Gate

What is Gate?

When a mysterious gate opens in Tokyo's Ginza district, it unleashes monsters and medieval warriors into modern-day Japan. The military fantasy anime follows a small unit of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers, led by the otaku Youji, as they cross through the gate into a dangerous alternate world. Joined by an elf survivor, they navigate a realm under dragon attack where fantasy and reality collide.

The military fantasy series begins when a gate appears in Tokyo's Ginza district sometime in the 21st century. From the gate pours out monsters, knights from middle-age Europe, and other fantasy-like beings, and they kill many of the citizens of Tokyo. This event is known as the Ginza Incident. The government sends a small group of soldiers from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (a replacement for Japan's military) to the alternate world beyond the gate. Led by otaku soldier Youji, they find that the villages in the world are being attacked by a dragon. An elf girl who is a survivor from the dragon's rampage joins the group in their travels across the dangerous new world. (Source: Anime News Network)