KEY POINTS

  • Lena continues her journey leading a bunch of new soldiers in the second season
  • "86 Eighty-Six" Season 2, Episode 1 (Episode 12) is airing Saturday. 
  • The episode will stream on Crunchyroll

Lena, fondly called the Queen of the Eighty-Six, is set to lead a new squadron in "86 Eighty-Six" Season 2, Episode 1 (Episode 12). After Spearhead Squadron’s farewell in the previous season, Lena vowed to continue the fight.

The promo trailer of "86 Eighty-Six" Season 2 hints at Lena taking charge of the Brisingamen Squadron. The trailer also shows Ernst Zimmerman asking about the results of the analysis.

His colleague informs him that the possibility of their captives being intelligence spies from the Republic of San Magnolia or any other country is negligible.

Zimmerman wants to know if they are a new type of Legion or carriers for bioweapons. He believes that it is best to get rid of them for the safety of Federacy.

The official synopsis of "86 Eighty-Six" Season 2, Episode 1 (Episode 12) reveals Lena is demoted from major to captain due to her unauthorized use of military mortars during her last mission with the Spearhead Squadron.

Meanwhile, Lena still remembers her friends from Spearhead Squadron who decided to go out of Eighty-Six and look for a safer place.

“Called ‘Juggernaut,’ these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the ‘Legion’. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers -- those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools.

Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him,” read the official series synopsis, according to Crunchyroll.

The cast of "86 Eighty-Six" anime includes Ikumi Hasegawa as Vladilena Milizé, Shōya Chiba as Shinei Nōzen, Yuya Uchida as Ernst Zimmerman, Seiichirō Yamashita as Raiden Shuga, Sayumi Suzushiro as Kurena Kukumila, Saori Hayami as Anju Emma, Natsumi Fujiwara as Theoto Rikka, Misaki Kuno as Frederica Rosenfort and Asuna Tomari as Shiden Iida.

Fans can watch "86 Eighty-Six" Season 2, Episode 1 (Episode 12) online on Crunchyroll Saturday. The episode will live stream in Japanese with English subtitles.

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