A new model of giant robot anime makes its debut on Crunchyroll today with Megaton Musashi, adapted from the video game created by Level-5 (Professor Layton, Yo-kai Watch, Inazuma Eleven, Ni no Kuni). The first episode of the series, which was produced in 2021 for Japan, arrives timed to the launch of Megaton Musashi W: Wired on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and Steam.
The story takes place in 2118. 99.9% of humanity is obliterated by an alien force called the Draktor. Our hero, Yamato Ichidaiji, is among those staking their lives to pilot Megaton-class giant robots called Rogues in a last-ditch effort to recapture Earth from the alien invaders!
The series is led creatively by Level-5 Founder, President & CEO Akihiro Hino as chief director and writer, with director Shigeharu Takahashi (Yo-kai Watch movies, Naruto: Shippuden).
Synopsis: People lived peaceful, fulfilling lives in a perfectly ordinary town. But they had no idea that their peace was a lie. What they didn’t know was … Earth had already been destroyed. Mysterious aliens launched a powerful attack from space and destroyed 99.9% of humanity. The enemies were called Draktors. Before long, these foes created a massive hole in Earth and terraformed it to an environment suitable for habitation.
Mankind had no choice but to escape their scrutiny and hide out in shelters. There, they waited for the day they could return, not knowing if it would even come. With their memories of the annihilation erased, the residents of the shelter, Ixia, lived normal lives blissfully unaware of the truth. But amongst them lived a few chosen ones, who fought the aliens as pilots operating giant robots called Rogues. And today, another pilot was chosen…
