Space is vast; space is dark; and space is empty. In space, no one can hear the cries of 3 men trapped on a ship full of women. Whats worse, those three men have never met a woman before and have always been raised to hate and despise women. In the distant future, the genders live on separate planets. Men on one planet, and women on another… Yes, there are some obvious oddities in the pro-creation department, some kind of strange cloning or something, whatever, it isn’t important. What is important is that the genders don’t live together and are in-fact mortal enemies.

Hibiki, a low ranking mechanic; Duelo a medical doctor; and Bart, a navigator, are all trapped onboard the Nirvana. A ship that has become a sort of living creature by two separate ships, one a male’s ship and the other a female’s ship, having been fused together by the Paksis. They are essentially captured by the women, who are pirates. Shortly after the Nirvana is flung to a distant part of the galaxy to save it from destruction from a missile attack. With none of the women able to pilot the new ship, having no doctor of their own and no-one other than Hibiki to pilot the Vanguard mecha, the two genders must learn to work together while traveling back to their own solar system.

The series had a pretty good story line and plot. It was entertaining to watch and easily leaves you wondering what happens in the next episode. Character development is paced, meaning it isn’t slow in that you get bored but they don’t tell you everything about everyone all at once. Over the course of the series you learn more and more about each character, who they are and about their past. The usual romance ensues with Dita wanting to meet an “alien” (man) and following Hibiki around the ship trying to “learn more about him”. Hibiki isn’t interested in “that crazy woman” and just wants to be left alone. While there are some occasional “near misses” when it comes to the cleanliness of the content I would have to say overall it is pretty decent. Honestly I would say the worst is the season 1 opening (or maybe it was the end credits) which has some suggestive content made. The dress of the female characters is rather sparse for some of them, but unlike many shows that is as far as it goes. The clothes stay on. I would call it “beach safe”, meaning you are going to see worse at the beach… or depending on where you leave you might see worse at your local mall or grocery store.