Series synopsis
Terra Formars, also known as テラフォーマーズ is a Japanese action & adventure animation sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Tokyo MX on September 26, 2014. It ended on September 16, 2016. It was created by Hiroshi Hamasaki. It stars Akira Ishida, Hiroshi Yanaka, Kaito Ishikawa and Daisuke Ono.
Twenty years ago, Shokichi Komachi was part of the Bugs 2 mission to Mars that discovered Terra Formars, human-cockroach hybrids that resulted from a terraforming accident. Shokichi was one of only two survivors. Now, the AE virus that came from Mars is raging wildly on earth. Shokichi boards the spacecraft Annex 1 to go back to Mars to find a sample in order to create a vaccine. They will face an unanticipated accident, a multinational conspiracy, and even more advanced Terra Formars.
Premise
Twenty years ago, Shokichi Komachi was part of the Bugs 2 mission to Mars that discovered Terra Formars, human-cockroach hybrids that resulted from a terraforming accident. Shokichi was one of only two survivors. Now, the AE virus that came from Mars is raging wildly on earth. Shokichi boards the spacecraft Annex 1 to go back to Mars to find a sample in order to create a vaccine. They will face an unanticipated accident, a multinational conspiracy, and even more advanced Terra Formars.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Akira Ishida as Joseph
- Hiroshi Yanaka as Ko Honda
- Kaito Ishikawa as Marcos E.Garcia
- Daisuke Ono as Keiji Onizuka
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Akari Hizamaru
- Kenji Akabane as Ivan Perepelkina
- Ai Kayano as Sheila Levitte
- Unsho Ishizuka as Sylvester Asimov
Supporting cast
- Shizuka Itoh as Michelle K.Davis
- Nozomi Sasaki as Hong (voice)
- Romi Park as Elena Perepelkina
- Chiaki Takahashi as Kanako Sanjyo
- Ayane Sakura as Eva Frost
- Hidenobu Kiuchi as Shokichi Komachi
- Tetsuo Komura as Liu Yiwu
- KENN as Alex Kandori Stewart
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shichisei Hiruma
- Koji Yusa as Adolf Reinhard
- Tomokazu Sugita as Ichiro Hiruma
- Ai Kakuma as Erika Nakanojyo
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 30 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 4 | August 20, 2014 | November 19, 2018 |
| Season 1 | 13 | September 26, 2014 | December 19, 2014 |
| Season 2 | 13 | April 1, 2016 | September 16, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
BUGS2: The Encounter After BUGS1 was wiped out by the surprising life on mars, U-NASA deployed 15 people as a part of BUGS2 to go to Mars to investigate and if possible to exterminate the cockroaches. |
August 20, 2014 |
| 2 |
BUGS2: Undefeated After BUGS1 was wiped out by the surprising life on mars, U-NASA deployed 15 people as a part of BUGS2 to go to Mars to investigate and if possible to exterminate the cockroaches. |
November 19, 2014 |
| 3 |
Earth-hen 1: Born to Be Guardian: A Reason to Fight So the crew have made it back to Earth, but the Terra Formars have too! Akari takes on a mission in Japan and things get heated up while Earth forces try to figure out how to stop the Cockroaches. |
August 17, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Symptom: Mutation It has been twenty years since the tragedy of Bugs 2 and is now 2619. In order to save his childhood friend, Yuriko, from an unknown illness, Hizamaru Akari was fighting in an underground arena in Bangkok. |
September 26, 2014 |
| 2 |
Departure: For the Front In order to create a vaccine for the A.E. Virus, Annex 1 heads to Mars. Akari and the other crew members try to enjoy their time on the ship before they land on Mars for the life-threatening mission. |
October 3, 2014 |
| 3 |
To Mars: To the Planet of Calamity Annex 1 ends up a blood bath at the sudden appearance of the terraformars. Akari and Marcos go to get the medicine in order to deal with the situation they've been given, but find that the terraformars are in the room with the medicine, and they are destroying their supply of the medicine. |
October 10, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
2nd Generation 2620 AD. Humanity tried a terraforming project on Mars, which lead to super evolved roaches, as well as the Alien Engine virus, which has a 100% death rate. To break through this nightmare, a crew that had undergone a special surgery has been sent to Mars. Hizamaru Akari and Michelle K. Davis lead crew members with special powers to try to resolve both of these issues. |
April 1, 2016 |
| 2 |
Century of Raising Arms No. 4 Division gets to the main ship, but finds they've walked into a trap. The Chinese division has betrayed them, and wants the two post-surgery humans as experimental samples. The Chinese have brought weapons, which they use to slaughter the Terraformars by the hundreds. |
April 9, 2016 |
| 3 |
Friend Here The No. 1 and No. 2 divisions have walked into a trap set by the Chinese team. They manage to neutralize the Chinese' superior weaponry, but they still have a few tricks up their sleeve, and their transforming power is greater than it may appear! |
September 16, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tokyo MX |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 26, 2014 |
| Last aired | September 16, 2016 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 01:05:00 |