The anime Martian Successor Nadesico/Mobile BattleShip Nadesico is a sci-fi anime with crazy characters and obsessed fans of Gekiganger. A mech combat, action, romance, mobile ship, comedy, future settings. Just like Captain Tylor but better!
The Story
The TV series of Nadesico begins in the year 2195, when Earth is expanding its exploration of the universe, and has colonized the Moon and Mars. As the Earth makes plans to establish hold over both Venus and Jupiter, the colonies on Mars are attacked by a group of invaders from Jupiter that are eventually given the name Jupiter Lizards or Jovian Lizards. Being as the invaders' technology is far more advanced than that of the Earth, a corporation called NEGRAL takes charge of the Earth's defense forces and builds a prototype for a battleship called the Nadesico. Through the use of, technology, NEGRAL has managed to make Nadesico the fastest and, most powerful ship ever built on Earth.
But this new ship has lots of problems. Originally, the Nadesico would be under the command of Nergal and would be used to protect Nergal's interests both on Earth and in space. They would operate in cooperation with the military but would be a fully independent force. Upon seeing the true power of the Nadesico, however, the military attempts to strong arm Nergal into handing it over, saying that such a powerful weapon should be utilized by the military to help defeat the enemy. The Nadesico and her crew find themselves in the odd position of being hunted by both the Earth military and the Jovian Lizards. And you just know that Nergal has their own secret agenda.
And those are just the immediate political and military problems.
The Crew of the Nadesico
Prospector, the Nergal accoutant assigned to the Nadesico, is tasked with outfitting the ship with a crew. And, since the ship is non-military, he must turn to civilians and lure them with offers of money and excitement that their regular jobs cannot provide. This results in a rather bizarre roster of people for the crew. The chief engineer is an unlicensed genius who joins simply to escape his overbearing wife. The bridge crew is comprised of a very voluptuous former secretary, a voice actress, and a seemingly emotionless yet amazingly intelligent child. And as for the two original pilots, one is thinks he is living in anime and the other is a reluctant pilot who professes to want only to continue his training as a cook. The captain is just out of the academy and prone to fits of jealousy and outbursts of affection for one of the pilots. Sorry but my information to the characters are lost :P
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--Nadesico the Movie/The Prince of Darkness
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*Spoiler* Well finally the truth is out that there is a Nadesico Movie. Oh the happiness that all of us will have. But to some non-Ruri fans, I think you should calm down before watching this movie because since Ruri is so famous for some reason... the promotion poster featuring 16 year old Captain Hoshino, that's right Captain Hoshino will be the star..sorta of, for the Nadesico Movie.
Yeah I know what's so good about this anime? For those of you who is unfamiliar with this anime called Martian Successor Nadesico, it started out as a manga and then a TV series which took Japan by storm last year. This is a story about invasions, a strange crew, and the main character who meets up with a childhood friend. The series itself has an excellent plot and some really funny jokes.
When the series ended, the finale left more than a few fans hanging (like me), and of course many of them just didn't want to see the characters they loved leave the screen forever. So they made a movie, promising that all the characters will return.
NADESICO - THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS takes place three years after the end of the TV series, that's right 3 years after....that wasn't so long was it? Following the delivery of the Remains of Mars, the crew of the Nadesico were detained for six months until the new government of the Jupiter Union, led by Genpachirou(that's how you spell it right?), reached a cease fire with United Earth. When they were allowed to return to civilian life, Akito and Yurika (mommy/daddy) became Ruri's guardians and the three of them lived happily as a family. In the meantime, NERGAL was being attacked by other companies and lost a significant amount of power. Akito and Yurika married after a year in a half, but on their honey moon, their shuttle exploded with no survivors :[ Soon after, Dr. Inez also died in an airplane. Ruri became the captain of the Nadesico B, and this is where our story begins. But, for some Reason I think they didn't die....it's just a hunch...do you remember their power?
Colonies that are built under the Hisago Plan which is a project in which Tulip gates scattered around the solar system would allow ships to Boson-jump. They are being destroyed one after another by unknown attackers. The United Earth can't stop them becuase they don't know how and who? Among political arguments, the Nadesico B is sent to investigate these attacks. They arrive at the colony Amaterasu, and while Ruri is treated to a tour and explanation of the Hisago Plan, a new crew member named Hari(he's a he) is hacking into the computer system.
He discovers documents which are not covered in the official version of the Hisago Plan, including reports of fatal Boson-jump experiments on human beings, but suddenly the system goes crazy and the words "OTIKA" begins flashing on every monitor on the colony and on Nadesico....creepy. Ruri realizes that "OTIKA" is "AKITO" backwards and senses another oncoming attack. A battleship jumps in, as does the mystery mech(black and pretty), and panic happens. One of the defenders is Ryoko, she pursues the mech deep into the colony(inside). The pilot of the mech ignores all attempts at communication, instead unlocking a final gate behind which lies... the Remains of Mars! (Ryoko looks real different in the movie)
The comedy is still there, but when you come down to Nadesico the Movie-Prince of Darkness it's one excellent piece of hard-core sci-fi anime. Lots of hard core detail animation, I mean the animation is top-graded and the story itself grabs on to you. Also the CG!! WOW!!
Fans like me of the crew will see what pathetic or happy lives the original crew maybe living in. Also Izumi is holding on to her guitar *hint*
In the end I think there was some questions unanswer and I say this movies grabs me until it ends. But I feel like it didn't really end yet it's so GOOD!! Aktio left and Yurika just woke up and she ask where Akito is....sad....I bet there's a conclusion to this.
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