Megaton Musashi

Megaton Musashi is a Japanese multimedia franchise by the game company Level-5, set in the year 2118 after an alien race called the Dractors has invaded Earth and killed almost all of humanity. The few survivors live in fortified shelters, and the world government builds armored bipedal machines called Rogues to fight back. The story follows teenagers chosen to pilot the stronger Megaton-Class Rogues, led by the hot-blooded Yamato Ichidaiji and the titular mecha Musashi, and it turns on his meeting with a runaway Dractor princess. The project was announced on 27 July 2016 with the anime and the game together. The anime, produced by OLM and directed by Akihiro Hino and Shigeharu Takahashi, aired its first season from 1 October to 24 December 2021 and a second season from 7 October 2022 to 17 March 2023. The action role-playing game, developed and published by Level-5, followed in Japan on 11 November 2021, with a free-to-play version in December 2022 and a third version, Megaton Musashi W, in April 2024. Collaborations have brought in older robot properties such as Mazinger Z and Getter Robo. The franchise is placed with anime-originated works because the first season aired before the game was released.