Galaxy Angel

Galaxy Angel is a bishojo sci-fi/comedy anime TV series by Broccoli. It was created in July 2000, when Broccoli launched the multi-platformed project called Project G.A. It recently finished its fourth season, while the first season and partially the second season are available on DVD in the United States. Each broadcast is made up of two fifteen minute episodes -- Much like most American cartoons -- whose titles always contain references to food.

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Bishojo - Sci-fi - Comedy - Anime - TV series - Broccoli - DVD - United States - Episode - Food

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Galaxy Angel is also availabe as dating-sim/strategy video games for the PC and PS2:

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• Galaxy Angel
• Moonlit Lovers
• Eternal Lovers

In the video game universe, the Galaxy Angel are the guardians of the White Moon, the sacred planet of the Transbaal Kingdom, and the personal protectors of the White Moon Goddess Shatoyan. The story begins with Prince Eonia attempting a take over of the Transbaal Kingdom along with the power of the White Moon. To counter Prince Eonia, the Angel Troupe along with their flagship; the Elsior are placed in the hands of the kind and ever capable (as well as a girl crazy idiot) Commander Takuto. In addition to the storyline differences, the personalities of the characters were also altered significantly for the anime, and the video game offers a much more indepth look into the Galaxy Angel universe. Due to this, many fans treat the video games as the actual canonical universe for Galaxy Angel.

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Broccoli have announced that the video game trilogy will be released in North America, though Broccoli will not be working on the actual game themselves, with a projected release date Summer 2006. All that is currently known is that the games will be subtitled only without an English dubbed cast. However, it is unknown whether it will be the PC or the PS2 version (or both) that will be translated.

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A sequel to the game trilogy is also in the works, entitled "Galaxy Angel II", and stars an entirely new cast that includes Apricot Sakuraba, a member of "Lune Troupe" and is the younger sister of Milfeulle Sakuraba.

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The Galaxy Angel anime generally abandoned any sense of strict continuity or plot arcs after the first season, so they can be viewed in any order. The cast is frequently abandoned, killed, or transmogrified only to return completely normal in the next episode. However, the fourth season introduced a new character (see below) and occasional references are made to funny events in previous seasons. Many episodes also parody aspects of Japanese culture, movies, and of course anime, often compressing what would be expected to be multiple-episode long stories into a few minutes. Each season also contains one episode which is played straight as a serious, non-parody episode.

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Continuity - Anime

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The success of the video game and anime series influenced the creation of a manga series based off the video game universe. Volume 1-5 have already been released domestically in North America by Broccoli-Books, with the second series, "Galaxy Angel Beta", being scheduled for release sometime in September 2005.

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The animated series can also be cited as a fanservice series in the most basic (but non-sexual) sense. The show is selfpromotional, with absurd humor, spontaneous musical numbers, and elaborate costumes.

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