History Anime / GenesisOfAquarion

%% * CharClone: Sirius de Alisia fits the bill for this one.

* AccidentalKiss
* AnAesop: Every single one of Fudou's lessons. They're all ridiculous as well.
** It gets to the point that even people like Sirius, Sophia, and Jerome have ''no clue'' about what Fudou's getting at. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Apollo at one point.
-->'''Apollo''': "Even if a spring is never discovered, it still continues to flow... whatever that means."

* AlmostKiss
* AloofBigBrother: Sirius.
* AnimeThemeSong: Some of Music/YokoKanno's finest work.
* ArmiesAreEvil: [[spoiler:Aww, poor Futaba. Oh, and Glen, too.]]
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: [[spoiler:Solar Aquarion]] creating additional mass from within itself sounds like this [[ShownTheirWork but it's based on the mahima]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhi siddhi.]]
* ArtShift: Used as a MindScrew by Futaba.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Most notably in the Gattai sequences and when an incapacitated Element User is teleported out.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Apollo and Silvia, although the sexual tension really surfaces when the belligerence starts to die down.
* BetterThanSex: Basically when they describe how it feels when they merge ships.
* {{BFG}}: PSG Cannon.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Reika dresses the part, complete with another girl crushing on her. It doesn't make her any less desirable to the guys, though. [[spoiler: On the other hand, Sirius is the partial reincarnation of a ''woman'', so his attraction to her probably has more layers to it.]]

** Doesn't make it any less creepy that she has a giant stuffed doll of him on her bed.

* BlessedWithSuck: Tsugumi can create explosions when her pulse reaches its peak, and has probably the strongest raw power of all the Element Users; unfortunately, she's really bad at controlling her emotions, so whenever she gets excited or anxious things around her tend to go [[StuffBlowingUp KABOOM]]. It's heavily implied that because of this she was [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer shunned by her family and friends]].

* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:Glen, due to genetic experimentation by the military with Futaba's extracted feather, becomes a mindless SuperSoldier. He breaks free of it at Reika's urging, only to enact a kamikaze HeroicSacrifice about five minutes later.]]

** It is also a case of AlienGeometries, because it appears as an "impossible" polyhedron.
* TheBrute: Angel Moroha. You'd think from the first opening the brute would be the masked gorilla-dinosaur.
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Apollo to Silvia at the finale.]]
* ButtMonkey: Jean-Jerome. Never right about anything.
* CallingYourAttacks: "''INFINITY PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANCH!''"
* CannonFodder: Cherubim Blumebatts, although it is somewhat subverted as they easily destroy military vehicles.
* CaptainErsatz: The Aquarion itself uses a transformation scheme almost identical to ''Manga/GetterRobo''.
* CatchPhrase: Sirius' "How disgraceful...", Gen's "Special training!", and Reika's "How unfortunate..."
* CharacterDevelopment: Really good one.
* CharClone: Sirius de Alisia fits the bill for this one.

** Yes, this does mean that the pilot being replaced comes out at mission control completely naked. Invariably results in BarbieDollAnatomy.
* CombiningMecha: The titular Aquarion. In three different ways, depending on which of the three vectors forms the body.

* {{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.
** The same episode shows that Jun is an {{Otaku}} who regularly attends Anime and Cosplay conventions.
* CuteBruiser: Silvia.

** Just listen to Silvia during the uniting in the first episode.
* DodgeTheBullet: Cherubim Lune.
* TheDragon: Otoha.
* DreamWeaver: Titania.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Gen Fudou on occasions during his [[CatchPhrase "Special Training!"]]
* ElegantGothicLolita: Rena, who always wear such an outfit, and who is also [[spoiler:a vampire]].

* ExtraEyes: Otoha. Usually obscured by her [[InTheHood hood]], but they become more prevalent whenever she's greatly incensed.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Sirius]] near the end of the anime. Complete with a snazzy EvilCostumeSwitch.

** Touma being a [[WhiteHairBlackHeart White-Haired Pretty Boy]] ''and'' an out-an-out member of the Yaoi club falls straight under this.
** In universe example: Jun has a robotic doll that has multiple sets of fanservicey clothes.
* FearfulSymmetry: Mirror Aquarion.
* FourGirlEnsemble: Silvia, Reika, Rena, and Tsugumi fit this dynamic.
* FreakyFridayFlip: Played with in the "Cosplay of the Soul" episode.
* GiantEqualsInvincible: Regular cherubim soldiers are not affected by military weapons.
** Cherubim Graave takes in a step further with the addition of PoweredArmor.

* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Sirius and Silvia.]]
* HalfIdenticalTwins: Kurt and Chloe.
* HalloweenEpisode: "Black Mirror," in all but name. It's kind of funny to watch a 20-story robot startle.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Sirius' rapier. Where does he hide it? [[AssShove Up his ass?]] Actually... don't answer that last one.
* HatePlague[=/=]MindRape[=/=]YourMindMakesItReal: The Shadow Angels are just as likely to resort to psychological warfare as they are to bring the battle directly to DEAVA.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Again, Sirius]].
** [[spoiler:Touma, too, if his HeelRealization thanks to Silvia in the GrandFinale is anything to attest to.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Apollo and Baron in the {{Backstory}}.

* HordeOfAlienLocusts: The Mongie even to the point of [[spoiler:consuming Aquarion, although thanks to Rena it reforms from a tree]].
* HotTeacher: Sophia.
** And ''she'' seems to have eyes for Fudou...
* HumongousMecha: This ''is'' a Kawamori series.
* IceCreamKoan: Gen Fudou's primary method of instruction. They somehow teach the pilots important lessons, but that doesn't stop anybody from noting that they rarely make sense.

* ItsAllMyFault: Reika blames herself for Glenn falling into a coma.
** Not to mention when anything bad happens when she's around.

* LastKiss: [[spoiler:Apollo kisses Silvia before his HeroicSacrifice.]]

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

* MacrossMissileMassacre: One particular cherubim that uses an invisibility cloak fires off salvos of these. Hardly surprising, given [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross the creator's previous work]].
* MeaningfulName: "Vectors."
** The name references vectors in math and physics. If the vectors aren't moving in a similar nature, the overall force and direction of said force is diminished. Isn't this similar to the point of the Vectors themselves? If the pilots are moving in different directions, the merging is marred.
* MonsterOfTheWeek

* MultinationalTeam: The Element Users.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Rena. Suitably enough, we later discover that [[spoiler:she's a vampire]].
* NerdGlasses: Jun, natch.
* TheNoseKnows: Apollo has an inhumanly keen sense of smell, capable of detecting... well, pretty much anything the plot calls for, really. Implicitly {{hand wave}}d 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.
** To put this in context, he regularly figures things out through his sense of smell ''while piloting Aquarion''. That's right, he can smell things on the battlefield from inside his cockpit. Usually from several hundred feet away.
** He can also smell [[ArtisticLicensePhysics lasers]].

* OldMaster: [[spoiler:Gen Fudou, if only [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld on a technicality]]]].
* OminousLatinChanting: A staple of the soundtrack, especially in scenes focusing on the Shadow Angels in their headquarters.
* OnlySaneMan: There are times when Jerome seems to be the only one acting like the battle against the Shadow Angels is a war to stop the genocide and consumption of mankind instead of a chance to sling metaphors.
** However, the tradeoff is that he veers into WellIntentionedExtremist territory, best shown with [[spoiler:the killing of Futaba and the genetic experimentation on Glen by the military that (temporarily) turns him into a [[{{Brainwashed}} mindless puppet]]]].
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Sort of. If you get technical, the ''datenshi'' are only angels in that they apply a pun. Their kanji doesn't actually use "angel."

* PermaStubble: Fudou.
* PowerEchoes: The Shadow Angels. With a few notable exceptions, their mouths don't move when they're speaking, suggesting [[{{Telepathy}} telepathic communication]].
%%* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Silvia is the beauty, Reika is the brains, and Tsugumi is the brawn.
%%* FreudianTrio: Silvia is the Id, Tsugumi is the Ego, and Reika is the Superego.
%%* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Tsugumi is nice, Silvia is mean, and Reika is in-between.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Usually how the protagonists win their battles, until later in the series it's superseded by...
* ThePowerOfLove: Though they have also won battles with the power of jealousy, the power of bad luck, and the power of hunger.
* 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 cross over to the enemy's side.]]
* PsychicPowers
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:Gen Fudou]] and [[spoiler:Rena]]; all Shadow Angels, being technically ageless, also qualify.
* RedOniBlueOni: Apollo and Sirius, Silvia and Reika.

* ReincarnationRomance

* RocketPunch: Solar Aquarion's Infinity Punch has the spirit of this trope, except it never actually detaches. Instead, it has an ''infinite'' number of extendable arm segments [[TelescopingRobot packed inside each other]].
** Played right in ''Wings of Glory'', when [[spoiler:all the segments fly on their own and defreeze Earth]].
* RuleOfCool: A lot of the attacks, sometimes crossing over into MundaneMadeAwesome.

** [[spoiler:Well, that and being the first successful guinea pig for the military's super-soldier program...]]
* ShoutOut: Three jets that can transform into different configuration's of robot's depending on who's jet is leading? Sounds A LOT like ''Manga/GetterRobo'' had some influence on the mecha design.

* SinisterGeometry: Antichthon.

* StarCrossedLovers: Apollonius and Celiane.
** [[spoiler:Apollo and Silvia in the GrandFinale.]]

* SuperRobotGenre

* SwissArmyHero: Swiss Army Mecha: Depending on the configuration of the Vectors, [[MultiformBalance Aquarion can assume different forms]]. The main ones are Sol (GoodOldFisticuffs), Luna (TheStraightAndArrowPath), and Mars (ILikeSwords and PlayingWithFire), although circumstances have forced the team to improvise on occasion.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Fudou and Pierre.
* TelescopingRobot: Again, Aquarion Sol's Infinity Punch.

** 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 ''dribbling a Humongous Mecha into orbit like a soccer ball!''
** There's an instance where it's actually the pilots singing their own show's theme song to get a power-up.

%%* TrialBalloonQuestion
* TrueCompanions: The Element Users, and especially important for Apollo, who puts friendship before everything else. Rena [[spoiler:is a ReallySevenHundredYearsOld vampire?]] Who cares, she's my friend. Sirius and Silvia [[spoiler:are [[HalfHumanHybrid part-Shadow Angel]]?]] Who cares, they're my friends. And so on and so forth.

* {{Tsundere}}: Silvia. She does get better as time goes on.
* TwinTelepathy: Kurt and Chloe.
** The twin monsters Kumba and Nikumba also do this with their core.

* WaxOnWaxOff: Every single training regimen Gen Fudou puts the Element Users through.
** Which also leads to some moments of HilarityEnsues in some episodes, such as "Cosplay of the Soul"...

* WomanScorned: Touma, despite being male, is precisely this after being dumped by Apollonius in favour of Celiane.

* 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]]. In spite of her ''awareness'' as this role given Touma and Apollonius' history, [[PingPongNaivete Otoha pinballs between depression over knowing there will never be a true place in Touma's heart for her and haughty arrogance that she'll be the one to win his affections.]]

* {{Bishonen}}: Touma, Apollonius, and Sirius.
** Kind of-sort of "justified" in Sirius' case, what with being [[spoiler:one half of a two-person reincarnation of a woman.]]

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The Gospel version of the main theme played in the last episode. In fact, it's so good and there's so much English in it that it's more like GratuitousJapanese. Less surprising when you learn the singer was born in America and raised there for 8 years.

In July 2015, a new television series, ''Anime/AquarionLogos'', began airing. Before it, an OVA [[CrisisCrossover crossover with Evol]] was released. A 4th series, ''Aquarion: Myth of Emotions'', was [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-20/aquarion-anime-gets-4th-series-titled-sosei-no-aquarion-myth-of-emotions/.196172 announced]] in 2023.

In July 2015, a new television series, ''Anime/AquarionLogos'', began airing. Before it, an OVA [[CrisisCrossover crossover with Evol]] was released.

A 4th series, ''Aquarion: Myth of Emotions'', was [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-03-20/aquarion-anime-gets-4th-series-titled-sosei-no-aquarion-myth-of-emotions/.196172 announced]] in 2023.

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

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Aquarion uses this on Futaba.

* {{Fanservice}}: Plenty of {{shower scene}}s, {{shirtless scene}}s, {{Gainaxing}}, and MaleGaze. Pretty much every major Element User plays Fanservicer at some point in the series.

* WeaponOfChoice: Sirius wields a rapier, adding to his composed and foppish air, while Apollo (on the few occasions he is seen with a sword) uses a broad-bladed scimitar more appropriate to his wild, feral personality.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Apollo, [[XMarksTheHero with matching scars to boot]]!

** Taken UpToEleven in the instance where it's actually the pilots singing their own show's theme song to get a power-up.

* {{Meganekko}}: Tsugumi.

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