History Anime / GenesisOfAquarion

* VideoGame/SuperRobotWars: Debuted in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' and returns in the sequel.

* {{Hot|Mom}} [[HotDad Parents]]: From what we can see of Sirius and Silvia's mother and father, they fit the bill. Also, [[spoiler:Apollonius and Celiane, given that they started the Royal Family's lineage in the first place.]]

* CombiningMecha

* FootFocus: Episode 4: "Barefoot Warrior."

* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Rena. Suitably enough, we later discover that [[spoiler:she's a vampire]].

The series was created by ShojiKawamori, the designer of [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross the Valkyrie]] and the [[Anime/EurekaSeven Nirvash typeZero]] amongst other mecha, and was animated by Studio Satelight. Hence why the titular robot looks so awesome.

A sequel began airing in January 2012. Entitled ''Anime/AquarionEvol'', it takes place 12,000 years after the first series, chronicling a battle against new enemies from another dimension.

* AnimeThemeSong: Some of Yoko Kanno's finest work.

* BiTheWay: Tsugumi.

* CaptainErsatz: The Aquarion itself uses a transformation scheme almost identical to GetterRobo.
* CatchPhrase: Sirius' "How disgraceful...", Gen's "Special training!", and Reika's "How unfortunate...".

* [[DarkSkinnedRedhead Dark Skinned]] RedheadedHero: Apollo, [[XMarksTheHero with matching scars to boot]]!
* DoesntLikeGuns: Sirius, as evidenced by this quote from episode 23:

** Just listen to Sylvia during the uniting in the first episode.

** Touma being a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy ''and'' an out-an-out member of the Yaoi club falls straight under this.

* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Sirius and Silvia]].

* HopelessSuitor: Otoha, TheDragon to Touma, is [[JustForPun head-over-wings]] for him and her loyalty ''[[UndyingLoyalty knows no bounds]]'' for [[SingleTargetSexuality the one man she loves]].

* MacrossMissileMassacre: One particular cherubim that uses an invisibility cloak fires off salvoes of these. Hardly surprising, given [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross the creator's previous work]].

* {{Rewrite}}: The sequel did this to the the show. [[spoiler: In Genesis when the show was being planned out Kawamori wanted to include Apollon however he was rebuffed by the staff of Genesis told him that such a plot twist would only take away from the love story between Silvia and Apollo, and so the plot was scrapped and the shadow angel dog Pollon was erased from the series, ultimately erasing the character completely for the OADs. Then when it came time to create EVOL none of the original Genesis staff besides Kawamori was on the project and when Ohkada saw the notes for Pollon she easily convinced Kawamori into including him into the show. In other words if you finish the series and come to the conclusion that Apollo is Apollonius you're correct, if you watch the sequel and come to the conclusion that Apollo is Pollon you're still correct.]]

* {{Schoolgirl Lesbian|s}}: Tsugumi has a clear-as-day (if unreciprocated) crush on Reika.

* SuperRobotWars: Debuted in ''SuperRobotWarsZ'' and returns in the sequel.
** It also appears in ''VideoGame/AnotherCenturysEpisode R'', as the token {{Super Robot|Genre}} series, alongside 5 other ''SuperRobotWarsZ'' shows.

* [[SwissArmyHero Swiss Army Mecha]]: Depending on the configuration of the Vectors, Aquarion can assume different forms. The main ones are Sol (GoodOldFisticuffs), Luna (archer), and Mars (ILikeSwords and PlayingWithFire), although circumstances have forced the team to improvise on occasion.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Touma.
** Glen, too, although he's not as bishie as Touma.
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Rena.
* WingedHumanoid: A variation with the Shadow Angels. Most of them aren't human or possess vaguely humanoid shapes. The few that are (such as Touma and Otoha, among others) have wings in odd places; Touma's hair is made out of feathers, while Otoha's wings are her arms (much like that of a harpy) and she can play them like a harp. Apollonius seems to be the sole exception that plays this trope straight.

[[{{Backstory}} Twelve thousand years ago]] there was a great war between humans and Shadow Angels; the humans won, in no small part thanks to Apollonius, an Angel who turned against his own people [[CapuletCounterpart out of love for Celiane, a human woman]], and the Angels [[SealedEvilInACan became dormant under the South Pole]].

* CapuletCounterpart: Apollonius.

* [[SwissArmyHero Swiss Army Mecha]]: Depending on the configuration of the Vectors, Aquarion can assume different forms. The main ones are Sol (GoodOldFisticuffs), Luna (TheArcher), and Mars (ILikeSwords and PlayingWithFire), although circumstances have forced the team to improvise on occasion.

The series was created by Shoji Kawamori, the designer of [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross the Valkyrie]] and the [[Anime/EurekaSeven Nirvash typeZero]] amongst other mecha, which is why the titular robot looks so awesome.

...but that's a little too on the simple side of things. Let's try again.

Teenagers with PsychicPowers pilot an [[DeusSexMachina orgasm-powered]] {{Super Robot|Genre}} to fight evil Shadow Angels from [[{{Atlantis}} Atlandia]] who [[ToServeMan feed on human lifeforce]].

... while that's entirely correct, it's probably an overly simplified way of [[DescribeTopicHere Describing]] ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'' [[DescribeTopicHere here]]. Let's try again.

->''Synchronize...''

->'''''GO!''' Aquarion!''

* LoveDodecahedron: It was a trainwreck waiting to happen. From the beginning of the series, Sirius, Reika, and Glen seem to be in a LoveTriangle (albeit a friendly one), [[spoiler:one that's put on hold when Glen is put in a coma]]. Sirius and Reika [[UnresolvedSexualTension have some chemistry together]], but Reika is usually reluctant due to confidence issues and the fears that [[CosmicPlaything her bad luck]] will rub off on anyone who gets too close to her. ItGetsWorse from there if you're trying to keep score.

* BigBrotherComplex: Sirius and Silvia. While the most basic case of the trope is evident and perfectly justifiable (given that [[ParentalAbandonment their parents are dead]]), there is also strong subtext of the more [[BrotherSisterIncest sexual]] interpretation, mostly from Silvia's end. Silvia seems to justify her feelings by [[ReincarnationRomance insisting that Sirius is the reincarnation of Apollonius]], but in fact it is revealed that [[spoiler:they are in fact split halves of the reincarnated soul of Celiane, and thus long to be reunited on a fundamental level.]]

* HopelessSuitor: Otoha, TheDragon to Touma, is [[JustForPun head-over-wings]] for him and her loyalty ''[[UndyingLoyalty knows no bounds]]'' for [[SingleTargetSexuality the one man she loves]]. While he does return her affections to a certain degree, Touma has made it clear that he'll sacrifice her without a moment's hesitation should she become a liability or present an opportunity to get an advantage over the humans (as seen when the Shadow Angels attempted to retrieve a feather belonging to their civilization), a fact that Otoha herself is more than aware of. However, her knowledge of Touma's love for Apollonius seems to be variable; [[PingPongNaivete at times, she's depressed because she knows she'll never woo him away from Apollonius; at others, she's confident that Touma has abandoned such foolish feelings]]. Any half-ass excuse he makes about his feelings towards Apollonius are '''''DAMNABLE LIES'''''. 'Tis a shame; Otoha [[EvilIsSexy is actually quite the looker]] (perhaps excluding [[spoiler:the [[ExtraEyes extra set of]] MismatchedEyes she hides under her hood]]) and [[spoiler:ultimately dies fighting for him]].

* LoveDodecahedron: It was a trainwreck waiting to happen. From the beginning of the series, Sirius, Reika, and Glen seem to be in a LoveTriangle (albeit a friendly one), [[spoiler:one that's put on hold when Glen is put in a coma]]. Sirius and Reika [[UnresolvedSexualTension have some chemistry together]], but Reika is usually reluctant due to confidence issues and the fears that [[CosmicPlaything her bad luck]] will rub off on anyone who gets too close to her. And then there's Silvia, [[BigBrotherAttraction who has eyes for her brother]] which stems from his PromotionToParent in the wake of [[ParentalAbandonment their parents' deaths]] and is "justified" by her believing him to be [[ReincarnationRomance the reincarnation of her lover, Apollonius]]; she is ''deeply jealous'' of Sirius/Reika. Things become ''worse'' when Silvia and Apollo begin to form a romantic bond towards the end of the series. Tsugumi seems to like Jun, but also [[LesYay has a crush on Reika]] so blatantly obvious that you'd have to be blind to not notice it ([[ObliviousToLove Reika doesn't]]). Outside of this, Sophia seems to have feelings for Fudou ("Have you ever loved someone?") and is visibly upset when he answers "Yes." However, his words imply that he referring to [[spoiler:both his past life (lives?) ''and'']] Sophia, thus reciprocating her affection. Lurking in the background is Pierre, [[LovableSexManiac who shamelessly makes advances on nearly every female in Daeva]], something that is temporarily amplified by his addiction to merging. Once he accepts that he pursued many a woman (a flashback shows him to have quite a few girlfriends) was his way of coping with getting hurt (stemming from his first love Esperanza), [[CharacterDevelopment he mellows out]] and becomes a ChivalrousPervert. To many's surprise (''especially'' Kurt's), Chloe expresses her love for Pierre in the finale, although hints of this were dropped back during the infamous "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Cosplay of the Soul]]" event. And that's not even getting into the Shadow Angels. Touma is trying to win back Apollo(nius), who left him for Celiane 12,000 years ago, thus beginning the mess that Daeva has to deal with in the present. In the meanwhile, Otoha is hopelessly in love with Touma, whose teasing is [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation ambiguously open]]. At best, he actually ''wouldn't'' mind pursuing a more romantic relationship with his overly-devoted right-hand woman (remember, he actually ''kisses'' her), but is ultimately caught in a deathly vice grip by his anger and depression towards Apollonius' betrayal; at worst, he is toying with her emotions to manipulate her like any MagnificentBastard would (remember, he actually ''kisses'' her). And remember, all of this is usually ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.

A two-part OVA (entitled ''Wings of Betrayal'' and ''Wings of Glory'', respectively), was released after the series. It takes place in an alternate timeline, where the full team (except for Apollo) had already been assembled, Glen didn't fall into a coma, Sirius [[spoiler:died in battle against the Shadow Angels]], and introduced is a Prince Scorpius, a new player in the Apollonius/Celiane backstory [[spoiler: and the past life of Reika.]] At the end of the OVA, it is revealed [[spoiler: that [[TheMultiverse it exists in a universe parallel to that of the series]].]]

A movie, ''Wings of Genesis'', was also released. It recycled the plot and footage of the OVA, though a few scenes were cut, while others were added to flesh out [[spoiler: Sirius' funeral and Aquarion rebuilding the world.]] Released with the movie was a comedic short film featuring the characters from the original series.

* CharacterDevelopment: Really good one.

* Really good CharacterDevelopment.

* HotAmazon: Apollo and Pierre constantly refer to Silvia as "Amazon," although it would seem to be a sarcastic running joke at times.

* [[spoiler:OneTrueThreesome: The ending with Toma, Apollonius, and part of Celion together forever inside Aquarion.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The entire show, especially the finale.

** [[JustifiedTrope Then again,]] Futaba is a [[WingedHumanoid Shadow Angel]]

Teenagers with PsychicPowers pilot an [[DeusSexMachina orgasm-powered]] [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robot]] to fight evil Shadow Angels from [[{{Atlantis}} Atlandia]] who [[ToServeMan feed on human lifeforce]].

... while that's entirely correct, it's probably an overly simplified way of [[DescribeTopicHere Describing]] ''GenesisOfAquarion'' [[DescribeTopicHere here]]. Let's try again.

The series was created by Shoji Kawamori, the designer of [[SuperDimensionFortressMacross the Valkyrie]] and the [[EurekaSeven Nirvash typeZero]] amongst other mecha, which is why the titular robot looks so awesome.

* CatchPhrase: Sirius' "How disgraceful..." Gen's "Special training!", and Reika's "How unfortunate...".

* ClingyJealousGirl: Silvia to Sirius. Otoha to Touma. Needless to say, they don't enjoy it when their men show affection to someone other than them. [[spoiler:At least Silvia grows out of it with time. Otoha... doesn't. No, really. She never gets over it, and then Silvia kills her. [[CurbstompBattle In one blow]].]]

* {{Cosplay}}: Played completely serious. Fed up with the Element Users constantly playing the blame game, Fudou gets the idea (from Sirius' words no less) to have each member portray another Element User, assuming their appearance and personality. HilarityEnsues from the matches (Apollo and Sirius, Silvia and Reika, Pierre and Chloe, Jun and Tsugumi; while it would seem that Sophia and Fudou have swapped, it turns out that [[spoiler:Fudou has been impersonating Rena ''the entire time'']]), but there's a method to his madness. By seeing through the eyes of their comrades, each Element User [[BeYourself is able to accept who they are]], as well as appreciate the unique traits that their comrades bring to the table, understanding that together, any trio can compensate for the shortcomings of the individual units.

* EndOfSeriesAwareness: You know that [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/31589/ triangle]] that flashes whenever the Aquarion gets a new attack? The very last one of the series reads "-AQUARION FINAL EPISODE- I HOPE TO BE CONTINUED".

* HairDecorations: Tsugumi.

* FreakyFridayFlip: Played with ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny gloriously]]'' in the "Cosplay of the Soul" episode.

* HalloweenEpisode: "Black Mirror", in all but name. It's kind of funny to watch a 20-story robot startle.

* HatePlague[=/=]MindRape[=/=]YourMindMakesItReal: The Shadow Angels are just as likely to resort to psychological warfare as they are to commence with a physical assault.

* HopelessSuitor: Otoha, TheDragon to Touma, is [[IncrediblyLamePun head-over-wings]] for him and her loyalty ''[[UndyingLoyalty knows no bounds]]'' for the one man she loves. While he does return her affections to a certain degree , Touma has made it clear that he'll sacrifice her without a moment's hesitation should she become a liability or present an opportunity to get an advantage over the humans (as seen when the Shadow Angels attempted to retrieve a feather belonging to their civilization), a fact that Otoha herself is more than aware of. However, her knowledge of Touma's love for Apollonius seems to be variable; [[PingPongNaivete at times, she's depressed because she knows she'll never woo him away from Apollonius; at others, she's confident that Touma has abandoned such foolish feelings]]. Any half-ass excuse he makes about his feelings towards Apollonius are '''''DAMNABLE LIES'''''. 'Tis a shame; Otoha [[EvilIsSexy is actually quite the looker]] (perhaps excluding [[spoiler:the [[ExtraEyes extra set of]] MismatchedEyes she hides under her hood]]) and [[spoiler:ultimately dies fighting for him]].

* HotAmazon: Apollo and Pierre constantly refer to Silvia as "Amazon", albeit it would seem to be a sarcastic running joke at times.
* [[HotMom Hot]] [[HotDad Parents]]: From what we can see of Sirius and Silvia's mother and father, they fit the bill. Also, [[spoiler:Apollonius and Celiane, given that they started the Royal Family's lineage in the first place.]]

* LatexPerfection: Gen Fudou manages to pull an ''epic'' one in "cosplay of the soul", by disguising himself of someone who is half his size.

* LoveDodecahedron: It was a trainwreck waiting to happen. From the beginning of the series, Sirius, Reika, and Glen seem to be in a LoveTriangle [[spoiler:one that's put on hold when Glen is put in a coma]]. Sirius and Reika [[UnresolvedSexualTension have some chemistry together]], but Reika is usually reluctant due to confidence issues and the fears that [[CosmicPlaything her bad luck]] will rub off on anyone who gets too close to her. And then there's Silvia, [[BigBrotherAttraction who has eyes for her brother]] which stems from his PromotionToParent in the wake of [[ParentalAbandonment their parents' deaths]] and is "justified" by her believing him to be [[ReincarnationRomance the reincarnation of her lover, Apollonius]]; she is ''deeply jealous'' of Sirius/Reika. Things because ''worse'' when Silvia and Apollo begin to form a romantic bond towards the end of the series. Tsugumi seems to like Jun, but also [[LesYay has a crush on Reika]] so blatantly obvious that you'd have to be blind to not notice it ([[ObliviousToLove Reika doesn't]]. Outside of this, Sophia seems to have feelings for Fudou ("Have you ever loved someone?") and is visibly upset when he answers "Yes". However, his words imply that he referring to [[spoiler:both his past life (lives?) ''and'']] Sophia, thus reciprocating her affection. Lurking in the background is Pierre, [[LovableSexManiac who shamelessly makes advances on nearly every female in Daeva]], something that is temporarily amplified by his addiction to merging. Once he accepts that he pursued many a woman (a flashback shows him to have quite a few girlfriends) was his waying of coping with getting hurt (stemming from his first love Esperanza), [[CharacterDevelopment he mellows out]] and becomes a ChivalrousPervert. To many's surprise (''especially'' Kurt's), Chloe expresses her love for Pierre in the finale, although hints of this were dropped back during the infamous "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Cosplay of the Soul]]" event. And that's not even getting into the Shadow Angels. Touma is trying to win back Apollo(nius), who left him for Celiane 12,000 years ago, thus beginning the mess that Daeva has to deal with in the present. In the meanwhile, Otoha is hopelessly in love with Touma, whose teasing is [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation ambiguously open]]. At best, he actually ''wouldn't'' mind pursuing a more romantic relationship with his overly-devoted right-hand woman (remember, he actually ''kisses'' her), but is ultimately caught in a deathly vice grip by his anger and depression towards Apollonius' betrayal; at worst, he is toying with her emotions to manipulate her like any MagnificentBastard would (remember, he actually ''kisses'' her). And remember, all of this is usually ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: One particular cherubim that uses an invisibility cloak fires off salvoes of these. Hardly surprising, given [[{{Macross}} the creator's previous work]].
* MeaningfulName: "Vectors". Now, [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs whether they make sense to sane minds is a different issue]].

* [[spoiler: OneTrueThreesome : The ending with Toma, Apollonius and part of Celion together forever inside Aquarion.]]
* TheNoseKnows: Apollo has an inhumanly keen sense of smell, capable of detecting...well, pretty much anything the plot calls for, really. Implicitly {{Handwaved}} as being the result of his harsh upbringing, but the scope of his ability is so truly ludicrous that it might be more plausible to attribute it to his Element Powers.

** He can also smell [[YouFailPhysicsForever lasers]].

* OffModel: Quite a bit of it in ''Mischief Without Malice''.

* PowerOfTrust: Usually played straight. [[spoiler:Sadly subverted during the start of Sirius' FaceHeelTurn, where Reika is ''horrified'' to discover that Sirius has the blood of Shadow Angels in him (plus the feathers) and withdraws her hand, shunning Sirius and prompting him to fully crossover to the enemy's side.]]

** Played right in Wings of Glory, when [[spoiler: all the segments fly on their own and defreeze Earth]]
* [[SchoolgirlLesbians Schoolgirl Lesbian]]: Tsugumi has a clear-as-day (if unreciprocated) crush on Reika.

* ShoutOut: Three jets that can transform into different configuration's of robot's depending on who's jet is leading? Sounds ALOT like ''GetterRobo'' had some infulence on the mecha design.
** 'Angels' buried beneath Antarctica, an [[NoodleIncident incident]] ravaging the Earth, and Young people piloting highly-empathic mecha are all reminiscent of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

* SuperRobot

** It also appears in ''AnotherCenturysEpisode R'', as the token SuperRobot series, alongside 5 other ''SuperRobotWarsZ'' shows.

** Sometimes causes SoundtrackDissonance, especially in the earlier episodes where "Sousei No Aquarion" was the main theme. Something just seems a little off about playing a heartfelt song proclaiming undying love while ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome dribbling a Humongous Mecha into orbit like a soccer ball!]]''

*** Arguably Pierre's CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: A lot of the attacks.

* YouFailPhysicsForever: [[spoiler:Solar Aquarion]] creating additional mass from within itself sounds like this but its based on the mahima [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhi siddhi]].

* ArmiesAreEvi: [[spoiler:Aww, poor Futaba. Oh, and Glen, too.]]

* CallingYourAttacks: "''INFINITY PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANCH!''" (and this is one of the ''less silly'' attacks).
** On the contrary, the Infinity Punch is among the most awesome of Aquarion's moves.

* TheEvilArmy: [[spoiler:Aww, poor Futaba. Oh, and Glen, too.]]

** 'Angels' buried beneath Antarctica? An [[NoodleIncident incident]] ravaging the Earth? Young people piloting highly-empathic mecha? [[{{NeonGenesisEvangelion}} Does that remind you of anything?]]
*** Eva/DEava?