History Anime / GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet

* BareYourMidriff: Amy and her friends. In fact, most of the female cast so far.

%%* BellyDancer: Amy, Melty, and Saaya in Episode 6.

* OffModel: As is standard, this trope occurs from time to time and is most noticeable in episode 11.

* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Episode 13, [[spoiler:Chamber gives one to Striker before his [[HeroicSacrifice kamikaze attack]]: "[[DefiantToTheEnd Response to Final Order:]] [[PrecisionFStrike Go to hell, tin can!]]"]]

''Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet'' (''Suisei no Gargantia'') is a Mecha anime produced by Creator/ProductionIG and written by [[Creator/GenUrobuchi Gen "Urobutcher" Urobuchi]][[note]]Though Urobuchi was apparently mostly involved with the script for episode 1 only.[[/note]], aired as part of the Spring2013Anime broadcasting season.

* AlienLunch:
** Ledo is squicked when offered salted fish, meant to be token of friendship, by Amy. He finds the idea of consuming animal carcasses disgusting. Considering that he has been eating [[FutureFoodIsArtificial some kind of manufactured nutrient slurry]] all his life, it's a normal reaction. However, he manages to find it enjoyable (or at least tolerable) once he actually eats it.
** The "animal carcass" is back for episode 3, this time a chicken. Thankfully, this time it's served as BBQ.
** He is freaked out by the special dinner Pinion orders for him in episode 6, which turns out to be plain old octopus. [[spoiler:He assumes it's the Hideauze, and while Bellows and Pinion think he's overreacting, at the end of the episode Chamber confirms a Hideauze presence in the water, which does indeed look squid-like.]]

* CryCute: Amy and Ridget in episode 8

* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: Most noticeable with the Pirate Queen's AbsoluteCleavage and her NubileSavage-esque slaves. The heroic females don't go beyond BareYourMidriff level. Outside of the BeachEpisode, anyway.

** Chamber's first "battle" on Earth against pirates can be summed up as this. He destroys three pirate barges, several skiffs, a couple submarines, and scores of heavily-armed gunmen in [[UpToEleven roughly fifteen seconds with no collateral loss of life at all]].

* PantyShot: There's a very brief up-skirt of Amy in the opening and various angles in the ending and in a couple episodes.

* {{Meganekko}}: Ridget, the ''Gargantia'' captain's assistant.

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Like many of Creator/GenUrobuchi's works, ''Gargantia on the Verdurant Planet'' [[{{deconstruction}} deconstruct]] utilitarianism in regards to the Galactic Alliance. [[spoiler:In particular, Galactic Alliance's concern about humanity's survival of their existence means individual sacrifices needed to be made (from terminating the sick and weak to eliminating human emotions) in order to defeat the Hideauze (who are actually genetically modified humans) and defending humanity's existence. When [[IllBoy Bevel]] mentions to Ledo what will happen to him if the Hideauze were to be defeated, Ledo slowly realizes that over time [[GreyAndGrayMorality human nature in general is too morally complex]] to be limited to a single goal in life [[note]]which is defeating an enemy in war[[/note]] and the Galactic Alliance's utilitarian goal of defeating the Hideauze fails to put into consideration of [[CharacterDevelopment the changing aspect of humanity]]. Thus through Ledo's CharacterDevelopment, he decided to establish [[IAmWhatIAm his own meaning of life]].]]

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After the first episode, the Alliance/Hideauze conflict is never touched upon again, making it unclear if either side won or if they are still fighting. It's completely irrelevant -- and [[ForeverWar that irrelevance is the entire point]]. This is touched on ''Meguru Kōro, Haruka'' -- Ledo is still worried about the war going on space, and he's also worried about the possibility of it finding its way to Earth.

* MiniMecha: While Ledo's mecha is by no means small, it's still about the size of a semi truck. The Gargantians call such mecha "Yunboroids" or "Yunboro" for short, regardless of makes or level of technology.

** InUniverse [[spoiler:he has a point; the Hideauze ''[[WasOnceAMan used]]'' to be human, but their biological modifications made life so easy for them they didn't ''need'' civilization anymore. As a result, they have devolved into just another form of sea life. Even in space they seem less than human and more like a species of {{Space Whale}}s who have adapted to survive assault by mecha. Of course, humanity hasn't done much better for themselves in space; their focus on warfare hasn't left them much time for a civilization ''[[NotSoDifferent either]]'']].

* NotSoDifferent: Humans and Hideauze. While the Galactic Alliance and Hideauze are shown to be in a situation of all-out war with one another, on Earth, [[spoiler:humans and Evolvers both seem to subsist with the idea of cohabitation if not complete cooperation. This mirror image parallel showcases that that the Hideauze/Evolvers are human-like in their thinking, understandable in their being transhuman. (It still hasn't been clarified whether the current Evolvers on Earth are as unaware as the current humans of their origins, but if the same holds true with the Hideauze, i.e. space Evolvers, it would be another mirror image parallel, since Ledo as a ChildSoldier had no idea of the extent of the knowledge the Galactic Alliance had been depriving its soldiers and citizens of.)]] Also, the [[spoiler:original Evolvers were obsessed with forcing evolution to turn humans into the perfect life form]], while the Alliance practices extreme SocialDarwinist policies to breed the perfect soldiers.

Crunchyroll has also licensed this show on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/gargantia-on-the-verdurous-planet their site]]. Viewers living in the following areas may watch it legally there: USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, Central & South America, and Portugal. In America, it is currently streaming on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

%%* HulkSpeak: The evolution of Chamber's translation engine.

On October 10, 2013, Creator/ProductionIG [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-10/gargantia-on-the-verduous-planet-gets-sequel-green-lit announced that a sequel has been green-lit.]] Unfortunately, it has become the victim of TroubledProduction and was released as a pair of {{light novel}}s in 2015 and 2016. The only new release has been a two-part [=OVA=] subtitled ''Meguru Kōro, Haruka'' (''Far Beyond The Voyage'') set two years after the original series.

** Combines with TheCavalry In ''Meguru Kōro, Haruka''. [[spoiler: Ledo is trapped underwater, and Bellows says that even if he was still alive, it would be too dangerous to rescue him. Cue a bunch of Yunboro popping up to try and save Ledo anyway. And then Lukkage dives herself, [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind saying that no-one is allowed to die on her watch.]]]]

* ContinuityNod: ''Meguru Kōro, Haruka'' has a couple of references to the anime's second BonusEpisode [[spoiler: detailing Kugel's StartofDarkness.]]

** As of ''Meguru Kōro, Haruka'', [[spoiler: even Lukkage is now part of ''Gargantia''.]]

** And even on Earth, the concept of "land" is also a legend, at least on Gargantia. ''Meguru Kouro, Haruka'' however makes mention of "Land nations", but it's ambiguous if this is merely a title for another fleet/hub/etc, or literally a nation on dry land.

* ExpospeakGag: Used to get a ClusterFBomb [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar past the radar]]. Chamber translates an angry comment as "reproduction with one's mother, as well as sanctified excrement."

* {{Fictionary}}: Deciphered [[http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Galactic-Alliance-of-Humankind-Suisei-no-Gargantia-367763409 here.]]
* FirstEpisodeTwist: The planet Ledo lands on is Earth.

On October 10, 2013, Creator/ProductionIG [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-10/gargantia-on-the-verduous-planet-gets-sequel-green-lit announced that a sequel has been green-lit.]] Unfortunately, it has become the victim of TroubledProduction and was released as a pair of {{Light Novel}}s in 2015 and 2016. The only new release has been a two-part [=OVA=] subtitled ''Meguru Kōro, Haruka'' (''Far Beyond The Voyage'') set two years after the original series.

On October 10, 2013, Creator/ProductionIG [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-10/gargantia-on-the-verduous-planet-gets-sequel-green-lit announced that a sequel has been green-lit.]] Unfortunately, it has become the victim of TroubledProduction and was released as a LightNovel in 2015. The only new release has been a two-part [=OVA=] subtitled ''Meguru Kōro, Haruka'' (''Far Beyond The Voyage'') set two years after the original series.

On October 10, 2013, Creator/ProductionIG [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-10/gargantia-on-the-verduous-planet-gets-sequel-green-lit announced that a sequel has been green-lit.]] Unfortunately, it has become the victim of TroubledProduction and was released as a novel. The only new release has been a two-part [=OVA=] subtitled ''Meguru Kōro, Haruka'' (''Far Beyond The Voyage'') set two years after the original series.

Also, a LightNovel with a new cast was released in 2015. Finally, with dual partners with [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai Entertainment]] and DMM, an online game will be released on DMM's website as a playable BrowserGame with its own story in 2014.

* BellyDancer: Amy, Melty, and Saaya in Episode 6.

** Ledo does this a couple of times early on.

* HulkSpeak -> SesquipedalianLoquaciousness -> Casual Speech: The evolution of Chamber's translation engine.

* {{Ley Line}}s: The Galatic Current. These are hypercharged flow of energy in the sea, allowing the city-fleets to sail. The Galactic Currents also discharges aurora and electricity, and is probably responsible for the existence of the Hideauze.

* MoodWhiplash: Episode 6. Shortly after a tender scene of Amy dancing for Ledo with the "ocean auroras" shining in the background, [[spoiler:Ledo is gathering scrap metal with Bellows...when a Hideauze shows up, and he goes straight into battle mode]]. Episode 7 follows up on it with some intense drama scenes [[spoiler: where a large swarm of whale-squids show up and pass by ''Gargantia''.]]

Waking up from cold sleep six months later, he finds himself in a place neither he nor the computer of his mecha, Chamber, can recognize, with human residents speaking an unknown, seemingly ancient language, using inferior and completely outdated technology, and living without any signs of war. Ledo is astonished to learn that this place, which has a naturally breathable atmosphere and none of the gravitational anomalies that would be present on a space colony, is actually a planet practically unknown to the Galactic Alliance of Humankind: ''[[FirstEpisodeSpoiler Earth]]''.

* EarthAllAlong: FirstEpisodeSpoiler.

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: The planet Ledo lands on is Earth.

On October 10, 2013, Creator/ProductionIG [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-10/gargantia-on-the-verduous-planet-gets-sequel-green-lit announced that a sequel has been green-lit.]] Unfortunately, it has become the victim of TroubledProduction. While there was originally planned to be a second season, the only new release has been a two-part [=OVA=] subtitled ''Meguru Kōro, Haruka'' (''Far Beyond The Voyage'') set two years after the original series.

* HeroicAlbino: Averted. Not the Heroic part, but Ledo subtly gets more tan as the series goes on; indicating him adjusting to being on a planet as opposed to in space all the time. This is intentional, as the progression can be seen in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' as well.