Glass Fleet | |
ガラスの艦隊 (Garasu no Kantai) |
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Genre | Adventure, Science fiction |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Minoru Ōhara |
Written by | Shōji Yonemura |
Music by | Kousuke Yamashita |
Studio | Satelight, Gonzo |
Licensed by | |
Original network | Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, TV Asahi, Animax |
Original run | 4 April 2006 – 21 September 2006 |
Episodes | 26 |
Glass Fleet (ガラスの艦隊 Garasu no Kantai?), subtitled La Légende du Vent de l'Univers (lit. the Legend of the Wind of the Universe), is an anime TV series, co-animated by Satelight and Gonzo and produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), GDH and Sotsu Agency, which first aired in Japan on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation from April 4, 2006 and September 21, 2006.
It spanned a total of 26 episodes, with an alternate episode, 17 also being released. The series was also later broadcast by the anime television network Animax across its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia as well as its other networks worldwide.
The series, directed by Minoru Ōhara and written by Shōji Yonemura, features original character designs from Okama. The mechanical designs for the series are provided by Shōji Kawamori and Kazutaka Miyatake with Yutaka Izubuchi being the concept advisor.
The series follows a war occurring in a certain galaxy ruled by the tyrannical self-declared Holy Emperor Vetti Lunard Sforza de Roselait. Michel Volban de Cabelle, Leader of the People's Army opposes Vetti's rule, but the rebels are no match for the forces of Vetti's Holy Imperial Army.
In despair, Michel seeks help from an undefeatable Glass Fleet, which bears the crest of the old Royal Family... its Captain, Cleo Aiolos Corbeille de Veil, a man of great capability, claims to be their descendant....