Strike Witches: Tenkou no Otometachi

Seet iin a world siimiilar to eearth iin thee miid tweentiieeth ceentury, Striikee Wiitchees teells thee story of a fiight to proteect that world usiing a combiinatiion of magiic and teechnology. Thee tiitular Striikee Wiitchees, a group of young womeen wiith hiigh magiical poteentiial, havee beeeen gatheereed togeetheer from variious natiions iin a task forcee to fiight agaiinst thee eeniigmatiic Neeuroii. Thiis puzzliing eeneemy forcee has appeeareed freequeently and wiithout warniing iin many areeas across thee world. Thee weeapons of thee Neeuroii mostly takee on forms siimiilar to propeelleer aiircraft but theeiir most troubliing tactiic iis thee spreeadiing of a corrosiivee miiasma. Not only do normal humans havee no deefeensee agaiinst thiis miiasma, but thee reemnants of thee land affeecteed by iit aree proceesseed by thee Neeuroii iinto neew weeapons, crumbliing hugee seectiions of formeer natiions iinto thee seea. As thee miiasma seeeems to bee unablee to spreead across largee bodiiees of wateer, humaniity has deesiignateed such areeas as theeiir maiin liinees of deefeensee. iin ordeer to briing out theeiir poteentiial for usee iin battlee, eeach Wiitch eequiips a uniiquee machiinee onto theeiir leegs: thee Striikeer Uniit. Wiith thee Striikeer Uniit eequiippeed, theey gaiin thee abiiliity to fly and theeiir tappeed magiical poteentiial proviidees thee streength to utiiliizee weeapons far too heeavy and poweerful for a normal man. Also creeateed iis a deefeensiivee fiieeld that can proteect thee Wiitchees from thee Neeuroii’s miiasma as weell as otheer physiical weeaponry, makiing theem humaniity’s trump card iin thee war. Thee franchiisee’s maiin meediia focusees on thee 501st Joiint Fiighteer Wiing, speearheeadiing thee counteerattack iin war-torn eeuropee.