens, from the moon, but no one seems to be experimenting the weakness and strength of aliens, and the best way to win a war is not with Mechas, it is with Chemical weapons, Nuclear Weapons, Radiation, etc. Why the ****** would a government create a Mecha in which must use a lot of resources in a place where hunger and death was all around?
After watching so many animes you start to realize the cliches and repetition in the stories. You'll also realize that some character are really really stupid, and do som…
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