A teaser website for the Active Raid: Kidō Kyōshūshitsu Dai-Hakkei ( Active Raid : Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit ) television anime opened on Saturday and posted a teaser visual. The tagline on the website reads, "Jōshiki Bye-Bye!" (Bye-Bye, Common Sense!).

The story is set in a part of Tokyo that has descended into a quagmire. It follows the Eighth Unit of the Fifth Special Public Security Section's Third Mobile Assault Division — popularly called "The Eighth" — who don powered armor "Willware" exoskeletons to counter the rise in crime.

Goro Taniguchi ( Planetes , Code Geass , Maria the Virgin Witch ) will serve as chief director on this new original television anime. Noriaki Akitaya ( Bakuman. , Persona 3 the Movie #1 Spring of Birth , Castle Town Dandelion ) is directing the anime, and Naruhisa Arakawa ( MAOYU , Spice and Wolf , Outbreak Company ) is writing the scripts. Artist and manga creator Shun Saeki ( Food Wars: Shokugeki no Sōma ) is drawing the original character designs, while Asako Nishida ( Love Live! , Simoun , Vampire Knight ) is designing the characters for animation. Kotaro Nakagawa ( Planetes , Code Geass , Prison School ) is composing the music.

The anime will premiere next January on Tokyo MX and other channels. The full website for the anime will formally open on October 22.

Taniguchi's Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion robot action series premiered in Japan in 2006, and spawned a second season in 2008, as well as manga, drama CD, and original video anime spinoffs. He most recently directed the Maria the Virgin Witch television anime series.