Amaim Warrior at the Borderline
Amaim Warrior at the Borderline is an original Japanese anime television series animated by Sunrise Beyond. A photonovel series titled Kyōkai Senki: Frost Flower has been serialized in Hobby Japan's Monthly Hobby Japan magazine since July 2021. The series aired from October 2021 to June 2022.
Plot
In the mid-20th century, as a result of the economic crisis and a collapsing birthrate, Japan was on the verge of becoming a failed state. In response, foreign nations sent forces to intervene. However, foreign intervention quickly became a foreign occupation, and the competing foreign nations started the destructive Boundary War, fought with autonomous drone mecha called AMAIMs.By the year 2061, the Boundary War has ended but Japan has been divided into four occupied zones where native Japanese are treated like second-class citizens. In the wake of the resulting social upheaval and unrest, a young boy named Amō Shiiba stumbles across an abandoned AMAIM called Kenbu and a rogue autonomous AI named Gai. With Kenbu and Gai, Amō has the opportunity to change the course of history for both himself and the entire nation of Japan.
Characters
Main characters
;Amō Shiiba;Gashin Tezuka
;Shion Shishibe
;I-LeS Gai
;I-LeS Kei
;I-LeS Nayuta
Yatagarasu
;Gōken Kumai;Risa Kōzaki
;Eiji Umasaki
;Misuzu Maki
;Takeru Muramatsu
;Kiryu Udou
Arahabaki
;Anna Takayanagi;Takeru Konno
Confederation of Oceania
;Jeffrey Wilson;Kate Byrne
;Simon Tate
;Oliver Martin
North America Coalition
;Brad Watt;Raymond Hardy
;Charley Orley
;Roger Young
;Sofia Louis
;Joe Spears
;Tony Blanc
;Elliot Knox
;Roy Walker
;Gregory Cartland
;Mike Weaver
Asia Free Trade Entente
;Ho Guan;Sun Chong
;Liu Fu
;Xin Haoran
;Zhao Kweihua
;Nadeck Elam
;Luang Thanarat
Federation of Great Eurasia
;Alexei Zelenoy;Dahlia Lvov
;Boris Gretkov
A.R.E.S
;Collin DialoBrenson Corp
;German GobertOthers
;Takuto Ōnishi;Tsubasa Mishima
;Ken Tanasaka
;Gen Sakuma
;Yoriko Sakuma
;Tokuji Iwata
;Yūsei Suenaga
Media
Photonovel
A photonovel series titled Kyōkai Senki: Frost Flower began serialization in Hobby Japan's Monthly Hobby Japan magazine since July 21, 2021.Anime
Sunrise Beyond and Bandai Spirits revealed the project on March 16, 2021. The series was directed by Nobuyoshi Habara and written by Noboru Kimura. Character designs were provided by Kenichi Ohnuki, while Rasmus Faber composed the music. It aired from October 5 to December 28, 2021, on TV Tokyo, MBS and BS11. Blank Paper performed the series' opening theme song "enemy". Funimation licensed the series outside of Asia. Just right after the first part ended, a second part was announced, and it aired from April 12 to June 28, 2022.On April 11, 2022, Crunchyroll announced that the series would receive an English dub, which premiered on April 25.
Original net animation
An original net animation spinoff series titled Amaim Warrior at the Borderline: UltraSteel Ogre-Gear is also produced by Sunrise Beyond and will premiere in Bandai Spirits' YouTube Channel on April 10, 2023. Masami Obari will direct the series alongside returning staff from the previous anime handling the writing, music and mecha designs.The opening theme is "Yobukoeganaruhougakue" by Organic Call. The ending theme is "I'll Be There" by Linkl Planet.