“1969 Japan: cheerful orphan Marin and alien swordsman Melan Blue battle killer androids to save Earth and uncover her past.”
Brigadoon
ブリガドーン まりんとメラン
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Based on your preference for character-driven stories with layered emotional arcs, this title's exploration of identity and belonging would deeply resonate. The pacing mirrors series you've rated highly, and its thematic depth aligns with your appreciation for nuanced storytelling...
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Synopsis
1969 Japan: cheerful orphan Marin and alien swordsman Melan Blue battle killer androids to save Earth and uncover her past.
Marin is a typical junior high school girl with a sunny disposition and a loving adoptive family. Her life takes a drastic change when a mysterious mirage is seen in the sky above the entire earth. Killer androids called Monomakia descend to earth from the formation in the sky called Brigadoon and begin to hunt down little Marin. She discovers a blue bottle in a shrine as she seeks escape and from the bottle comes a protector, a sword carrying gun slinging alien called Melan Blue, together they must save the earth and deal with family crisis, school prejudice and the police and come to an understanding of Marins past and Melans unexplained mission, as well as learn to trust each other. Set in 1969 Japan with a colorful cast of friends and enemies. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 13 sampled reviews
What 13 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.42 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 2.23
Running avg · Apr 2008 → Apr 2026
- 8 “AKA watch a poor sweet orphan girl get the crap beat out of her relentlessly. sheesh seriously. this is good, but it's like watching torture.”
- 10 “Very original story. I enjoyed it thouroughly. Thoughout the series I had no idea what was going to happen. No matter what I though the outcome would be or what I expected to happen, the story...”
- 10 “I remember watching this series as an twelve year old. Now I am seventeen. When I watched Brigadoon, I watched it overnight nonstop. I was tough when I was younger to strong theme and violence so...”
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- Format 26 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 24m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2000 – Feb 2001 Summer 2000
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1317 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
Licensed by
- Tokyopop Licensor