Saber Marionette J - DVD Vol. 3 (DVD, 2004)

The dvd itself is a wonderful item to have and I would like to add well worth finding. It is one of a 3 from the Saber Marionette J collection. The dvd comes in a case with 2 discs.
Welcome to the world of Tera II where it is a planet entirely of men. This anime is set in Terra II, a planet far from Earth. 300 years before the beginning of the story, the human colony ship from earth the Mesopotamia suffered a major disaster which killed almost everyone on board. Six men escaped using an emergency pod and managed to land on the surface of the planet. With no means to return or contact Earth, they decided to colonize the planet, seeing as there were no women on Tera II they genetically modified clones of themselves.
Unfortunately their technology could not create a living human female. This being such a hardship they then created Saber Marionettes. Life like androids that seemed to be without personalities of their own... save for the ones that possessed the special Maiden circuits.
The main character of the story is Otaru Mamiya, a regular boy from the country of Japoness whose life is changed by finding Lime (and eventually Cherry and Bloodberry(Barbilly)). The three of them are radically different from regular marionettes in that they have that special Maiden circuit that allows them too act on their own free will and allow them to have their own full personalities. The three of them also become quite infatuated with Otaru and constantly compete for his affection <Some times more in more ways then one>, giving some trouble to the boy who doesn't really know what to do with three so unusual marionettes.
If this in itself was not bad enough for poor Otaru he also has a very annoying
determined seeker of his affection as well by the name of Mitsurugi Hanagata who is not only spoiled but is also rich enough to both irritate Otaru as well as use this to try and show off.
Now add a mad power hungry tyrant bent on world domination who has his own Saber Marionettes with their own maiden circuits and you have the plot for a really good story.
I have to say this is one of the few animes that is well worth buying because it is not only having endearing characters but unexpected twists along the way.
Action...Adventure...Sadness...Comedy...All rolled into one great Anime.