Japan is know conquered territory, denied even its own name, it is simply known as Area 11.
A young boy swears that he's going to destroy Britannia.
A conventional opening follows: action shots of a large number of characters.
Opening subtitles move the timeline up to 2017.
We open with an alt-history voiceover.
In 2010 (slightly into the future when this was released,) the Holy Empire of Britannia (shown as all of North America on the map,) declared war on Japan.
Their war Mechs, the Knighmare Frames, defeated Japan's conventional forces.
If you don't remember what this is about, it would be entirely thematically appropriate to watch Season One again.
Kwalitee: When you can't measure actual quality, so you measure what you can and hope it correlates.
I'd like to appreciate the way they handle Yuzuru. Initially, her gender is ambiguous. But even once it's clarified, her style remains. And when you see her in her uniform, she looks uncomfortable.
They capture her discomfort with her gender role without ever mentioning it.