What if your backup plan was actually your death sentence?
After the completion of Operation Exodus,the Earth-based forces must survive long enough for the Mars re-inforcements. During this time, Sandy Newman and her squad face a challenge to their military training in the form of a quasi-religious group called Geo Chris which endeavours to make the Earth green once more. Unknown to them, the plans Mars have drawn up will kill the machines and the forces fighting against them.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn mecha animation that hits different
Production
Cyberpunk cityscapes that scream 1989
Director
Katsuhito Akiyama
Naoko Matsui
Sandy Newman (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru
Score (voice)
Masaharu Sato
Gorn (voice)
Chieko Honda
Mitty (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Bauer (voice)
Maria Kawamura
Fortin (voice)
Eriko Hara
Melody (voice)
Yusaku Yara
Norton (voice)
Yuko Mizutani
Anne (voice)
Naoko Watanabe
Catty (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Dominov (voice)
Seizo Kato
Nelson (voice)
Michie Tomizawa
Sally (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the THIRD chapter in the Gall Force saga, but the first set on Earth — the franchise was originally conceived as a way for Studio Artmic to reuse unused mecha designs from canceled projects.
The Geo Chris cult directly mirrors Japan's 1980s anxiety about rapid industrialization and the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult that would later make headlines — making this weirdly prescient.
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