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'''''Innocent Venus''''' is an anime.


It's 2010 AD. Nature has [[After the End|destroyed a good portion of civilization as we know it]]. To maintain order, society is segregated into the rich Logos and the miserably poor Levinas, and the law is enforced by the militaristic upper class. The Logos enjoy easy life in relatively nice areas, while the impoverished masses of the Levinas struggle to survive in [[Crapsack World|the slums, aka everywhere else.]]
It's 2010 AD. Nature has [[After the End|destroyed a good portion of civilization as we know it]]. To maintain order, society is segregated into the rich Logos and the miserably poor Levinas, and the law is enforced by the militaristic upper class. The Logos enjoy easy life in relatively nice areas, while the impoverished masses of the Levinas struggle to survive in [[Crapsack World|the slums, aka everywhere else.]]
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They spend a while on the run, meeting up with various rebel factions including the [[Large Ham|self-styled "pirate captain"]] Toraji, who is actually {{spoiler|the defected vice-commander of Phantom}}; the story continues thus until {{spoiler|Jin is revealed to be a [[Big Bad Friend|backstabbing fiend]] who wants to use Sana just as much as Phantom do}}. Meanwhile Toraji decides to lead the rebellion. The director of Phantom is also working on some sort of [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]] involving the mechas and their power source. This is where Sana finally learns her origin and her significance to the project.
They spend a while on the run, meeting up with various rebel factions including the [[Large Ham|self-styled "pirate captain"]] Toraji, who is actually {{spoiler|the defected vice-commander of Phantom}}; the story continues thus until {{spoiler|Jin is revealed to be a [[Big Bad Friend|backstabbing fiend]] who wants to use Sana just as much as Phantom do}}. Meanwhile Toraji decides to lead the rebellion. The director of Phantom is also working on some sort of [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]] involving the mechas and their power source. This is where Sana finally learns her origin and her significance to the project.


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=== This [[Anime]] provides examples of: ===


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* [[Amazonian Beauty]]: Hijin
* [[Amazonian Beauty]]: Hijin
* [[After the End]]
* [[After the End]]
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** Though as CGI goes, they're not badly done.
** Though as CGI goes, they're not badly done.
* [[Crapsack World]]
* [[Crapsack World]]
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: A post-apocalyptic future in which geography and humanity have been reduced by some cataclysmic event. Brutal futuristic police states that put down the poor with mecha. Violent forces in pursuit of a young girl of unknown but obviously immense importance. {{spoiler|The mechas are [[Powered By a Forsaken Child|powered by the souls of little children]].}}
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: A post-apocalyptic future in which geography and humanity have been reduced by some cataclysmic event. Brutal futuristic police states that put down the poor with mecha. Violent forces in pursuit of a young girl of unknown but obviously immense importance. {{spoiler|The mechas are [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|powered by the souls of little children]].}}
* [[Dramatic Chase Opening]] (executed as a textbook example)
* [[Dramatic Chase Opening]] (executed as a textbook example)
* [[Duel to The Death]]: {{spoiler|Jin versus Jo, at the end - though like most fights in Innocent Venus, it's short, sharp, and very one sided.}}
* [[Duel to the Death]]: {{spoiler|Jin versus Jo, at the end - though like most fights in Innocent Venus, it's short, sharp, and very one sided.}}
* [[Et Tu, Brute?]]
* [[Et Tu, Brute?]]
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Albino]]: Jin }}
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Albino]]: Jin }}
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* [[Heroic RROD]]: Prolonged use of the mechas causes this, unless you're a [[Complete Monster]].
* [[Heroic RROD]]: Prolonged use of the mechas causes this, unless you're a [[Complete Monster]].
* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]: Jo
* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]: Jo
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Jin, whose death is apparently caused by pushing his mecha's power too far, which provokes the children's souls in his Gladiator. Similarly with Drake, whose own gladiators turn on him and kill him. This is something of a theme in the series, as a form of [[Laser-Guided Karma]] for those who have implanted children's brains to drive their war machines}}.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Jin, whose death is apparently caused by pushing his mecha's power too far, which provokes the children's souls in his Gladiator. Similarly with Drake, whose own gladiators turn on him and kill him. This is something of a theme in the series, as a form of [[Laser-Guided Karma]] for those who have implanted children's brains to drive their war machines}}.
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: {{spoiler|Jin managed to fool most people, including Jo, who seems to have been his friend for years. Though since he fools most the audience too (but for the obscure [[Spoiler Opening]] there would be no clue at all), Jo and Sana can probably be excused for thinking he was a nice guy.}}
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: {{spoiler|Jin managed to fool most people, including Jo, who seems to have been his friend for years. Though since he fools most the audience too (but for the obscure [[Spoiler Opening]] there would be no clue at all), Jo and Sana can probably be excused for thinking he was a nice guy.}}
* [[Humongous Mecha]]
* [[Humongous Mecha]]
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* [[State Sec]]: Phantom
* [[State Sec]]: Phantom
* [[Supporting Leader]]: Toraji
* [[Supporting Leader]]: Toraji
* [[Tarot Motifs]]: Qing Ling carries around a tarot deck, often used to foreshadow the episode's events {{spoiler|Death, The Moon, and The World}}. He also uses the cards themselves to [[Death Dealer|kill people]].
* [[Tarot Motifs]]: Qing Ling carries around a tarot deck, often used to foreshadow the episode's events {{spoiler|Death, The Moon, and The World}}. He also uses the cards themselves to [[Death Dealer|kill people]].
* [[Twelve-Episode Anime]]: Sadly, due to bad pacing during the middle seems painfully slow, but later episodes felt too rushed.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]] : {{spoiler|Jin, mostly as a result of getting his brain fried and realizing that all his efforts were for nothing.}}
* [[Villainous Breakdown]] : {{spoiler|Jin, mostly as a result of getting his brain fried and realizing that all his efforts were for nothing.}}
* [[Was It All a Lie?]] - Shades of this.
* [[Was It All a Lie?]] - Shades of this.
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Latest revision as of 17:38, 23 December 2022

Innocent Venus is an anime.

It's 2010 AD. Nature has destroyed a good portion of civilization as we know it. To maintain order, society is segregated into the rich Logos and the miserably poor Levinas, and the law is enforced by the militaristic upper class. The Logos enjoy easy life in relatively nice areas, while the impoverished masses of the Levinas struggle to survive in the slums, aka everywhere else.

The Government has Phantom, a special forces division that uses mechas called Gladiators. They specialize in putting down rebellions and generally being jerkasses.

Two guys and a girl are on the run from the evil government, in the process participating in cool mecha battles and blowing stuff up. Jo and Jin are former Phantom members who appear to be polar opposites in personality. Sana, the mysterious pink-haired girl, is somehow linked to Phantom.

They spend a while on the run, meeting up with various rebel factions including the self-styled "pirate captain" Toraji, who is actually the defected vice-commander of Phantom; the story continues thus until Jin is revealed to be a backstabbing fiend who wants to use Sana just as much as Phantom do. Meanwhile Toraji decides to lead the rebellion. The director of Phantom is also working on some sort of Weapon of Mass Destruction involving the mechas and their power source. This is where Sana finally learns her origin and her significance to the project.

Tropes used in Innocent Venus include:
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