History Anime / Geneshaft

* {{Bishonen}}: Captain Hiroto, Mario, and Lord Sneak.

* {{Shout Out}}s: The titles of all episodes are variations on the titles of famous SF stories or straight references. [[Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress "The Moon is a Hard Master"]], [[Creator/ArthurCClarke "The Sentinel"]], [[Literature/ChildhoodsEnd "Childhood's Beginning"]], "Literature/TheShipWhoSang"...

* HumansAreFlawed: The point of the show. The new system of shaping humanity’s future with DNA is doomed to fail because humans are imperfect, and constraints like that will only make things worse. Yet, despite humans having nearly destroyed the world in the past, there is still hope that humanity can thrive on its own.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Humanity seems to have achieved something of a utopian society, but at a heavy cost to its...well, humanity. [[spoiler: In fact, Lord Sneak decided to push it UpToEleven with the support of the Rings by transforming the entirety of humanity into a single consciousness.]]

* AmazonianBeauty[=/=]StatuesqueStunner: Sofia Galgalim is the tallest and strongest member of the crew, which her genetic type (Purple) that provided her with enhanced physiques also complemented with her beauty.

* TechnoBabble: To the point of becoming ridiculous.

%%* LensFlare

%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * TechnoBabble: To the point of becoming ridiculous.
%% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ThirdPersonPerson: Jean.

%% Administrivia/TypeLabelsAreNotExamples * MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: The soundtrack covers everything from 3 to 8, and stays most of the time around 6.

* FantasticCasteSystem: Entire humanity in 23rd Century is divided into genetic types named after colors that marked their professions. Out of various colors, "white"--which Mika possesses--is considered inferior due to their lack of overt skills and traits.

* AnyoneCanDie: By the end of the story, [[spoiler:Remmy, Mario, [[BigBadDuumvirate Oberus, Sneak]], and even ''[[{{Deuteragonist}} Sophia]]'' all die.

* ConspicuousCG

* ImportantHaircut: Mir cuts her hair after [[spoiler:[[BrokenPedestal learning of Lord Sneak's betrayal]]]].

** Captain Jean Gedoo/Gedoux is a PsychopathicManchild who represents the corruption within the government. Ordered to capture the Strain crew heroines, Jean hounds them, abuses his subordinate, and disobeys orders by trying to kill the Strain crew to get at his rival Mario. When his subordinate accidentally wipes out nearly their whole fleet, Jean [[NeverMyFault blames her for his own recklessness]] and takes the opportunity to make himself the new commander. He then [[EvilGloating gloats about killing General Natalie]], a dear friend of Mario’s, and ultimately gets them both killed.

** [[spoiler:Lord Sergei the 4th Sneak]] is the terrorist leader allied with the AI Oberon. A [[HeManWomanHater misogynist]] and misanthrope, [[spoiler:Sneak]] hates the woman-run society and plays both the government and the terrorists to destroy it. [[spoiler:Sneak]] is abusive to his subordinates, uncaring if they die. Utterly obsessed with perfection, [[spoiler:Sneak]] is a narcissist who orchestrates every death in the plot to KillAllHumans and replace them with a perfect new race.
** Jean is a PsychopathicManchild who represents the corruption within the government. Ordered to capture the Strain crew heroines, Jean recklessly chases them, abuses his subordinate, laughs when she accidentally wipes out nearly their whole fleet because of the freedom it gives him, and sadistically tries to kill the Strain crew, laughing all the while.

* HeroicSacrifice: At one point in the series it could become a drinking game.

* PosthumousCharacter: Ryoko, Mika’s childhood friend whom she thought Captain Hiroto was responsible for killing to save himself when the escape pod lacks enough air for both of them. Unfortunately, Ryoko's death was considered "expendable" by the society because she had an identical "sister" and lower genetic strata than her captain--who Mika hate him for these reasons initially--or [[spoiler: it was the fact that Ryoko who jettisoned herself off the escape pod in a HeroicSacrifice for her superior Hiroto's survival]].

* AnyoneCanDie: By the end of the story, [[spoiler:Remmy, Mario, [[BigBadDuumvirate Oberus, Sneak]], and even ''[[{{Deuteragonist Sophia]]'' all die.

%% ZeroContextExample * TechnoBabble: To the point of becoming ridiculous.
%% ZeroContextExample * ThirdPersonPerson: Jean.

* FantasticCasteSystem: Entire humanity in 23rd Century is divided into genetic types named after colors that marked their professions. Out of various colors, "white" is considered inferior [[InformedAttribute but the reasons was never shown other than Mika's relatively less attractive features or unique skills compared to other crew]].

It's the 23rd century. Humanity has had a series of devastating wars behind it, putting it on the brink of extinction. In an attempt to deal with this problem, human population has been put under control through genetic engineering. Everyone has a set destiny from birth and the ratio between woman and men has been brought to 9:1, since most of the problems seem to stem from male aggression. People are categorized according to their genetic profile, which leads to certain Skills. Love and passion are largely eliminated--but not fully.

Humanity faces its largest threat yet when gigantic rings appear in the space around earth, one of which promptly destroys several large cities--one with Mika's mama in it. To fight the rings, a special space ship has been constucted: the Bilkis. On board it carries a special weapon in the form of one of the weirdest-looking HumongousMecha ever devised in anime: the Shaft. Mika is put onboard of the Bilkis and has to challenge both the alien threat and convince the crew--and herself--of her "white" potential.

* HumongousMecha: The Shaft.

* AnyoneCanDie: By the end of the story, [[spoiler:Remmy, Mario, [[BigBadDuumvirate Oberus, Sneak]], and even ''[[{{Deuteragonist Sophia]]'' all die]].

* ImprobablyFemaleCast: The show features a society openly declared to be 90% female. Justified in that the entire society is genetically engineered to have a 1:9 female-male ratio because men are seen as too aggressive (and also because it allows the few male characters to have a SupportingHarem; and, in the case of villains like Jean and BigBad [[spoiler:Lord Sneak]], to easily prove that they WouldHitAGirl).