Vandread - Pressure
In these final episodes, misunderstandings lead the female crew of the pirate shipNirvanato jail the three male refugees. Hibiki flees in his mecha suit and encounters a fleet where men and women work comfortably together. He joins them in a fight against the aliens--really Earthlings--who "harvest" people from other planets for their body parts. After seeing his new friends killed in battle, Hibiki returns to theNirvana--whose location has been sold to the Harvesters by the venal Rabat. Naturally, the ensuing conflict requires everyone to work together to defeat the common enemy, but the series ends on a semi-cliffhanger that suggests a sequel was planned. The simultaneous attraction and misunderstanding between the sexes that forms the theme of this series offers rich material, but the filmmakers fritter it away on silly subplots. Rated 13 Up: Violence, risqué humor.--Charles Solomon