| Ja Kanji: | ヴァンドレッド |
| Ja Romaji: | Vandoreddo |
| Type: | light novel |
| Author: | Takeshi Mori |
| Publisher: | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic: | Male |
| Imprint: | Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko |
| First: | July 1, 2000 |
| Last: | April 27, 2002 |
| Volumes: | 7 |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Takeshi Mori |
| Illustrator: | Kotetsu Akane |
| Publisher: | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Monthly Dragon Jr. |
| First: | July 2000 |
| Last: | February 2002 |
| Volumes: | 2 + 1 extra |
| Type: | tv series |
| Director: | Takeshi Mori |
| Music: | Yasunori Iwasaki |
| Studio: | Gonzo |
| Network: | Wowow |
| First: | October 3, 2000 |
| Last: | December 19, 2000 |
| Episodes: | 13 |
| Episode List: | List of Vandread episodes |
| Type: | tv series |
| Vandread: The Second Stage | |
| Director: | Takeshi Mori |
| Music: | Yasunori Iwasaki |
| Studio: | Gonzo |
| Network: | Wowow |
| First: | October 5, 2001 |
| Last: | January 18, 2002 |
| Episodes: | 13 |
| Episode List: | List of Vandread episodes#Season Two |
| Type: | ova |
| Vandread Integral | |
| Director: | Takeshi Mori |
| Studio: | Gonzo |
| Released: | December 21, 2001 |
| Runtime: | 75 minutes |
| Type: | ova |
| Vandread Turbulence | |
| Director: | Takeshi Mori |
| Studio: | Gonzo |
| Released: | October 25, 2002 |
| Runtime: | 97 minutes |
| Portal: | yes |
is a Japanese anime television series directed by Takeshi Mori and produced by Gonzo. The series is composed by two seasons consisting of 13 episodes each; Vandread, broadcast from October to December 2000, and Vandread: The Second Stage, broadcast from October 2001 to January 2002. The series was also adapted into a manga and light novel series.
The male-only planet Taraak and the female-only planet Mejeer have been at war with each other for decades. During a military presentation of the Taraak space forces, their new combat ship, the Ikazuchi, is attacked and annexed by female pirates from Mejeer. Not wanting to lose, the commander of the Taraakian forces prefers to remotely destroy his ship with the intruders on board. However, a surprising event occurs. The Taraakian vessel and that of the pirates merge under the impulse of the Praksis crystal, a source of mysterious energy, to create a new vessel, which is later baptized NirVana. The Praksis energy ends up sending the newly formed vessel to the depths of space.
This merge also affects Mejeerian combat shuttles, known as Dreads, and a Taraakian mobile "armor", the Vanguard, transforming their appearance and giving the Dreads the ability to combine with the Vanguard, forming the Vandread units. Three men, a third-class worker and two officers who remained on board and were taken prisoner by the pirates, will have to collaborate and learn to coexist with the women pirates of Mejeer, because their survival depends on it.
Produced by Gonzo and directed by Takeshi Mori,[1] Vandread was broadcast for 13 episodes on Wowow from October 3 to December 19, 2000.[2] An additional episode,, was released on home video on December 21, 2001.[3]
A second season, Vandread: The Second Stage, was broadcast from October 5, 2001, to January 18, 2002.[4] An additional episode,, was released on home video on October 25, 2002.[3]
A total of seven light novel volumes, consisting of three Vandread volumes, three Vandread: The Second Stage volumes, and a Vandread: The Extra Stage volume, were released under Kadokawa Shoten's Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko imprint from July 1, 2000, to April 27, 2002.[6] [7]
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Kotetsu Akane, was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's from the July 2000 to the February 2002 issues.[8] [9] Fujimi Shobo collected its chapters in three tankōbon volumes (including a Special Stage volume), from January 10, 2001, to March 1, 2002.[10] [11] [12]