Red Eyes

(stylized as redEyes) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Shindo and published by Kodansha. The manga is licensed for a French-language release in France, a German-language release in Germany and an Italian-language release by Panini Comics. Overview A fictional sci-fi war chronicle depicting a war between two nations set in the future, characterized by an elaborate setting and worldview. Although it is set in the future, the form of warfare has degraded into mostly visual-range hand-to-hand combat due to the collapse of electronic warfare and an effected incapability to use traditional weapons of mass destruction. Advanced weapons and equipment flying at very high altitudes (intercontinental ballistic bombs, high-altitude bombers, etc.) are set to be automatically shot down by a group of 24 strategic military satellites called the "Orbiter Eyes," which exist in geostationary satellite orbit, said to be currently uncontrollable. Because of that and high-tech weaponry becoming too expensive and time-consuming to maintain for large-scale combat, a type of powered exoskeleton suit known as Special Assault Armor (SAA) was developed and deployed on the battlefield to augment the strength of infantry for visual-range land warfare. SAA are single piloted exoskeleton power armors used as an all-in-one packaged ground assault vehicle for both conventional and urban combat. All SAA, aside from their powered and armored exosuits which provide augmented speed, strength and protection, are outfitted with encrypted radio communications, a heads-up display (HUD), a hovercraft-like propulsion jetpack and thruster system for movement on land, along with various defensive and utility-based equipment, and assorted armaments. A fully-equipped, top-of-the-line SAA is said to be roughly equivalent to a modern main battle tank in terms of combat effectiveness. Pilots of these SAA are also colloquially dubbed "cladders." Synopsis