Caitlin GlassStr.A.In. - Strategic Armored Infantry - Complete Series Box Set

Sara has always dreamed of becoming a pilot like her brother Ralph. Just before she graduates from the military academy Ralph attacks the school in his Str.A.In. Sara is the only survivor. She changes her name and enters a new pilot training program on the ship Libertad. She soon discovers what her brother encountered on the battlefield that made him loose his mind and betray humanity. It's her responsibility to bring him to his senses or kill him before he can kill more innocent people.This anime is pretty good. It is pretty similar to the Xenosaga animation in terms of plot line and animation quality. There are plenty of good characters with great voice actors. This series seems like it was a bit rushed though. There was a relatively complicated back story to several of the characters. I think this anime could have been better if those very explored a little more, rather than giving a vague history. All in all this anime is a pretty good deal for the money. I enjoyed watching it.

I dowloaded the first episode of xbox live to cheak it out and ended up doladed all 13 and watching them all in 1 day. now i wish i had brought the dvd instead since ive already deleted them to open up my hard drive.The charatures and story are very good. The animation top notch. It starts out looking like its gonna be an fun animia like kiddy grade but then turns more dark and serious by the end of the first episode. The second episode starts and everyitng has changed for the main char. She has had every thing stolen from her from somone close to her. friends, status, admiration, love, faith, and her dream of being a elite pilot all lost, only the drive to catch up and find out why pushing her on as a lowly infantry mech grunt.dont want to say to much but i stayed up to 8am to watch the last episode so defintly can recomend this to anyone who injoyes good scifi animia

I watched the sub of this show, and on my way to pick this up. Just to get some perspective the Japanese title is Souko no Strain ([...] This was one of the most memorable 13 episode series I've seen. The motifs tend to be strange towards the end, I need to re-watch the end of the series, but the pacing of the story is fantastic.The tempo of the series is like, now get ready for this, the first half of the first season of Death Note. It really surprises you, and is unique due to the story. I think the person who'll enjoy this is someone who would enjoy Gunparade March. Where you don't watch it for the mecha, exactly, but for what situation the character finds themselves in. If you go into this series looking for pure action, you won't be necessarily disappointed, but for me, it wasn't the point. The point was the struggle the main character found herself in and how she worked through it. I recommend a watch for the points mentioned above.

Thought I reviewed this already...but guess I have not.....This is an excellent science fiction anime....and it has some interesting eerie parts in it....as well as some very interesting science fiction parts. I don't want to spoil it by telling everything.....but lets just say it brings up the iffy questions about traveling to someplace and then technology getting better and thus travel becomes faster....also time travel....teleportation...telepathy.....a lot of interesting stuff.....there is a lot of things in this one. So aside from the space battles and flashy graphics....the story is very good.I admit I don't normally like stories that end the way this one does...for example I hated how forest gump the movie ended...I mean the actual series is great I just wish there had been a better ending to everything is all.

In truth, I had never heard of STRAIN before, so I was very curious to see what it was about. The plot itself is VERY WELL done and detailed. I especially liked the Strains themselves because the detail that was done was INCREDIBLE! I did not mind the profanity in it, nor did I mind the other content in it, because that is a common part of anime now. I gave this particular anime a 5 star rating because the story was very thorough, the characters were excellently represented, and the overall experience was a very enlightening one for me.

ive been a mecha anime fan for a long time, almost 17 years now and its rare to see any anime that suprise me in that type but with strain i found myself missing sleep just to see where the story arc takes the series :D the idea behind it is very old hat, a girl fighting her more skilled older brother but where the series stands out is how the charictors are shown, each has their own personality and the way they interact is so lifelike its almost scry, the fight scences are well thought out and from the first episode the drawbacks of the mecha involved are shown and stuck to rather than going gundam-esc and having them suddenly have new powers. i only bought the series as an impulse but i would urge any mecha fans to give this a watch if they want a series thats not the usual "my mecha is bigger than yours" rule most series are bound by

フリーリージョン化したプレイヤーで見ましたが、日本語音声の場合リモコン操作で字幕は消せました。安いので星５つです。