Blue Gender
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Blue Gender is a 26-episode anime created by Ryousuke Takahashi (of Armored Trooper Votoms and Gasaraki fame) broadcast in Japan from 1999-2000.
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 "Blue" have overrun the Earth and that he may very well be the key to the survival of the human race.
Blue Gender was created by the Japanese animation studio, AIC and is distributed in the United States by FUNimation. In 2003, Blue Gender was released on American television as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. There is also a compilation movie (Blue Gender: The Warrior) available on DVD.
Main characters
- Yuji Kaido - A loser by modern standards: he worked at a gas station in the near future until a life-threatening disease required him to be put into cryogenic stasis. He awoke in the future to find that the Blue have destroyed everything he knew. Voiced in Japanese by Kenji Nojima and in English by Eric Vale (Trunks from Dragon Ball Z)
- Marlene Angel - A very cold soldier who initially finds Yuji. Her steely exterior slowly crumbles as a result of Yuji's influence and she finds the humanity that she and the other people on Second Earth lost as a result of their single-mindedness to eradicate the Blue. Voiced in Japanese by Houko Kuwashima (Sango from InuYasha, Kirika Yumura from Noir) and in English by Laura Bailey (Tohru Honda from Fruits Basket, Kayko Yukimura from Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Tony Frost - Another sleeper brought to Second Earth before Yuji. A very powerful sleeper, Yuji strives to improve himself to be able to beat Tony.
- Alicia Whistle - Another sleeper on Second Earth who is paired with Tony. She is very young and often naive and immediately gravitates towards Yuji, seeing Marlene as an obstacle to a relationship with Yuji.
External links
- BlueGender.com (http://www.bluegender.com/)
- http://www.aicanime.com/products/bluegender/index.htmlja:Blue Gender