Introduction
Mars is now almost entirely covered in water. Humanity exists in large city-ships that float through the open seas. But life is hard for those who live on Mars—the economy is in bad shape, work is scarce, and food is expensive and highly prized. Gram and his friends try to do the best they can, but the work keeps drying up. Some have taken to a life of piracy to combat the corruption in the government; one such group is the pirates of the feared Ship of Aurora. And the Earth government, which rules Mars, has dispatched a new team of military pilots to combat them. In their specialized mecha called Round Bucklers, they must make the seas of Mars safe for humanity. Caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, Gram finds himself on the run with the most notorious pirates on Mars. But here's the thing—he's starting to like them!
(Source: Bandai Entertainment)
Audience reviews
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nozomiEX
The Mars Daybreak is the picture of average. It has a beginning, middle, and end. There's really not much more to say about it. The protagonist is a Gary Stu, everyone else is a static stereotype, and only a couple characters demonstrate any growth, albeit along predictable trajectories. You might like a couple of the side characters (there are a ton of em so it would be rare that not one strikes a chord with you) but they all get so little time or effort in fleshing them out that there's nothing to any of them but a handful of traits. If you like any character, it better be Gram, because he's the one who you're gonna be seeing most of. The setting, the characters, the plot, everything here lays the minimum groundwork for a story and nothing more. It wasn't so awful that I couldn't bear to…
Read at the sourceggultra2764
This is about as cookie cutter as you can get. Mars Daybreak features our carefree and free-spirited male lead Gram finding his own mecha that gets attracted to him for whatever reason and he tags along with the pirate crew aboard the Ship of Aurora in the hunt for ancient treasure on the planet of Mars. Basically, the series mixes around adventure and comedy in its focus on Gram and the Ship of Aurora crew as they usually run into combat situations against rival pirate Kubernes and Earth Forces, as well as having episodes focused around a different member of the crew. It's a decent storytelling approach, but the series doesn't really bother going into great detail on the backgrounds of each character and how they became part of the pirate crew, especially when you have a talking cat and d…
Read at the sourceTobuay
This manga is close to the same story as Outlaw Star.
The Story was a bit too playful for my taste. No real impending death is to be found here. Pretty much a love story of pirates. It does have an overall story line but it really doesn't go into depth at all.
The Characters were developed but could have been better. I feel this is because the lack of story. However, the main focus is on the Love Triangle that involves the 3 main characters, though it is explored pretty weakly and a bit confusing at times.
Overall it's a good anime if you want to watch something good, but if you want to watch something Awesome there are definitely better choices. It's was still worth watching it all the way to the end so that says something.
Read at the sourcePurjoloek
Mars Daybreak is a 26-episode series that aired between April 1st to September 23, 2004.
The genres include: Adventure, Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance.
Story
Pretty interesting. Mars is covered by water, and the economy is really lousy. Gram tries his best to live a good life, but everything changes for him when he is accidentally brought onto the pirate ship "Aurora", and being a pirate on "Aurora" becomes his new profession. The story follows this merry group of pirates on their travels, as they reveal secrets that could change Mars forever, and a team sent from Earth to catch the pirates. It starts of very nice and entertaining, but as the series progresses, the plot gets weaker, and starts to rely on filler-ish episodes, abandoning the initial story.
Animation
Seeing as this was mad…
Read at the sourceHuntsman
Mars of the future has become a flooded, ice-covered planet where humanity lives in drifting city-ships. The economy has turned bad since the end of an off-world war reduced demand for water, the planet's main export, making work hard to get for Gram and his friends, and governmental corruption only worsens the situation. The environment makes a perfect setting for pirates using futuristic submarines, who regularly raid the city-ships for supplies. The most renowned and feared of the pirate vessels is the Ship of Aurora, which makes a habit of reselling its booty cheap so that it can be redistributed to less fortunate folk. Such a problem do the pirates pose that the Earth government, which still controls Mars, has dispatched an elite team of fresh military recruits to help deal with their…
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