86 Anime Returns to Crunchyroll After Being Delisted
Crunchyroll added the television anime of Asato Asato's 86 light novel series last Friday. The series was previously available on the service, but was removed sometime between April 7 and May 23 earlier this year according to the Internet Archive.
Crunchyroll delisted seven other anime from its service sometime earlier this year without announcement.
The 86 anime premiered in April 2021. The anime aired for two cours (quarters of the year). The two cours were split, and the second cours premiered in October 2021. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan, and it also streamed an English dub.
Yen Press is publishing the 86 light novel series in English, and it describes the story:
The Republic of San Magnolia has been attacked by its neighbor, the Empire. Outside the 85 districts of the Republic there is the "non-existent 86th district," where young men and women continue to fight. Sheen directs the actions of young suicide bombers, while Lena is a "curator" who commands a detachment from a remote rear. The story of the tragic struggle between these two begins!
Asato launched the 86 light novel series under Kadokawa's Dengeki Bunko imprint in April 2017. Shirabi (The Ryuo's Work Is Never Done!, Myriad Colors Phantom World) is drawing the illustrations, and the artist I-IV (Aldnoah.Zero, Re:CREATORS) is in charge of mechanical design. Asato had revealed in the 13th novel volume in January 2024 that the novel series was entering its final arc, titled "titled "District 86," in the next volume. Kadokawa published the 14th volume on September 2025.
Source: Crunchyroll
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