USEFUL ANIME REVIEW

QUICK FACTS

PREMISE

Civilization has advanced: humanity is emotionless, infertile, and immortal—but lives in underground bio-domes to flee the giant monsters which overrun Earth’s surface. Artificially bred children (so-called “Parasites”) are forced into military service, and must pilot Franxx mech to protect humanity. Darling in the Franxx follows a class of Parasite children, and centers on failing cadet Hiro and his part-monster co-pilot Code 002.

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CLOSING REMARKS

Darling in the Franxx is a coming-of-age chatacter drama and romance, with a mech & sci-fi setting. It remixes many of the same elements of Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gurren Lagaan, but adds a hopeful tone, making for an unexpectedly poetic story.