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{{short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Vandread key visual.png
| caption         = Key visual of the series, featuring Hibiki Tokai (center), Dita Liebely (top), Meia Gisborn (right) and Jura Basil Elden (left) 
| ja_kanji        = ヴァンドレッド
| ja_romaji       = Vandoreddo
| genre           = {{ubl|[[Comedy]]<ref name="them">{{Cite web|last=Enoch|first=Lau|url=http://themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=362|title=Vandread|website=[[THEM Anime Reviews]]|access-date=March 22, 2023|archive-date=September 22, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030922102120/http://themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=362|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Harem (genre)|Harem]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Gnam|first=Julian|title=Vandread, The Complete Series|url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/vandread-the-complete-series/|website=[[Otaku USA]]|access-date=February 26, 2023|date=September 30, 2009|archive-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226144350/https://otakuusamagazine.com/vandread-the-complete-series/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="activeanime">{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Davey C.|title=Vandread The Complete Series|url=http://activeanime.com/html/2009/05/06/vandread-the-complete-series/|website=Active Anime|access-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223024250/http://activeanime.com/html/2009/05/06/vandread-the-complete-series/|archive-date=December 23, 2011|date=May 6, 2009|quote=''Vandread'' is hilarious and high octane action. The harem style done space opera action is brilliant.|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Space opera]]<ref name="activeanime"/><ref name="them"/>}}<!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = light novel
| author          = [[Takeshi Mori (director)|Takeshi Mori]]
| publisher       = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
| demographic     = Male
| imprint         = [[Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko]]
| first           = July 1, 2000
| last            = April 27, 2002
| volumes         = 7
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = Takeshi Mori
| illustrator     = Kotetsu Akane
| publisher       = Kadokawa Shoten
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]}}
| magazine        = Monthly Dragon Jr.
| first           = July 2000
| last            = February 2002
| volumes         = 2 + 1 extra
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = Takeshi Mori
| producer        = {{ubl|Maki Horiuchi|Ayumu Tanaka|Masashi Tsukino}}
| writer          = [[Atsuhiro Tomioka]]
| music           = Yasunori Iwasaki
| studio          = [[Gonzo (company)|Gonzo]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee
| AUS = [[Siren Visual]]
| NA = [[Crunchyroll]]
}}
| network         = [[Wowow]]
| network_en      = {{English anime network
| CA = [[G4techTV Canada]]
| SEA = [[AXN]]
| US = [[Starz Encore|Encore Action]] & [[Starz Encore|WAM]], [[Crunchyroll Channel]]
| ZA = [[Animax]]
}}
| first           = October 3, 2000
| last            = December 19, 2000
| episodes        = 13
| episode_list    = List of Vandread episodes
}}
{{Collapsed infobox section begin}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| title           = Vandread: The Second Stage
| director        = Takeshi Mori
| producer        = {{ubl|Maki Horiuchi|Ayumu Tanaka|Masashi Tsukino}}
| writer          = Atsuhiro Tomioka
| music           = Yasunori Iwasaki
| studio          = Gonzo
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee
| AUS = Siren Visual
| NA = Crunchyroll
}}
| network         = Wowow
| network_en      = {{English anime network
| CA = [[G4techTV Canada]]
| SEA = [[AXN]]
| US = [[Starz Encore|Encore Action]] & [[Starz Encore|WAM]]
| ZA = [[Animax]]
}}
| first           = October 5, 2001
| last            = January 18, 2002
| episodes        = 13
| episode_list    = List of Vandread episodes#Season Two
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| title           = Vandread Integral
| director        = Takeshi Mori
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = Gonzo
| licensee       = {{English anime licensee
| NA = Crunchyroll
}}
| released        = December 21, 2001
| runtime         = 75 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| title           = Vandread Turbulence
| director        = Takeshi Mori
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = Gonzo
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee
| NA = Crunchyroll
}}
| released        = October 25, 2002
| runtime         = 97 minutes
}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}

{{Nihongo|'''''Vandread'''''|ヴァンドレッド|Vandoreddo|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[anime]] television series directed by [[Takeshi Mori (director)|Takeshi Mori]] and produced by [[Gonzo (company)|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.

== Plot ==
{{see|List of Vandread characters{{!}}List of ''Vandread'' characters}}

The [[single-gender world|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.

==Broadcast and release==
{{Main|List of Vandread episodes{{!}}List of ''Vandread'' episodes}}
Produced by [[Gonzo (company)|Gonzo]] and directed by [[Takeshi Mori (director)|Takeshi Mori]],<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヴァンドレッド|url=https://www.gonzo.co.jp/works/vandread/|publisher=[[Gonzo (company)|Gonzo]]|access-date=February 26, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226164813/https://www.gonzo.co.jp/works/vandread/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Vandread'' was broadcast for 13 episodes on [[Wowow]] from October 3 to December 19, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vandread|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C9993|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226161550/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C9993|archive-date=February 26, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> An additional episode, {{Nihongo|''Vandread Integral''|ヴァンドレッド 胎動篇|Vandoreddo Taidō-hen}}, was released on home video on December 21, 2001.<ref name="Video&DVD">{{cite web|title=Video&DVD|url=http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/anime/vandread/sandg/video.html|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|access-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040825001201/http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/anime/vandread/sandg/video.html|archive-date=August 25, 2004}}</ref>

A second season, ''Vandread: The Second Stage'', was broadcast from October 5, 2001, to January 18, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vandread the Second Stage|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C10175|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226161609/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C10175|archive-date=February 26, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> An additional episode, {{Nihongo|''Vandread Turbulence''|ヴァンドレッド 激闘篇|Vandoreddo Gekitō-hen}}, was released on home video on October 25, 2002.<ref name="Video&DVD"/>

==Songs==
===Opening and ending songs===
* "Trust" ("Vandread" opening; also used as the ending in the last "Second Stage" episode) by Salia<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|script-title=ja:ヴァンドレッド 激闘篇|url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/381860|access-date=March 22, 2023|website=HMV&Books online|language=ja|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230403193808/https://www.hmv.co.jp/artist_%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1_000000000013179/item_%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89-%E6%BF%80%E9%97%98%E7%AF%87_381860|archive-date=April 3, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
* "Himegoto" ("Vandread" ending) by SiLC<ref name=":0"/>
* "Justice" ("Second Stage" opening) by Aki Kudo<ref name=":0"/>
* "Yes, Together" ("Second Stage" ending) by Yasunori Iwasaki, sung by Aki Kudo<ref name=":0"/>
* "Spacy Spicy Love" ("Turbulence" opening) by Mejare Pirates<ref name=":0"/>
* "Proof" ("Turbulance" ending) by Mejare Pirates<ref name=":0"/>

===Insert songs===
* "[[What a Wonderful World (song)|What a Wonderful World]]" ("Vandread" insert song) by [[Donna Burke]]<ref name=":0"/>
* "Somedays" ("Second Stage" insert) by [[Donna Burke]]<ref name=":0"/>
* "Ikutose Karuka"/"Many Many Tears"<ref name=":0"/>
* "Good Day Friends" (Dita's song) by [[Yumi Kakazu]]<ref name=":0"/>
* "Kanojo wa Dandysm" (Barnette's song)<ref name=":0"/>
* "Moon Light Lullaby" (Meia's song) by [[Fumiko Orikasa]]<ref name=":0"/>
* "Slow Down" (Jura's song)<ref name=":0"/>
* "Welcome Home" (Parfet's song)<ref name=":0"/>

==Related media==
{{See also|Vandread Extra Stage{{!}}''Vandread Extra Stage''}}
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goods|url=http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/anime/vandread/sandg/book.html|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|access-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040825072745/http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/anime/vandread/sandg/book.html|archive-date=August 25, 2004|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヴァンドレッド ｔｈｅ ｅｘｔｒａ ｓｔａｇｅ|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/200111000253/|publisher=[[Kadokawa Corporation]]|access-date=February 26, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=March 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321141727/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/200111000253/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A [[manga]] adaptation, illustrated by Kotetsu Akane, was serialized in [[Fujimi Shobo]]'s ''{{ill|Monthly Dragon Jr.|ja|月刊ドラゴンジュニア}}'' from the July 2000 to the February 2002 issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1088503363|publisher=[[Mandarake|Mandarake Inc.]]|access-date=February 26, 2023|script-title=ja:月刊ドラゴンジュニア 2000年(平成12年)07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226153605/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1088503363|archive-date=February 26, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1109723393|publisher=[[Mandarake|Mandarake Inc.]]|access-date=February 26, 2023|script-title=ja:月刊ドラゴンジュニア 2002年(平成14年)02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226154928/https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1109723393|archive-date=February 26, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> Fujimi Shobo collected its chapters in three ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes (including a ''Special Stage'' volume), from January 10, 2001, to March 1, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヴァンドレッド|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M286696|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226155325/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M286696|archive-date=February 26, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヴァンドレッド 2|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M286694|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226155345/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M286694|archive-date=February 26, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ヴァンドレッドすぺしゃるすてーじ|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M286693|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226155520/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M286693|archive-date=February 26, 2023|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.funimation.com/vandread/|''Vandread''}} at [[Funimation]]
* {{Anime News Network|anime|269}}

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