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Japanese anime television series

Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (機甲創世記モスピーダ) (literally "Armored Genesis MOSPEADA") is an anime science fiction series created by Shinji Aramaki and Hideki Kakinuma. The 25 episode television series ran from late 1983 to early 1984 in Japan. MOSPEADA is an acronym of "Military Operation Soldier Protection Emergency Aviation Dive Armor", one of the transformable motorcycle armors the series features. The other primary mecha featured in the show is the three form transformable fighter called the Armo Fighter AFC 01 Legioss. MOSPEADA was adapted as the third generation of the American series Robotech, much like Macross and Southern Cross. As the plot unfolds, the purpose of the Invid invasion is revealed: to find a suitable place to evolve into more complex beings. However, the Invid do not know that their endeavor actually threatens to cause the extinction of both humans and Invid and thus, it is up to Stick and his group, with the help of humanoid Invid (Aisha and Solzie), to convince Invid's hive queen, the Refless, to flee from Earth.

The Robotech adapted names are in brackets: [ ]. Stick Barnard (スティック・バーナード) [Scott Bernard] (Bin Shimada): A 20 year old Mars Base lieutenant who becomes stranded on Earth as the Invid obliterate the defenses of the Second Earth Recapture Force. As a result of the overwhelming force of the Invid, Stick's fiancée, Marlene (マリーン), is killed when her ship attempts to land on the planet surface, leaving Stick angry and bitter. Even after he gathers his freedom fighters together, he often allows his hatred towards the Invid to distract him from the responsible decision making his friends know he is capable of. In the end, however, he finds his peace again as he becomes aware of his growing feelings for Aisha, despite her Invid background. Ray (レイ) [Rand] (Hisao Ōyama): A 17 year old scavenger who plays the role of the historian, optimist, and wisecracker of the group. Originally, Ray was a loner who actually enjoyed teasing the Inbit as they chased him around the territory, but he joins Stick in order to deal a serious blow to the invaders. Extremely resourceful and with a good intuition, Ray is the first in the group who gradually manages to figure out important clues about the Invid's true nature. He is a huge fan of Yellow Belmont until he learns that the female singer is actually a man. Over the course of the series, he develops deep feelings for Houquet, but she is slow to warm up to his affections. Mint La Blue (ミント・ラブル) [Annie "Mint" La Belle] (Sanae Miyuki (credited as Miyuki Muroi)): A spirited and precocious 13 year old girl who was abandoned by her parents. She tags along with the group in order to find a husband, but ends up becoming part of the team. Often considered an annoyance to the rest of the group, Mint is nonetheless loved by her fellow freedom fighters, and proves herself valuable to the mission on several occasions. Her trademark attire is the E. T. cap that she wears. It is not known whether the E. T. stands for the science fantasy movie of the same name or something else. Houquet et Rose (フーケ・エローズ) [Rook Bartley] (Mika Doi): A 16 year old former motorcycle gang member and girlfriend to gang leader, Romy. She was severely beaten and taken advantage of by a rival gang when they cornered her away from her group. Houquet initially fights for the helpless and refuses an alliance with Stick, but joins the team after realizing that she would be stronger with them than without them. Eventually she comes to respect her companions enough that she offers to sacrifice herself in order to save the others. She eventually falls in love with Ray, but for most of the series is unable to open her heart and express her feelings to him. Jim Warston (ジム・ウォーストン) [Jim "Lunk" Austin] (Tomomichi Nishimura): A 32 year old maintenance mechanic. Jim was once a member of the Mars Base forces, but deserted after failing to save a friend from the Invid. Though he labeled himself a coward and often sees himself as a liability to Stick's team, the team is quick to object to this, noting Jim's courage and dependability during their repeated encounters with Invid forces. Yellow Belmont (イエロー・ベルモント) [Lance "Lancer" Belmont] (Mine Matsuki)/(Hirotaka Suzuoki): A 22 year old soldier from the Second Expeditionary Force. He poses as both a male soldier and as a female singer, in order to hide from the Inbit and certain locals. Yellow has made quite a name for himself as an entertainer, but upon meeting Stick and his friends, Yellow decides to help free Earth from the Invid. His ability to completely change both his physical appearance and personality adds to the team's ability to infiltrate towns and cities in order to gather supplies or complete missions. His stage name in Robotech was Yellow Dancer. Aisha (アイシャ) [Ariel/Marlene] (Miki Takahashi): A female Invid changed into humanoid form as part of an experiment to adapt the Invid to Terran conditions. (In Robotech, she was given the name Marlene after Scott (Stick)'s late fiancée. When they first meet her, she has amnesia and is unable to tell the group her real name. She gradually develops human emotions and sympathies, and ends up falling in love with Stick. Refless (レフレス) [Regess] (Noriko Ohara): The Invid's hive queen is seeking to terraform the Earth to make it suitable for Invid colonization. She is presented as a non corporeal alien intelligence who condemns human beings for being genetically and socially inferior. Solzie (ソルジィ) [Sera] (Waka Kanda): Another female Invid transformed into humanoid form. Accidentally encounters Yellow as he is bathing in a waterfall, and the encounter leaves her resolve shaken as she slowly begins to fall in love with him. Eventually, she becomes the first Invid to independently sympathize with the human cause. Battlar (バットラー) [Corg] (Hōchū Ōtsuka): The sole male Invid in the series changed into humanoid form. Unlike Aisha and Solzie, Battlar's experiences with Stick's team leaves him angry and insulted. His repeated defeat in combat by Stick causes Battlar to make his mission of stopping Stick's group a personal vendetta. The English subtitled MOSPEADA DVD released by Harmony Gold and ADV Films uses the inaccurate names (such as "Mint Rubble," "Houquet Emrose," and "Jim Auston") derived from fans on Robotech. com and the Robotech Art I book.

Original JapaneseAir Date Genesis Climber MOSPEADAEpisode Directed by Written by Robotech: The New GenerationEpisode October 2, 1983 1. Prelude to the Offensive (襲撃のプレリュード)Sukehiro Tomita 61. The Invid Invasion October 9, 1983 2. The Broken Hearted Girl's March (失恋少女のマーチ)Sukehiro Tomita 62. The Lost City October 16, 1983 3. Showdown Concert at High Noon (真昼の決闘コンサート)Katsuhito AkiyamaSukehiro Tomita 63. Lonely Soldier Boy October 23, 1983 4. Survival Song Feeling (気分はサバイバル・ソング)Ryo Yasumura 64. Survival October 30, 1983 5. Live Inn Plunder Operation (ライブ・イン・強奪作戦)Satoshi Namiki 65. Curtain Call November 6, 1983 6. Support Girl Blues (突ッ張り少女ブルース)Sukehiro Tomita 66. Hard Times November 13, 1983 7. Fallen Hero's Ragtime (亡き勇者のラグタイム)Satoshi Namiki 67. Paper Hero November 20, 1983 8. Jonathan's Elegy (ジョナサンのエレジー)Ryo Yasumura 68. Eulogy November 27, 1983 9. Lost World Fugue (ロスト・ワールド遁走曲)Masakazu YasumuraSukehiro Tomita 69. The Genesis Pit December 4, 1983 10. Requiem of the Battlefield (戦場のレクイエム)Ryo Yasumura 70. Enter Marlene December 11, 1983 11. Lullaby of Distant Hope (遠い希望のララバイ)Katsuhito Akiyama Satoshi Namiki 71. The Secret Route December 18, 1983 12. Fortress Breakthrough Boogie (要塞突破ブギ)Kenji Terada 72. The Fortress December 25, 1983 13. Sandstorm Playback (砂嵐プレイバック)Sukehiro Tomita 73. Sandstorm January 8, 1984 14. Mint's Wedding March (ミントの結婚行進曲) Kenji Terada 74. Annie's Wedding January 15, 1984 15. The Ballad of Breaking Up (仲間割れのバラード)Sukehiro Tomita 75. Separate Ways January 22, 1984 16. Trap Reggae (トラップ・レゲエ) Satoshi Namiki 76. Metamorphosis January 29, 1984 17. White Night Serenade (白夜のセレナーデ)Masakazu Yasumura Ryo Yasumura 77. The Midnight Sun February 5, 1984 18. The Nature of Old Soldier's Polka (老兵たちのポルカ) Kenji Terada 78. Ghost Town February 12, 1984 19. Forte of the Glacier City (氷河都市のフォルテ)Satoshi Namiki 79. Frost Bite February 19, 1984 20. Birthday Song of the Night Sky (夜空のバースディ・ソング) Sukehiro Tomita 80. Birthday Blues February 26, 1984 21. Arpeggio of Murder (殺しのアルペジオ)Kenji Terada 81. Hired Gun March 4, 1984 22. New York Bebop (ニューヨーク・ビーバップ) Kenji Terada 82. The Big Apple March 11, 1984 23. Black Hair's Partita (黒髪のパルティータ)Sukehiro Tomita 83. Reflex Point March 18, 1984 24. The Dark Finale (闇のフィナーレ) Sukehiro Tomita 84. Dark Finale March 25, 1984 25. Symphony of Light (光のシンフォニー)Sukehiro Tomita 85. Symphony of Light

The original working titles for MOSPEADA were: Kouka Kihei Vector ("Descent Machine Soldier Vector"), Chou Fumetsu Yousai Reflex Point ("Super Immortal Fortress Reflex Point") and AD Patrol: the story of city police where the main character rides a transformable bike that changes into his partner. The main character designs were created by Yoshitaka Amano, who would later gain renown for his character artwork for the Final Fantasy series. Each of the Japanese episode titles contains a musical reference. This style of titling would later be used by Cowboy Bebop. Mechanical designer Shinji Aramaki came up with the transformable motorcycle powered exoskeleton design while working on the Diaclone series (which later became part of Transformers). When riding his Honda VT250 250 cc motorbike he thought to himself that it was the right size for a person to wear. Aramaki mentioned that the idea came to him because of his love for riding motorcycles when he was young. The bike design was inspired by the Suzuki Katana. The black and white stripes on the Legioss and VR ride armor are a tribute to the Allied invasion stripes in World War II. The series was released in North America by ADV Films with the original Japanese language and English subtitles on June 17, 2003. Crunchyroll licenses the series.