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絢爛舞踏祭ザ・マーズ・デイブレイク

Mars Daybreak

Mars is now almost entirely covered in water. Humanity exists in large city-ships that float through the open seas. But life is hard for those who live on Mars—the economy is in bad shape, work is scarce, and food is expensive and highly prized. Gram and his friends try to do the best they can, but the work keeps drying up. Some have taken to a life of piracy to combat the corruption in the government; one such group is the pirates of the feared Ship of Aurora. And the Earth government, which rules Mars, has dispatched a new team of military pilots to combat them. In their specialized mecha called Round Bucklers, they must make the seas of Mars safe for humanity. Caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, Gram finds himself on the run with the most notorious pirates on Mars. But here's the thing—he's starting to like them! (Source: Bandai Entertainment)

Names

Original絢爛舞踏祭ザ・マーズ・デイブレイク (japanese)
RomajiKenran Butou Sai: The Mars Daybreak
EnglishMars Daybreak
Chinese绚烂舞踏祭 (simplified · via bangumi)
Also known asGorgeous Tango: The Mars Daybreak · Kenran Butoh Sai: The Mars Daybreak

Facts

FormatTV series · 26 ep · 23 min · 10h total
Aired2004-04-01 → 2004-09-23 (Spring 2004)
StatusFINISHED
Studiobones
SourceOriginal work
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresAdventureComedyMechaRomanceSci-Fi
ThemesPiratesMale ProtagonistReal RobotLove TriangleHeterosexual
StreamingTubi TV

Reception

Community score6.96 / 10
Bayesian score7.31 / 10
Composite49.6
On lists5,165
Favourited38 (0.7%)
Completion73.2%
Drop rate8.2%
In backlog53.8%
Score spread σ1.75
MyAnimeList7.16 / 10

Score distribution

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Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
Broadcast seasonSpring 2004C23 of 49
Year2004C75 of 178
StudiobonesD94 of 133
GenreMechaC193 of 484
EraEarly 2000sC290 of 687
LengthTwo-courD433 of 699
GenreSci-FiC640 of 1,409
Source materialOriginal workC758 of 1,732
GenreAdventureD818 of 1,534
GenreRomanceC832 of 1,687
Season (all years)SpringC904 of 1,868
GenreComedyC1,636 of 3,488
FormatTV seriesD1,712 of 3,322
OriginJapanC3,356 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorKunihiro Mori, Atsushi Morikawa
Character designHiroshi Ousaka

AniList id 1086 · MAL id 1086 · Bangumi 2169 · record updated 2026-08-26