Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast is a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross and enlist them in the Nazi cause.

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9543 in DVD
• Released on: 2012-01-17
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Animated, Widescreen
• Original language: Russian
• Subtitled in: English
• Dubbed in: English, Japanese
• Running time: 75 minutes

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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Shows potential for a series
By Jin H.
The animation is solid, no moe, loli, ecchi, fan-service or any of the typical nonsense that ruins most anime and the story is interesting. Set in WW II, combining the supernatural with soldiers at war and occult spies. The main protagonist Nadia has the makings of a strong female lead for this story. If this was an introduction OVA film for a series then the series should be good. However. The animation is interspersed with mockumentary "present day" sequences, where Soviet and German war veterans, historians and psychologists comment on real historical events and the events of the plot as if they were historical. This happens even at key moments in the film totally interrupting the flow of everything. I kind of see what they were going for, perhaps an attempt at something new, but it failed. Having seen over 250 anime series, OVA's and anime films from Japan I give this three stars for the effort, story and the animation. But the "mockumentary" idea was made of pure fail. Hopefully they make a series with animation only.