History Anime / BlueGender

** Justified in that it establishes that AnyoneCanDie. And wouldn't you know, by the end of the ''third'' episode, everyone save for [[WideEyedIdealist Yu]][[TheLoad ji]] and [[Badass Mar]][[EmotionlessGirl lene]] [[EverybodysDeadDave is dead.]] Most of the supporting characters didn't even make it past episode ''two.''

** Justified in that it establishes that AnyoneCanDie. And wouldn't you know, by the end of the ''third'' episode, everyone save for [[WideEyedIdealist Yu]][[TheLoad ji]] and [[Badass Mar]][[EmotionlessGirl lene]] [[EverybodysDeadDave is dead.]] Most of the supporting character didn't even make it past episode ''two.''

* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler: Marlene's in the early stages during the last two episodes]].

* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler: Marlene's in the early stages during the two final episodes]].

* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler: Marlene, in the two final episodes]].

* AMechByAnyOtherName: Armor Shrike is a fancy name for MiniMecha.

* MauveShirt - Plenty. Nearly every one of them dies.

* ApocalypseHow - Class 4.

* MiniMecha -- The Armor Shrikes are some 6 meters tall, quite impressive, but not on the order of NeonGenesisEvangelion's EVA or Gundams.

Kaido Yuji has been [[HumanPopsicle frozen]] since 2009 after being diagnosed with a strange and terminal illness to be awakened after a proper cure for his disease has been found. He is awakened to the year 2031 to a world that has been completely taken over by a giant insect-like species known as the Blue. He and Marlene Angel must find a way to survive onslaught after onslaught of the Blue and make it back to a space station called Second Earth, where Yuji must discover the true nature of his condition. In many ways it is a FishOutOfWater plot, but without the humor as Yuji wakes up to a world completely different and is at first unable to cope with a world in which the Blue have taken over. He does quickly learn to fend for himself, but is still shocked by how the ethics, morality, values, and general outlook on life have changed so radically since his time. For example, sex is meaningless pleasure, and there's no point in forming close meaningful bonds because AnyoneCanDie at any moment. [[ColdSleepColdFuture There is no longer any value placed on human life as every individual human is considered expendable]].

* HumongousMecha
** Actually, more like MiniMecha... This very wiki says: "A telltale sign you have a Mini Mecha instead of a Powered Armor is the presence of a physical cockpit, typically small and exposed". The Armor Shrikes are some 6 mts. tall, quite impressive, but then HumongousMecha are, well, [[CaptainObvious humongous]]. Compare Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion EVA or the vintage mechas series like MazingerZ or Anime/MobileSuitGundam: big as buildings, roomy cockpits.

* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces - Seriously. I mean, ok, you may die tomorrow, or even today, sure, you got IKEAErotica going on, but in the middle of a transmission back to base? Right before a Blue attack?

* MechaTropes: being a mecha series, it is plenty of these..

** "Most of the characters here are heartless bastards who place little if any value on human life..." At least some things never change.

* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness - The High Council, complete with a [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]] [[{{Expy}} look alike]]! However, they aren't as bad as some examples, and their motives are eventually made clear, [[spoiler: using the Sleepers to defeat the Blue.]] There's a [[ItGotWorse bit more]] to it than that, however.

* YouDontWantToDieAVirginDoYou - There's an entire ''culture'' developed around this.

The premise is similar to that of ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' but without the campy satirical feel of [[Film/StarshipTroopers the film]] or the political ideology of [[Literature/StarshipTroopers the novel]]. Unlike most anime, BlueGender has very little humor and cuteness is nonexistent, though there is plenty of {{fanservice}} and other sexual moments (most of which has been censored when aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork's Adult Swim line-up). The series generally has a very dark and [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism cynical]] tone; however, the series does end with the message that humanity can live happily (Provided they live in harmony with the Earth).

!!Blue Gender contains examples of the following tropes:

Kaido Yuji has been [[HumanPopsicle frozen]] since 2009 after being diagnosed with a strange and terminal illness to be awakened after a proper cure for his disease has been found. He is awakened to the year 2031 to a world that has been completely taken over by a giant insect-like species known as the Blue. He and Marlene Angel must find a way to survive onslaught after onslaught of the Blue and make it back to a space station called Second Earth, where Yuji must discover the true nature of his condition. In many ways it is a {{fish out of water}} plot, but without the humor as Yuji wakes up to a world completely different and is at first unable to cope with a world in which the Blue have taken over. He does quickly learn to fend for himself, but is still shocked by how the ethics, morality, values, and general outlook on life have changed so radically since his time. For example, sex is meaningless pleasure, and there's no point in forming close meaningful bonds because {{anyone can die}} at any moment. [[ColdSleepColdFuture There is no longer any value placed on human life as every individual human is considered expendable]].

The premise is similar to that of ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' but without the campy satirical feel of [[Film/StarshipTroopers the film]] or the political ideology of [[Literature/StarshipTroopers the novel]]. Unlike most anime, BlueGender has very little humor and cuteness is nonexistent, though there is plenty of {{fanservice}} and other sexual moments (most of which has been censored when aired on CartoonNetwork's Adult Swim line-up). The series generally has a very dark and [[{{SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism}} cynical]] tone; however, the series does end with the message that humanity can live happily (Provided they live in harmony with the Earth).

The series has very in-depth character development on the parts of both Yuji and Marlene, who end up being completely different people by the end of the anime's 26-episode run than they were in the beginning.

* AxCrazy - Using [[strike: [[MobileSuitGundam Newtype]]]]B-Cell powers tends to result in this.
* BabiesEverAfter[=/=]HappilyEverAfter: Yes, despite the overall tone of the series, it does end on a rather happy note for the main characters. [[spoiler: Yuji ensures that the threat to humanity is over, and then reunites with Marlene, with the promise that they can live a happy life together on Earth. And Marlene is pregnant with Yuji's child]].

* CelibateHero: Interestingly, despite the [[IKEAErotica attitude towards sex and love in this world]], both times Marlene is presented in such a situation [[spoiler: prior to having sex with Yuji]], the male involved in the situation only gets so far as groping her before she stops them from going further. In the first occurrence, she's not in the mood. In the second, adding to the previous reason, by that point she'd fallen in love with Yuji. Additionally, this may be in part due to her backstory, in that she was forced to discover about such things at an unfortunately young age, and ended up deeply hurt as a result.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome - Another of Yuji's FishOutOfWater traits.

* FishOutOfWater

* GaiasVengeance - The Earth creates the Blue because the human race has become overpopulated and because of their negative impact on the environment.

** Alicia is [[LisaOrtiz Lina]] [[TheSlayers Inverse]].

* HollywoodTactics

** Actually, more like MiniMecha... This very wiki says: "A telltale sign you have a Mini Mecha instead of a Powered Armor is the presence of a physical cockpit, typically small and exposed". The Armor Shrikes are some 6 mts. tall, quite impressive, but then HumongousMecha are, well, [[CaptainObvious humongous]]. Compare NeonGenesisEvangelion EVA or the vintage mechas series like MazingerZ or MobileSuitGundam: big as buildings, roomy cockpits.

* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces - Seriously. I mean, ok, you may die tomorrow, or even today, sure, you got IKEAErotica going on, but in the middle of a transmission back to base? Right before a Blue attack?

* MaleGaze - While hiking behind Marlene, Yuji [[MaleGaze fixates on the seat of her skin-tight suit]].

* OfficialCouple: Yuji and Marlene.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness - The High Council, complete with a [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]] [[{{Expy}} look alike]]! However, they aren't as bad as some examples, and their motives are eventually made clear, [[spoiler: using the Sleepers to defeat the Blue.]] There's a [[ItGotWorse bit more]] to it than that, however.

** Possibly justified, as most of the guards heard about that through their radios; aside from, say, height and hair color, they'd have no way of knowing what she looked like.

** On the other hand, when he's "ready to go into battle" he immediately gets his ass kicked, so perhaps not a ''completely'' straight example.

* YouDontWantToDieAVirginDoYou - There's an entire ''culture'' developed around this.

The premise is similar to that of ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' but without the campy satirical feel of [[Film/StarshipTroopers the film]] or the political axe-grinding of [[Literature/StarshipTroopers the novel]]. Unlike most anime, BlueGender has very little humor and cuteness is nonexistent, though there is plenty of {{fanservice}} and other sexual moments (most of which has been censored when aired on CartoonNetwork's Adult Swim line-up). The series generally has a very dark and [[{{SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism}} cynical]] tone; however, the series does end with the message that humanity can live happily (Provided they live in harmony with the Earth).

* BabiesEverAfter[=/=]HappilyEverAfter: Yes, despite the overall tone of the series, it does end on a rather happy note for the main characters. [[spoiler: Yugi ensures that the threat to humanity is over, and then reunites with Marlene, with the promise that they can live a happy life together on Earth. And Marlene is pregnant with Yugi's child]].

* CelibateHero: Interestingly, despite the [[IKEAErotica attitude towards sex and love in this world]], both times Marlene is presented in such a situation [[spoiler: prior to having sex with Yugi]], the male involved in the situation only gets so far as groping her before she stops them from going further. In the first occurrence, she's not in the mood. In the second, adding to the previous reason, by that point she'd fallen in love with Yugi. Additionally, this may be in part due to her backstory, in that she was forced to discover about such things at an unfortunately young age, and ended up deeply hurt as a result.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The last couple of episodes include a few hints to how the series ends out. [[spoiler: In the 24th episode, Yugi and Marlene, after finally admitting their feelings and having sex, are shown transparent in a naked embrace against the Earth, signifying the new life they promise to live together at the end of the series. In the 25th episode, Marlene is shown acting much more passive than she normally does, and in one scene, watches a group of settler children play whilst resting a hand on her stomach, before interacting with them in an unusually motherly way, hinting she's pregnant with Yugi's child]].

* OfficialCouple: Yugi and Marlene.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge - In the very first episode, Yuji is seen eyeing an unnamed, attractive female sleeper. It seems like she might be set to provide a companion in the future to whom he can relate, until [[spoiler:he [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel finds her body twisted into a Blue cocoon]]]].

The premise is similar to that of ''StarshipTroopers'' but without the campy satirical feel of [[Film/StarshipTroopers the film]] or the political axe-grinding of [[Literature/StarshipTroopers the novel]]. Unlike most anime, BlueGender has very little humor and cuteness is nonexistent, though there is plenty of {{fanservice}} and other sexual moments (most of which has been censored when aired on CartoonNetwork's Adult Swim line-up). The series generally has a very dark and [[{{SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism}} cynical]] tone; however, the series does end with the message that humanity can live happily (Provided they live in harmony with the Earth).

* BabyGotBack - While hiking behind Marlene, Yuji [[MaleGaze fixates on the seat of her skin-tight suit]].

** Alicia is [[LisaOrtiz Lina]] [[Slayers Inverse]].

* GonnaFlyNowMontage: Yuji's training-montage contains the world's bare minimum elements for a training montage: a total zero at the start, someone correcting how he holds a gun, some guy going "hey kid, you've got a knack for this!" and suddenly, Yuji being ready to go into battle.
** On the other hand, when he's "ready to go into battle" he immediately gets his ass kicked, so perhaps not a ''completely'' straight example.

* {{Anyone Can Die}} - Most supporting characters end up not lasting more than a few episodes, if that. Of the six supporting characters introduced in the first episode, four were dead by the end of the second, three having died within a minute of each other.

* {{Character Development}}

* {{Cold Sleep Cold Future}} - Most of the characters here are heartless bastards who place little if any value on human life to the point where civilians who are not granted access to Second Earth are not only expendable but are pretty much considered dead to those who are on Second Earth. The one and only thing on everyone's mind is wiping out the Blue, and that's it.

* {{Gonna Fly Now Montage}} Yuji's training-montage contains the world's bare minimum elements for a training montage: a total zero at the start, someone correcting how he holds a gun, some guy going "hey kid, you've got a knack for this!" and suddenly, Yuji being ready to go into battle.

* [[spoiler:PregnantBadass]] - Marlene, in the final episode.