Moonrise

Wit Studio
Cyberpunk / Crime / Military18 EP/10 Apr 2025

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6.7
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Synopsis

Up on the Moon, it's a dumping ground — but down on the surface, it's paradise. In this near-future setting, an AI called Sapientia runs the world government, keeping things peaceful on Earth by shipping criminals and pollution to the Moon. Naturally, the people stuck up there aren't thrilled about it. Jacob 'Jack' Shadow is just a guy living his life on Earth until lunar rebels blow his world apart in a terrorist attack that kills his family. Grief turns to rage, rage turns to enlistment, and soon Jack is boots-on-the-ground on the Moon — except the enemy isn't what he expected. The lunar colonists aren't cartoon villains. They're desperate people crushed under a system that treats them as expendable, and Jack starts realizing the clean, rational world he grew up in has some very dirty foundations. This is an 18-episode ONA from Wit Studio with character designs by Hiromu Arakawa (yes, the Fullmetal Alchemist creator) and direction from Masashi Koizuka, who helmed Attack on Titan Seasons 2 and 3. The action hits hard, but it's the moral gray areas that stick with you. If you liked the Earth-vs-Mars tension in Aldnoah.Zero or the way Iron-Blooded Orphans made you sympathize with child soldiers fighting a rigged system, this is in that lane. It's a war story where the real enemy might be the structure everyone agreed to live under.

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Characters

Shadow, Jacob

Ashe, Phil

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The emotional stakes are high in this episode as the characters weigh the consequences if they fail their mission. The revelation is a huge payoff, and it justifies how the series structured Jack's flashbacks. The animation quality and the visuals remain consistently fluid.
This pilot episode sets a high bar for the series and hooks the audience with a fluid, gravity-defying fight scene and narratives that let the action and story build the world. This also clarifies the show's main plot. The pace is balanced, well-executed, and it deserves a watch.
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