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A series of [[Improbably Female Cast|Bishoujo]] / sports anime produced by AIC in 1997.
A series of [[Improbably-Female Cast|Bishoujo]] / sports anime produced by AIC in 1997.


The two anime series were released by [[Geneon|Pioneer]] in North America as ''Battle Athletes'' (the original [[OVA|OVAs]]) and ''Battle Athletes Victory'' (the TV remake). Both star [[Dojikko]] Akari Kanzaki, the daughter of the legendary athlete Tomoe Midoe, as she strives to join the University Satellite sports competition, where she and dozens of others will compete in a variety of futuristic sports, to see who is Earth's greatest female athlete and champion -- the "Cosmo Beauty".
The two anime series were released by [[Geneon|Pioneer]] in North America as ''Battle Athletes'' (the original [[OVA|OVAs]]) and ''Battle Athletes Victory'' (the TV remake). Both star [[Dojikko]] Akari Kanzaki, the daughter of the legendary athlete Tomoe Midoe, as she strives to join the University Satellite sports competition, where she and dozens of others will compete in a variety of futuristic sports, to see who is Earth's greatest female athlete and champion -- the "Cosmo Beauty".
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* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Akari is this to Kris and Ichino. Jessie, meanwhile, is this in general. [[Incompatible Orientation|Too bad she doesn't swing that way]].
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Akari is this to Kris and Ichino. Jessie, meanwhile, is this in general. [[Incompatible Orientation|Too bad she doesn't swing that way]].
* [[Foreign Fanservice]]: Jessie
* [[Foreign Fanservice]]: Jessie
* [[Game Breaking Injury]]: {{spoiler|Ichino.}} Later, {{spoiler|Ayla turns out to be pregnant when Akari scrambles the final 7 competitors.}}
* [[Game-Breaking Injury]]: {{spoiler|Ichino.}} Later, {{spoiler|Ayla turns out to be pregnant when Akari scrambles the final 7 competitors.}}
* [[Genki Girl]]: Tanya
* [[Genki Girl]]: Tanya
* [[Godiva Hair]]: Mylandah, while she's working out (topless).
* [[Godiva Hair]]: Mylandah, while she's working out (topless).
* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: Played straight for Akari, who [[Born Winner|is the daughter of Tomoe]] and just needs confidence to win a triathlon without training for it at all. Her teammates on the University Satellite, though, don't train enough, don't train together, and the team suffers as a result.
* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: Played straight for Akari, who [[Born Winner|is the daughter of Tomoe]] and just needs confidence to win a triathlon without training for it at all. Her teammates on the University Satellite, though, don't train enough, don't train together, and the team suffers as a result.
* [[Hot Blooded]]: Ichino.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Ichino.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Tomoe.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Tomoe.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Akari.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Akari.
** Tanya's worse, of course.
** Tanya's worse, of course.
* [[Ill Girl]]: {{spoiler|Jessie's deceased sister}}
* [[Ill Girl]]: {{spoiler|Jessie's deceased sister}}
* [[Improbably Female Cast]]: Justified, as it's the women's competition.
* [[Improbably-Female Cast]]: Justified, as it's the women's competition.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Jessie Gurtland
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Jessie Gurtland
* [[Konami Code]]: {{spoiler|Mylandah uses this to brainhack a Nerilian robot in a three-legged race.}}
* [[Konami Code]]: {{spoiler|Mylandah uses this to brainhack a Nerilian robot in a three-legged race.}}
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* [[Pinky Swear]]: Between Akari and Ichino about {{spoiler|trying to get to University Satellite together}}.
* [[Pinky Swear]]: Between Akari and Ichino about {{spoiler|trying to get to University Satellite together}}.
* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: Mylandah, in the OVA.
* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: Mylandah, in the OVA.
* [[Rapid Fire Typing]]
* [[Rapid-Fire Typing]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Lahhri (red), Mylandah (blue).
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Lahhri (red), Mylandah (blue).
* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]: Kris and Akari in the [[OVA]]. Ichino and Akari in the first half of ''Victory''.
* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]: Kris and Akari in the [[OVA]]. Ichino and Akari in the first half of ''Victory''.

Revision as of 13:44, 26 January 2014

A series of Bishoujo / sports anime produced by AIC in 1997.

The two anime series were released by Pioneer in North America as Battle Athletes (the original OVAs) and Battle Athletes Victory (the TV remake). Both star Dojikko Akari Kanzaki, the daughter of the legendary athlete Tomoe Midoe, as she strives to join the University Satellite sports competition, where she and dozens of others will compete in a variety of futuristic sports, to see who is Earth's greatest female athlete and champion -- the "Cosmo Beauty".

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