Editing Martian Successor Nadesico (section)

==Production==
The series features an energetic juxtaposition of [[comedy]] and [[drama]], as the characters engage in lighthearted antics in between facing the drama of [[war]]. Many of the characters are themselves anime fans, and there is often comparison between the campy, sanitized war of the [[Story within a story|anime within an anime]] ''Gekigangar III'' and the much harsher reality that the crew of the ''Nadesico'' faces. The show intentionally includes a number of science fiction anime clichés, including [[time travel]] and [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] invaders, but turns these concepts on their heads by the end of the series through a number of plot twists.

The show has been also described as a [[space opera]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japan-expo-paris.com/fr/info/le-space-opera-a-lhonneur_11187.htm|title=Le Space Opera à l'honneur |publisher=Japan Expo Paris |access-date=2019-02-04|archive-date=2019-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205044022/https://www.japan-expo-paris.com/fr/info/le-space-opera-a-lhonneur_11187.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

There are many anime references, particularly to the series ''[[Space Battleship Yamato]]'' (the name ''Nadesico'' is a play on the phrase "[[Yamato nadeshiko]]", which represents the traditional Japanese ideal of femininity, and also the name of [[Dianthus superbus|a flower]]).<ref>{{cite web|last=Goebel|first=Greg|url=http://www.vectorsite.net/xrmarsn1.html|title=Martian Successor Nadesico V1 (2*)|publisher=Vectorsite|date=2004-02-28|access-date=2007-11-27|archive-date=2007-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120040127/http://www.vectorsite.net/xrmarsn1.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> One of the characters was a voice actress before joining the crew (and in fact is a parody of a specific voice actress, [[Megumi Hayashibara]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absoluteanime.com/nadesico/megumi.htm|title=Character Profile: Megumi Raynard|publisher=Absolute Anime|date=2006-07-23|access-date=2007-11-27|archive-date=2008-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211081046/http://www.absoluteanime.com/nadesico/megumi.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> another is a [[Fan (aficionado)#Fangirl|fangirl]] who likes to draw her own [[shōnen-ai]] [[doujinshi]], and a third is an [[otaku]] who bases his entire life on ''Gekigangar III''.

In an episode late in the series, the ship holds an anime convention complete with a viewing marathon of ''Gekigangar'', people engaged in [[cosplay]], and tie-in merchandising. Another episode makes a parody of the ''[[The Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Macross]]'' anime, as the crew celebrates a Miss Nadesico contest to decide a on new captain and public figurehead, in which all the female crew members participate. The contest includes a [[swimsuit]] competition and singing.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dungan|first=Mike|url=http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews/viewreview.php?review=3635|title=Martian Successor Nadesico Essential Anime Vol. #3|publisher=Anime On DVD|access-date=2007-11-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308114635/http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews/viewreview.php?review=3635|archive-date=2005-03-08}}</ref>

The ''Gekigangar'' anime show is in fact an homage (and [[parody]]) of many [[super robot]] [[mecha]] anime of the 1970s and 1980s, most particularly the [[Go Nagai]]/[[Ken Ishikawa (manga artist)|Ken Ishikawa]] collaboration ''[[Getter Robo]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=McCarter|first=Charles|url=http://www.ex.org/3.1/07-exclusive_nadesico4.html|title=Martian Successor Nadesico (Page 4)|magazine=EX |volume=3 |issue=1 |access-date=2007-11-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730050922/http://www.ex.org/3.1/07-exclusive_nadesico4.html|archive-date=2012-07-30}}</ref> The battles between Earth and planetary colonies featured throughout the show is a reference to ''[[Gundam]]'', while the assortment of odd-ball characters on the ship who prefer to choose their own battles, rather than take sides, is a nod to [[Harlock]]. In addition, writers from previous popular science fiction mecha shows occasionally get announced in teasers for various episodes of ''Nadesico''.