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'''Please note that if you have not seen the preceding series, ''[[Genesis of Aquarion]]'', then huge spoilers follow.'''

 

 

[[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|Fast forward to 12,000 years later]]: Vega is once more at the mercy of unknown enemies, this time the "Abductors" from the enigmatic world of Altair. DEAVA, the organization which fought Touma and his Shadow Angels twelve millennia ago, has since evolved into Neo DEAVA, hosting Holy Angel Academy, an [[Academy of Adventure]] with a strict policy of separate education for Element Users, teenagers with special powers -- a [[Military School]] for males, and a [[Church Militant]] for females. With a new threat to humanity looming on the horizon, Neo DEAVA sends its best boys and girls to fight them using the Aquaria, a pair of [[Humongous Mecha]], [[Combining Mecha|each formed from three Vectors]] -- Type-M for males, Type-F for Females. Into the scene comes Amata Sora, a boy working at a movie theater, and Mikono Suzushiro, a girl he meets there. When an Abductor attack puts Mikono in danger, Amata is forced to unleash his Element power -- flight induced by emotion -- and, unwittingly [[Falling Into the Cockpit|levitating into the cockpit]] of a Vector-Z, breaks the long-standing taboo between male-female Unions and revives the legend of Aquarion. As Vega braces itself for a showdown with Altair, more secrets regarding both worlds, its denizens, and even the Aquarion itself slowly unfold...

 

 

* [[Academy of Adventure]]: Holy Angel Academy, Neo DEAVA's official front.

** Andy and Amata dig their way through the barrier and into the female side of the Academy, only to get an upskirt of Mikono. Amata's powers go haywire and starts flying around with Mikono's ass on his face. Andy [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] on the implausibility of the situation.

** {{spoiler|Jin}} somehow wound up in the girls' locker room in Episode 10.

* [[Alien Abduction]]: Apparently the modus operandi of the [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Abductors]].

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Avoiding a major case of this is a reason Amata keeps his levitation powers secret by wearing boots inlaid with pockets with which he can place weights.

* [[Art Evolution]]: This show ''clearly'' has a different character designer than its predecessor.

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Sazanka and Malloy.

** Same goes for Shrade, whose Element powers {{spoiler|[[Self Made Orphan|accidentally made his parents kill each other]].}} Word of his powers quickly spread, and {{spoiler|important figures were often conned into attending his concerts so they would kill each other.}} He didn't learn how to fully control his abilities until Crea personally recruited him.

* [[Double Entendre]]: The Anime.

*** {{spoiler|Andy's speech to Mix about... big bangs... and holes.... in Episode 9 is strangely reminiscent to one spoken by another [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|digger]].}}

*** [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Andy and his love of [[Lovable Sex Maniac|girls]] and ''holes''. They're not trying to be subtle here.

* [[Endangered Species]]: {{spoiler|Turns out Altair has ''zero'' population growth rate--with Jin as the [[Last of His Kind]]--and is thus scrambling to find suitable humans to repopulate the entire race.}}

* [[Enemy Civil War]]:

** {{spoiler|While Mykage and Izumo appear to be allied on the surface, the truth is that Mykage could care less about what happens to Altair, as the only thing he wants is to reawaken the original Aquarion. As a result, he and Izumo constantly clash over what to do.}}

* [[Evil Redhead]]: Kagura

* {{spoiler|[[Gender Bender]]: Whatever it is that caused "The Curse of Eve" not only killed all the women of Altair, but any women from Vega that don't die when brought to Altair will transform in mind and body into men. We see evidence of this with Mix in episode 19, and it's confirmed in 20, and was also starting to affect Zessica and Yunoha.}}

* [[Gendercide]]: {{spoiler|Altair's female population was wiped out by a mysterious disease. Before that the female birth rate took a sudden nosedive.}}

** Mikono is ''not'' pleased about how Zessica can also make Amata float.

{{quote| '''Mikono:''' I thought that I was the only one...}}

* [[Heroic BSOD]]

** ''Everybody'' suffers this in Episode 14 after {{spoiler|a number of Neo DEAVA students, including Jin, are killed during Kagura's rampage.}}

** [[Played for Drama]] in Episode 18 by Andy, after {{spoiler|MIX gets captured by Izumo and his men whilst saving Zessica.}}

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Amata and Andy, as well as Cayenne and Shrade.

* [[Mecha Mooks]]: Abductors' mechas are remote-controlled, unless it's personal and/or the pilot is Kagura.

* [[Meteor Move]]: The "Flying Love Attack" is a variation of Type B, with the Aquarion ramming Kagura's Mithra Gnis into an asteroid.

* [[Military School]]: Neo DEAVA's approach towards training males is basically this, complete with a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] instructor.

* [[Moment Killer]]:

** The moment that end of Episode 14 where {{spoiler|Kagura suddenly bursts out of the ground next to the protagonists.}}

* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: Fudo, being a badass {{spoiler|reincarnated member of the original cast who's fully aware of his past life}}, always seems to know how to lead his men to victory with a calm smile on his face. He even responds to Mykage's threats with a [[Troll|teasing]] smirk. So when he frowns, you ''know'' that shit's hit the fan. Case-in-point, the first time he frowns is when {{spoiler|Mikage kills Jin.}}

* [[Opposites Attract]]: Andy is a [[Lovable Sex Maniac]] who can find weak spots in structures. MIX is a [[Straw Feminist]] who can cover weak spots in structures. Clearly these two have nothing in common, but for some reason they make an oddly effective pair.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: {{spoiler|Amata's Parents. Alicia was abducted to Vega and seems to be stuck in some sort of stasis. Izumo is implied to be to his father or at least knew Alicia while she was alive. Shrade is this as well, only with shades of [[Self Made Orphan]].}}

** Sazanka: Decay

* [[Redheaded Hero]]: Amata.

** Cayenne and Shrade. The former is a [[Hot Blooded]] [[The Empath|empath]] with a [[Big Brother Instinct|sometimes overprotective streak]] towards Mikono. The latter is a cool-headed [[Bishonen]] with a streak of [[Dissonant Serenity]] and an ability to [[Magic Music|manipulate brainwaves with music]]. This is further emphasized through their interactions with Amata: Cayenne immediately disliked him for [[Falling Into the Cockpit]] with Mikono without realizing that he risked his life protecting her, while Shrade immediately had a pleasant conversation with him, noting how he [[Nice Guy|exudes a beautiful, honest melody]]. This dynamic did not go unnoticed by [[Yaoi Fangirl|Sazanka]].

** On the side of Altair, Kagura is a [[Hot Blooded|feisty]] [[Blood Knight]] who loves running headlong into battle, while Jin is a calculating strategist who prefers tactical combat and manipulating his [[Mook|Mooks]] from high up the orbit.

** Shrade and Cayenne. The former is a mysterious piano player who's calm even when he's [[Dissonant Serenity|mentally torturing someone]]. The latter is a [[Hot Blooded]], [[Knight Templar Big Brother]] who will do anything to keep his sister out of harm's way.

* [[Shout Out]]

** The scenes in Episode 8 where Amata, Mikono, and Zessica are tearing their flight suits apart are reminiscent of the climactic scene of ''[[Gun Buster]]'s'' finale.

** Sazanka is shown performing [[Macross Frontier (Anime)|Ranka's]] trademark Kira pose in the opening credits. Also doubles as an [[Actor Allusion]], as both are voiced by [[Megumi Nakajima]].

* [[Telescoping Robot]]: {{spoiler|The ''Mugen Punch'' returns as the ''Mugen Attack''.}}

* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: {{spoiler|a very [[Incredibly Lame Pun|literal]] example. All Rare Iguras (WOMEN) abducted to Altair suffers this. Those that are powerful enough to ACTUALLY survive get mentally and physically transformed into MEN. Yunoha's turning was particularly funny. Due to the testosterone flooding her system, she couldn't stop talking in a stereotypical macho way.}}

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: The lyrics of [[Genesis of Aquarion (Anime)|Genesis of Aquarion]] are usually quoted here. Jin is a repeat offender, quoting the lyrics of the second OP in the fourth episode, and of the first OP in episode 14 {{spoiler|just after his funeral}}. Mykage also quoted the first verse of the first OP in ep 15.

* [[Twice Shy]]: Amata and Mikono.

** Also, {{spoiler|when Jin infiltrates the academy, he picks up a crush on Yunoha. It [[Love Redeems|redeems]] [[Heel Face Turn|him]]... [[Redemption Equals Death|and proves to be his undoing]].}}

* [[Visual Pun]]: On Neo-DEAVA's very first first co-ed class ({{spoiler|after Amata punches a hole through the "Berlin" with a "Mugen Attack"}}), nascent sexual tension between several males and females were so steamy, so to speak, Mix's glasses got mist.

* [[Wham Episode]]: {{spoiler|Episode 13... full stop. Just when Jin finally discovered [[The Power of Love|The Powers of Love]], [[The Power of Friendship|Friendship]] [[The Power of Trust|and Trust]] (courtesy of Yunoha and the rest of her friends), Mykage kills him off for daring to defy him and Kagura, now his [[Unwitting Pawn]]. Even the unflappable Zen Fudo was shocked. And [[It Got Worse]] -- as the next episode preview shows, Jin isn't the only casualty.}}

** {{spoiler|Episode 23, just, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MindScrew Episode 23]}}