Last Hope (TV series)
Last Hope, also named Unit Pandora (), is a Japanese-Chinese anime television series produced and animated by Satelight. It is created and directed by Shōji Kawamori alongside Hidekazu Sato and written by Toshizo Nemoto. It premiered online in Netflix in Japan on March 29, 2018 with a local televised broadcast on Tokyo MX and its affiliate stations on April 4, 2018. A worldwide release through Netflix went online on September 15, 2018. Plot. The series takes place in the year 2038, seven years after the Xianglong Crisis when a quantum reactor exploded and caused a chain  reaction that destroyed civilization. It also spurred a rapid evolutionary process that turned most animals into bio-mechanical creatures called BRAI (Biological Revolutionary of Accelerated Intellect), that gradually become a threat to humanity as the city of Neo-Xianglong establish the creation of MOEV (Multi-purpose Organic Evolution Vehicle) mecha to fend off the BRAI. Leon Lau, a scientist previously exiled from Neo-Xianglong for his role in the Xianglong Crisis, provides a stable quantum reactor called the Hyper Drive to enable the MOEV of the established Pandora Unit to combat a series of BRAI that are being enhanced by  a similar device created by the mysterious Sieg. Jay has long charcoal colored hair with a single red streak on the front right side. Media. Manga. A prequel manga adaptation and a 4-panel spinoff were announced. The prequel manga, titled "Jūshinki Pandora 0", is serialized on Pixiv's website. Anime. On October 17, 2017, it was announced that Shoji Kawamori's latest project had been revealed to be an original TV anime. The series is directed by Shoji Kawamori and Hidekazu Sato and features animation by Satelight. Toshizo Nemoto is writing the series. Risa Ebata provides character designs for  the series. The opening theme is "Sirius" and the ending theme is "Spica"; both are performed by Bump of Chicken. The songs "New Generation" and "Meteor" by Shiena Nishizawa and the song by Megumi Nakajima are used as insert themes in the series.