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Blue Gender 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 beings called "Blue" have overrun
the Earth and that he may very well be the key to the survival of the human
race.
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.
Main Characters
Yuji Kaido - A loser by modern standards: he worked at a gas station in
the near future until a life-threatening disease required him to be put into
cryogenic stasis. He awoke in the future to find that the Blue have
destroyed everything he knew. Voiced in Japanese by Kenji Nojima and in
English by Eric Vale (Trunks from Dragonball Z)
Marlene Angel - A very cold soldier who initially finds Yuji. Her steely
exterior slowly crumbles as a result of Yuji's influence and she finds the
humanity that she and the other people on Second Earth lost as a result of
their single-mindedness to eradicate the Blue. Voiced in Japanese by Houko
Kowashima (Sango from Inuyasha, Kirika Yumura from Noir) and in English by
Laura Bailey (Tohru Honda from Fruits Basket, Kayko from Yu Yu Hakusho)
Tony Frost - Another sleeper brought to Second Earth before Yuji. A very
powerful sleeper, Yuji strives to improve himself to be able to beat Tony.
Alicia Whistle - Another sleeper on Second Earth who is paired with Tony.
She is very young and often naive and immediately gravitates towards Yuji,
seeing Marlene as an obstacle to a relationship with Yuji.
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