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“2026 Japan: Touko's final training day turns into a national crisis after a weapons research incident.”
Busou Chuugakusei: Basket Army
武装中学生 バスケットアーミー
5.67
12,335 rank · 6,885 viewers · 4 favorites
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Military
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Synopsis
2026 Japan: Touko's final training day turns into a national crisis after a weapons research incident.
The story is set in August of 2026 at the Fuji Training Facility. Natori Touko, a third-year middle school student in the Eastern Private Defense Academy, is entrenched in field training with instructor Kamiya. It has been a harsh training regiment, but it is finally the last day. Kamiya proposes a extracurricular class under the name Newest Weapons Research. But then, an incident occurs that rocks all of Japan.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
3.8
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 3.5
mode 2
σ 1.48
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.48 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 2.25
Running avg · Sep 2013 → Jun 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 2 “I recommend reading this if you are deciding on whether or not to watch this anime. I'm gonna say straight up that this is not worth watching just by itself. This anime doesn't present any normal...”
- 3 “If you looked at the title and were hoping for a basketball team rising up in revelution against the evil student coucil like I did you will be disappointed. Jokes aside though that would have...”
- 6 “Busou Chuugakusei: Basket Army. What is this little obscure ONA with 4 minute episodes, you ask? That is a very good question, and I have no clue. I think Busuo Chuugakusei is supposed to be about...”
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Long · 25%
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- Format 5 × 4′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 20m all episodes
- Aired Dec 2011 – Dec 2012
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-6682 catalog
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- Enterbrain Producer
- /companies/company_k10xR2J6GgoWIr3wG5PLOlAw Producer