Martian Successor Nadesico
機動戦艦ナデシコ
Akito doesn't want to fight. Despite a childhood spent on the anime Gekiganger 3, a Mecha show, he'd rather cook than pilot a Mecha. Fate intervenes when his home on Mars is destroyed, and he is transported instantly to the Earth, mysteriously. He has questions no one can answer fully, but follows a girl from a chance meeting in hopes to discover any. The girl, Yurika, is captain of the private battleship Nadesico, and in order to follow her, he enlists as their cook. Possessing the nanite implants that allow to control mechas, he's a handy backup pilot for the mechas of the Nadesico. He joins a crew bent on revenging Mars and composed of misfits, otakus, and ditzes. But in reality they are handpicked experts. They take their own private war back to Mars to face the harsh reality that life may not always be like a Giant Mecha Series. (Source: Anime News Network)
Martian Successor Nadesico is a tv with 26 episodes, from Fall 1996, produced by Xebec, rated 7.3/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
Akito doesn't want to fight. Despite a childhood spent on the anime Gekiganger 3, a Mecha show, he'd rather cook than pilot a Mecha. Fate intervenes when his home on Mars is destroyed, and he is transported instantly to the Earth, mysteriously. He has questions no one can answer fully, but follows a girl from a chance meeting in hopes to discover any. The girl, Yurika, is captain of the private battleship Nadesico, and in order to follow her, he enlists as their cook. Possessing the nanite implants that allow to control mechas, he's a handy backup pilot for the mechas of the Nadesico. He joins a crew bent on revenging Mars and composed of misfits, otakus, and ditzes. But in reality they are handpicked experts. They take their own private war back to Mars to face the harsh reality that life may not always be like a Giant Mecha Series. (Source: Anime News Network)
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- Space — Partly or completely set in outer space.
- Parody — Features deliberate exaggeration of popular tropes or a particular genre to comedic effect.
- Love Triangle — Centered around romantic feelings between more than two people. Includes all love polygons.
- Time Manipulation — Prominently features time-traveling or other time-warping phenomena.
- Ensemble Cast — Features a large cast of characters with (almost) equal screen time and importance to the plot.
- Real Robot — Prominently features mechanical designs loosely influenced by real-world robotics.
- Female Harem — Main cast features the protagonist plus several female characters who are romantically interested in them.
- Meta — Features fourth wall-breaking references to itself or genre tropes.
- Otaku Culture — Centers around the culture of a fanatical fan-base.
- Primarily Adult Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of characters above a high school age.
- Space Opera — Centers around space warfare, advanced technology, chivalric romance and adventure.
- Food — Centers around cooking or food appraisal.