Anime of the Week: Aquarion [Franchise]
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Anime: Genesis of Aquarion (Sousei no Aquarion)
Director: Shoji Kawamori
Series Composition: Shoji Kawamori and Hiroshi Ohnogi
Original Creator: Shoji Kawamori
Studio: Satelight
Year: 2005
Episodes: 26 TV
In a distant future, humanity once again is facing the threat of the "Shadow Angels". Mystical creatures who returned after 12.000 years of absence. They attack human cities and kidnap their inhabitants in order to drain their "prana" (vital energy).
To fight against them, youngsters with special powers from arround the world were gathered and trained to pilot the "vector machines", three ancient ships that together form mankind's ultimate weapon, "Aquarion". The story revolves mainly arround Apollo, a teenager rumored as the reencarnation of Apolonius, a fallen angel who fought against his own kind to protect mankind. Few believe it could be true, but the fact is that dispite his untamed and reckless nature, he proved to be an invaluable asset in the battle against the Shadow Angels.
Anime: Aquarion Movie: Ippatsu Gyakuten Hen
Director: Shoji Kawamori
Original Creator: Shoji Kawamori
Studio: Satelight
Year: 2007
Length: 1 hour 56 minutes, + 1 Special
This movie is an alternative version of the TV series; it is composed of the two 2007 OVAs, edited to improve the pacing of the plot, and an extra segment akin to a TV episode where the cast are given the task of studying flowers.
The plot has several differences to the TV series.
Anime: Genesis of Aquarion OVA (Sousei no Aquarion: Uragiri no Tsubasa)
Director: Shoji Kawamori
Original Creator: Shoji Kawamori
Studio: Satelight
Year: 2007
Episodes: 2 OVA
In a distant future there is an organization called Deava which had to fight against the so called "Shadow Angels", creatures that had survived for over 12,000 years whose only purpose was to destroy humanity. Apollo, a seemingly normal human, was in fact the reincarnation of a fallen Angel called Apollonius, who in turn had to fight against Touma, a Shadow Angel, along with his comrades in order to prevent the destruction of the Earth.
Anime: Aquarion Evol
Chief Director: Shoji Kawamori
Director: Yusuke Yamamoto
Series Composition: Mari Okada
Original Creator: Shoji Kawamori
Studio: Satelight
Year: 2012
Episodes: 26 TV
The "Abductors" Invaders from Altea come to Earth with only one purpose, to harvest humans. DEAVA the Aquaria Academy exists to train men and women to use Aquaria, but they cannot ever merge because of Guize stones, these block an "unholy union" between genders. The story follows Amata and Mikono in their enrollment into DEAVA, and fight their fight with Abductors.
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Posted Jun 21, 2014, 5:14 PM UTC