Martian Successor Nadesico
Episodes: 1 – 26
Air Date: 01st / October / 1996
Summary:
In the near future Humans begin to migrate into space and have colonized both the Moon and Mars. A Little over a decade has passed since the colonizing of Mars and everything seems to be going well for the colony but all of sudden it is attacked unexpectedly by an alien race. Very little is known about the race that sprung the surprise attack but they are called “Jovian Lizards” by humans. The story revolves around Akito Tenkawa a boy who was born on Mars. When Mars was attacked Akito moves to an underground bunker for protection, but the Jovian’s penetrates the outer planet defenses of Mars and starts to proceed with their ground assault. When the Jovian’s finally make their way to the underground bunker Akito faints and wakes up on Earth but he has no recollection of how he got there. Three years have passed since the Jovian’s attack on Mars and Akito is traveling around trying to harness his skills on becoming a great chef. One day Akito bumps into a girl who did not know was an old childhood friend from Mars named Yurika. Akito chases after Yurika when he realises that she has a picture of herself and Akito whilst they were young on Mars. Yurika’s a captain of a Space Vessel called the Nadesico he starts chasing after her and unwittingly joins the crew of the ship but the main reason is to find out about his past. The Nadesico is earth’s newest Space Battleship and is important to the war but unlike other vessels it’s crew is made up of solely civilians. When the Nadesico attempts to make its maiden voyage the Jovian’s as they try to destroy it before lift off, since one of the pilots for the mecha onboard got injured it is left up to Akito to take up the mantle of protecting the ship, but this is where everything goes completely wrong for Akito as he partakes in a war he has no interest in.
Overview:
Martian Successor Nadesico! The series wasn’t much fun to watch felt quite overbearing to be honest BUT the series did have it moments thanks to funny situations the characters were in. The show isnt something I plan to re-watch it (sadly :() at ALL but who knows?!?! The plot of the series seemed interesting but the way it was done never got my “Spidey” sense tingling *siGh*which was quite disappointing because most Mecha anime shows are pretty kool (for me). The animation was pretty kool (most are 😛) but the style isn’t a favorite of mine but that’s mainly due the Extreme detail that Kia Asamiya put into the hair of the characters (wasn’t needed LESS is MORE in this case). The OST wasn’t as engaging as I would’ve hoped but rather disappointing due to the fact it didn’t set the tone for the series at all BUT the OP was frikkin catchy caught myself singing it while I was watching another show (lol!). The action scenes in the series were not appealing (sorry to say) which was kinda disappointing because most mecha anime ive seen I wouldve gotten some nice action scenea with passionate characters to make the battles more awesome (in this case NOT!). The Characters (Secondary) were the best DAMN thing about the series (next to the OP), and I mean everyone except the Akito. Akito’s the Protagonist of the series and quite a piece of work, the guy’s annoying as hell and I just didn’t care much about him as a character but I did get his plight so ill be easy on him. Yurika is the secondary protagonist and she is one of the characters that made the show fun to watch but that’s mainly to her ditsyness which made her so CUTE! The series isnt complete which is also was a major factor in my ratings of it but I guess they had plans to do a sequel series (probably defunct now) but that hasnt risen so I guess we won’t be having a sequel series to complete it 😦 . Overall the series reaps of huge disappointment and I recommend you to watch it when you are MAJORLY bored.
3 Stars Out Of 5
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