{Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri}—{April 8, 2016}
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is a series premiered on Fuji TV's Noitamina block on April 8, 2016. A prologue for the anime premiered for a week in theaters across Japan starting March 18, 2016. Amazon streamed the series on their Amazon Prime Instant Video service. Two compilation films will premiere in Japanese theaters on December 31, 2016 and January 7, 2017. So it’s pretty new but already well known. A mysterious virus appears during the industrial revolution that transforms infected humans into Kabane and rapidly spreads. Kabane are aggressive, undead creatures that cannot be defeated unless the glowing heart, which is protected by a layer of iron, is pierced. Unfortunately, most melee weapons and the steam-pressure guns are not very effective against them. On the island country Hinomoto, people have built fortress-like "stations" to shelter themselves from these creatures. People access the stations and transport wares between them with the help of armored steam locomotives. One day, a hayajiro hijacked by the Kabane crashes into Aragane Station and they overrun the city. A young engineer called Ikoma uses the opportunity to test with success his anti-Kabane weapon, the "piercing gun", but is infected in the process, although he manages to resist the virus and become a Kabane, a human-Kabane hybrid. Assisted by Mumei, another Kabaneri who appears to help them, Ikoma and the other survivors of the station board the Kōtetsujō and depart to seek shelter elsewhere, fighting the hordes of Kabane along the way.
WARNINGS: Gore, Violence, Suicide, Dark Themes, partial nudity, death (lots of it)
