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Martian Successor Nadesico

Martian Successor Nadesico

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Overview

Only one ship stands between earth and total annihilation! The High Mobile Battleship Nadesico is the most formidable fighting machine ever conceived, but due to a shortage of trained soldiers, the crew is a little unorthodox. The poor Jovians don't stand a chance against the largest contingent of geeks and misfits ever sent into orbit!

Created by Sho Aikawa
Written by Sho Aikawa
NetworksTV TokyoTV AichiTVQTV OsakaTVhTSC

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Top Cast

Yuji Ueda

Yuji Ueda

Akito Tenkawa (voice)

Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima

Yurika Misumaru (voice)

Omi Minami

Omi Minami

Ruri Hoshino (voice)

Naoko Takano

Naoko Takano

Megumi Reinard (voice)

Maya Okamoto

Maya Okamoto

Haruka Minato (voice)

Kentaro Ito

Kentaro Ito

Jun Aoi (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Gai Daigoji / Jiro Yamada / Tsukumo Shiratori (voice)

Chisa Yokoyama

Chisa Yokoyama

Ryoko Subaru (voice)

Shiho Kikuchi

Shiho Kikuchi

Hikaru Amano (voice)

Miki Nagasawa

Miki Nagasawa

Izumi Maki (voice)

Themes & Keywords

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)space colonymechaalien invasionanimereal robot

About Martian Successor Nadesico

Martian Successor Nadesico is a animation, comedy, sci-fi & fantasy, drama series that first aired in 1996 exploring themes of post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), space colony, mecha, alien invasion, anime, real robot. Created by Sho Aikawa, it stars Yuji Ueda, Houko Kuwashima, Omi Minami. Only one ship stands between earth and total annihilation! The High Mobile Battleship Nadesico is the most formidable fighting machine ever conceived, but due to a shortage of trained soldiers, the crew is a little unorthodox. The poor Jovians don't stand a chance against the largest contingent of geeks and misfits ever sent into orbit!

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