Genesis of Aquarion

Story
Twelve thousand years in the past, mankind was at mercy of the mythical creatures known as Shadow Angels (堕天翅 Datenshi), immortal winged beings with overwhelming powers and technology. That is, until one of their kind, Apolonius, fell in love with a female human warrior, Seliane. Apolonius joins forces with the humans to free them from their oppression, by using the legendary giant fighting robot Aquarion (アクエリオン Akuerion).

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Eleven years prior to the story, a disaster only referred to as the "Great Catastrophe" destroyed/devastated significant parts of the world and killed off many of its inhabitants. Along with the disaster came the return of the Shadow Angels who have been in slumber in their city of Atlandia (アトランディア Atorandia) since their battle with Apolonius. The Shadow Angels began invading human cites on Earth to harvest human beings, dubbing them as "the wingless ones", like cattle, to extract the prana (プラーナ purāna, life force) from the harvested humans not only to serve as energy and nutrition to them, but also to feed the legendary Tree of Life (生命の樹 Seimei no Ki). The Shadow Angels facilitate their harvesting via giant, floating harvesting machines called harvest beasts (収穫獣 shūkakujū) which are guarded by giant mecha called Cherubim Soldiers (ケルビム兵 Kerubimu Hei). They are sentient, yet there are times when they are piloted by Shadow Angels.

Number of Episodes	26