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Anchor Bay Adds First Squad: The Moment of Truth
posted on by Egan Loo
Studio 4°C's animated take on Russian story set on World War II's Eastern Front
The American video distributor Aljosha Klimov.
First Squad is set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. A group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities has been drafted into a special unit to fight the invading German army. A Schutzstaffel (SS) officer attempts to raise from the dead an army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross and enlist them in the Nazi cause.
The film premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival in June and at Waterloo, Canada.
Ashino had previous directed The Animatrix.
Source: AnimeOnDVD
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