Argento Soma

Synopsis

The 21st century was supposed to mark the beginning of mankind's golden age of space travel. However, humanity's lingering dreams of the stars are shelved when Earth suddenly comes under attack by alien entities. Trampling across the planet's surface, these giant invaders leave nothing but death and destruction in their wake. Having suffered personal losses from the invasion, Takuto Kaneshiro joins the fight against the extraterrestrial enemies. In his quest for vengeance, the disillusioned young Takuto must seek out any possible allies, but the line between friend and foe is dangerously thin. When old powers crumble and new opportunities arise, many are prepared to capitalize on the chaos. Takuto soon realizes that the aliens may be the least complicated obstacle to uncovering the greater truth behind the catastrophic invasion.

First Air Date: 2000-10-06

Last Air Date: 2001-03-30

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 25

Networks: TV Tokyo

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Top Cast

Soichiro Hoshi as Ryu Soma
Houko Kuwashima as Maki Agata
Yuji Takada as Frank
Takehito Koyasu as Dan Simmonds
Yui Horie as Sue Harris
Kikuko Inoue as Guinevere Green
Jouji Nakata as Michael Heartland
Sayuri as Lana Ines
Hiroshi Takemura as Mr. X
Chafurin as Ernest Noguchi

Seasons

Specials

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Phase:EX Alone and By Myself

The episode that was trimmed from the series, it’s a definite stand alone episode. Dan, Guenevere, Sue, and Michael are sent down to Antarctica to intercept an alien invader. While searching for the alien and fighting it, Sue ends up causing an avalanche that traps both her SARG and the alien at the bottom of a giant crevasse. The episode is pretty dull, it spends the entire time with Sue trying to get her SARG up the side of the crevasse (because her thrusters are damaged) and inter-cuts the action with flashbacks to her upbringing. It’s quite gratuitous and really doesn’t give any insights into Sue at all.