title_name=Blue Gender
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ブルージェンダー
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Blue Gender
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Drama, Horror , Mecha ,romance, science fiction
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is a 26-episode
Anime created by
Ryousuke Takahashi (of ''
Armored Trooper Votoms '' and ''
Gasaraki '' fame) broadcast in Japan from 1999-2000. In the original Japanese, the word "Gender" is pronounced with a
Hard G .
It is the story of Yuji Kaido, an average guy who was diagnosed with a serious disease in the near future and was put into
Cryogenic Stasis . When he wakes up, he discovers that a race of insectoid beings called the "
Blue " have overrun the Earth and that he may very well be the key to the survival of the human race.
Yuji's years of hibernation are finally ended when a group of soldiers from an orbiting space colony called Second Earth are ordered to recover "sleepers" around the Earth. Among them, the soldier Marlene Angel develops a strong bond with Yuji over time. As Yuji and the soldiers try to escape Earth, Yuji meets many of the humans still left there. The Blue eventually kill all the soldiers except for Marlene, who is devoted to her duty to get Yuji to Second Earth. As the story continues, Yuji falls into a deep depression as he sees the destruction around him and his own inability to save those he cared about, namely Joey and the girl in the settlement which was overrun by Blue when the team tried to contact Second Earth. Eventually Yuji and Marlene come across another group of soldiers from Second Earth. They reach a ship in Russia and leave to Second Earth. Yuji is injured on the ship by a Blue that was on board. Upon arrival at the main station, Marlene and Yuji are separated, and Marlene is sent back into training. She rebels and is bent on finding Yuji. When she does, she finds that he is being trained for a new Armor Shrike (A.S) that is much stronger than the originals. On Second Earth, scientists reveal that the nature of the illness that put Yuji in stasis and the source of the insect monsters called the Blue are the same. The Earth, in an effort to curb rising population, activated the B-cells in humans and animals which in turn led to the creation of the first Blue. The Earth created them to wipe out the humans to prevent them from destroying the planet. Yuji returns to Earth with two other "Sleepers" named Tony Frost and Alicia Whistle. Tony is a very experienced A.S pilot while Alicia is only a young teenager with no combat experience. They and the other forces of Second Earth battle the Blue and while they destroy a large number of them, they too are seriously crippled by the Blue. When Tony and Alicia return to Second Earth, they bring a colony of Blue with them as their B-cells are fully activated and they believe their destiny is to cleanse Earth of humanity just like the Blue. Yuji's B-cells are activated as well but Marlene helps him overcome them so his mind is returned to his human mentality. They return to Second Earth but see that it has divided into two halves which Tony instigated. One side is the medical station and the other is the military station. Tony plans on ramming the medical station into the military station which would therefore destroy Second Earth. He see's this as the "Grand Will of the Earth" which he will become a "messiah" and cleanse the planet of humanity forever. However, Yuji, Marlene, and a group of soldiers infiltrate the station and eliminate the threat of Tony and the Blue though Alicia is killed when the military station sets detonation charges on the station.
After the deaths of Tony and Alicia, Yuji contemplates his existence and fears that he was the true cause for all their deaths. Marlene comforts him and they plan on going back down to Earth together.
When they return to Earth with a team of soldiers, there are no Blue seen in any corner of the planet but satellite images show a Blue migration pattern that leads to South America. The team discovers a massive nest but it cannot be penetrated. A young child tells them that when the Blue migrated to the area, they had cleared down many trees and that leads the team to a massive cave.
The team head into the cave and it turns out that it is an underground tunnel into the nest. Piles upon piles of dead fossil-like Blue occupy most of the space inside the nest and the team also discovers a large sphere that is composed of a gell-like substance in the middle of the nest. A massive Blue is birthed from it and it attacks the team. It kills everyone except for Yuji and Marlene. Yuji kills it and when he eyes the sphere again, he believes it will hold all the answers he wants. Marlene wants to go with him but Yuji makes her stay behind because he does not want another person to die because of him. He heads into the sphere and it is implied he is inside the Earth's consciousness. A light ascends skyward from the sphere and heads into space. While the Second Earth is destroyed in a revolt by its civilians, Yuji and Marlene along with the surviving refugees of humanity who didn't go into space remain on Earth to live in peace. As the final scene fades out, the voice of the Earth speaks, "Forever more in eternity".
''Blue Gender'' was created by the Japanese animation studio, in the UK in 2002-2003.
- - He worked at a gas station in the near future until a life-threatening disease required him to be put into cryogenic stasis so that his state would not worsen. He awakens in the future to find that the Blue have destroyed everything he knew. He then begins his journey to Second Earth, learning to defend himself and others on the way. His mental state changes a lot during the series, as he sees more of the ruined earth and meets all the people left behind. Voiced in Japanese by Kenji Nojima ( Fox McCloud from '' Star Fox Assault '', Pell from One Piece ) and in English by Eric Vale ( Trunks from '' Dragon Ball Z '')
- - Orphaned at the age of ten because her parents were killed by the Blue, Marlene was one of the few lucky ones to make it to Second Earth. --- Since then Marlene has dedicated and trained herself to defeat the Blue. Though seeming very cold in the earlier episodes, as time progresses, Yuji opens up Marlene's emotions. Voiced in Japanese by Houko Kuwashima ( Sango from '' InuYasha ,'' Kirika Yumura from '' Noir '') and in English by Laura Bailey ( Tohru Honda from '' Fruits Basket ,'' Keiko Yukimura from '' YuYu Hakusho .'')
- - Another sleeper brought to Second Earth before Yuji. A very powerful sleeper, Yuji strives to improve himself to be able to beat Tony. Tony seems to have no emotion, and is set on destroying the Blue . It becomes apparent in later episodes, however, that he sees himself as a Messiah, and has his own plans for the fate of humanity. Voiced in English by Jerry Jewell .
- - Another sleeper on Second Earth who is paired with Tony. She is very young and often naive. She immediately gravitates towards Yuji, seeing Marlene as an obstacle to a relationship with him. Voiced in Japanese by Miwa Yasuda and in English by Lisa Ortiz .
- - A high-ranking member of the science division on Second Earth. He suggests that Marlene and Yuji are kept together in order to get the best results from Yuji in the sleeper program. Not agreeing with the High Council's leadership of Second Earth or it's reckless use of the sleepers, he eventually forms a group called The Arc, which would later overthrow the High Council's "government" on Second Earth. Seno would subsequently become the leader of Second Earth (for a short period of time that is).
- - One of the pilots sent to earth to retrieve the sleepers. Joey has a positive attitude no matter what the situation is. Joey is the first person who gets close to Yuji. In one of the earlier episodes, Yuji accidentally sees Joey and Marlene are about to have sex before a big battle. Marlene later explains that Joey and she were not in love, but were trying to feel alive because they could be killed at any time.
# Oneday
# Cry
# Trial
# Agony
# Priority
# Relation
# Sympath
# Oasis
# Confirm
# Tactics
# Go Mad
# Progress
# Heresy
# Set
# Calm
# A Sign
# Eclosion
# Chaos
# Collapse
# Versus
# Joker
# Dogma
# Soliste
# Compass
# Adagio
# Let Me
Movie:Blue Gender The Warrior (Clips of the series with some newly added footage)
