There’s value in that trash, so don’t go throwing it away just yet. And nope, we’re not talking about some Discovery Channel or History Channel junk-picking reality show but a vibrant, wild and bold new anime series, Gachiakuta.
Based on the manga by Kei Urana and produced by Bones Studio (Fullmetal Alchemist, My Hero Academia), Gachiakuta is set in a (presumably) post-apocalyptic world where a vast city (the Sphere) floats above a sprawling trash pile, the Ground (though the Sphereites refer to it as “the Pit”).
The Sphere consists of a pristine, elite centre surrounded by settlements of its exiles or “tribesfolk”, descendants of criminals banished from the city.
The story revolves around Rudo, a tribal lad who sifts through Sphereites’ trash for salvageable items because he believes everything has value and purpose, and nothing should be discarded before achieving its “destiny”, so to speak.
Falsely accused of murdering his kind foster father Regto, Rudo is summarily pronounced guilty and thrown into the Pit.
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