I can only imagine that their lives must just be a constant repetition of this exact scenario, hopping from place to place only to keep losing to the BETA. To be honest, seeing them here again, unable to save Sadogashima just as they were unable to save Kyoto, really drives home the despair that permeates this world. They are minor characters from the original game who also made cameos in the second episode of Total Eclipse, where they served the same purpose they do here – to stand around helplessly as another part of Japan falls to the BETA. The only ones who have appeared elsewhere are the naval officers Hisaya Ozawa and Tomohiko Abe. Most of the other characters are new to this episode. Both the manga and the TDA games are now available in English, by the way.
(Azusa Maxima, the artist for the Alternative manga, seems over the moon that one of his creations scored the lead role for the very first episode of the anime.) From there, Komaki made her way into a major role in the side game Muv-Luv Unlimited: The Day After. Komaki is a pre-existing character, although she didn’t appear in the original game – she was created for the manga adaptation. Our point of view character for this episode is Sayoko Komaki. This episode takes place roughly 1-2 months after those Total Eclipse episodes – the capital of Kyoto has fallen, as depicted in those earlier episodes, and the BETA have now made their way east to Sadogashima. It inevitably invites comparisons to the first two episodes of the Total Eclipse anime, which did exactly the same thing. Its main objective is to introduce the world of Muv-Luv Alternative and show off an amazing battle between TSFs and BETA. The first episode, as had already been announced, is an anime-original episode taking place 3 years prior to the main story. No matter how things turn out from this point on, this is an exciting moment for us all. 15 years after the game was first released, 5 years after the last related anime episode aired, and 2 years after this project was first announced, today the first episode of the Muv-Luv Alternative anime aired.
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