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“Alien-occupied Earth: Akira joins Yakitori soldiers for a chance at a better future.”
Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune
6.44
8,099 rank · 5,411 viewers · 14 favorites
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Sci-Fi
Military
Space
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Synopsis
Alien-occupied Earth: Akira joins Yakitori soldiers for a chance at a better future.
With Earth colonized by a superior alien civilization, Akira's only chance at a better future is to enlist as an expendable Yakitori foot soldier. (Source: Netflix)
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
6.4
/10
What 5 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 5
σ 2.24
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.24 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 10.0 · others 5.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.60
Running avg · May 2023 → Jun 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I don't care what anyone says this show is dope as hell. The dialogue is ok, the plot is actually really good. The animation work and directorial stuff is next level, but you do have to look past...”
- 8 “Hatsune Miku plays a anthro military AI Assistant! The animation is a little cheap, but if you can get over this, Yakitori is an entertaining, if slightly cliched, military scifi show with some...”
- 4 “Overall: A weaker version of Blue Gender, but with a great OST. I'm giving 4 stars on the OST alone. So it is at least worth watching just to hear the OST. The animation looked like one of the...”
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Short · 40%
Medium · 40%
Long · 20%
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A Ona Production
ARECT.- Format 6 × 31′ eps × min
- Total runtime 3h 06m all episodes
- Aired May 2023 – ongoing
- Source Ona media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-23835 catalog