History Anime / KabaneriOfTheIronFortress

* CallingARabbitASmerp: Minomoto Island is Japan, or at least the main Island of Japan, but it's never called that.

* {{Badass}}: Mumei can take down a small horde of Kabane. Ikoma later performs a similar feat, though with much less style.

* {{InASingleBound}}: Mumei is capable of making jumps several stories high.

* {{SuperStrength}}: Both Kabane themselves and [[spoiler:Kabaneri]].

* {{Determinator}}: In the first episode, Ikoma manages to overcome a bite by putting on an iron apparatus and basically hanging himself to hold off the infection. [[spoiler:He also opens the gates to let Hayajiro escape even after he was thrown out.]]

* {{Determinator}}: In the first episode, Ikoma manages to overcome a bite by putting on an iron apparatus and basically hanging himself to hold off the infection.

* SteamPunk: Big steam trains, steam-powered rifles, and the stations are all surrounded by metal walls and have steam pipes strewn everywhere. The weapon that Ikoma's invented appears to be revolutionary because it combines steam power with an explosive propellent, suggesting that gunpowder is either not widely known, or is simply not available in sufficient quantities to be used in weapons.

* ZombieApocalypse: The world appears to have fallen to infectious Kabane, and railways using heavily armoured trains are humanity's last resort to connecting fortified settlements together.

* ShoutOut: To ''Metro2033'', as the series follows basically the same premise, only with subway replaced by the overland railroad and the mutants with the iron-hearted zombies.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They follow [[PlagueZombie traditional infection rules]] and have the uncommon SuperStrength, but they have VolcanicVeins and are particularly agile. Also they can apparently can only be killed by destroying their iron casted heart. They also show signs of being intelligent than your average zombie as they can wield weapons and as well as use sneak attacks.

For twenty years now, the island of Hinomoto is being raveged by the Kabane - undead with bones of steel. These monsters reduced the once prosperous feudal nation into a wasteland, its last vestiges of civilization being walled station-cities. The only connection between the stations are giant armored trains known as Hayajiro. Every train trip may very well be the last, as even the slightest bite may inflict the "curse" of the Kabane, with the only way to avert the transformation is suicide. The struggle continues even if they arrive safely - attendants are checked thoroughly over for bite marks, and immediate executions on the spot if the "curse" is found are the norm. However, even life inside the stations is difficult, as the gulf between poor and rich is staggering, and the "bushi" caste rules over the common folk with an iron fist, using the fear of Kabane to control the population. Even then, more and more stations fall to the undead. It's a world ruled by despair and fear inside ''and'' outside the walls.

* ZombieApocalypse: The world appears to have fallen to infectious Kabane, and railways using heavily armoured trains are humanity's last resort to connecting fortified settlements together.

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* ZombieApocalypse: The world appears to have fallen to infectious Kabane, and railways using heavily armoured trains are humanity's last resort to connecting fortified settlements together.

* {{Determinator}}: In the first episode, Ikoma manages to overcome a bite by putting on an iron apparatus and basically strangling himself to hold off the infection.

* SteamPunk: Big steam trains, Ikoma has developed a type of gun that propels armor piercing rounds using steam, and the stations are all surrounded by metal walls and have steam pipes strewn everywhere.

** Ikoma is going to use his gun on the front lines.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They follow [[PlagueZombie traditional infection rules]], but they have veins VolcanicVeins and are particularly agile. Also they can apparently can only be killed by destroying their iron casted heart. They also show signs of being intelligent than your average zombie as they can wield weapons and as well as use sneak attacks.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They follow [[PlagueZombie traditional infection rules]], but they have veins that look like molten blood are running through them and are particularly agile. Also they can apparently can only be killed by destroying their iron casted heart.

'''Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress''' (甲鉄城のカバネリ Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri?) is an original anime series by [[Creator/ProductionIG Wit Studio]]. The series is directed by Tetsurō Araki (Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead, Manga/AttackOnTitan) and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi (Anime/CodeGeass), with music by Creator/HiroyukiSawano and original character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto (Anime/{{Macross 7}}). The series premiered on TV Fuji TV's Creator/{{Noitamina}} block in [[Spring2016Anime April 2016]]. A prologue for the anime premiered for a week in theaters across Japan than began on March 18. Amazon will stream the series on their Amazon Prime Instant Video service.

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (甲鉄城のカバネリ Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri?) is an original anime series by [[Creator/ProductionIG Wit Studio]]. The series is directed by Tetsurō Araki (Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead, Manga/AttackOnTitan) and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi (Anime/CodeGeass), with music by Creator/HiroyukiSawano and original character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto (Anime/{{Macross 7}}). The series premiered on TV Fuji TV's Creator/{{Noitamina}} block in [[Spring2016Anime April 2016]]. A prologue for the anime premiered for a week in theaters across Japan than began on March 18.. Amazon will stream the series on their Amazon Prime Instant Video service.

* SteamPunk: Big steam trains, Ikoma has developed a type of gun that propels armor piercing rounds using steam, and the stations are all surrounded by metal walls and have steam pipes strewn everywhere.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Played with. In the first episode, a man who's injured tries to get away from the guards carrying out the Kabane bite checks because he doesn't want to be killed. Ikoma steps in and tries to say that the rules are people who show signs of potentially being bitten are to be imprisoned for three days so they can be released if its a false alarm, not shot on site. Ikoma is both following the rules and doing what's right.

For twenty years now, the island of Hinomoto is terrorized by the Kabane - undead with bones of steel. These monsters reduced the once prosperous feudal nation into a wasteland, its last vestiges of civilization being walled station-cities. The only connection between the stations are giant armored trains known as Hayajiro. Every train trip may very well be the last, as even the slightest bite may inflict the "curse" of the Kabane, with the only way to avert the transformation is suicide. The struggle continues even if they arrive safely - attendants are checked thoroughly over for bite marks, and immediate executions on the spot if the "curse" is found are the norm. However, even life inside the stations is difficult, as the gulf between poor and rich is staggering, and the "bushi" caste rules over the common folk with an iron fist, using the fear of Kabane to control the population. Even then, more and more stations fall to the undead. It's a world ruled by despair and fear inside ''and'' outside the walls.

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In a world experiencing its industrial revolution, a monster appeared. Those bitten by it would grow layers of iron around their hearts, become feral, and hunger for human flesh. These beings became known as the Kabane, and cannot be defeated unless their hearts are pierced. Anyone who is bitten by a Kabane doesn't have long before becoming one. On an island to the east, Hinomoto, people survived by building iron walls around their cities. These stations are connected by railways, and supplies are ferried from station to station by armored steam trains.

Ikoma, a young man working as a mechanic, is in the middle of designing a new weapon to help fight the Kabenari called the Tsuranukizutsu. He's incredibly fed up with the higher ups' increasing temerity and lack of compassion, as well as the rampant classism and superstition that has emerged thanks in no small part to the Kabane. On the night a train full of Kabane makes it into Ikoma's home town, he runs into a woman named Mumei, who is exceptionally skilled at killing Kabane.

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (甲鉄城のカバネリ Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri?) is an Original anime series by Wit Studio. The series is directed by Tetsurō Araki (Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead, Manga/AttackOnTitan) and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi (Anime/CodeGeass), with music by Creator/HiroyukiSawano and original character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto (Anime/{{Macross 7}}). The series will premiere on Fuji TV's Noitamina block in April 2016. A prologue for the anime premiered for a week in theaters across Japan than began on March 18, 2016. Amazon will stream the series on their Amazon Prime Instant Video service.

* CrapsackWorld: The epidemic of the Kabane has left the higher ups and guards so paranoid that they would shoot or imprison anyone they suspect is a Kabane.

* DoomedHomeTown: Koma seems to have come from a town or station that was overrun in the past.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They follow [[PlagueZombie traditional infection rules]], but they have veins that look like molten blood are running through them and are particularly agile. Also they can apparently can only be killed by attack their iron casted heart.

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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: They follow traditional infection rules, but they have veins that look like molten blood are running through them and are particularly agile.