

Daphne in the Brilliant Blue
2004-01-15 · 25 min / episode · ★ 7.7
In the future, water has covered much of the Earth due to the effects of global warming, leaving the human race to live on neighboring floating cities. The orphaned Maia Mizuki, 15, just graduated from middle school and has already applied for employment in the elite Ocean Agency, part of the futuristic world government. Only the best, most intelligent, and physically fit students are eligible for admission.
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- Production companies
- J.C.STAFF, Toshiba Entertainment, Happinet Pictures, Pony Canyon, GENCO
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Ended
Top Cast
Mai NakaharaMaia Mizuki
Masumi AsanoGloria
Yuhko KaidaYu Park
Sayaka OharaRena Honjo
Kana UedaShizuka Hayama
Daiki NakamuraWilfred Kim
Sakura NogawaTsukasa Takagi
Ami KoshimizuYukari Hanaoka
Hidetoshi NakamuraKosuke Yagi
Shinji KawadaChang
Hitomi NabatameMay
MugihitoShou Mizuki
Mitsuo IwataTsutomu Hanaoka
Junko NodaMilly
Tomokazu SekiKatsuya Mori
Ryoka YuzukiHikari Claire
Keiji FujiwaraKevin Wei
Shinpachi TsujiTanaka
Takayuki KondoManager
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