History Anime / VanDread

Over time, the three men and the enormous gang of women come to an understanding, and they work together to unravel the bigger mysteries of the universe, like the origin of their robotic enemies and the fate of the other human colonies. A very funny and enjoyable dose of ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'' meets ''LoveHina'' meets ''StarTrekVoyager''.

** English Version: (Once again, many, [[GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Togusa]]: [[spoiler:(Guy!BC)]], [[GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex The Major]]: (Jura), [[GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Batou]]: (Kokoperi), [[TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya Yuki Nagato]] (Belvedere Coco), [[DigimonTamers Yamaki]] (Duelo) [[DigimonTamers Renamon]] (Gascogne) and many more... )

* EnemyMine: The men of Tarak and the women of Mejale, along with various factions/planets that the Nirvana interacted with throughout the series, end up all fighting together against the Harvester fleets from Earth.

* NotSoDifferent: The three men and the women aboard the Nirvana gradually learn to get along with each other, and then they learn the truth about the Harvesters and Earth.

* SterilityPlague: The heroes come across a planet in the second season which had this done to them by Earth. Needless to say, they cure it.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The crew of the Nirvana at first seem to have no luck convincing most of the groups they encounter about the imminent threat posed by Earth. But in the end, many of them show up to assist the Nirvana in the struggle when they all begin to realize that they in fact have a common goal, which is to not be used for parts by Earth.

* BigEater: Despite Misty's [[{{Hammerspace}} implausible]] [[CrazyPrepared food storage]], Hibiki can still wolf down ''all'' of her intentionally prepared cooking without feeling full

** In hindsight, [[spoiler:BT probably doesn't count anymore. Unless that's your thing of course...]].

* Dita Liebely, a child-like, bubbly GenkiGirl, who's obsessed with aliens. She calls Hibiki "Uchujin-san" ("Mister Alien" in the English dub). She can't cook too well, but then, Hibiki was raised on synthetic food pellets.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Hilariously played with the first time Vandread Jura comes into play. Jura is highly disappointed it doesn't look the least bit elegant, the bridge crew think it looks like a giant crab, and at first appearance, didn't seem all that impressive. However, once Jura learned it was a shielding god that could defend an entire planet by itself, she grew to like it, even invoking this trope in an emotional sense.
** Hibiki during his card games with Gascogne. He always tries to place his cards down in a really dramatic fashion, only to have Gascogne nonchalantly beat his hand.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The crew of the Nirvana at first seem to have no luck convincing most of the groups they encounter about the imminent threat posed by Earth. But in the end, many of them show up to assist the Nirvana in the struggle when they all begin to realize that they in fact have a common goal, which is to not be used for parts by Earth.

* IGotBetter ([[spoiler: Gascogne, who supposedly died in a {{Heroic Sacrifice}} that no one could survive. She comes back not only alive, but somehow having managed to get onto, taken over, and piloted a giant enemy mothership.]])

* Dita Liebely, a child-like, bubbly GenkiGirl, who's obsessed with aliens. She calls Hibiki "Uchujin-san" (literally "Mr. Spaceman"). She can't cook too well, but then, Hibiki was raised on synthetic food pellets.

* LesYay: It is mainly between Barnette and Jura, justified in that they were both from a lesbian-based world setting. In ''Second Stage'', it happens briefly between Misty and Meia

* FreudWasRight (The way the girls (Dita and Jura more than Meia) fight over who gets to combine with Hibiki, not to mention Barnette's jealousy of Jura's intense desire to combine with Hibiki and the fact that a Vanguard can ''only'' combine with a Dread, not another Vanguard...yes, the CombiningMecha are ''totally'' a metaphor for sex)
** The Tarak ship and the pirate ship combining, with Bart as its pilot Buck-nekkid and all) represents reproduction.
*** To analyze that metaphor further, the [[spoiler:Nirvana's development of what amounts to a Wave-Motion Gun and the uncooperativeness of the Paxis at the time are an obvious analogue for Puberty, and the actual firing of said gun could be one for ejaculation.]]
** At least early on, whenever Hibiki and the girls were done, the boy was absolutely exhausted for no real reason, especially if he combined multiple times in a battle.
*** In that case, the [[spoiler:Super Vandread would be an analogue to a... fivesome? Hibiki, Dita, Meia, Jura and not to forget Pyoro...]]
**** Maybe a convoluted summary of their final relationships, or that they are one big happy family?
** The first time Hibiki and Meia combined, when we first saw them after the last Harvester was destroyed, they both collapsed in their seats exhausted, taking in deep, panting breaths. I think they were sweating too.
** Seriously? How has no-one mentioned Dita's highly... ''suggestive'' bouncy-ness after the second use of Vandread Dita??? XD
* FridgeBrilliance: At first glance, the fact that EVERY female on the ship (who is neither absurdly old nor young) is VERY well endowed seems to be plain ol' fanservice. [[spoiler:However, given the fact that the Pirate's home planet was created so that reproductive organs could be harvested for use on Earth, it makes perfect sense that Mejale women would be better equipped than normal]]. This is made more apparent by Misty's (a non-Mejalian) being of relatively normal build as compared to Dita, who is the same age yet FAR more developed.
** Hibiki is similar, being rather scrawny campared to every other man he's known. [[spoiler:Then it turns out he, unlike the others, he was ''not'' grown in a factory. Hibiki hasn't gone through gene therapy at all and thus lacks some manly advantages.]]

* MissonControl: BC usually performs this role, but Magno sometimes assists or takes command.

* KineticWeaponsAreBetter: While it seems the series uses energy weapons, during episode 4 of Season 2, when Jura tries firing an energy weapon at the harvesters invading the inside of a space station, it doesn't do anything to it. Barnette suggests that she use the guns she brought, which uses regular bullets, and are quite effective against those things. At least while they have ammo for them.

* LoverTugOfWar

* BlueWithShock: Happens to Dita when Misty takes Hibiki's FirstKiss.

* FirstGirlWins

* SpacePirates

* ThroughHisStomach

* GattacaBabies (Genetic engineering lets two males have a baby who's born in a factory, while with two females, one of them carries the engineered baby to term in the normal style. In a way, CloningBlues ensues)

* [=~Screw The Rules, I'm Doing What's Right~=] (Hibiki launches into an epic speech near the end, hoping to rally support against the BigBad that Tarak and Mejale's planetary governments have denied the very existence of. As a result, [[spoiler:there's massive defections from the military of both planets, to form an impromptu defensive line against the forces from a degenerate Earth]]. It works.)

* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens (The Paksis)

* ShutUpHannibal
* {{Stripperiffic}} Somewhat averted, actually, given the suits worn by the pirates for ground ops are quite monstrous.
** Come on, you're forgetting that Jura's daily costume fits this very trope to a T?

* PinkBishoujoGhetto (Justified in that the story focuses on three guys that got captured by a squad of [[LadyLand Mejale]] outcasts.)

* AbsoluteCleavage: Just look at the page picture.