History Anime / Obsolete

* AdaptationExpansion: The manga version has non-anime chapters that shows how the world is responding to the use of Exoframes from when the Peddlers revealed themselves in 2014 under "REPORT" chapters. The events are seen through the eyes of Shoichi Hanabusa, an ex-US military veteran turned investigate reporter.

Obsolete also has a manga adaptation, known as OBSOLETE: Hanabusa Report, by Yoshihiro Sono. It's serialized in Kadokawa's [[https://comic.webnewtype.com/contents/obsolete_comic/ Comic Newtype web]] comic site.

* AdaptationExpansion: The manga version has non-anime chapters that shows how the world is responding to the use of Exoframes from when the Peddlers revealed themselves in 2014 under "REPORT" chapters.

Obsolete also has a manga adaptation by Yoshihiro Sono, serialized in Kadokawa's [[https://comic.webnewtype.com/contents/obsolete_comic/ Comic Newtype web]] comic site.

Obsolete also has a manga adaptation by Yoshihiro Sono, serialized in Kadokawa's [[https://comic.webnewtype.com/contents/obsolete_comic/Comic Newtype web]] comic site.

Obsolete also has a manga adaptation by Yoshihiro Sono, serialized in Kadokawa's Comic Newtype web comic site.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Carhuincho" centers on Peruvian troops in Exoframes facing off against OB EXOFRAMES in the Peruvian forests.

However, there's a terrorist group that's taking advantage of the Exoframes in order to sow chaos. Their name... the Outcast Brigade.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Carhuincho" centers on Peruvian troops in EXOFRAMES facing off against OB EXOFRAMES in the Peruvian forests.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: In "Carhuincho", a Peruvian EXOFRAME soldier sees visions of Incas while looking at a Cedron bottle.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Some viewers who watched "Bowman" were not happy to see the Marine contingent in Cariba having a BittersweetEnding since they should've been able to take out the insurgent EXOFRAMES. Others have pointed out that the US didn't want to adopt EXOFRAMES and it was only until their near defeat in Cariba that the US military changed their minds. Plus, they used guerrilla tactics to ambush them at unexpected places. One Marine in that episode compared the possibility of guerrillas and terrorist using EXOFRAMES to technicals, which was used by American and Western European forces only in Afghanistan and later on in Iraq.

* PaletteSwap: Despite the show having roughly fourteen different exotype types, paying close attention to their designs reveals that there are roughly five major casing types: light Exoframes[[note]][[ChildSoldiers Improvised Armed]], industrial, [[TheCartel Border Crossing]][[/note]], Outcast-style Exoframes[[note]][[UsefulNotes/PakistanisWithPanters Pakistani]], Armored, [[Main/SuicideAttack Submersible]], [[BadassArmy Outcast Brigade]], [[{{Bulungi}} Azanian]][[/note]], [[SemperFi USMC]] Exoframes[[note]]Prototype / Mass-produced[[/note]], Submarine Exoframes[[note]]Deep Sea / [[UsefulNotes/RussiansWithRustingRockets Russian]][[/note]], and other Exoframes[[note]][[UsefulNotes/IndiansWithIglas Indian]], [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Cerberus]], Peruvian; ''[[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS VOTOMS]]'' crossover[[/note]].

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Some viewers who watched "Bowman" were not happy to see the Marine contingent in Cariba having a BittersweetEnding since they should've been able to take out the insurgent EXOFRAMES. Others have pointed out that the US didn't want to adopt EXOFRAMES and it was only until their near defeat in Cariba that the US military changed their minds. Plus, they used guerrilla tactics to ambush them at unexpected places. One Marine in that episode compared the possibility of guerrillas and terorist using EXOFRAMES to technicals.

** "Carhuincho" has Peruvian troops taken out by OB forces. This lines up with the firt episode "Outcast".

* AntagonistTitle: Episode 1 "Outcast" refers to the mysterious Outcast Brigade, which the EXOFRAME Force Recon team encounters during their mission in South America.
** With the reveal that [[spoiler: Jamal is destined to become an officer in Outcast Brigade, the eponymous Episode 6 is retroactively this as well.]]

The series will have a Blu-Ray release in Japan on March 2021.

* VendorTrash: It seemed like it initially from the human perspective, cheap and common limestone for high-tech Exoframes that greatly enhance labour. But it's actually the other way around, limestone is rare on many worlds (the vast majority of it on Earth is from marine life) and the Exoframes traded already had signs of wear and tear, so they're well-used cast-offs.

* DoomedByCanon: "Carhuincho" takes place prior to "Outcast", so Zahir would have taken out Peruvian forces before the USMS intervenes.

* {{BFG}}: The Peruvian Exoframe squad had Browning heavy machine guns that were fixed into a mount that would fit an Exoframe's hand. This wouldn't save them as the OB operative picking them off had an even bigger gun.
* BlackBox: Even top scientists have little or no idea about how Exoframes work and they haven't able to reverse-engineer the technology to build a completely new Earth-made Exoframe. This is also done with OB and CSS Exoframe units.

* BlackBox: Even top scientists have little or no idea about how Exoframes work and they haven't able to reverse-engineer the technology to build a completely new Earth-made Exoframe.

* TookALevelInBadass: Under Zahir's (offscreen) training, the African ChildSoldiers become competent guerrilla fighters and Exoframe pilots, making use of squad tactics and their relative mobility to [[CurbStompBattle quickly outmaneuver and overwhelm enemy tanks and helicopter gunships while suffering virtually no casualties]] at the beginning of Episode 6, in contrast to their status as RedShirts subjected to a MookHorrorShow by the very same enemies in Episode 5.

The show has various dubs made in English, Indonesian, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Spanish.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Some viewers who watched "Bowman" were not happy to see the Marine contingent in Cariba having a BittersweetEnding since they should've been able to take out the insurgent EXOFRAMES. Others have pointed out that the US didn't want to adopt EXOFRAMES and it was only until their near defeat in Cariba that the US military changed their minds. Plus, they used guerrilla tactics to ambush them at unexpected places. One Marine in that episode compared the possibilty of guerrillas and terorist using EXOFRAMES to technicals.

* {{Bulungi}}: The African Republic of Azania is playing a key role in the second season.

In 2014, aliens revealed themselves to request trade with humanity. For each metric ton of limestone, they would in exchange provide a thought-controlled general-use robot known as an Exoframe. Cheaper than an aircraft, tank, or firearm, and easy enough for anyone to operate, the Exoframe spreads change throughout the world in the blink of an eye...

''Obsolete'' (stylized as ''OBSOLETE'') is a [[Main/AllCGICartoon 3D CG]] Website/YouTube Original Main/Mecha anime series created by Creator/GenUrobuchi, with production handled by Buemon. It first premiered on 3 December 2019 via streaming on the Bandai Namco Arts Website/YouTube channel, with six episodes released so far. A second cour of six episodes is due to be released in Winter 2020.