series overview
Dragonaut
-The Resonance- is a twenty-six episode anime series produced by Gonzo
and NAS for the Fall 2007 television season. In addition to the television series, a manga adaptation began its run
in Shueisha's Jump Square monthly magazine in November 2007. It concluded
at six chapters and was published in a bound volume during May of 2008. While the manga has not been licensed for US distribution, FUNimation announced its acquistion of the anime licence in February of 2009. Dragonaut was subsequently released to the American market in two half-series DVD during November and December of 2009. The series is complete in both anime and manga forms.
Dragonaut tells the story of Kamishina Jin, an orphaned survivor of a shuttle accident. Two years after the incident, he begins to discover the truth behind the loss of his family thanks to a mysterious girl named Toa. The truth, as Jin learns, is complicated. Apparently dragon invaders from space are out to screw with Earth and an organisation known as the ISDA are devoted to stopping them. Now, whether he likes it or not, Jin is part of an ongoing battle between humans and dragons. Something which becomes rather complicated after he realises that the beautiful Toa is actually one of these alien enemies...
I suppose one could liken it to Romeo and Juliet only with slightly more gratuitous tit shots and terrible CG dragons. Best anime ever? Oh, totally.