Mars Daybreak

Life on Mars is hard for those who live here. As the economy worsens, work becomes scarce and food becomes expensive and highly prized. Gram and his friends try to do the best they can but, he finds himself on the run with the most notorious pirates on Mars. The only problem is he soon starts to enjoy the adventure.

; Gram River

: {{animevoices|Tomokazu Seki|Johnny Yong Bosch}}

: The anime's main protagonist.

; Vestemona "Vess" Lauren

: {{animevoices|Houko Kuwashima{{Cite web |url=http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=00335&namecode=1 |title=GamePlaza-HARUKA- 声優さん出演リスト 個別表示：桑島法子 |access-date=2020-12-18 |archive-date=2020-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025025427/http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=00335&namecode=1 |url-status=dead }}|Melissa Fahn{{cite web|url=http://www.melissafahn.com/a_c.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122085804/http://www.melissafahn.com/a_c.html|title=MelissaFahn.com The Official Melissa Fahn Website|archive-date=January 22, 2013|work=melissafahn.com|access-date=January 28, 2016}}}}

: Gram's childhood friend and eventual sweetheart, who was a fellow orphan on Adena Cityship.

; Elizabeth Liati

: {{animevoices|Miyuki Ichijo|Barbara Goodson}}

: The Captain of Aurora who oversees what's going on in the ship, and will not tolerate any betrayal.

; Kato Takigawa Jr.

: {{animevoices|Daisuke Sakaguchi|Yuri Lowenthal{{Cite press release |title=Yuri Lowenthal Wraps Horror Indie "Death's Door", Records Anime "Kyo Kara Maoh," "Saiyuki Reload," "Girls Bravo," and "The Mars Daybreak" |url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/04/prweb223528.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817162828/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/04/prweb223528.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |access-date=July 21, 2016 |author=Liza J. Sloss (Slingshot PR) |agency=PR Web}}}}

: Nicknamed Junior or Shou, dreams of becoming an R.B diver, despite what anyone says otherwise.

; MAKI

: {{animevoices|Gara Takashima|Peggy O'Neal}}

: The AI of the Aurora who has a personality of her own.

; Ester Ein Astrada

: {{animevoices|Fumiko Orikasa|Kate Higgins{{cite web |url=http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/1932/kate-higgins/ |title=Kate Higgins |website=crystalacids.com |access-date=November 8, 2017}}}}

: Like Elizabeth, she also pilots the Aurora. She also keeps track on the surrounding waters, whether it be the Earth Forces launching their attack or any other creatures. She is 141 years old. Ester often refers to herself as a Nautical Witch, who fought in a war a long time ago. It is possible she is a gynoid or some other kind of artificial being. In the Japanese anime, her voice actress is Fumiko Orikasa, and her voice actress is Kate Higgins in the English adaptation.

; Yagami Arian

: {{animevoices|Jin Yamanoi{{cite web | url=http://www.usagi.org/doi-bin/seiyuu-lookup.pl?DB=ALL&value=Yamanoi+Jin | title= Search results for "Yamanoi Jin" in ALL database | first=Hitoshi | last=Doi | author-link=Hitoshi Doi | work=Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database | access-date=2015-07-18 }}|Steven Blum}}

: A soldier under Nelle Poe who fought for Mars independence during the Pan-Galactic War, where he was apparently part of a vast battle in which he was either the only survivor, or one of very few. He is nicked-named "The Reaper" because of the many RBs he has destroyed, and the coldly efficient way he operates; early in the series, he informs Elizabeth that "I just don't know how to hold back."

; Aki Polandwood

: {{animevoices|Takumi Yamazaki|Erik Davies}}

: As with Nelly, he also works as a mechanic in the Aurora, which they get the RBs ready for take off.

; Megumi Higashibara

: {{animevoices|Yui Horie{{cite web|url=http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=00329&namecode=5|title=声優さん出演リスト 個別表示：堀江由衣(Yui Horie)|trans-title=Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Yui Horie|work=Voice Artist Database|publisher=GamePlaza-HARUKA-|access-date=April 3, 2017|date=January 3, 2017|language=ja|archive-date=July 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704030333/http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=00329&namecode=5|url-status=dead}}|Stephanie ShehStephanie Sheh's listings in Crystal Acids English Voice Acting and Production Database:

• {{cite web|url=http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/3939/stephanie-sheh/|title=Stephanie Sheh|work=crystalacids.com|access-date=January 13, 2015}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/3900/jennifer-sekiguchi/|title=Jennifer Sekiguchi|work=crystalacids.com|access-date=January 13, 2015}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/7953/lulu-chiang/|title=Lulu Chiang|work=crystalacids.com|access-date=January 13, 2015}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/2029/tiffany-hsieh/|title=Tiffany Hsieh|work=crystalacids.com|access-date=January 13, 2015}}

}}

:A girl who has the ability to read the minds, thoughts and emotions of various life forms.

; Neli

: {{animevoices|Maki Tamura|Wendee Lee}}

: As with Aki, she also takes care of the RB repairs and also prepares the RBs for launch.

; Enora Taft

: {{animevoices|Akino Murata|Colleen Villard}}

: The granddaughter of Earth's president.

; Sala

: {{animevoices|Akiko Yajima{{cite web|url=http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=00229&namecode=7|script-title=ja:声優さん出演リスト 個別表示：矢島晶子＝こゆき|trans-title=Voice actor's appearance list individual display: Akiko Yajima|work=Voice Artist Database|publisher=GamePlaza-HARUKA-|access-date=April 12, 2017|date=January 4, 2017|language=ja}}|Megan Hollingshead}}

: The nurse of the Aurora's clinic who tends to the wounded crew members.

; Chrysalis Milch

: {{animevoices|Kiyoyuki Yanada|Jamieson Price}}

: The person in charge of loading the torpedoes and firing them at incoming enemies.

; Clara

: {{animevoices|Mako Hyōdō|Mela Lee}}

: A cat that can talk. She is technically the "professor" of the Ship of Aurora, and is the most intelligent and logical of the crew.

; Poipoider

: {{animevoices|Hiroshi Yanaka{{cite web | url=http://www.usagi.org/doi-bin/seiyuu-lookup.pl?DB=ALL&value=Yanaka+Hiroshi | title= Search results for "Yanaka Hiroshi" in ALL database | first=Hitoshi | last=Doi | author-link=Hitoshi Doi | work=Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database | access-date=July 20, 2015 }}|Michael McConnohie}}

: A talking cetacean (resembles a small beluga whale) in a large water-filled suit, which enables him to walk on robotic legs and use robotic arms.

; Kubernes

: {{animevoices|Keiji Fujiwara{{Cite web|url=http://gph.sakura.ne.jp/va_memo/system/vadb.cgi?action=view_ind&value=00866&namecode=5&sortcont=outdate&query=|title=GamePlaza-HARUKA- 声優さん出演リスト 個別表示：藤原啓治＝濱俊作＝子太明＝長浜壱番|website=gph.sakura.ne.jp|access-date=2018-05-04}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}|Lex Lang{{cite web | url=http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/2429/lex-lang/|title=Lex Lang | work=Crystal Acids.com | access-date=March 6, 2015 }}}}

: An old acquaintance of Elizabeth.

; Niall Poe

: {{animevoices|Shinpachi Tsuji|Michael McConnohie}}

: A self-proclaimed revolutionist who owns the Aurora.

; Bon

: {{animevoices|Rikako Aikawa|Brianne Siddall}}

: A young orphan who takes care of his little sister, Shie.

; Shie

: {{animevoices|Yōko Teppōzuka|Sandy Fox{{cite web|url=http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/1430/sandy-fox/|title=Sandy Fox|work=Crystal Acids|access-date=September 23, 2015}}}}

: Bon's little sister.

; Selena Knightley

: {{animevoices|Akiko Hiramatsu|Bridget Hoffman{{cite web|url=http://www.crystalacids.com/database/title/1004/mars-daybreak/fullcast/|title=Full Cast – Mars Daybreak (TV) (episodes 1 to 26)|work=Crystal Acids|access-date=September 4, 2014}}}}

: A woman from the Rodeo Sector where rich people live whose looking for her lover who apparently was a pirate.

The first colonists of Mars and only ones to experience Mars as a world not covered in water, the Aborigines were meant to be the first phase colonizers of Mars until the flood that would cover Mars in water. After centuries had passed, Earth, believing that Mars was unpopulated soon allowed another group of colonists to populate Mars. Instead, they found people surviving in such violent environment without advanced technology required to survive. The second migration occurred around 200 years before the time of the series.

; Ship of Aurora

: One of the most notorious pirate ships on Mars, where the mere mention of the name and/or just the sight of the Auroras' crewman puts fear in pirates and Earth Force service men alike. Other pirates would run away from encounters with the Ship of Aurora. In the series, this is first shown during episode seven when the Black Whirlpool proclaimed that service shuttle form the Ship of Aurora is in the Whirlpool's personal berth. The captain soon reverses his proclamation once he notice Milch, torpedo room officer in also being a formidable crewman of the Aurora, leaves the berth to the shuttle. Just like any pirate ship, the Ship of Aurora is crewed by many different species from a cat to a Naval Witch. The ships AI, MAKI, is also considered a crewman with its own personality. The submarine is armed with torpedoes, cannons, missiles, grappling hooks and several Round Bucklers. Its two most infamous attacks is the Daybreak, (which basically a ramming technique), and the Elizabeth Cannon, (which is just the Captain screaming at the top of her lungs), causing all those in the immediate vicinity to flee in absolute terror.

; City-Ships

: City-Ships are literally floating cities that drift in Mars huge ocean. The city ships have been around since Mars was colonized for a second time and some are over a hundred years old.

; Round Bucklers

: These are mecha designed solely for an underwater environment. RBs can come in two different build designs, but all RBs are unique since they are completely based on the equipment used in the construction process. The size of an RB varies form as roughly larger than basic pressure suit to a small iceberg. Throughout the series other mecha units are shown and used but are given no name and used in a variety of Jobs.

; Cordless

: A "Cordless" Round Buckler means that the pilot himself is contained within the unit itself, this most commonly used by pirates since the Earth Forces view Cordless designs as archaic. Throughout the series there are only five Cordless Round Bucklers. Some details of how an RB is built is shown when the captain of the Ship of Aurora orders a crew member's RB sim pod to be scrapped and then be used in the construction of another Round Buckler.

; Corded

: Round Bucklers controlled externally (known as "corded") come in pairs, usually commanded by most simply a pressure suit to a Seahorse, a control unit used by the Earth forces. Cables are attached to the RBs which are usually smaller, faster, capable of extreme maneuvers since there is no actual pilot within the RB itself compared to cordless; yet through the series whenever cordless and cord RBs are in combat a cordless RB is victorious, this may merely be because of the relative skill of most cordless pilots. Though technically attached to control unit most cables have a beacon at the end of the cable that allows the RBs to move beyond the cables maximum length, usually several nautical miles further before the pilot is unable to control the RB.

The series was produced by Bones, directed by Kunihiro Mori with Miya Asakawa writing the script. Kaoru Wada composed the series' music and character designs by Hiroshi Osaka. It aired from April 1, to September 23, 2004, on TV Tokyo. The opening theme is "Take Back" by G B Shelter while the ending theme is "Aoi Tabibito (Blue Travelers)" by Takatsugu Tsumabuki.

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| Title = Raid! The Ship of Aurora

| TranslitTitle = shuugeki! yoake no fune

| NativeTitle = 襲撃！夜明けの船

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Furious Attack! Round Buckler

| TranslitTitle = moukou! RAUNDOBAKKURAA

| NativeTitle = 猛攻！ラウンドバックラー」

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|4|8}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Jr. Dream Deployment!

| TranslitTitle = SHOU akogare no shutsugeki!

| NativeTitle = ショウ 憧れの出撃！

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|4|15}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Contact! Gram, Vess and the Submarine

| TranslitTitle = sesshoku! GURAMU to BESU to sensui kan

| NativeTitle = 接触！グラムとベスと潜水艦

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|4|22}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Anna's Struggle! The Fleet of our Dreams

| TranslitTitle = ANNA funtou! yume no waga kantai

| NativeTitle = アンナ奮闘！夢の我が艦隊

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|4|29}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Ah! Revolution of Glory and Passion!?

| TranslitTitle = aa! eikou to jounetsu no kakumei yo!?

| NativeTitle = 嗚呼！栄光と情熱の革命よ！？

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|5|6}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = Friend or Foe!? The Mercenary Pirate

| TranslitTitle = teki ka mikata ka!? youhei kaizoku

| NativeTitle = 敵か味方か！？傭兵海賊

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|5|13}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Gorgeous! Extravagant Ball

| TranslitTitle = kenran! gouka butou kai

| NativeTitle = 絢爛！豪華舞踏会

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|5|20}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Thump! Swimsuit-riddled Bathhouse

| TranslitTitle = DOKI!! mizugi darake no dai sentou

| NativeTitle = ドキッ！水着だらけの大銭湯

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|5|27}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = Sightsee! Romance of the First Martian Immigrant

| TranslitTitle = kankou! kasei senjuu imin no ROMAN

| NativeTitle = 観光！火星先住移民のロマン

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|6|3}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = Breakthrough! Federation Trap

| TranslitTitle = toppa seyo! chikyuu gun houi mou

| NativeTitle = 突破せよ！地球軍包囲網

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|6|10}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Bizarre! The Ghost Ship Drift Zone

| TranslitTitle = kaiki! yuurei sen hyouryuu chitai

| NativeTitle = 怪奇！幽霊船漂流地帯

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|6|17}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 13

| Title = Daring, Fearless! Bride on the Bottom of the Sea

| TranslitTitle = daitan futeki! kaitei no hana yome

| NativeTitle = 大胆不敵！海底の花よめ

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|6|24}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 14

| Title = Big Jailbreak! Beyond Love and Passion

| TranslitTitle = dai datsugoku! ai to jounetsu no hate ni

| NativeTitle = 大脱獄！愛と情熱の果てに

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|7|1}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 15

| Title = The Enemy Under Eyes! Dive Deep, Quietly

| TranslitTitle = ganka no teki! fukaku shizuka ni senkou seyo

| NativeTitle = 眼下の敵！ 深く静かに潜航せよ

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|7|8}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 16

| Title = Enter! Hakubutsu Ship, Eichi's Castle!

| TranslitTitle = sennyuu! hakubutsu toshi sen, eichi no shiro

| NativeTitle = 潜入！ 博物都市船、叡智の城

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|7|15}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 17

| Title = Rebellion! The Universe's Greatest Pilot!

| TranslitTitle = hanran! uchuu saikyou no kaizoku

| NativeTitle = 叛乱！ 宇宙最強の海賊

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|7|22}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 18

| Title = Marriage proposal to the Captain!? The Man who is called "Doctor"

| TranslitTitle = senchou ni kyuukon!? DOKUTAA to yobareta otoko

| NativeTitle = 船長に求婚！？ ドクターと呼ばれた男

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|7|29}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 19

| Title = Fly, Kibougou! Over that Gate!

| TranslitTitle = tobe kibou gou! ano mon wo koete

| NativeTitle = 翔べ希望号！ あの門を越えて

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|8|5}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 20

| Title = Duel! Gram and Vess

| TranslitTitle = hatashiai! GURAMU to BESU

| NativeTitle = 果たし合い！グラムとベス

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|8|12}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 21

| Title = Good-bye My Friend! A Man's Dream Lasts Forever

| TranslitTitle = saraba tomo yo! otoko no yume wa eien ni

| NativeTitle = さらば友よ！男の夢は永遠に

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|8|19}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 22

| Title = Discovery! Sanctuary of the Olympus treasure legend

| TranslitTitle = hakken! ORINPOSU hihou densetsu no seichi

| NativeTitle = 発見！オリンポス秘宝伝説の聖地

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|8|26}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 23

| Title = God's Stone! Free For All Battle

| TranslitTitle = kami no ishi! zenjin mitou no soudatsu sen

| NativeTitle = 神の石！ 前人未踏の争奪戦

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|9|2}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 24

| Title = Earth Forces Attack! The Ship of Aurora's Break-through Tactic

| TranslitTitle = chikyuu gun kyoushuu! yoake no fune totsunyuu sakusen

| NativeTitle = 地球軍強襲！ 夜明けの船突入作戦

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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|9|9}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 25

| Title = Run, Gram! Rescueing the Captured Comrades

| TranslitTitle = kakero GURAMU! toraware no nakama wo sukue!!

| NativeTitle = 駆けろグラム！ 囚われの仲間を救え！！

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|9|16}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 26

| Title = The Dawn of Mars! Mars Daybreak

| TranslitTitle = kasei no yoake! MAAZU.DEIBUREIKU

| NativeTitle = 火星の夜明け! マーズ・デイブレイク

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|9|23}}

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{{Reflist}}

• [http://anime.kenran.net/ Kenran Butousai Official Anime Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206061008/http://anime.kenran.net/ |date=2006-12-06 }} (Japanese)
• [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/kenran/ TV Tokyo's Daybreak Website] (Japanese)
• {{anime News Network|anime|3642}}

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