History Anime / Ozuma

Ozuma takes place in a future Earth where, due to an increase in temperature of the Sun, the Earth as we know it has dried up and turned into a harsh desert planet. The story follows Sam Coin, a young man that's part of a rag-tag band of sand pirates who dreams of one day catching an "Ozma": one of the legendary giant sand-whales. Along the way, he meets up with the mysterious Maya who's being chased by Theseus army. His act of rescuing her and bringing her onto their ship starts them on an adventure involving fanatical governments, pirates, [[CoolShip cool ships]] and an earth shattering mystery - in other words, it's a typical Matsumoto story, except that it's [[RecycledPremise set on a desert planet instead of in space]].

Where series fits in the (or if it is even part of) Anime/LeijiVerse is as of yet unknown.

* BadassCape: Worn by Captain Bainas, as is standard for [[Anime/CaptainHarlock badass ship captains]] in Matsumoto's works.

* DistaffCounterpart: Bainas is a combination of this to Anime/CaptainHarlock as well as an {{Expy}} of Emeraldas from the same series.
** Also Dr. Luna for Dr. Zero, also from the [[Anime/CaptainHarlock Harlock]] shows. Both are medical officers who are never seen without a bottle of alcohol, both also take care of Mii-kun - the ships cat (based on Matsumoto's real life cat).

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: The ships medical officer, Dr. Luna. Possibly a ShoutOut to the perpetually drunk Dr. Zero, medical officer of the [[Anime/CaptainHarlock Arcadia]].

** Sam is [[Anime/CaptainHarlock Tadashi Daiba]].

** Bainas is [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas Emeraldas]].
** Gido is [[Anime/CaptainHarlock Harlock]].
** Mimay is the exception to the rule being a female lead who, despite sharing the name with a character from Anime/CaptainHarlock, looks nothing like Matsumoto's previous female leads.

* TechnoBabble: There's lots of it, many of which are real naval terms, and the sand-submerge technology isn't entirely implausible.

%%* DistressedDamsel: Maya.

* ImpliedLoveInterest: Captain Bainas responds in such a way everytime she remembers Dick, that she thought very highly of him.[[spoiler: And in the final scene with Gido where she questions whether he's Gido or Dick and he responds with the goodbye he gave her before he left, her eyes and voice pretty much say it all.]]

* TheCaptain: Bainas.
* CoolShip: The Bardanos

* TheEmpire: Theseus.
* DistressedDamsel: Maya.

* MysteriousWaif: Maya.

* Really700YearsOld: [[spoiler: Maya]].

* SubStory

* [[spoiler: GrandTheftMe]]: [[spoiler: Eventually, to be able to keep on living since cloned bodies no longer work, the people of Theseus start kidnapping natural born Naturas and stealing their bodies.]]

* MilestoneCelebration: The 20th aniversary for Japanese broadcaster WOWOW.

** Maya is [[GalaxyExpress999 Maetel]].
** Bainas is [[Anime/CaptainHarlock Emeraldas]].

* {{Expy}}: The titular sand-whale, to ''MobyDick''. See also ReusedCharacterDesign below.

* BadassCape: Worn by Captain Bainas, as is standard for [[CaptainHarlock badass ship captains]] in Matsumoto's works.

* DistaffCounterpart: Bainas is a combination of this to CaptainHarlock as well as an {{Expy}} of Emeraldas from the same series.
** Also Dr. Luna for Dr. Zero, also from the [[CaptainHarlock Harlock]] shows. Both are medical officers who are never seen without a bottle of alcohol, both also take care of Mii-kun - the ships cat (based on Matsumoto's real life cat).

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: The ships medical officer, Dr. Luna. Possibly a ShoutOut to the perpetually drunk Dr. Zero, medical officer of the [[CaptainHarlock Arcadia]].

** Sam is [[CaptainHarlock Tadashi Daiba]].

** Bainas is [[CaptainHarlock Emeraldas]].
** Gido is [[CaptainHarlock Harlock]].
** Mimay is the exception to the rule being a female lead who, despite sharing the name with a character from CaptainHarlock, looks nothing like Matsumoto's previous female leads.

Where series fits in the (or if it is even part of) LeijiVerse is as of yet unknown.

''Ozuma'' aka ''OZMA'' is a 2012 anime by LeijiMatsumoto based on a concept he wrote back in TheEighties.

* BadassCape - Worn by Captain Bainas, as is standard for [[CaptainHarlock badass ship captains]] in Matsumoto's works.

* BelligerentSexualTension - Sam and Mimay, as much as you can get in Matsumoto's work anyway.
* TheCaptain - Bainas.
* CoolShip - the Bardanos
* DistaffCounterpart - Bainas is a combination of this to CaptainHarlock as well as an {{Expy}} of Emeraldas from the same series.

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl - the ships medical officer, Dr. Luna. Possibly a ShoutOut to the perpetually drunk Dr. Zero, medical officer of the [[CaptainHarlock Arcadia]].

* ImpliedLoveInterest - Captain Bainas responds in such a way everytime she remembers Dick, that she thought very highly of him.[[spoiler: And in the final scene with Gido where she questions whether he's Gido or Dick and he responds with the goodbye he gave her before he left, her eyes and voice pretty much say it all.]]

* NoodlePeople - in an elegant, refined way as is a staple of Matsumoto's art.
* Really700YearsOld - [[spoiler: Maya]].
* ReusedCharacterDesign - a staple of Matsumoto's works.

* SandIsWater - Substituting for SpaceIsAnOcean in Matsumoto's other works.

* SandWorm - the titular Ozma (though it's more of a sand whale than a worm).
* SilentRunningMode - Bainas orders the Bardanos to shut down their main engines to avoid detection by the enemies passive sonar. However, this risks overheating the boat as it prevents them from dissipating heat.