Vandread

For men, women can seem as if they are from another world. Well in Vandread that is exactly the case. The human race lives on planets other than the Earth. And the relationship between men and women is nonexistent. Men live on one planet and women on another. They went as far as separating the genders into separate races.
Well that's only the background for this anime. The plot thickens as we find out, not only do the men and women war against each other in outerspace, but there is also an Artificially Intelligent race out to destroy them both.
Vandread will never bore you. Action scenes are in 3D computer graphics, but the majority of the anime is in traditional 2D. Unlike a few other anime that has the 3D in it, the 3D done in Vandread doesn't take away from the anime at all.
The story revolves around Hibiki. Hibiki is of the male race that gets kidnaped by female pirates running away from their home planet. He and a few other men, join forces with the pirates in order to prevent an attack by the Artificially Intelligent race set on destroying both the men and women. Vandread takes a lot of ideas from Martian Successor Nadesico: and puts a creative spin on it's underlining story. With as many as 3 or 4 love triangles going on at the same time while the action heats up, the series is very fun to watch.
The anime is split up into two seasons or volumes: Vandread and Vandread: The Second Stage. Both of which are at the top of my anime review list.

I rate this as A MUST OWN.
Genre: Mech
Pros: Fun all the way through

- Zojitzu

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