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Plot
Eleven years before the start of the series, a disaster only referred to as the "Great Catastrophe" destroyed significant parts of the world and killed off many of its inhabitants. Along with that disaster came the appearance of the "Shadow Angels", a winged humanoid species, which seems to have been in slumber for twelve thousand years. These beings harvest the humans on Earth, which they call the "wingless ones", like cattle, as to extract their prana (life force) from them, which serves as energy and nutrition to the Shadow Angels. The Shadow Angels facilitate their harvesting via giant, floating harvesting machines which are guarded by giant golem-like creatures, the "Cherubim Soldiers". How these are normally piloted is unknown, yet there are times when they are piloted by Shadow Angels. Ordinary weapons prove ineffective against the giant fighting weapons, but a human expedition under the leadership of Gen Fudou had eventually excavated three very technologically advanced fighter planes. Gen Fudou disappeared, but an organization called Deava took over the research of these machines, which they call Vectors, trying to find out how to use them. The three Vectors are called Vector Luna, Vector Mars and Vector Sol. They find out that only people who are Element users can control the Vectors and, ultimately, unite the Vectors to form the giant fighting machine Aquarion. During the first sortie to fight a Cherubim Soldier, they encounter the young boy Apollo, who seems to be the reborn hero Apollonius, also known as the "Solar Wing", who has betrayed the "Shadow Angels" for his love, Celiane. Later on, it is revealed that military development, in association with Deava, has created military Vectors; similar in ability to the first three, but with additional conventional weaponry. Characters
Element Users
Youngsters with special powers gathered from around the world and trained by Deava in order to pilot the Vector Machines. Apollo
Voiced by: Takuma Terashima (Japanese), Christopher Bevins (English)
The main protagonist. Apollo is an orphan that has grown up in a group of homeless children. His name was given to him by his best friend Baron, who acted like an older brother to him for most of his life. Apollo possesses a kind heart and a noble spirit behind his rude, aggressive and bestial behavior. He has very sharp reflexes and senses, similar to an animal. His characteristics cause few to believe the rumor that he is the reincarnation of Apollonius, also called the "Solar Wing".
Silvia de Alisia
Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (Japanese), Brina Palencia (English)
The female protagonist. A noble from the Alisia family and a reincarnation of Apollonius's human lover Celiane, she possesses great physical strength and a great admiration for her older brother, who she thinks he is the real reincarnation of the "Solar Wing". She always argues with Apollo, not only because she thinks he is an imposter, but also because of his rude habits and untamed nature. But as the story progresses, she starts to develop strong feelings for him.
Sirius de Alisia
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese), Eric Vale (English)
Silvia's older brother. Obsessed with his own concepts of aesthetics and perfection, he is also a great swordsman. Many people, including Sirius himself, believe that he is the true reincarnation of the "Solar Wing", and thus Sirius despises Apollo. As it becomes more obvious that Apollo is the true "Solar Wing", his jealousy consumes his mind, eventually provoking him to take drastic measures.
Hong Lihua
Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese), Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)
Best known as Reika. She is a sensitive girl who has the strange ability of causing misfortune to those around her. This causes most people to avoid approaching her, with the exception of Sirius who nurtures strong feelings for her. Reika tries to avoid contact with people in general because she believes that her misfortune caused an accident that put her boyfriend Glen in a coma.
Pierre Vieira
Voiced by: Masaya Onosaka (Japanese), Travis Willingham (English)
A soccer star player, he is by far the most hyperactive of the Element Users, with more than the double of serotonine levels than any of the rest. Always trying to flirt with Deava's female residents, Pierre hides the pain of a lost love from the past, whom he abandoned in order to join the fight against the Shadow Angels. His "Fire Kick" attack is a perfect combination of his passion for soccer, and his burning spirit.
Tsugumi Rosenmeier
Voiced by: Tsugumi Higasayama
A shy girl with a sad past. With the ability to explode things from a distance when her pulse reaches its peak, she was always estranged from friends and family. Because of her power, over which she still doesn't have full control, she sometimes creates some accidental explosions. This scenario started to change when Tsugumi found some real friends in Deava, including her roommate Reika, for whom she has great affection. Judging by her actions towards Reika and the official website's character correlation chart, one can assume that Tsugumi is a lesbian.
Jun Lee
Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi
The group's resident otaku. Has the ability to see through solid objects with his "Mind Eye Photography" technique which allows him to quickly target the weak points of enemies. Excels in handling computers and machines. Like Tsugumi, Jun rarely enters in action, spending most of the time operating the computers at Deava's control room.
Glen Anderson
Voiced by: Yuto Kazama
A close friend of Sirius and Reika. The three were the first elements to perform a successful union, but this partnership ended abruptly when an accident put Glen in a coma. Sirius and Reika visited him regularly, until he mysteriously disappeared. Later, they discover he was being used in an experiment conducted by the military, in their search for new ways to fight the Shadow Angels.
Rena Rune
Voiced by: Hiromi Satou (Japanese), Carrie Savage (English)
A little girl who is wheelchair-bound, is blind and looks to be albino. Though she is blind, she can apparently read "The Book of Holy Genesis", a scripture that contains the history of the conflict that happened between the Shadow Angels and humans 12,000 years ago. The other element users at Deava are intimidated by her, believing that she is a vampire. Her Element Powers allow her to levitate, teleport and drain Prana from people.
Chloe and Kurt Klick
Voiced by: Romi Paku
Fraternal twins who can communicate telepathically. They very rarely take part in combat, instead controlling and monitoring the computers in Deava's control room. Chloe is apparently very earnest about things and doesn't talk to people much and Kurt is fairly enough the same. When it becomes apparent that a relationship is developing between Chloe and Pierre, Kurt becomes a little embarrassed of his sister, often putting his hand to his face and shaking his head.
Deava Operatives
Gen Fudou
Voiced by: Unshou Ishizuka (Japanese), Brandon Potter (English)
He conducted the expedition that retrieved the Vector Machines, and disappeared mysteriously since then. When the elements' battle against the Shadow Angels started, he returned in order to assume his position as Deava's supreme commander. Very knowledgeable of the human nature, he uses this wisdom to guide the pilots in order to help them to surpass their limitations and increase their teamwork.
Jean-Jerome Jorge
Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), Jason Liebrecht (English)
Deava's second-in-command. He's arrogant, pessimistic, quick to judge and somewhat pretentious. Almost the exact opposite of Commander Fudou, Jerome tend to not agree with or understand his actions.
Sophia Belin
Voiced by: Sakiko Tamagawa
Deava's top scientist and third-in-command. She's very kind when compared to Jerome and a lot less up-tight. Sophia acts as the teacher in the Element User's mental training classes.
Shadow Angels
Toma
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa
The main antagonist and Apollonius's partner. Even 12,000 years later he could never forget his treason, and still has feelings for him. Because of it he is one of the Angels who despise humans at most. He plans to use Aquarion's power to repair the tree of life, but in order to make it possible, he needs to make Aquarion manifest the true power of the "Solar Wings", and thus he prepares ordeals and trials to the elements, especially Apollo, in order to make them stronger.
Otoha
Voiced by: Mako Hyoudou
Touma's faithful servant, she loves him with jealousy. She hates Apollonius and Celiane, not only because they destroyed Atlantis 12,000 years ago, but also because their love makes Touma suffer so much.
Johannes
Voiced by: Shin Aomori
The eldest and leader of the Shadow Angels. Johannes's true appearance is never revealed, as he is always draped in robes and chains and wears a metal mask. He appears to be missing the bottom half of his body, so he is constantly suspended from the ceiling in the main altar of Atlantis. He also appears to have no arms.
Moroha
Voiced by: Kazuki Yao
A Shadow Angel Warrior "who knows no equal". Moroha seems to be the most hot-blooded one of them all and is the only Shadow Angel who enjoys fighting. He prides himself as being the strongest warrior alive and likes to toy with his opponents, gauging their strength. He doubts Toma's ability to kill the Solar Wing and criticizes him for it. Unlike the other Shadow Angels, Moroha resembles an insect; he has six eyes (some covered by a bandage-like scarf), horns and insect-like wings on his back that don't seem to have feathers.
Lensi
The architect of the Shadow Angels that designs and creates the Cherubim Soldiers that Deava does battle with. He is said to possess the fingers of God.
Shiruha
Resembles a blue lion with a large, human-like head and wings on its back. He acts as Futaba's caretaker.
Futaba
Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami
The only child angel who survived Atlantis' destruction 12,000 years before. Like a boy playing joyfully with ants, he often plays with the "Wingless ones'" lives. Often, he had no hesitation in finding ways to have fun even at the cost of them. However, his childish manners eventually cost him dearly. His death is the last straw for Toma who promptly seeks out revenge against the humans. His wings are located at his ankles.
Mecha
In the process of Unity, each of the Vectors becomes either the leg section, the back section or the head and front section of Aquarion, whereas the head is the leading section. The unification process also merges the souls of the Elements to some degree, as each supplies one of the supposed three aspects of their soul which unite into one soul when Aquarion is formed. During unification, the Elements seem to experience something very similar to an orgasm.
Aquarion
Solar Aquarion
Corresponds to Vector Sol as the head part. The most balanced of the three basic Aquarion forms, its specialty is barehanded combat and is the only one that can manifest the "Solar Wings" on its back. Later in the series it develops the "Mugen (infinity) Punch", a punch where the arm extends indefinitely in order to reach even the most agile enemy and "Mugen Binta" an attack that starts off appearing as Mugen Punch but turns into a quick slapped used against a shadow angel child causing chaos and destruction. A form almost always used by Apollo.
Aquarion Luna
Corresponds to Vector Luna as the head part. Specialized in range combat, contains a giant bow and arrows. Mostly used by Reika and Silvia.
Aquarion Mars
Corresponds to Vector Mars as the head part. The fastest of the basic Aquarion forms. It's Sirius's favorite because it can wield a sword, and also Pierre's, because due to its long legs and great speed, it is perfect for his "Fire Kick" attack.
Secondary Forms
There are other forms which appear in special situations:
Aquarion Soluna
Appears in episode 13 only. After the Solar Aquarion lost its arms and was separated, Reika/Tsugumi/Pierre united to form this Aquarion. It is essentially Solar Aquarion, except that the back part, Vector Luna, flipped forward and became the upper body on top of Vector Sol, making a leg/stomach/head formation. It's assumed that this is the tallest of Aquarion's forms because of this.
Aquarion Angel
An Aquarion formed by the union of Vector Sol, Vector Luna and Military Vector Omega, where Omega takes the position of the head. It's assumed that it retains all of Aquarion Mars' abilities.
Assault Type Aquarion
Assault Type Aquarion, a copy of the original Aquarion, which was constructed in a joint operation between DEAVA and the New United Nations. It follows the same basic architecture of the original with a couple differences and uses conventional weaponry, cannons and rockets, as opposed to the original's more traditional weapons, it's also colored mostly grey. The Assault Type Aquarion needs only one pilot, the other two corresponding Vectors are AI controlled, has six different forms and is made up of Vectors named Alpha, which corresponds with Vector Sol, Delta, which corresponds with Vector Luna, and Omega, which corresponds with Vector Mars.
Aquarion Alpha
Corresponds with Vector Alpha as the head and is the equivalent of the Solar Aquarion. Uses an enormous PSG Cannon as a weapon opposed to its fists. Like Solar Aquarion it can deploy "Solar Wings" on its back but does not have the mystical effect of the originals. Unlike Solar Aquarion it's assumed to not have infinitely extending fists. Its head is, oddly enough, shaped like Aquarion Luna's and has a visor over its eyes. This form can transform into Walker Formation without separating and reuniting.
Aquarion Delta
Corresponds with Vector Delta as the head and is the equivalent of Aquarion Luna. Specializes in extra-long range combat through the use of rockets which fire out of "Vector Luna's bow". Can also use Aquarion Omega's machine guns, which are mounted on the same part as the rockets.
Aquarion Omega
Corresponds with Vector Omega as the head and is the equivalent of Aquarion Mars. Uses twin machine guns as its primary weapon. This form is only featured once and it can be assumed that it can transform into Armageddon Formation without separating and reuniting.
Armageddon Formation
A formation where the three Military Vectors combine into a 6-legged walker with Aquarion Alpha's PSG cannon mounted on top similar to a tank. This formation probably exists because the PSG Cannon can only fire at maximum power with a stable footing on the ground. This form can transform immediately into Aquarion Omega without separating and reuniting.
Walker Formation
A vehicle formation used for speed. For the short time it appears it can be described as a jet-like machine with two legs. This form can transform into Aquarion Alpha without separating and reuniting.
Unknown Formation
though a sixth formation for the Military Aquarion hasn't been seen in the anime serries it has been seen with the collectors item Soul of Chokogen GE - 01 DX
Shadow Angel Mecha
Cherubim Mars After joining the Shadow Angels and taking Vector Mars, Sirius uses a Cherubim in place of the other two vectors. It acts the same as Aquarion Mars, but if it's beaten, another Cherubim can take its place, so it can keep fighting.
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