Saturday, April 23, 2016

Koutetsujou no Kabaneri

Synopsis

As the world is in the middle of an industrial revolution, a monster appears that cannot be defeated unless its heart, which is protected by a layer of iron, is pierced. By infecting humans with its bite, the monster can create aggressive and undead creatures known as Kabane. On the island Hinomoto, located in the far east, people have built stations to shelter themselves from these creatures. People access the station, as well as transport wares between them, with the help of a locomotive running on steam, called Hayajiro. Ikoma, a boy who lives in the Aragane station and helps to build Hayajiro, creates his own weapon called Tsuranukizutsu in order to defeat the creatures. One day, as he waits for an opportunity to use his weapon, he meets a girl named Mumei, who is excused from the mandatory Kabane inspection. During the night, Ikoma meets Mumei again as he sees Hayajiro going out of control. The staff on the locomotive has turned into the creatures. The station, now under attack by Kabane, is the opportunity Ikoma has been looking for

Source : http://myanimelist.net/anime/28623/Koutetsujou_no_Kabaneri

The story concept is similar to Attack on Titan, where stories have in common is they have the shelter of monster, in Attack on Titan they have high walls so titan can not attack while in Koutetsujou no Kabaneri they have a train locomotive called Hayajiro, nominally survive by moving from another station to other stations.
The main character has the same power, in Attack on Titan main character can turn into Titan, in Koutetsujou no Kabaneri main character and being bitten by kabane kabaneri.
The Art is nice, and the artwork really stand out with Steampunk design. The story so far is very exciting to wait.
My Score: 8.0
Mal Score: 8:49