Senkou no Night Raid at PopRot
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Senkou no Night Raid at PopRot
Night Raid 1931, also known as Senkou no Night Raid, is a 2010 historical-action anime set around Shanghai and Manchuria in the early 1930s. PopRot files it as a spy-and-esper series: the Sakurai Kikan operates in secret, the leads use psychic abilities as field tools, and the story keeps tying personal loyalties to a volatile political backdrop.
Quick Facts
- Japanese title: Senkou no Night Raid / 閃光のナイトレイド
- English title: Night Raid 1931
- Format: TV anime
- Episodes: 13
- Season year: 2010
- Genres from AniList: Action
- Core hook: covert intelligence work, espionage, supernatural abilities, and alternate-history tension.
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What Makes It Stand Out
The series mixes pulp spy-team energy with a darker historical frame. Rather than treating psychic powers as spectacle only, the story uses telepathy, teleportation, clairvoyance, and heightened perception as intelligence assets: useful, dangerous, and often compromised by politics.
Best Starting Point
Start with episode 1, then follow PopRot’s episode guide in order. The middle episodes gradually shift from rescue and surveillance missions into larger questions about Isao Takachiho, the Mukden Incident, Manchukuo, and whether the team can keep obeying Sakurai Kikan once their missions collide with conscience.
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