Completed Anime
Deca-Dence

“One-armed Tanker Natsume trains with secretive mentor Kaburagi to fight Gadoll and upend their dystopian fortress world.”

Deca-Dence

7.35
2,766 rank · 325,574 viewers · 977 favorites
Action Adventure Sci-Fi
12 episodes · 23 min per ep min · Summer 2020 · Nut · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

One-armed Tanker Natsume trains with secretive mentor Kaburagi to fight Gadoll and upend their dystopian fortress world.

Far in the future, the lifeforms known as Gadoll suddenly arose as a threat to humanity. The last surviving humans on Earth confine themselves to the Tank, a lower district in the giant mobile fortress Deca-Dence. While the Gears who live on the upper floors are warriors who go out to fight as part of the Power, most Tankers are content to provide support from the backlines, butchering Gadoll meat and reinforcing defenses. Natsume is among those who would rather go to the front lines; undeterred by her prosthetic right arm, she seeks to join the small number of Tanker soldiers who join the Gears in combat. But despite her peers at the orphanage each receiving their work assignments, Natsume’s enlistment to the Power remains unapproved. In the meantime, she begins a job as a cleaner in an armor repair team led by the hard-nosed and apathetic Kaburagi, who seems to be more than he lets on. Though initially cold to his idealistic subordinate, he soon recognizes in her the potential to upset the status quo of the world. As Natsume’s new mentor, Kaburagi prepares her for the special and unique role as a game-changing bug in the system.

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Community consensus

Derived from 140 sampled reviews

7.6 /10

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92% recommend
Score distribution
median 8 mode 8 σ 1.82
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σ 1.82 · split reception

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4.8 pts

Recommenders 8.5 · others 3.7

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Running avg · Jul 2020 → Feb 2026

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A Tv Production · Summer 2020

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AT-X · BS11

  • Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
  • Aired Jul 2020 – Sep 2020 Summer 2020
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-15497 catalog

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