

These casualties are thus passed over for other casualties who can be saved. A black tag is given to mortally wounded casualties from which no amount of medical attention can save. The title in particular is a reference to triage tags.The correct German word would be "schwarzer Fleck" (black spot) or "schwarzes Zeichen" (black sign). In the story, a Soviet officer decided this name for the Unit. The title "Schwarzesmarken" is wrong written in German word, but this is intentional.While praised for being a tight production despite its modest budget and time limitations, being agreed upon by many fans to be better paced and directed than Total Eclipse, the anime still drew controversy for its deviations, particularly those involving characterization and character arcs. Schwarzesmarken: Martyrs came with the bonus book シュヴァルツェスマーケン 幸せでありますように 105 pages.Ī twelve episode anime adaptation of Katia's route from the second visual novel was produced by ixtl and Liden Films and aired from January to March 2016.Pre-ordered versions of both games came with a bonus book: The second VN, titled Schwarzesmarken: Martyrs (シュヴァルツェスマーケン 殉教者たち), was released on the 28 th of October, 2016, and completes the story of Schwarzesmarken with three routes: The first VN, Schwarzesmarken: Kouketsu no Monshou (シュヴァルツェスマーケン 紅血の紋章), was released on the 27 th of November, 2015, covering the events of Volume 1 to Volume 3 of the Light Novel. In May 2015, Age announced that the VN will be split into 2 parts. I Wonder, About Those Days of Happiness.Ī VN adaptation of the story was confirmed by age to be in development, with an expected release date of late 2015.

Two extra volumes, titled "Requiem," were compiled from various Schwarzesmarken related short stories found in TSFIA and Cross Operation. Schwarzesmarken was originally published in Tech Gian magazine and later compiled into seven light novel volumes. Moonlight Night Incident: A failed coup d'etat five years prior to Schwarzesmarken where anti-establishment officers tried to bring down the German SUP and Stasi. Their orders are given the topmost priority, such that it is common practice for the 666 th to ignore allied distress calls that will result in deviation from their original mission, even if only for a short moment. The 666 th TSF Squadron Schwarzesmarken ( Black Marks) are a special-response unit tasked with assaulting BETA forces through unconventional tactics specifically, they target Laser- and Heavy Laser-class BETA to deny their enemy the immense ranged firepower of those particular species.

The story follows the East German Army's 666 th TSF Squadron in its battles and political conflicts in 1983, during the BETA's westward push into Europe.
