To Top
[ Books | Comics | Dr Who | Kites | Model Trains | Music | Sooners | People | RVC | Shows | Stamps | USA ]
[ About | Terminology | Legend | Blog | Quotes | Links | Stats | Updates | Settings ]

Movie or Show Details

Blue Gender
Television; Anime
8 Oct 1999 - 31 Mar 2000
Sex; Nudity; Graphic Violence
Japan
Japanese
2007
25 min
Oneday
Let Me
I'd seen these a while ago on the DVD rack at Suncoast.  I finally got around to renting them.
Anime; Adventure; Drama; Horror; Mecha; Science Fiction
See Description
Blue Gender (ブルージェンダー Buru Jenda) is a 26-episode anime created by Ryousuke Takahashi (of Armored Trooper Votoms and Gasaraki fame) broadcast in Japan from 1999-2000.

It is the story of Yuji Kaido, an average guy who was diagnosed with a serious disease in the near future and was put into cryogenic stasis. When he wakes up, he discovers that a race of insectoid beings called "Blue" have overrun the Earth and that he may very well be the key to the survival of the human race.

Yuji's years of hibernation are finally ended when a group of soldiers from an orbiting space colony called 2nd Earth are ordered to recover "sleepers" around the Earth. Among them, the soldier Marlene Angel develops a strong bond with Yuji over time. As Yuji and the soldiers try to escape earth, Yuji meets many of the Humans still left on Earth. The blue eventually kill all the soldiers except for Marlene, who is devoted to her duty to get Yuji to second Earth. Along the way Yuji and Marlene become closer. Eventually Yuji and Marlene reach a ship in Russia and leave to 2nd earth. Yuji is injured on the ship by a blue that was on board. Marlene and Yuji are separated, and Marlene is sent back into training. She rebels and is bent on finding Yuji. When she does she finds that he is being trained for a new Armor Strike that is much stronger than the originals. On 2nd earth scientists reveal the nature of the illness that put Yuji in stasis and the source of the insect monsters called the Blue is the same. The Earth, in an effort to curb rising population, activated dormant B cells in the human bodies which in turn led to the creation of the first Blue.

The show draws heavy influences from many different science fiction sources, the most prevalent is Starship Troopers, with enemies that look like bugs and the resistance riding in Exoskeleton-like mechas.

Blue Gender was created by the Japanese animation studio, AIC and is distributed in the United States by FUNimation. In 2003, Blue Gender was released on American television as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim (albeit edited to remove its graphic violence and sexual content). There is also a compilation movie (Blue Gender: The Warrior) available on DVD. The series was also shown on the Sci-Fi Channel in the UK in 2002-2003.

From Wikipedia
English
Laura Bailey as Marlene Angel
Eric Vale as Yuji Kaidou
Dameon Clarke as Dice Quaid
Kasey Buckley as Elena
Carol Hope as Minnie White
Jerry Jewell as Tony Frost
Lisa Ortiz as Alicia Whistle
John Burgmeier as Joey Heald
Kyle Hebert as Robert Bradley


Japanese
Kuwashima Houko as Marlene Angel
Kenji Nojima as Yuji Kaidou
Banjou Ginga as Dice Quaid
Nishimura Chinami as Elena
Hiroyuki Satou as Tony Frost
Miwa Yasuda as Alicia Whistle
Hisayoshi Suganuma as Joey Heald
Yukitoshi Hori as Robert Bradley
FUNimation - Licensed by
AIC - Production Company
Toshiba EMI - Production Company
Links
Seasons / Episodes
1
08-Oct-1999
2
15-Oct-1999
3
22-Oct-1999
4
29-Oct-1999
5
05-Nov-1999
6
12-Nov-1999
7
19-Nov-1999
8
26-Nov-1999
9
03-Dec-1999
10
10-Dec-1999
11
17-Dec-1999
12
24-Dec-1999
13
14-Jan-2000
14
21-Jan-2000
15
28-Jan-2000
16
04-Feb-2000
17
11-Feb-2000
18
18-Feb-2000
19
25-Feb-2000
20
03-Mar-2000
21
10-Mar-2000
22
17-Mar-2000
23
17-Mar-2000
24
24-Mar-2000
25
24-Mar-2000
26
31-Mar-2000
Songs
Opening Theme
Title: Tokihanate!


Lyrics:

Hito-suji no hikari wo motome Hitasura doko made mo
Tada amayou yami no naka wo
Kanashimi ni shihai sarete 'ru kokoro wo dakishimete Demo watashi wa
Akirame ni nita Tameiki wo tsuki-nagara
Kizutsuku koto wo osoretaku nai yo Itsu mo

Set me free now!
Saa Tokihanate Subete toki no kanata ni tamashii wo shibaru mono wo
For my heart beat Jiyuu wo buki ni Kitto te ni ireru no yo
Shinjiru chikara wo yume wo ikite yuku tame ni

Mune no oku sakende mite mo dare ni mo todokanai
Sou Kotoba ni shite ikanakya
Unmei to iu na no kusari teashi wo tsunagarete ima anata wa
Jibun no yowasa Aimai ni nageku kedo
Tsuyoku narou to shinakereba kawaranai yo

Set me free now!
Saa Tokihanate Atsui kodou no mama ni anata wo jama suru mono wo
For my heart beat Omoide yori mo motto kagayaku mirai de
Dare yori ai suru hito ni meguriau tame ni

Saa Tokihanate Subete toki no kanata ni tamashii wo shibaru mono wo
For my heart beat Jiyuu wo buki ni Kitto te ni ireru no yo
Shinjiru chikara wo yume wo ikite yuku tame ni
Ending Theme
Title: Ai Ga Oshiete Kureta
Lyrics:

Hohoemi kasaneta hibi ga maboroshi ni natte mo
Watashi wa kitto mayowanai
Kono mune tashika ni nokoru yasashisa to itami wo
Dakishimete mata ikiru dake

Mirai ni yuku tame ni Otona ni naru tame ni
Mogaite kita omoide wo kokoro de ima wa kurikaesu
Hitotsu no toki wo iki Futatsu no yume erabi
Soshite ai ga oshiete kureta yo ne Hito wo omou imi

Sabishisa wakeau you ni hajimatta koi demo
Shiawase datte Itsu datte

Nando mo tachidomari Nando mo furimuite
Anata ga mou soba ni inai koto ni
Sotto kizuku kedo
Afureru setsunasa mo deaeta ureshisa mo
Subete ai ga oshiete kureta kara aruki-dasu tame ni

Jibun no koto no you ni daiji ni omoeru hito ga
Ita koto wo tada hokori e to kaete

Mirai ni yuku tame ni Otona ni naru tame ni
Mogaite kita omoide wo kokoro de ima wa kurikaesu
Hitotsu no toki wo iki Futatsu no yume erabi
Soshite ai ga oshiete kureta yo ne Hito wo omou imi
Added: 28-Feb-2007     Last Update: 21-Jan-2008







Presented: 17-May-2024 12:49:16

Website design and original content
© 1996-2024 Type40 Web Design.
Contact: webmgr@type40.com
Server: type40.com
Page: shwDetails.aspx
Section: Shows

This website uses cookies for use in navigating this site only. No personal information is gathered or shared with anyone. If you don't agree, then don't use this site.