Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution
| Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution | |
| アクエリアンエイジ Sign for Evolution (Akuerian Eiji Sign for Evolution) |
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| TV anime | |
| Directed by | Yoshimitsu Ohashi |
| Written by | Kazuhiko Soma |
| Music by | Yuki Kajiura |
| Studio | Broccoli, Studio Madhouse |
| Licensed by |   ADV Films |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | 11 January 2002 – 28 March 2002 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Original video animation | |
| Aquarian Age: The Movie | |
| Directed by | Fumie Muroi |
| Written by | Kazuhiko Soma |
| Studio | Broccoli, Studio Madhouse |
| Licensed by | ADV Films |
| Released | 21 November 2003 |
Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution (アクエリアンエイジ Sign for Evolution Akuerian Eiji Sign for Evolution) is a 13-episode television anime series based on the Aquarian Age collectible card game. The show was co-produced by Broccoli and Madhouse and aired in early 2002 on TV Tokyo. VHS and DVD copies of the Japanese editions are currently on sale, and ADV Films has released the show in the United States on DVD in three volumes containing both English subtitled and dubbed versions. A trailer for a live action movie was released in 2008[1]
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[edit] Plot
The story centers on high school student and band vocalist Kamikurata Kyouta, and how he stumbles on a secret war being waged by mysterious girls with otherworldly powers. Kyouta later forms a band named T.L. Signal with his friends Kojima Junichi, and Hirota Shingo. Kyouta's band works for a company named CosmoPop. Junichi plays the keyboard, and Shingo is the guitarist of the band. Things grow even more complicated when he discovers his girlfriend Sannou Yoriko might be the key to it.
The TV series draws heavily from the world setup of the original card games, and features male "Mindbreakers" with female-only faction members. ADV Films's official show website and the inserts in their 2004 DVD release list a glossary of information on the card games' factions.
[edit] Manga
The stand-alone manga Juvenile Orion occurs in the broader Aquarian Age universe, but is unrelated to Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution.
[edit] Music
The background music is composed by Yuki Kajiura, also known for the background music from Noir and the second and third episodes of the Xenosaga game trilogy. The 2008 live-action film's main theme is Mirror Ball by Japanese rock group Alice Nine.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- ADV English Cast list
