First Squad Loved In Mother Russia

From Mother Russia, with love, comes the Kommersant newspaper's award for Studio 4°C's latest anime movie, First Squad. The company, also held responsible for titles such as The Animatrix or Tekkon Kinkreet, participated recently in the Moscow International Film Festival, where, as you can see, people acknowledged it as one bad ass production. First Squad: The Moment of Truth is actually a Japanese-Russian-Canadian copulation co-production, directed by Yoshiharu Ahino (The Adventures of Tweeny Witches), written by Aljosha Klimov and Misha Sprits, under the careful supervision of Studio 4°C.



The movie takes place in 1942, when the Russian Red Army was valiantly smashing nazi heads in an attempt to protect their incredibly huge country from invaders. Following a deadly air raid, a loli psychic (14 years old, yum yum) named Nadya gets a super power boost, being able to somewhat see the critical moments of the future, based on people's actions and reactions. Needless to say that the army, secretly fighting an occult group of loonies named the Ahnenerbe, recruits her and uses her in the battle against the ultimate prince of Darkness, Baron Von Wolff.

The premiere date for First Squad in Japan is yet to be announced. Thanks Gigazine for the scoop.