is an OVA

Original video animation

, abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation...

 anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 series that is a spin-off of the Tenchi Muyo!

Tenchi Muyo!

, is a Japanese anime, light novel, and manga series created by Masaki Kajishima and Hiroki Hayashi.The generally accepted translation of the title is No Need for Tenchi or Useless Tenchi, though at the time of its appearance it was also translated variably as No Heaven and Earth and This Way Up...

series created by Masaki Kajishima

Masaki Kajishima

Masaki Kajishima , is a Japanese anime artist who works for AIC in a freelance capacity. He is best known for his work on Tenchi Muyo! and Dual! but has had a hand in creating several other anime...

. Produced by AIC Spirits and BeSTACK, the series aired thirteen episodes on pay-per-view

Pay-per-view

Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...

 network Animax

Animax

is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...

 between March 20, 2009 and March 19, 2010. It chronicles the story of a young boy named Kenshi Masaki, who is summoned to the world of Geminar. The story shares some character names and general terms from the anime Photon

Photon (anime)

Photon: The Idiot Adventures is a 6 episode anime OVA series by Koji Masunari. The main character, Photon, possesses superhuman strength but is extremely simple-minded. He engages in heroic adventures of different varieties...

, another series created by Masaki Kajishima

Masaki Kajishima

Masaki Kajishima , is a Japanese anime artist who works for AIC in a freelance capacity. He is best known for his work on Tenchi Muyo! and Dual! but has had a hand in creating several other anime...

.

The anime is part of the Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki continuity, taking place 15 years after the events of Tenchi Muyo! GXP

Tenchi Muyo! GXP

is a Japanese anime series created by AIC and broadcast on NTV from April 3, 2002 to September 25, 2002. It is the fourth installment of the Tenchi Muyo! line of series, succeeding Tenchi in Tokyo, localized in North America by Funimation.-Plot:...

.

Plot

Kenshi Masaki is a 15 year-old boy that unwillingly traveled from his home on Earth to the alternate world of Geminar. In Geminar, the countries wage wars using Seikijin, humanoid weapons that were originally discovered within ancient ruins. After being tricked by a mysterious organization into participating in an attempt to assassinate Lashara Earth XXVIII, the young princess of the Shitoreiyu Empire, he ends up captured after he chooses not to kill her. When Lashara hears the truth, she decides to help.

Disguised as her servant, Kenshi moves with her to the Holy Land, a virtually impregnable fortress that serves as an academy to train Seikijin pilots. With his kindness, tenacity, and skills that vary from carpenting to advanced techniques of survival, Kenshi eventually becomes a celebrity in the academy, becoming the object of affection of many female students and making some of the male students envious. However, the same organization who deceived Kenshi is secretly working inside the academy, and a worldwide conflict is about to begin.

Countries

The home country of Lashara and Chiaia prior to moving to the Holy Land. Shitoreiyu lacks some technological advances, as quoted by Maria, so it relies on using the technologies of other countries such as Havoniwa. It is also the place where the Seikishin and Doll were unearthed. Shitoreiyu's past ruler was Koyo Earth, Lashara's father, but after the latter died, Lashara became his successor. However, Lashara slowly loses her position of power to Babalun after his promotion to Prime Minister.

An impregnable fortress made in the image of the Choushin goddess. It is also home to , a special school where nobles and the wealthy train to become Seikishi. The Holy Land also holds the , a tournament where Seikishi from all over Geminar compete (Aura once stated that Flora was one of the champions). In the Holy Arena, pillars and Ena's Draft are placed as challenging obstacles for the most skilled Seikishi, though Kenshi is able to maneuver through them with ease. According to Lashara, winning the Holy Tournament is the greatest achievement for a Seikishi. It was later invaded and conquered by Babalun, who was after the Shield of Gaia that was buried underneath and Gaia itself, but was later reconquered following Babalun's defeat.

The homeland of Flora, Maria, and Yukine, and is one of the more technologically advanced countries in comparison to the others. In Havoniwa, there is a welcome ceremony in the form of a pillow fight, where the competitors are to pull the sashes off of their opponents' yukata

Yukata

A is a Japanese garment, a casual summer kimono usually made of cotton. People wearing yukata are a common sight in Japan at fireworks displays, bon-odori festivals, and other summer events. The yukata is also frequently worn after bathing at traditional Japanese inns...

and the last person standing wins. Their main defense is the a floating fortress that drops meteor-sized rocks to destroy their invaders. It is stated in the anime that the main city that was destroyed by Dagmyer's forces was actually it's governing area and there was little to no residents in the area so it was a small loss to Havoniwa. It also has an underground city in case their main city is destroyed. Havoniwa's capital was destroyed by Doll, but its people managed to find refuge in the underground city.

The nature-affiliated home of the , who have dark skin, silvery-white hair, and blue eyes much like Aura's. Also like Aura, their personalities shift based on the time of day, which is described by others as their "weak periods". In Shurifon, there is a rare mushroom that can be sold for a huge fortune (Kenshi found four during the series' run) and it is often used as a gourmet ingredient in the royal courts. Also in Shurifon, there is an event called the Pot-Dish Battle, where the contestants find ingredients to make a dish. The winner is determined by a judge and the person with the most delicious dish wins. Shurifon was the first of the countries to be destroyed by Dagmyer's forces. It is later revealed by Nara that Shurifon's people were brought to Geminar by the Senshi Civilization in ancient times to pilot the Seikishin.

Main Characters

A 15 year-old, hardworking boy from Earth and the main protagonist of the series. He is the younger half-brother of Tenchi Masaki

Tenchi Masaki

is the main protagonist of the Tenchi Muyo! series. Tenchi's name means 'Heaven and Earth'. It is the same as 'Tenchi' in the Shinto Kojiki which contains some of Japan's oldest myths and legends.-Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki:...

 and can be classified as human, but in the previous stories, Tenchi's father was a distant descendant of Tenchi's grandfather, a Juraian, and we do not know his mother Reia's ancestry so it is difficult to tell how he is connected to them because of all the breeding with relatives. Just like his brother, Kenshi's kindness, strength, and courage has led most of the girls he befriends to become infatuated with him. He is an incredibly skilled swordsman (Mexiah claims that he's better than she is), master martial artist (capable of safely catching thrown knives in mid-flight), and is a one-man army inside of a Seikijin cockpit. It is later revealed that he was hypnotized by Washu

Washu Hakubi

, the self-proclaimed greatest scientific genius in the universe, is a fictional character in the anime and manga Tenchi Muyo!. Her character differs depending on the continuity, though she sometimes displays a number of innate powers which she rarely uses, preferring to solve problems with reason...

 prior to his journey so that as a child he would not give away that they were aliens to strangers, and exhibits characteristics of Ryo-Ohki

Ryo-Ohki

, is a fictional character in the Japanese anime series Tenchi Muyo! and its spinoffs. Ryo-Ohki's appearance is similar to a cross between a cat and a rabbit, and for this reason Ryo-Ohki is commonly referred to as a cabbit...

 when startled. Kenshi has a habit of collecting strange crystals from the hull of the Swan, as it reminds him of the same crystal-like structure from Ryo-Ohki's spaceship form when he was young and even has a necklace made from it (until Chiaia accidentally breaks the string and replaces it with a red string, which symbolizes love much to her chagrin).

Later on, he becomes captain/ruler of the Swan and declares it an independent nation, though he is no longer allowed to dig in its hull for crystals out of a unanimous vote from the others much to his dismay. He later obtains the from Yukine's home village, which is made out a gigantic stone used to worship the Goddesses. Due to its heavy weight, a special weight-inhibiting ring was installed by Wahanly in order for him to wield it. His Seikijin's unique white color implies that he may be the legendary destined to save the world of Geminar. Throughout the anime, it is clear he has shown no clear signs of love interest to the women, although it is suggested he might have feelings for Yukine or Doll/Mexiah.

Part of the reason Kenshi may have been sent to Geminar is that on occasion while in his Seikijin, which unlike the others seems more organic, he sometimes goes into a berserker mode, causing his Seikijin to turn black and grow huge with more devastating power. It also matches a prophecy involving a white warrior and a black warrior who may save or destroy the world. Originally it was thought the black warrior was Doll, but after Kenshi transforms and manages to instill fear into his enemies with his power, it becomes clear that he is in fact both.

In the final episode of the series, he has shown the ability to generate Light-Hawk Wings

Light-Hawk Wings

The Light-Hawk Wings are fictional energy constructs from the Japanese anime series Tenchi Muyo!. A source of great power within the series' mythology, they are generated and used commonly by the Jurai Empire's tree ships, but can also be wielded by select characters within the series for reasons...

 like his brother Tenchi. One can assume from the first and last scene of the series that the Choushin (Washu, Tokimi, and Tsunami), or someone equally powerful, are the ones responsible for sending Kenshi to Geminar to deal with the threat of Gaia, or interfere with some actor that is behind Gaia.

His given name means "Swordsman", in reference to his swordfighting preference while piloting his Seikijin.

Lashara is the 12 year-old ruler of the Shitoreiyu Empire. The sudden death of her father Koyo causes her to inherit the throne, but as the series begins she is traveling away to school in the Holy Land. However, she slowly loses her position of power to Babalun as the series progresses. When not busy with other tasks, she is usually seen busily adding up her finances with an abacus

Abacus

The abacus, also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool used primarily in parts of Asia for performing arithmetic processes. Today, abaci are often constructed as a bamboo frame with beads sliding on wires, but originally they were beans or stones moved in grooves in sand or on tablets of...

, as her kingdom is currently in debt. She takes Kenshi in as a servant after he fails to follow through on an attempt to assassinate her, and along with Chiaia she kept Kenshi's identity a secret until he showed his capabilities in battle. Lashara is the niece of Flora. It is hinted that she is most likely in love with Kenshi, but given her circumstances, she is not allowed to show such feelings to others. She shows a bit of curiosity towards the opposite sex, as shown in episodes 2 and 3 where she is shown to be a little perverted about Kenshi. Despite her mature-like behavior, she claims that she acts this way because of her upbringing and former education, not because she was like that initially. Her personal vessel is the . From episode 10 onwards, there are clear signs of love for Kenshi, especially when she breaks down into tears and pleads not to leave her side. Her name is a reference to Lashara Moon and Photon Earth from Kajishima's earlier work, Photon

Photon (anime)

Photon: The Idiot Adventures is a 6 episode anime OVA series by Koji Masunari. The main character, Photon, possesses superhuman strength but is extremely simple-minded. He engages in heroic adventures of different varieties...

. She also uses Kenshi as a combination work horse and a way to tie other rich people to her in various ways.

Chiaia is Lashara's personal escort and bodyguard, charged with protecting her life at all costs. She also attends Holy Land Academy to complete her Seikishi training, and officially becomes a Seikishi at the end of episode 2. She is very skilled at combat, being able to imitate Kenshi's unusual Seikijin fighting style after only seeing it once. She has a crush on her childhood friend Dagmyer, which causes her to ignore clues regarding his schemes until it's too late. She frequently gets upset with both Kenshi (due to his cluelessness) and Lashara (due to her seemingly-reckless schemes), and Chiaia's temper is one of the few things that Lashara seems to be wary of. While not happy about it, she agrees to go along with Lashara's scheme to hide the fact that Kenshi is the Seikijin pilot that tried to kill her. Her Seikijin is pink and red with a fox-like tail equipped with a longsword. She realises she might have feelings for Kenshi when she sees the pendant with the red thread she made. Another instance is when she was ordered by Dagmyer to kill Kenshi, but could not bring herself to do so when Kenshi apologizes to her in his sleep.

Maria is the young princess from the country of Havoniwa currently attending Holy Land Academy along with Lashara. She and Lashara are cousins, but they are not fond of each other and attempt to engage in constant one-upmanship. She is very close to her servant Yukine, and is rarely seen without her. Maria is the daughter of Flora, and along with Lashara is frequently embarrassed by her mother's antics. She supports Yukine into having Kenshi fall for her, and has recently shown that she too has feelings for him. Her mother has also shown love for Kenshi, even to go as far as making Maria, Aura and Kenshi engaged. Her family name is a reference to Sir Papacharino Nanadan from Kajishima's earlier work Photon

Photon (anime)

Photon: The Idiot Adventures is a 6 episode anime OVA series by Koji Masunari. The main character, Photon, possesses superhuman strength but is extremely simple-minded. He engages in heroic adventures of different varieties...

.

Yukine is the quiet, shy, and faithful personal servant of Maria, with her quiet and shy demeanor hiding a very talented skillset. Yukine acts as Maria's primary information-gatherer, and the two of them are able to figure out that Kenshi is the Seikijin pilot that attacked Lashara. There is a clear mutual attraction between Kenshi and Yukine, and merely being in close proximity to each other can cause their cheeks to color. She is from a clan that protects a temple dedicated to the Choushin and even lets Kenshi compress it into a sword. Her Seikijin is a mixture of light colors with moth antennae and a mane armed with a railgun

Railgun

A railgun is an entirely electrical gun that accelerates a conductive projectile along a pair of metal rails using the same principles as the homopolar motor. Railguns use two sliding or rolling contacts that permit a large electric current to pass through the projectile. This current interacts...

 and jets that allows her to travel at supersonic speeds.

Also known as "Wahan", she is a good friend of Lashara, a brilliant inventor, and a genius when it comes to heavy artillery and gunpowder (ironically, she can't seem to hit her targets, though she gradually improves throughout the series). While she may appear to be a 15 year-old girl, her actual age is 97 due to difference in time flow at the Barrier Workshop, where she lived prior to moving to the Swan with the others. She later invented the Kikkoujin, a steam-powered mechanoid resembling an Uchikoma with greater maneuverability than what a Seikijin would provide. Her Seikijin is brown with bull's horns made for heavy combat. Like Lashara and Chiaia, she has feelings for Kenshi, although she usually wants to use her machines on him.

Lithia is the granddaughter of the Pope of Geminar and president of the Academy's student council. She is a bitter and sarcastic woman who often thinks of Kenshi as a "wild animal", and after the massage that was given to her (courtesy of Mexiah), she referred to him as that ever since. She suffers from extreme stress from the intense amount of work she has, and tends to pass out when she's overworked. However, she begins to feel more relaxed after Kenshi gave her energy-increasing tea, though her sarcastic nature still remains. She also seems to fear Morga, the former student council president because she does not work well with others and she is also a lunatic. Only in the last few episodes, although she still refers to Kenshi as a "wild animal", it is shown that she gets flustered around hinting she may also have feelings for him.

The Dark Elf Princess of Shurifon and a member of the Junrei Guard. While she initially shows a very serious and sober personality, it is later revealed that her personality shifts based on the time of day. At certain times-such as in the early morning-she has a much more innocent and girlish personality. The reason for this is because her kind were summoned by the ancients, and her time of weakness shows that her people have not yet fully stabilized in this world. Initially she admires Kenshi's wilderness skills, but grows to develop a romantic interest in him, even to go as far as too kiss him and then confess (even her own father suggests she should marry him). When not dealing with school-related tasks, she is nearly always accompanied by two male retainers. Her Seikijin is green and brown armed with a crossbow

Crossbow

A crossbow is a weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock that shoots projectiles, often called bolts or quarrels. The medieval crossbow was called by many names, most of which derived from the word ballista, a torsion engine resembling a crossbow in appearance.Historically, crossbows played a...

, and has the ability to generate the Dark Elf Field, a powerful force field that can repel any enemy that comes in range. However, using the field is extremely taxing on the user's body.

Holy Land Academy students and faculty

The director of Holy Land Academy and chief administrator of the Holy Land.

A muscular woman who runs the underground operations of the Academy.

One of Hannah's assistants, in charge of Laundry and Room Service at the Academy.

, , , and

A quartet of students at Holy Land Academy, each having a crush on Kenshi. Each of the girls is named after a color, represented by their hair color and the Seikijin they pilot; Yeliss is named after the color yellow, Bwoole after the color blue, Gryino after the color green, and Wreda after the color red. Out of the four, Wreda appears to be the de facto leader of the group.

A student of the Academy and Lithia's assistant. It is shown that she has feelings for Kenshi.

An Academy student who is in the same class as Kenshi. He is also a Seikishi like Kenshi, but unlike most Seikishi who are born in nobility, he was born into a common family, which is highly unlikely for him. He is in love with a young girl named , but because of his Seikishi status, he cannot be seen with her as male Seikishi are forbidden to have relationships with commoners. He was later forced to kill Kenshi against his will when Lan and the bandits hold Hazuki hostage, using a bomb installed on his Seikijin's back to take him out. After the failed attempt, he and Hazuki later join Kenshi onboard the Swan following the events of "Barrier Workshop".

Antagonists

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Doll is one of the three artificial humans created by the Senshi Civilization with the purpose to defeat Gaia. After Gaia's defeat, it and Doll were sent underground with Doll's memory of the events erased. She was soon unearthed and discovered by Naur as an infant with pink hair and was adotped as Mexiah Furan, who became Chiaia's older sister. As Mexiah, she is the martial arts instructor at Holy Land Academy who, unlike her serious sister, indulges in her hedonistic nature and is shockingly affectionate toward Kenshi.

Doll has little regard for the importance of life, shown when she laughs while trying to kill Aura during an early encounter. Despite this, she has an attraction to Kenshi that she believes is a remnant of when Mexiah's personality was dominant. When piloting her Seikijin, she can easily defeat any opponent except for Kenshi, the only one who can stand his ground against her. In the last episode, Doll realizes she loves Kenshi as does her other half Mexiah. Her Seikijin wields both a scythe, which doubles as a gun, and the , a massive and indestructible shield with a mouth capable of eating parts of her opponents, and its black color implies that she may be the legendary destined to destroy the world and Kenshi's nemesis. As Mexiah, her Seikijin is lavender with a pink lion's mane armed with a launcher.

Doll bears a close resemblance to the character Neju Na Melmas

Neju Na Melmas

is a fictional character in the anime series Tenchi Muyo! GXP: Galaxy Police Transporter.-Background:Although she looks like a ten year-old girl, Neju is actually a 2000 year-old high priestess and spiritual leader of her planet. Politically savvy as well as extremely cunning, she had countless...

 from Tenchi Muyo! GXP

Tenchi Muyo! GXP

is a Japanese anime series created by AIC and broadcast on NTV from April 3, 2002 to September 25, 2002. It is the fourth installment of the Tenchi Muyo! line of series, succeeding Tenchi in Tokyo, localized in North America by Funimation.-Plot:...

and the character D from Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure

Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure

is a fourteen episode series created in 1999 by Masaki Kajishima and produced by AIC, both well-known for the Tenchi Muyo! franchise. It is licensed in the US by Pioneer LDC, later known as Geneon...

in terms of appearance (they all share a child-like appearance) and hair color (green).

The hot-blooded son of Babalun, Chiaia's childhood friend, and a student of Holy Land Academy. He manipulated Kenshi into assassinating Lashara in episode 1, and is also responsible for recruiting some of the Academy's students for the invasion of the Holy Land. His Seikijin is blue and gold with a sword that can fire energy blasts from the tip and hilt and a shield as its weapons. He becomes traumatized after witnessing the beserker state of Kenshi's Seikijin and seeing one of his own comrades fall in the process in episode 11, but eventually recovers in the episode following it. At the end, he finally acknowledges Kenshi's skill after he loses to him in a duel.

Ulyte is Dagmyer's uncle, Babalun's younger brother, and one of the most popular instructors within the Academy. He seems to have a different intent for invading the Holy Land than his older brother. It is later revealed that he is an entity created by one of the Core Crystals, which later merged with Leia.

The chancellor (later Prime Minister) of the Shitoreiyu empire, Dagmyer's father, Ulyte's older brother, and the main antagonist of the series. He is the one who planned the invasion of the Holy Land so he could obtain the Seikishin Gaia and the Shield of Gaia within. It is later learned by the Church that Babalun wants not only Shitoreiyu and the Holy Land, but Havoniwa, Shurifon, and possibly the entire world of Geminar to himself. He later merged with Gaia to defeat Kenshi, only to meet his end by him and Ulyte, where it was later revealed that he is an entity created from one of the Core Crystals. A fragment of his Core Crystal was soon picked up by Dagmyer following his defeat. His personal war vessel is called the , named and modeled after the Tower of Babel

Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel , according to the Book of Genesis, was an enormous tower built in the plain of Shinar .According to the biblical account, a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating from the east, came to the land of Shinar, where...

 with an array of cannons equipped on its hull.

and

The mother/daughter leaders of a group of bandits. Cordyline is a 38 year-old ronin Seikishi who went rogue because of her short operational limits when piloting a Seikijin. Her daughter Lan is a sarcastic and rebellious teenager who takes her job seriously, though she's not as serious as her mother. Originally planning to kidnap Ceres and Dagmyer in Havoniwa, they and the rest of the bandits were later recruited by Dagmyer to participate in the invasion of the Holy Land. Cordyline was later killed when the Meteor Fall in Havoniwa collapsed with one of its supports taken down, leaving her daughter to take command. Cordyline pilots a purple Seikijin with a battle axe as its weapon. Lan is seen at the end of the series going after Dagmyer attempting to kill him, only to meet her end by Emera.

Dagmyer's right-hand man and a student of Holy Land Academy. She has feelings for Dagmyer and appears to be more skilled than he is, as she managed to save him from some falling rubble while Kenshi (with Mexiah in his arms) was escaping from Wahanly's Kikkoujin prototype with Lithia, Aura, Chiaia, Maria, and Yukine on board, and again from near-death during Kenshi's rampage in his Seikijin. She later begins to show feelings of concern towards Dagmyer as the show progresses. She regards Kenshi as someone who is kind and thankful to him to help Dagmyer change his ways at the end. At the end she kills Lan who attempted to kill Dagmyer. Her Seikijin is red and pink equipped with a gunblade.

Other characters

, , and

Lashara's attendants, with Maya being the oldest and most mature of the three. Angela and Vanessa may have a crush on Kenshi as they both admit that he's cute. They also serve as part of the Swan's crew.

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A member of the Church whose alter ego is Neizai One, a mysterious masked woman working under Ulyte's wing with an unknown agenda. She briefly joined Lashara's platoon after the Head Church's headquarters was destroyed by Doll, but she later shows her true colors at the Barrier Workshop while holding a mysterious object in her hands. Her Seikijin is grey with a cape and a mask with active camouflage armed with a large sniper rifle.

The queen of Havoniwa, Maria's mother and Lashara's aunt. While she may appear polite and modest at first glance, she is in reality a hedonistic woman. She develops a crush on Kenshi after the massage that was given to her by Maria and Lashara. She is also shown to be a great pilot when she tested Wahanly's Kikkoujin in the forest. She later defends the Holy Land in the invasion plotted by Babalun in a train equipped with two cannons in each car and a giant cannnon hidden in the engine. She had no idea that Kenshi was a Seikishi, but when she found out, she decided to blow up the front car when the Swan was passing by from enemies during the Holy Land's invasion. This only increased her love for Kenshi, even more as to have some "one on one" time with him to Lashara and Maria's dismay. At one point they attempted to use Kenshi's hypnosis on her in which he gave massages that can cause intense orgasms, sometimes hours or days after they are delivered and cause intense embarrassment in the younger girls, but it backfired when they realized that the queen liked it... a lot.

Naua is Chiaia's father and a member of the Barrier Workshop. He was the one who found the Seikishin and Doll in the ruins of what once was a highly advanced civilization prior to Chiaia's birth. Upon finding Doll in the ruins, he adopted her as Mexiah, who would later be Chiaia's adoptive sister. When Kenshi and the rest of the Swan's crew come to visit, he reveals the history of the Senshi Civilization, the Seikishin Gaia, and how Doll came to being. He and his team get the results to show that Kenshi is the legendary warrior and the third artificial human (with a few enhancements).

Aura's father and the ruler of Shurifon as well as the kingdom's strongest Seikishi. He challenges Kenshi to race to see if he is truly capable of leading his men to battle. After he loses greatly to Kenshi's ability, he arranged for Kenshi to marry Aura to her delight. Later, when the king and the Flora come on the Swan, they arrange that Kenshi marry both Aura and Maria, in an effort to unite the 3 kingdoms.

The leader of the Church and Lithia's grandfather, with his first name being Gen. He is a very understanding and kind person who tries to find the best solution which does not lead to war. He has shown great consideration towards Kenshi not only as a pilot but the man who looked after his granddaughter when she collapses. It is hinted that he knows Lithia has feelings for Kenshi.

The leader of Yukine's home village in Havoniwa.

Terminology

Seikishi are the guardians of the Holy Land and the only people qualified to pilot Seikijin due to their high resistience to Ahou radiation. Most of the Seikishi are predominantly female, though there are some male Seikishi (such as Dagmyer and Ceres) and they're considered rare in numbers. Female Seikishi have the freedom of marriage and relationships if they fulfill their duties, which is to produce more Seikishi breeds. Male Seikishi, however, cannot due to their scarcity. A Seikishi who can repair Seikijin using Ahou (like Mexiah, for example) is called a . To obtain this ability, a Seikishi has to be baptized by the Church. Unemployed Seikishi, like Cordyline, are called ronin

Ronin

A or rounin was a Bushi with no lord or master during the feudal period of Japan. A samurai became masterless from the death or fall of his master, or after the loss of his master's favor or privilege....

Seikishi. Some female Seikishi wear unique tight-fitting (and sometimes revealing) bodysuits underneath their clothing that protects them from the Ahou emitted in the Seikijin's cockpit and the Doukatchu.

Humanoid mecha that are powered by an energy source called Ahou. They usually reside in egg-like cocoons until they're activated. To enter a Seikijin, a Seikishi places his or her palm on the cocoon. After the palm is read, the Seikishi is then encased in a sphere as he or she travels to the chest cavity. As soon as a pilot in the cockpit activates it, the Seikijin breaks from the cocoon, which then forms the armor (and tail if the Seikishi is powerful) depending on who is in the Seikijin. Normal people cannot be taken inside the cockpit due to the high amount of Ahou radiated inside.

A weakness for Seikijin is due to their human anatomy, they are vulnerable to pressure points, which was demonstrated when Kenshi paralyzed Cordyline's Seikijin using one of Wahanly's Kikkoujin. Another weakness is that if the pilot passes their operational limits or if one of the energy reactors (the rings on a Seikijin's back and forearms) either break or go out of control, the Seikijin will revert to its cocoon form. According to Aura, Seikijin are a cost-effective alternative to raising armies or building heavy artillery to defend their homelands. To repair a damaged Seikijin using Ahou, a Seikishi has to undergo being baptized by the Church in order to repair them. Otherwise, the damaged Seikijin has to be sent to the Church directly for repairs. To maintain the balance of power in each country, the Church can only supply a certain number of Seikijin to each country to prevent further power struggles.

Suits of Ahou-powered armor that Seikishi-in-training use to train. When it's hit, the site of impact turns red and it affects the armor's movement based on the damage received. They are later modified by Wahanly to run on steam power for a limited time (only 30 minutes) should the cord supplying the Ahou be removed.

Four-legged mechanoids resembling Uchikomas that are powered by steam instead of Ahou. Invented by Wahanly, Kikkoujin provide much greater manuverability than what a Seikijin provides and can be equipped with various gunpowder weapons, though it will hamper its high manuverability. It is also proven to be more efficient than Seikijin without Ena's Draft. In episode 12, Lan and her group of bandits are seen with grey Kikkoujin attacking Chiaia and Aura while Kenshi is compressing the rock used to form the Tenchi-ken, most likely based on the plans Emera stole from Wahanly's workshop in episode 4.

Anime

The episodes, produced by AIC and BeSTACK, are directed by Koji Yoshikawa, written by Hideki Shirane, characters by Hajime Watanabe, music by Akifumi Tada, and produced by Shoji Ohta, Yasuo Ueda, and Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki, respectively. Thirteen episodes aired in Japan between March 20, 2009 and March 19, 2010 on Pay-Per-View television channel Animax

Animax

is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...

. The series also aired 26 half-hour episodes on ShowTime between June 25 and July 23, 2010. Thirteen DVD and Blu-ray Disc

Blu-ray Disc

Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...

 episodes were released by VAP between May 22, 2009 and May 26, 2010. A Blu-ray box set was later released on May 18, 2011.

The opening theme for the series is "Follow Me" by Japanese-Canadian pop singer Seira Kagami featuring Sound Around, while the ending theme is "Destino" by Alchemy+. A maxi single

Maxi single

A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an a-side song and a b-side song.-The first maxi singles:...

 for the opening theme was released by VAP on January 14, 2010.

Light novel

A light novel

Light novel

A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...

 adaptation of the series written by Kajishima and illustrated by Atsushi Wada was released on August 20, 2009 by Fujimi Shobo

Fujimi Shobo

is a Japanese publishing company that specializes in the publication of light novels, manga, role-playing games and collectible card games. The company started in 1991 as a subsidiary of Kadokawa Shoten.-Magazines published:Light novel magazines...

 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint.

Manga

A one-shot manga adaptation illustrated by Bau was serialized on the June 2009 issue of Comic REX

Comic Rex

is a Japanese shōnen manga magazine published by Ichijinsha. The first issue was sold on December 9, 2005, and is sold monthly on the ninth. Manga collected into bound volumes which were serialized in this magazine are published under Ichijinsha's imprint...

. Two volumes were released on June 9, 2010 by Ichijinsha

Ichijinsha

is a Japanese publishing company focused on manga-related publication, including magazines and books. The company was first established in August 1992 as a limited company under the name Studio DNA which main purpose was to edit shōnen manga. In January 1998, Studio DNA became a public company and...

. The manga follows a slightly different storyline from the anime, though its plot remains the same.