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VanDread

TV·2000–2002·2 seasons, 26 episodes·WOWOW Prime·Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy·25m

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Hibiki Tokai, a male third-class laborer from Taraak, ends up stuck on a battleship after a botched attempt at stealing a robot. When female pirates capture the Taraakian Vanguard, things don't look like they could get any worse.

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  1. 01VanDread S01E01Boy Meets GirlS01E01 · 10.0Hibiki Tokai is a third-class citizen who is a parts mechanic. When he boasts to his co-workers that he can and would steal a Vanguard, which is one of the Empire's elite combat vehicles used for defending themselves against the Mejale, he finds himself boxed in by his own words. In order to silence his doubting co-workers, he has to sneak abord the battleship Ikazuchi and find the Vanguard with the marked part on it that makes it his. However, everything doesn't go as planned, as the Ikazuchi takes off for orbit 2 hours ahead of time with Hibiki stranded on board. As if things couldn't get any worse, the Ikazuchi also comes under attack by a group of fearsome women from Mejale - and not just any Mejale women, but pirates! Found out by the Tarak crew and facing execution for being a stowaway, Hibiki comes face to face with a real live woman in the midst of all the fighting, who he immediately runs away from, despite her overly friendly attitude. But the real threat may not come from th
  2. 02VanDread S01E02And Then I Don't Know What To DoS01E02 · 10.0Hibiki finds himself captured by a ship full of women after being abandoned by his fellow citizens, with the exception of two other unlucky men - Bart Garsus, a cowardly, self-proclaimed ""helmsman"" and Duero, a highly educated student who had become a doctor on a whim to stay alive. Things look pretty dire for the men - but while the pirates are deciding about the fate of their new male prisoners, a mysterious enemy begins an attack on them. Now, in a life or death battle, everyone, even the men, must work to escape this new threat. Bart manages to weasel his way into piloting the ship (even though he has no idea how to), and Duero makes use of his medical skills. A despondent Hibiki, left without anything to contribute, feels that he can do nothing to change his pathetic existence - that is, until the vice-commander gives him some words that he will soon not forget...
  3. 03VanDread S01E03This Is How I Will LiveS01E03 · 10.0The threat is past, but the new ship is unstable, leaving the crew baffled at how to operate it. One by one, the men are taken from their cells in order to try to help out with the repairs of the ship. However, there may be no time for lounging around, as Dita and Gascogne go missing on a supply and information-gathering mission, and the ship plunges into a nebula and asteroid field that threatens to tear the ship apart. It's left to the crew to once again work together to overcome their difficulties. In the aftermath, the crew discovers that it will take 270 days to get home, as they have been thrown to a remote part of space. With this new knowledge, the men and women realize that working together is a necessity to get themselves home.

Castfull cast & details

Michiko NeyaMichiko NeyaBarnette OrangelloHideki TasakaHideki TasakaDuelo McFileYuu AsakawaYuu AsakawaJura Basil EldenTomokazu SekiTomokazu SekiBart GarsusMegumi ToyoguchiMegumi ToyoguchiParfet BalblairHisako KyodaHisako KyodaMagno VivanHiroyuki YoshinoHiroyuki YoshinoHibiki TokaiYumi KakazuYumi KakazuDita Liebely

Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2000Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S01E01VanDread S01E01Season's bestBoy Meets GirlOctober 3, 2000 10.0Hibiki Tokai is a third-class citizen who is a parts mechanic. When he boasts to his co-workers that he can and would steal a Vanguard, whic
  2. S01E02VanDread S01E02And Then I Don't Know What To DoOctober 10, 2000 10.0Hibiki finds himself captured by a ship full of women after being abandoned by his fellow citizens, with the exception of two other unlucky
  3. S01E03VanDread S01E03This Is How I Will LiveOctober 17, 2000 10.0The threat is past, but the new ship is unstable, leaving the crew baffled at how to operate it. One by one, the men are taken from their ce
  4. S01E04VanDread S01E04Because I Want To Know More About YouOctober 24, 2000 10.0Parfait begins holding a contest to rename the ship, because she feels that the Ikazuchi is a ridiculous and unfashionable name. Meanwhile,
  5. S01E05VanDread S01E05Sweet TrapOctober 31, 2000 10.0The ship has a new name thanks to Parfet… Nirvana, a name that symbolizes Harmony, Stability, and Joy. Dita still has an interest in the "
  6. S01E06VanDread S01E06What a Wonderful WorldNovember 7, 2000 10.0Meia is in trouble! Seriously injured in a battle, and having some 'personal issues' as a result, she is facing quite a struggle for her lif
  7. S01E07VanDread S01E07Easy LifeNovember 14, 2000 10.0Now that things have calmed down relatively, Hibiki now discovers that he still has a major problem - Dita, who still is very interested in
  8. S01E08VanDread S01E08It's ImpossibleNovember 21, 2000 10.0The crew on the journey towards home comes across a spacebound colony, where they find a monkey who they would later learn is named Utan. Th
  9. S01E09VanDread S01E09More Savage Than HeavenNovember 28, 2000 10.0The crew of the Nirvana come across a planet that is almost completely covered in water. There is one island on the planet, but before they
  10. S01E10VanDread S01E10White LoveDecember 5, 2000 10.0It's Christmas time on the Nirvana, which results in confusion for the guys and excitement for the women - even Magno. BC is the only one to
  11. S01E11VanDread S01E11TogetherDecember 12, 2000 10.0If there's one thing Hibiki is good at, it's playing pack mule for Dita's hairbrained schemes. This time, the two are stealing around the sh
  12. S01E12VanDread S01E12They Don't Care About UsDecember 19, 2000 10.0Things are getting even more hostile on board the Nirvana, as the women vow never to depend on the men again for help. Rabat helpfully retur
  13. S01E13VanDread S01E13To Feel the FireDecember 26, 2000 10.0The crew of the Nirvana, minus the men, find themselves at an absolutely crucial moment. They're facing off with an alien flagship, and at t

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2001–02Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S02E01VanDread S02E01Season's bestRed AngelOctober 5, 2001 10.0A very vivid and horrifying nightmare plagues not only Hibiki, but also Dita, Meia, and Jura as well. While they struggle to figure out the
  2. S02E02VanDread S02E02Be My BabyOctober 12, 2001 10.0The message inside the pod that Misty was frozen in contain something that may be of use to the crew of the Nirvana, but the password proves
  3. S02E03VanDread S02E03Hanasaku tabiji (Flowered Journey)October 19, 2001 10.0The Nirvana arrives at yet another planet tampered with by the Harvest fleet, as its inhabitants are unable to survive the air and have all
  4. S02E04VanDread S02E04EverythingOctober 26, 2001 10.0The Nirvana comes upon another Mission, though the inhabitants are decidedly hostile and use a law of ""take what you want by force"" in ord
  5. S02E05VanDread S02E05SomedaysNovember 2, 2001 10.0Another Harvest fleet mother ship has come to attempt to attack the Nirvana, and the crew, this time, sets out confidently to destroy it usi
  6. S02E06VanDread S02E06Orizunaru Sumairu (Original Smile)November 9, 2001 10.0The second attack on the Harvest mother ship has failed, although now Hibiki and the others have a ray of hope in the form of a way to penet
  7. S02E07VanDread S02E07Hoho ni Kiss Shite (Please Kiss My Cheek)November 16, 2001 10.0Things have once again lulled, and the crew now can turn to more important things - such as using cameras to observe the continuing soap ope
  8. S02E08VanDread S02E08RealityNovember 30, 2001 10.0Every single year, Meia dreads one day - her birthday, when the crew attempts to surprise her with a party. Meia has managed to run away eve
  9. S02E09VanDread S02E09Zenbu Dakishimete (Embrace Everything)December 7, 2001 10.0The Nirvana nears home, and only has to pass through an incredibly large electromagnetic storm in order to be in their home solar system. Ho
  10. S02E10VanDread S02E10Easy Come, Easy GoDecember 14, 2001 10.0The Nirvana has finally reached its home solar system, but the Harvest fleet's remaining mother ships are not far behind. Despite this, the
  11. S02E11VanDread S02E11Rakuen (Paradise)December 21, 2001 10.0Having come through the minefield, the entire crew of the Nirvana is promptly captured by both Tarak and Mejale fleets. The men are to be fo
  12. S02E12VanDread S02E12Himegoto (Secret)January 11, 2002 10.0With the Nirvana back on track, all that is left now is to defend Tarak and Mejale from harvesting. But the Nirvana and the veteran pirate s
  13. S02E13VanDread S02E13TrustJanuary 18, 2002 10.0Combined, the fleet of ships continues to destroy ship after ship of the harvest fleet. But the Main Mothership is another story, and even t

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