Ganparêdo mâchî: Aratanaru kôgun uta 

In 1945, the Pacific War ended only to see the beginning of an alien invasion. For half a century, Earth has united to fight them off. In 1999, a group of Japanese high school students ... See full summary »

Stars:

Akira Ishida, Akemi Okamura, Akio Suyama

Cast

Series cast summary:
Akira Ishida	...	Atsushi Hayami 12 episodes, 2003-2009
Akemi Okamura	...	Mai Shibamura 12 episodes, 2003-2009
Akio Suyama	...	Yohei Takigawa 12 episodes, 2003-2009
Emi Shinohara	...	Motoko Hara 12 episodes, 2003-2009
Mayumi Yoshida	...	Nonomi Higashihara 12 episodes, 2003-2009
Tomoe Hanba	...	Seika Mori 12 episodes, 2003-2009
Keiichi Sonobe	...	Hisaomi Sakaue 12 episodes, 2003-2009
Junko Noda	...	Matsuri Kato 12 episodes, 2003-2009
Chiaki Maeda	...	Maki Tanabe 12 episodes, 2003-2009
Shôto Kashii	...	Tadataka Yoshiyuki / ... 11 episodes, 2003-2009
Hideyuki Umezu	...	Takayuki Setoguchi 11 episodes, 2003-2009
Miki Inoue	...	Haruka Yoshino 10 episodes, 2003-2009
Kôichi Kuriyama	...	Keigo Tosaka 9 episodes, 2003-2009
Yoshihisa Kawahara	...	Yasumitsu Wakamiya 7 episodes, 2003-2009
Junko Sakuma	...	Mio Mibuya 5 episodes, 2003
Hiroya Ishimaru	...	Restaurant Owner 5 episodes, 2003
Chigusa Ikeda	...	Commander / ... 5 episodes, 2003

Storyline

In 1945, the Pacific War ended only to see the beginning of an alien invasion. For half a century, Earth has united to fight them off. In 1999, a group of Japanese high school students drafted into the military stand against the threat on the Japanese island of Kyushu.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

During the end credits, Mai waits for someone on the elevated crosswalk and smiles when the person arrives. At the end of the last episode, the person she's waiting for is revealed as Atsushi.

User Reviews

Aaron Sorkin goes anime

Well, kind of... If you have seen West Wing or Sports Night you'll fell right at home with this wonderful miniseries.

Instead of the White house or a TV Show, here we go behind the scenes of a Typical "mecha" squadron, with all the comedy, drama and romance that it involves.

The characters are mostly wonderful, the story is charming and it masterfully blends romantic comedy and drama, while avoiding to emphasize on the battle scenes or the threat against humanity.

Great show. I'm really happy that I bought this. I only hope another season it's on the way.

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

6 February 2003 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Gunparade March

Company Credits

Production Co:

J.C. Staff, Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS), Project GPM

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min (12 episodes)

Color:

Color