Yuugeki Uchuu Senkan Nadesico

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Genre: adventure sci-fi
Author: asamiya kia
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Year: Sep 1996 to Feb 1999
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Status： Finished

An alien armada from Jupiter has gathered enough power to obliterate all of Earth's defenses. Earth's final hope rests in the Space Battleship Nadesico, a vessel constructed using recently uncovered extraterrestrial technology. The Nadesico's eclectic crew must set aside their differences and defeat the alien fleet, or Earth's last hope will be extinguished. (Source: ANN) "Yuugeki Uchuu Senkan Nadesico" was released in English as "Nadesico" by Central Park Media from June 15, 2000, to October 15, 2002.

Associated Names

Synonyms: Meteor Schlachtschiff Nadesico
Japanese: 遊撃宇宙戦艦ナデシコ
English: Nadesico

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Misumaru Yurika

Main

She is the beautiful but ditzy captain of the Nadesico and childhood friend of Akito Tenkawa. She is infatuated with him and gets very jealous when other girls show interest in him, though he considers her crazy; she is also very scatterbrained at times, ...
Reinard Megumi

Main

Former voice actress and communications officer of the Nadesico, she is a very kind-hearted and devoted person.She was also the first to have Akito return her affections, though he did not feel as strongly for her as she thought, to her great sadness....
Tenkawa Akito

Main

Born on Mars and orphaned after his parents died in an apparent military coup, his dream to become a cook stemmed from the quality of the raw food available on the planet. Though he has a nanomachine controller enabling him to pilot machinery, he refuses ...
Akatsuki Nagare

Supporting

Nagare came into the picture after the Nadesico escaped from Mars; a skilled Aestivalis pilot, Nagare rescued Akito during battle as the latter was in a state of panic and unable to move. He was soon assigned to the Nadesico, bringing along Erina Won, who...
Amano Hikaru

Supporting

Aestivalis pilot and rabid Gekigangar III fangirl, she was ejected from the L2 colony in a capsule which crashed into the Nadesico; making her way through the air ducts, she was directly over Akito's room as he was watching a tragic episode of Gekiganger....
Aoi Jun

Supporting

The first officer of the Nadesico, Jun has no small infatuation for Yurika, leaving a position in the Earths military to join her crew and "look out for her". She is clueless of how he feels and considers him her "best friend", though the rest of the crew...