When Hibiki Tokai accepts a dare to steal the vanguard mecha he helped produce, he becomes involved in a story much greater than the conflict of men versus women in the Mejere system. Interacting with the strange reactor/energy unit called the Pexis, he and three Mejere pilots of the starship Nirvana become the only warning of the impending attack of a race of machines on their home solar system.



Credits: Norsehound

Overall it was a nice 26-episode series, but there are a few things that bug me. First is the fact that they had to name the second half of the series "The Second Stage". When companies do that, it gives the misinterpretation that its a second season that has a time jump. There was no time jump here, it picks up where episode 13 ends. Another issue is that the character development is rather slow. Because of this slow development it makes some of the episodes you watch feel extremely stand alone. I mean the episodes connect to each other, but with slow development in the characters it feels as if you're watching each episode as if it was seperate from the story. Once the characters show signs of change does the series really feel like its one big story.