CLXXIX: "Blue Gender"

I never thought I'd be speaking about this title. Blue Gender is another post-apocalyptic anime that has its touch of romance and horror. Imagine traits from Alien being animated into a piece where life on Earth has literally gone to hell... The end results pretty much resembles what the world of Blue Gender is like.

As it begins, Yuji Kaido is one of the few humans diagnosed with having B-Cells in their bodies. Deemed incurable, he, along with others like him, was put in suspended animation until a cure was at last found. The time of this was Earth year 2009. In 2031, he wakes up to a horrific time. Earth as he knew it was gone, its terrains overrun by a insect-like species called "Blue". The life he knew faded and gone, he has fear in his heart. Encountering one, he meets Marlene Angel of Second Earth, whose emotions were shut-in, becoming a cold soldier as she terminates the Blue. Over time however, though warfare, Marlene's emotions starts to unravel and Yuji becomes more hardened as a soldier, the two of them forming a bond with one another. However, while things between them happens, they still have the Blue to worry about, especailly when the plot takes a turn for the worst...

Blue Gender lasts for 26 episodes, created in AIC animation studio. A compilation movie, Blue Gender: The Warrior, was also dune under AIC, with redone scenes and an alternate ending, due to the latter 1/3 of the series original arc being removed. Both are under the Funimation label for US release. Originally, this title was to be featured in Cartoon Network's Toonami block, but instead saw its way on their Adult Swim action block. Because of their intent, all graphic violence, nudity and sex scenes were omitted. It was also shown in UK under Sci-Fi Channel (which are all known as SyFy currently). Funimation as well featured this anime, though chances are that they were more lenient on content, having shown it in a specific time period. The original run for this was back in October 1999 - March 2000. Marlene is voiced by Laura Bailey, while Yuji is voiced by Eric Vale.


Blue Gender is a piece that has futuristic warfare featuring mechas, aliens, and a space colony. In all, the romance between them seems to be as prominent as the hell they go through with the Blue, and I grade this an 8 of 10 overall.