Back 86 (رواية خفيفة) Arabic 86 (light novel) Czech 86 (Light Novel) German 86: Eighty-Six Spanish ۸۶ (مجموعه رمان) Persian 86: Eighty-Six French 86 (seri novel) ID 86 - Eighty-Six Italian 86-エイティシックス- Japanese 86 -에이티식스- Korean
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&sq=&lang=en&file=File:86_light_novel_volume_1_cover.jpg) The cover of the first volume of the light novel, featuring Shinei Nouzen (left) and Vladilena Milizé (right) | |
| 86-エイティシックス- (Eiti Shikkusu) | |
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| Genre | |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Asato Asato |
| Illustrated by | Shirabii |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | February 10, 2017 – present |
| Volumes | 13 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Asato Asato |
| Illustrated by | Motoki Yoshihara |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine | Young Gangan |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | February 16, 2018 – June 2021 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| 86: Operation High School | |
| Written by | Asato Asato |
| Illustrated by | Suzume Somemiya |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | June 27, 2020 – August 27, 2021 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Manga | |
| 86: Run Through the Battlefront | |
| Written by | Asato Asato |
| Illustrated by | Hakuya Yamasaki |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Magazine | Manga Up! |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | January 24, 2021 – September 2021 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toshimasa Ishii |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Toshiya Ōno |
| Music by | |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures |
| Licensed by |
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| Original network | Tokyo MX, BS11, GYT, GTV, ytv, CTV |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 11, 2021 – March 19, 2022 |
| Episodes | 23 |
| Manga | |
| 86: Fragmental Neoteny | |
| Written by | Asato Asato |
| Illustrated by | Shinjo Takuya |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | April 26, 2021 – October 27, 2022 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| 86: Mahō Shōjo Regina Lena ~Tatakae! Ginga Kōkō Senkan San Magnolia | |
| Written by | Asato Asato |
| Illustrated by | Suzume Somemiya |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | March 27, 2023 – present |
| Volumes | 1 |
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86 -Eighty Six- (Japanese: 86-エイティシックス-, Hepburn: Eiti Shikkusu) is a Japanese science fiction light novel series written by Asato Asato and illustrated by Shirabii. It began publication by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint in February 2017. The series is licensed in North America by Yen Press.
A manga adaptation illustrated by Motoki Yoshihara was serialized in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan from February 2018 to June 2021, with three spin-off manga series—86: Operation High School by Suzume Somemiya, 86: Fragmental Neoteny, and 86: Mahō Shōjo Regina Lena ~Tatakae! Ginga Kōkō Senkan San Magnolia also by Suzume Somemiya—being serialized in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive from June 2020 to August 2021, from April 2021 to October 2022, and from March 2023, respectively. An anime television series adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired from April 2021 to March 2022.
- ^ Chapman, Paul (October 4, 2021). "Check Out the 2nd Cour OP Animation for the 86 EIGHTY-SIX TV Anime". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on May 10, 2024. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Martin, Theron (April 19, 2019). "Review: Eighty-Six, novel 1". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
This novel is probably going to be most commonly classified as a military science fiction story, but it should be considered at least as much a horror story.