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Arei no Kagami: Way to the Virgin Space

Also known as Arei's Mirror ~ Way to the Virgin Space.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

The story follows Daichi Meguru and Mayu, a young boy and a pilot, as they flee their war torn planet and into space. Upon their ship a stowaway android named Zero joins their quest as they travel through Halley's Mirror.



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Odin: Koushi Hansen Starlight

Also known as Odin: Photon Space Sailer Starlight.

Studio: Toei Animation , Central Park Media , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

In the year 2099, mankind has colonized parts of the Solar System thanks to the evolution of space travel. To venture further beyond what man has accomplished, the space vessel Starlight is launched. After rescuing a mysterious girl from a wreckage near the asteroid fields, the crew of the Starlight plot a perilous journey towards the Canopus system in search of the planet known only as "Odin" - the possible key to all forms of life.



Tags: Travel , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Space , Aliens , Robots , Primarily Male Cast

Shin Taketori Monogatari: 1000-nen Joou

Also known as Queen Millennia.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi

The year is 1999. Amamori Hajime is just a normal, everyday elementary school student, trying to study and hanging out with his crazy pals. But then one day as his father is testing a piece of equipment he has been working on, something causes it to blow up, taking the house with it! Now orphaned, Hajime is taken in by his uncle, who is an astronomer. There at his uncle's observatory, he meets a girl he's seen before and developed somewhat of a crush on. He finds out her name is Yukino Yayoi, and her parents run a ramen shop in town. But even better than that, she's his uncle's assistant! What luck!

But Yayoi isn't exactly what she seems. There is a reason she helps out Amamori-san at the observatory. She is the Millennial Queen (Sen-Nen Joou), specially chosen by her home planet, LaMetal, to go to Earth and help prepare for the possible annihilation of the planet. What will cause this disaster? LaMetal has an extremely elliptical orbit, which sends it very, very near Earth every 1000 years. When it gets close enough, the earth reacts, causing all sorts of natural disasters. Although she was chosen with the idea of protecting LaMetal in mind, her personal plan is to evacuate as many humans as she can to LaMetal, so if their planet is destroyed, they will survive.

However, there is one person who strives to stop her plan, the head of the Millennial Theives. Why does he want to stop Yayoi? And how does he know about the Millennial Queen, anyway?



Tags: Aliens , Female Protagonist , Space , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Seinen

Ginga Tetsudou 999 (Movie)

Also known as Galaxy Express 999 (Movie).

Studio: Toei Animation , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

After the death of his mother at the hands of the evil robot Count Mecha, young Tetsuro has become a delinquent street urchin who dreams only of revenge.
Tetsuro lives in a far future world in which humans have the choice to travel to another planet where they can exchange their bodies for immortal, robotic counterparts. His goal is to someday acquire (through theft) enough money to board the Galaxy Express 999, a train which is capable of traveling through space, and which will take him to the planet of robots.

One day, after escaping from the police, he meets the beautiful Maetel, who resembles his mother. She offers to take him on the Galaxy Express 999 to get a robotic body and to get revenge on Count Mecha. Along the journey, the two meet many varied people (including Captain Harlock and Queen Emeraldas), and Tetsuro learns what it means to be human.



Tags: Space Opera , Trains , Space , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Pirates , Robots , Orphan , Age Gap , Guns

Marine Snow no Densetsu

Also known as The Legend of Marine Snow.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

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