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Whoa, just found out that GATE- Thus the JSDF Fought There! is getting an anime.

A realitvely simple premise but the execution is well done.  The story starts with a portal opening in the middle of a crowded Japanese city.  Soldiers with swords and spears spill out and begin slaughtering pedestrians, declaring themselves conquerors.  That lasts exactly until the JSDF arrives.  Fearing more attacks, the military establishes a defensive base on the other side of the portal.  First Lieutenant Itami, who is normally carefree and easy-going, but who distinguished himself in the first attacks, is given command of a recon squad with orders to go out and explore this new fantasy land while trying to impress upon the natives that there is no need to be enemies.

Sounds kind of like Outbreak Company, doesn't it?  There are a lot of very important differences, however.  First of all, there is a LOT of graphic fighting and killing in GATE.  These are soldiers who encounter a lot of enemies.  They begin winning over the villagers of this new land by defending and helping them but people die quite often.  There is a good deal of comedy, and random native girls of different species and walks of life attach themselves to the recon unit, but the action is on the realistic side.

Itami with Princess Pina and Rory, Apostle of the Death God Emroy.

Lelei the apprentice sage, Rory, and Tuka the elven girl they rescue when her village is slaughtered.