History Anime / GingaHyouryuuVifam

* NoSocialSkills: Sharon is rather blunt, haughty and boyish, owing to her single mother not being around much to take care of her due to a dancing career (which may possibly be [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow exotic strip dancing]]).

''Galactic Drifter Vifam'' or ''Round Vernian Vifam'' or ''Space Castaway Vifam'' (''Ginga Hyōryū Vifam'') is a Creator/{{Sunrise}} mecha anime that first aired in 1983, conceived by Creator/YoshiyukiTomino (''Vifam'' is, in fact, the reworking of a very early concept for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' which involved a cast of children) and directed by Takeyuki Kanda. It included mechanical designs by artists Creator/KunioOkawara and Mamoru Nagano, as well as character designs by Toyoo Ashida. A remake, ''Galactic Drifter Vifam 13'' was created 15 years later.

''Galactic Drifter Vifam'' or ''Round Vernian Vifam'' or ''Space Castaway Vifam'' (''Ginga Hyōryū Vifam'') is a Creator/{{Sunrise}} mecha anime that first aired in 1983, conceived by Creator/YoshiyukiTomino and directed by Takeyuki Kanda. It included mechanical designs by artists Creator/KunioOkawara and Mamoru Nagano, as well as character designs by Toyoo Ashida. A remake, ''Galactic Drifter Vifam 13'' was created 15 years later.

* AcePilot: Roddy proves to be pretty skilled as a pilot of Vifam unit 07.

* FallingIntoTheCockpit: Both justified and handled fairly realistically; Bart already learned how to pilot Round Vernians sometime before the events of the show start, and his knowledge of VR training allows Roddy and Maki to take it up before going out in the battlefield. When Sharon ''does'' try to invoke the trope, she welds custom-made foot pedals so that she, Fred and Kents can pilot Round Vernians despite their shorter heights. Since they had no training whatsoever, it goes [[HilarityEnsues as disastrously]] [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome as one would expect]], so while Fred and Kents later get better piloting experiences, Sharon got so discouraged by the incident that she sticks to manning one of the Janous' turrets.

During the year A.D. 2058, hostile forces (collectively known as the "Astrogaters") attack the human colony at Clayad, the third planet of the Ypserlon system, which is located 43 light years away from Earth. Because of this, the colonists on Clayad are evacuated from the planet by the human military. During the confusion, some of the human children become stranded from their parents and escape in the training combat space ship, the Janous. With the help of the ship's defense systems, they manage to arrive at Belwick, the fourth planet of the system, where other humans supposedly live. However, upon arriving they discover that the colony at Belwick had already been destroyed by the enemies too. Learning to pilot the [[AMechByAnyOtherName VIFAMs]], the 13 children decide to escape to Earth by themselves.

* AcePilot: Roddy proves to be pretty skilled as a Vifam pilot.

* RealRobot

* AdultsAreUseless: In the first arc we have a bunch of children holed up in an abandoned military installation with some weapons, and elsewhere on the same planet we have the Terran military in a state-of-the-art underground facility. The children manage to beat back several enemy attacks, while the military base gets wiped out along with all personnel after just one. On the other hands, the attacks against children installation were just scouting by small groups, which weren't exactly even sure that there are anyone here, while attack on military base was full-scale strike with large force involved.