TV series

Xenosaga: The Animation

2005 · 1 season

A condensed, earnest space opera that throws you into cosmic war and expects you to keep up with its dense lore.

Overview: The year is T.C. 4767. Four thousand years have passed since humanity abandoned its birthplace, the planet Earth. Beset by the hostile alien Gnosis, mankind is now scrambling to find ways to defeat this threat to their existence. The development of KOS-MOS (a specialized android with amazing capabilities) by Vector engineer Shion Uzuki was one response to the threat. But when their ship is destroyed by the Gnosis, Shion and her companions find themselves thrust into the middle of a battle with no clear sides...
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Survival, identity, war, technology
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
identity
war
technology
faith
Places: space
Era: far-future
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none