Mecha and Monsters from Vandread

The follow is a list of the many mecha and monsters that appeared in the 2000 anime series *Vandread*.

## Vanguards and Dreads

### Vanguards

**Vanguards** (ヴァンガード) were a series of humanoid robots from planet Tarak, all of which were capable of space flight.

* **Type 101 Barbarian Bomber** (百一式蛮型撲撃機): First appears in episode 2. Hibiki's Vanguard that serves as the main protagonist mecha of the series noted for having an orange and white colors scheme and two eyes. It was armed with a sword stored in the right hip, an ax, and a mace.
* **Special Barbarian Type** (スペシャル蛮型): Also called the **Type 99 Barbarian Bomber** (九十九式蛮型撲撃機). Appear in episode 1. Standard Vanguards from Tarak noted for having a white and gray color scheme and one eye. Among confirmed melee weapons include a blade in the right elbow, a pair of kamas with a spear on the head, a javelin, a chainsaw, a naginata, a spear, a tomahawk, three retractable claws on the right wrist, and a zweihander sword.
	+ **Special Barbarian Kai** (スペシャル蛮型改): Appear in episode 5. Four Special Barbarian Types used by the Nirvana crew, each one with a unique color and a weapon including a right wrist cannon, an ax, a sword, and a shovel. All four could be equipped with a giant umbrella for atmospheric entry.

### Dreadnoughts

**Dreadnoughts** (ドレッドノート) were a series of vehicular mecha from planet Megar, all of which were capable of space flight and armed with blue laser guns on the cockpit and could erect a blue spherical energy shield. Listed below are the most prominent used in the series.

* **Special Dreadnought Dita** (スペシャルドレッドノート ディータ): A blue Dreadnought used by Dita and could be combined with the Type 101 Barbarian Bomber to form its correlating Vandread.
* **Special Dreadnought Meia** (スペシャルドレッドノート メイア): A white Dreadnought used by Dita and could be combined with the Type 101 Barbarian Bomber to form its correlating Vandread.
* **Special Dreadnought Jura** (スペシャルドレッドノート ジュラ): A red Dreadnought used by Dita and could be combined with the Type 101 Barbarian Bomber to form its correlating Vandread.
* **Special Dreadnought Barnette** (スペシャルドレッドノート バーネット): A pink Dreadnought used by Barnette, unlike the others it did not form a Vandread.

### Vandreads

**Vandreads** (ヴァンドレッド ) were a combination of Vanguard and Dreadnought used by the crew of the Nirvana throughout the series, all of which were capable of flight.

* **Vandread Dita** (ヴァンドレッド ディータ): Also called Blue Giant (蒼い巨人). First appears in episode 2. Powers include detachable energy cannon on each shoulder capable of scattering and can combine its cannons into a double sided energy lance.
* **Vandread Meia** (ヴァンドレッド メイア): Also called White Wings (白い翼). First appears in episode 4. Powers include dual bladed wings and erecting a green energy field around the head for ram attacks.
* **Vandread Jura** (ヴァンドレッド ジュラ): Also called Red Claws (紅い爪). First appears in episode 9. Its only known power is eight remote controlled green energy shield projectors capable of firing lasers and protecting a planet.
* **Super Vandread High Speed Form** (スーパーヴァンドレッド高速形態): A combination of the Type 101 and all thread Dreadnoughts that appears in the final episode. It has all of the capabilities of the individual Vandreads.

## Space Ships

* **Nirvana** (ニル ヴァーナ): First appears in episode 1. A unique space ship from planet Megar used by the protagonists as their base. Its only known power was erecting a blue spherical energy shield.
	+ **Delimachine** (デリ機): First appears in episode 4. A retrieval shuttle stored in the underside with four underside arms and six rectangular containers.
	+ **Nirvana Jam** (ニル ヴァーナ ジャム): An upgraded Nirvana that appears in the final episode.
* **Rabat's Ship**: First appears in episode 8. A red space ship used by Rabat noted for having a pair of solar sails.
	+ **U-Tan Special** (ウータン スペシャル): First appears in episode 8. A heavily armed robot used by U-Tan that acts as the main defenses for Rabat's Ship. It was armed with a pair of pincer claw hands, a back cannon, dual particle guns and 7-tube missile pod on each arm, and machine gun on each side of the head.
* **Super Giant Battleship Mutarak**: First appear in episode 1. They were armed with double barreled machine gun turrets on each side of the hull, siteen yellow laser cannons consisting of eight firing horizontally and eight firing vertically, and missile launchers.
* **Megar Battleship**: First appear in episode 1. Red battleships from planet Megar armed with a blue laser cannon on each wing.
* **Melanus Battleship**: Appear in episodes 11 and 26. White battleships from planet Melanus armed with white lasers from each side of the hull
	+ **Melanus Fighter**: Appear in episodes 11 and 26. Blue starfighters armed with a laser gun on the end of each wing and five missile under each wing.

## Harvester Fleet

**Harvesters** (刈り取り) were a series of unmanned machines designed to reap human body parts after humanity had left Earth to colonize planets throughout the galaxy, each planet surviving to use its populations for specific organs to harvest.

### Infantry Types

* **Worker** (作業用): Silver robots designed to collect organic material from humans for harvesting their body parts. Unlike other Harvesters they are not used in combat.
* **Cube** (キューブ): First appear in episode 2. They were the primary infantry of the Harvesters throughout the events of the series. Powers include flight, a pincer claw for each hand, retracting into a cube, firing red lasers from the head, and a napalm bomb that stored a Harvesting Mecha.
	+ **Harvesting Mecha** (刈り取りメカ): Appear in episode 11. They were red crab-like machine used to harvest individual humans during ship boarding assaults using machinery in their underside to grind enemies to shreds..
* **Sea Urchin Type** (ウニ(海胆)型): First appear in episode 2. They were purple urchin-like machines that used their tentacles to harden into blades, rotate to form giant saws, and use as missiles.
* **Bird Type** (トリ(鳥)型): Appears in episode 6. This robot was noted for its speed using a thruster in each of the four wings and could fire pink lasers from head.
* **Sand Cube** (サンドキューブ): Appear in episode 8. They were green beetle-like machines noted for having a yellow laser gun for the right arm and a claw for the left arm.
* **Spider Type** (クモ(蜘蛛)型): Appears in episode 10. This robot was noted for its speed, having six claw arms, and emitting an electric net from the mouth.
* **False Vandread** (ニセ ウアンドレッド): Replicas of the Vandreads that appear in the final episode.

### Ship Types

* **Biroshki** (ビロシキ): Silver giant motherships that resembled walnuts that first appear in episode 2. They were armed with a red laser cannon in their front.
* **Lily Type** (ユリ(百合)型): A brown ship designed to harvest entire oceans in its maw that appears in episode 9.
	+ **Container** (コンテナ): A black secondary ship designed to contain entire oceans once in attached to the Lily Type in episode 9.
* **Peeman** (ビーマン): Purple super giant attack carriers that first appear in episode 11. They were armed with an orange energy cannon from the front capable of destroying fleets and white energy gun turrets in the hull. Noted for being able to transport dozens of Biroshkis at a time.