VanDread: VanDread the Second Stage
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of VanDread Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Red Angel
Oct 5, 2001 · 25 min
A very vivid and horrifying nightmare plagues not only Hibiki, but also Dita, Meia, and Jura as well. While they struggle to figure out the meaning of this strange dream, a mysteri
Be My Baby
Oct 12, 2001 · 25 min
The message inside the pod that Misty was frozen in contain something that may be of use to the crew of the Nirvana, but the password proves to be a brick wall that BC can't seem t
Hanasaku tabiji (Flowered Journey)
Oct 19, 2001 · 25 min
The Nirvana arrives at yet another planet tampered with by the Harvest fleet, as its inhabitants are unable to survive the air and have all caught a disease that is fatal, with no
Everything
Oct 26, 2001 · 25 min
The Nirvana comes upon another Mission, though the inhabitants are decidedly hostile and use a law of ""take what you want by force"" in order to survive. Hand to hand combat is th
Somedays
Nov 2, 2001 · 25 min
Another Harvest fleet mother ship has come to attempt to attack the Nirvana, and the crew, this time, sets out confidently to destroy it using the same methods as before. However,
Orizunaru Sumairu (Original Smile)
Nov 9, 2001 · 25 min
The second attack on the Harvest mother ship has failed, although now Hibiki and the others have a ray of hope in the form of a way to penetrate the mother ship's defenses. Forming
Hoho ni Kiss Shite (Please Kiss My Cheek)
Nov 16, 2001 · 25 min
Things have once again lulled, and the crew now can turn to more important things - such as using cameras to observe the continuing soap opera between Misty, Dita, and Hibiki - a b
Reality
Nov 30, 2001 · 25 min
Every single year, Meia dreads one day - her birthday, when the crew attempts to surprise her with a party. Meia has managed to run away every single year, but this year, Hibiki is
Zenbu Dakishimete (Embrace Everything)
Dec 7, 2001 · 25 min
The Nirvana nears home, and only has to pass through an incredibly large electromagnetic storm in order to be in their home solar system. However, during yet another battle with th
Easy Come, Easy Go
Dec 14, 2001 · 25 min
The Nirvana has finally reached its home solar system, but the Harvest fleet's remaining mother ships are not far behind. Despite this, the crew decides to hold a party to celebrat
Rakuen (Paradise)
Dec 21, 2001 · 25 min
Having come through the minefield, the entire crew of the Nirvana is promptly captured by both Tarak and Mejale fleets. The men are to be forcefully ""re-educated"" for their desir
Himegoto (Secret)
Jan 11, 2002 · 25 min
With the Nirvana back on track, all that is left now is to defend Tarak and Mejale from harvesting. But the Nirvana and the veteran pirate ship with it might not even be close to b
Trust
Jan 18, 2002 · 25 min
Combined, the fleet of ships continues to destroy ship after ship of the harvest fleet. But the Main Mothership is another story, and even the combined Super Vandread is no match f