First Squad is set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross and enlist them in the Nazi cause.

(Source: Anime News Network)

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Studios

• Horipro
• Studio 4°C
• Anchor Bay Films

Staff

• Manabu Akita — Animation Director, Key Animation
• Yuuichi Takahashi — Key Animation
• Alex Von David — ADR Director (English)
• Mitsunori Murata — Key Animation
• Toshiyuki Kanno — Key Animation
• Tatsumori Imoto — Key Animation
• Yoshitaka Katou — Key Animation
• Yoshiharu Ashino — Storyboard
• Riwako Matsui — Animation Director
• Taeko Oda — Key Animation
• Emiko Kataoka — Key Animation
• Rie Nishino — Key Animation
• Yuuko Kimura — Key Animation
• Itaru Saitou — Key Animation
• Ryouta Furukawa — Key Animation