Innocent Venus

Aired: 2006

A TV anime produced by Brains Base, an original project by Bandai Visual. Aired on WOWOW from July to October 2006 for 12 episodes. Set in 2035, after a catastrophic "Hyper Hurricane" in 2010 reduced Earth's population from 8 billion to 3 billion, Japan rebuilt using power-assist technology but split into the ruling class "Logos" and the impoverished "Levinas." Two deserters from the military organization Phantom flee with a girl named Sana who holds the key to mass-producing the powerful mecha known as Gladiators. Directed by Jun Kawagoe.