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The story begins in 2195. Earth has colonized the
Moon and Mars and is in the process of expanding its territory to Venus
and Jupiter. However, on October 1st, the Mar's Colonies are attacked and
the Earth Forces Space fleet is destroyed by the invader's. Akito Tenkawa,
a young pilot, tries to save some people in the shelters, but fails and
finds himself back on Earth through the effects of a mysterious pendant
given to him by his mother. For the moment, the Earth forces are calling
the invaders "Jupiter Lizards", mostly because they have yet
to see who the invaders are. The only certitudes are that the invaders
come from Jupiter [they have special "warp ships" and you can
see Jupiter through their warp gates] and their technology is WAY more
advanced than Earth's. A huge technological corporation, called NERGAL,
is asked to take charge of the Earth Force's technological upgrade and
, using its latest gadgets, builds a battleship protype.
Named NADESICO, it uses a new gravitic technology (principally for its drives and weapon systems) and is the fastest ship ever built by Earth. The ship is crewed by the best people NERGAL could find and is commanded by 20 year-old Yurika Misamaru. Because of an imbroglio, Akito finds himself on board the NADESICO and, against his will (he wants to be a cook), becomes a pilot once more. The Earth's military, having heard about the NADESICO, decide to include it in their defenses. However, the crew, made up of civilians, refuses and takes the ship to Mars. While on their way to the red planet, Gai Daikouji, the ace AESTIVALIS pilot of the ship, shows to Akito some episodes of his favorite show, a long forgotten anime named GEKIGANGER III. Gai is killed not long after, but his love for GEKIGANGER continues in Akito. More and more people around him get hooked on GEKIGANGER and the show becomes a important part of daily life on the NADESICO. After many adventures, the truth about the enemy i revealed and it is more incredible than anything anyone could have imagined. Once, they are humans, descendants from a group exiled from Earth long time ago, and two, their whole society is based on GEKIGANGER!! At the end, it turns out that the cause of the war are the mysterious ruins on Mars [which the NADESICO's technology was take], revealing a long lasting plot of NERGAL to take over the Earth's government. Yurika, seeing that peace will neer even be remote possibility if someone takes control of the ruins and their technology, activiates the ruins and sends them AND the NADESICO to another time... |