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{{Infobox animanga/Header | image = Vandread key visual.png | caption = Key visual of the series, featuring Hibiki Tokai (center), Dita Liebely (top), Meia Gisborn (right) and Jura Basil Elden (left) | ja_kanji = ヴァンドレッド | ja_romaji = Vandoreddo

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Light novelWritten byTakeshi MoriPublished byKadokawa ShotenImprintKadokawa Sneaker BunkoDemographicMaleOriginal runJuly 1, 2000 – April 27, 2002Volumes7 MangaWritten byTakeshi MoriIllustrated byKotetsu AkanePublished byKadokawa ShotenMagazineMonthly Dragon Jr.DemographicShōnenOriginal runJuly 2000 – February 2002Volumes2 + 1 extra Anime television seriesDirected byTakeshi MoriProduced by

  • Maki Horiuchi
  • Ayumu Tanaka
  • Masashi Tsukino

Written byAtsuhiro TomiokaMusic byYasunori IwasakiStudioGonzoLicensed by

Original networkWowowEnglish network

Original run October 3, 2000 – December 19, 2000Episodes13 (List of episodes)

Further information
Anime television series
Vandread: The Second Stage
Directed byTakeshi Mori
Produced by
  • Maki Horiuchi
  • Ayumu Tanaka
  • Masashi Tsukino
Written byAtsuhiro Tomioka
Music byYasunori Iwasaki
StudioGonzo
Licensed by
  • AUS: Siren Visual
  • NA: Crunchyroll
Original networkWowow
English network
Original run October 5, 2001 – January 18, 2002
Episodes13 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Vandread Integral
Directed byTakeshi Mori
StudioGonzo
Licensed by
  • NA: Crunchyroll
ReleasedDecember 21, 2001
Runtime75 minutes
Original video animation
Vandread Turbulence
Directed byTakeshi Mori
StudioGonzo
Licensed by
  • NA: Crunchyroll
ReleasedOctober 25, 2002
Runtime97 minutes
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Vandread (Japanese: ヴァンドレッド, Hepburn: Vandoreddo) is a Japanese anime television series directed by Takeshi Mori and produced by Gonzo. The series is composed by two seasons consisting of 13 episodes each; Vandread, broadcast from October to December 2000, and Vandread: The Second Stage, broadcast from October 2001 to January 2002. The series was also adapted into a manga and light novel series.

Plot

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Further information: List of Vandread characters

The male-only planet Taraak and the female-only planet Mejeer have been at war with each other for decades. During a military presentation of the Taraak space forces, their new combat ship, the Ikazuchi, is attacked and annexed by female pirates from Mejeer. Not wanting to lose, the commander of the Taraakian forces prefers to remotely destroy his ship with the intruders on board. However, a surprising event occurs. The Taraakian vessel and that of the pirates merge under the impulse of the Praksis crystal, a source of mysterious energy, to create a new vessel, which is later baptized NirVana. The Praksis energy ends up sending the newly formed vessel to the depths of space.

This merge also affects Mejeerian combat shuttles, known as Dreads, and a Taraakian mobile "armor", the Vanguard, transforming their appearance and giving the Dreads the ability to combine with the Vanguard, forming the Vandread units. Three men, a third-class worker and two officers who remained on board and were taken prisoner by the pirates, will have to collaborate and learn to coexist with the women pirates of Mejeer, because their survival depends on it.

Broadcast and release

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Main article: List of Vandread episodes

Produced by Gonzo and directed by Takeshi Mori,[1] Vandread was broadcast for 13 episodes on Wowow from October 3 to December 19, 2000.[2] An additional episode, Vandread Integral (ヴァンドレッド 胎動篇, Vandoreddo Taidō-hen), was released on home video on December 21, 2001.[3]

A second season, Vandread: The Second Stage, was broadcast from October 5, 2001, to January 18, 2002.[4] An additional episode, Vandread Turbulence (ヴァンドレッド 激闘篇, Vandoreddo Gekitō-hen), was released on home video on October 25, 2002.[3]

Songs

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Opening and ending songs

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  • "Trust" ("Vandread" opening; also used as the ending in the last "Second Stage" episode) by Salia[5]
  • "Himegoto" ("Vandread" ending) by SiLC[5]
  • "Justice" ("Second Stage" opening) by Aki Kudo[5]
  • "Yes, Together" ("Second Stage" ending) by Yasunori Iwasaki, sung by Aki Kudo[5]
  • "Spacy Spicy Love" ("Turbulence" opening) by Mejare Pirates[5]
  • "Proof" ("Turbulance" ending) by Mejare Pirates[5]

Insert songs

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See also: Vandread Extra Stage

A total of seven light novel volumes, consisting of three Vandread volumes, three Vandread: The Second Stage volumes, and a Vandread: The Extra Stage volume, were released under Kadokawa Shoten's Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint from July 1, 2000, to April 27, 2002.[6][7]

A manga adaptation, illustrated by Kotetsu Akane, was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Jr. [ja] from the July 2000 to the February 2002 issues.[8][9] Fujimi Shobo collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes (including a Special Stage volume), from January 10, 2001, to March 1, 2002.[10][11][12]

References

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  1. ^ ヴァンドレッド (in Japanese). Gonzo. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "Vandread". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Video&DVD". Media Factory. Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "Vandread the Second Stage". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n ヴァンドレッド 激闘篇. HMV&Books online (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 3, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  6. ^ "Goods" (in Japanese). Media Factory. Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  7. ^ ヴァンドレッド ｔｈｅ ｅｘｔｒａ ｓｔａｇｅ (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  8. ^ 月刊ドラゴンジュニア 2000年(平成12年)07 (in Japanese). Mandarake Inc. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  9. ^ 月刊ドラゴンジュニア 2002年(平成14年)02 (in Japanese). Mandarake Inc. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  10. ^ ヴァンドレッド. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  11. ^ ヴァンドレッド 2. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  12. ^ ヴァンドレッドすぺしゃるすてーじ. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
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