Vandread: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In a distant future where men and women live on separate planets, a lowly mechanic named Hibiki has his eyes on piloting a Vanguard, a mecha fighting machine built by the male military. He sneaks his way onto a military space ship at a time when female pirates attack with their ships called Dreads. In the middle of the battle, the male ship and female ship accidentally collide and merge into a new ship, later called the Nirvana, leaving Hibiki and two other men stranded with a crew full of women far off in the depths of space. Now, men and women must learn to live with one another just to survive against a new threat to all of humankind.

Series details

• Title: Vandread
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Anime, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2000-10-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2001-12-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 14410
• IMDb ID: tt0309226
• TVDB ID: 71744

Cast and credited roles

• Hiroyuki Yoshino — Hibiki Tokai
• Yumi Kakazu — Dita Liebely
• Fumiko Orikasa — Meia Gisborn
• Hideki Tasaka — Duelo McFile
• Sayaka Ohara — Ezra Vieil
• Tomokazu Seki — Bart Garsus
• Yoko Soumi — Buzam A. Calessa
• Yuu Asakawa — Jura Basil Elden
• Moyu Arishima — Misty Cornwell

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-10-03; final listed air date 2000-12-26; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2001-10-05; final listed air date 2001-12-28; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Vandread on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.