Stick Bernard

Stick: The no nonsense military leader type

Voice Actor: Shimada Bin

Stick Bernard first appears in "Prelude to the Offensive" and plays a major role in the defeat of the Inbit. Army all the way, Stick is a no nonsense, straight laced military officer who only seems to opens up around his wife to be, Marlene Rush. They are can hardly wait for their marriage after the Inbit were defeated and the Earth recaptured.

It was not to be, with the forces of the Second Earth Recapture Mission getting slaughtered in orbit and Marlene's ships exploding before his very eyes. Stick crash lands in South America, the love of his life dead and his mission a failure. He views for the first time the holo-pendant Marlene gave him, promising in her memory that he will head towards the Inbit's main hive Reflex Point and destroy it. He thinks of nothing but the mission, desperate to bury his sadness and grief. Along the way he finds others to assist in this mission, training them into a crack resistance unit. They come together and form a family of sorts, and Stick begins to open up a little. He meets one of his heroes, but learns the dark truth of heroics even while Johnson redeems himself. Even repeats of events similar to this one are not enough to dim his belief in humanity and the mission.

However Stick's hope is crushed when a Mars Base landing point he believed would defeat the Inbit is in ruin. He sits underneath a wrecked ship, not caring what happens. Rey and Houquet soon arrive with a female survivor, one that looks very much like his beloved Marlene. As always the Inbit soon attack, but the women sits screaming out in the open, helpless like his Marlene. Stick is snapped out of his trance and leads the group to victory once more.

Over the course of their travels, Stick slowly begins to fall in love this woman and is totally unprepared for the revelation that she is in fact a Inbit transmuted into human form, whose veins contain green blood instead of red. But eventually he is made to realize that this does not matter, as long as he love her. But even as he accepts her for what she is, the call of the mission, still unfinished pulls him away.

Rey

Voice Actor: Ooyama Hisao

The young man known simply as Rey is a wander living in the wastelands created by the conflict with the Inbit. He relies solely upon himself, salvaging what he needs from the ruins while avoiding the Inbit. However he soon runs into Stick Bernard, who had just crashed to Earth. He soon realizes that Stick is different from others he's met on Earth, Stick believes that simply lying down and taking the Inbit's dominion is wrong and has the skills and the mecha to help prove it. Along the way other soon join Stick, and Rey finds a place within the group. He also meets the young firebrand Houquet Emrose, and at many turns tries to win her love. By the end of the series he is finally able to make it past her built up emotional armor and show that he truly loves her.

Put down by many fans due to his somewhat lacking piloting skills, but this just belies his role as both sometimes comedy relief and other times moral support. He keeps the hopes of the team up at many junctions, and we feel for him as he tries to win Houquet's heart.

Houquet Emrose

Houquet: A tough, lonewolf who is affraid to open up

Voice Actress: Doi Mika

Houquet had a fairly ordinary childhood for those under the rule of the Inbit. As her home of Trench Town collapsed into near total anarchy, Houquet joined one of the new motorcycle gangs, the good Blue Angels which tried to keep the bad Red Snakes from ruling the town. Houquet had found her place; along side its leader and her boyfriend.

However life rarely stands still and after he decided to grow up and leave the gang behind, Houquet turned up to a rumble between the gangs alone and suffered a terrible beating. Her world destroyed, Houquet could remain no longer and departed, building up a emotional wall to keep other away and stop them hurting her. She found a serviceable red painted VR-38L Bartley Ride Armor which she used to continue helping the weak, whether attacked by the one of numerous gangs or the Inbit.

Betrayed by seemingly friendly town folk, Stick, Rey and Mint appeared doomed until a certain red Ride Armor and its owner saved them. Houquet later joined the group, but remained distant. A brush with her past proved to her that she could defeat the demons that dogged her. Slowly but surely she opens up and lets the group in, but refuses till the very end of the series to admit she loves Rey.

Houquet easily provides one of the stronger female roles in the series She also provides a counter point to the happy go lucky Rey, and it comes as no surprise that they fall in love. Houquet is tough, self-reliant and easily as effective as any of her male companions.

Yellow Belmont		Yellow
Japanese Voice Actor: Suzuoki Hirotaka		Japanese Voice Actress: Matsumoto Mio

Yellow is quite easily the most different of all the characters in Mospeada. An elite Mars Base fighter pilot with an interest in Japanese culture (particularly it's theatre and the art of Musume), Yellow flew in the First Earth Recapture Mission. Shot down in South America, he was rescued by a young woman named Clara, who nursed him back to health. The two quickly fell in love, only to have Inbit sympathizers arrive searching for those who fought against their Inbit masters.

When they kicked in the door, they found only two frightened women, Yellow wearing make up and acting like a woman, using his musume skills to their fullest. Clara and Yellow proceed to escape and head towards safety. They both prepared to leave the area by train, only to have Yellow leap off at the last second, leave Clara to go to safety so he could fight the aliens. Yellow made use of his female persona, calling her merely Yellow and becoming a female singing star. Yellow raised the hopes of many with her songs, while at the same time sabotaging those who helped the Inbit as Yellow Belmont.

Singing in one of the many wasteland towns, Yellow was at the center of a bar room brawl which drew the attention of Stick, Rey, Mint and Houquet. After they helped a local named Jim and defeated a Inbit patrol, Yellow realized that while he could damage the Inbit alone, he could do far more in a group. After revealing his secret, Yellow joined the group, using both his female persona's singing and fame equally as much as his elite piloting and combat skills. He is the first to see a stage five Inbit, the princess Sorji. They feel an attraction to each other, which later causes Sorji to save Yellow and successfully reason with the Refles.

Yellow is an interesting character, with many people uncomfortable with his female persona believing it means he's homosexual. This could not be further from the truth, with many people not realizing the cultural differences with the Japanese original and traditional Japanese theatre. Yellow Belmont is easily the Japanese fan favorite, with Yellow playing a central role in the sequel OAV Mospeada: Love, Live, Alive.

Jim Austin

Voice Actor: Nishimura Tomomichi

Serving as technical and moral support for rest of the team, this big lovable guy is haunted by the actions of his past. Originally hailing from Mars Base, Jim Austin took part in the ground offensive during the First Earth Recapture Mission, maintaining and resupplying a platoon of Ride Armor infantry. However when arriving at a pickup point he found the unit in tatters with only his best friend surviving. Right before his very eyes he watched as his wounded buddy crawled toward him, the Inbit close behind. Outnumbered, Jim's nerve broke and he tried to escape, his friend still calling for help. With the Mars Base forces shattered, Jim went underground and hid from the aliens, torn between proving he was not a coward and avoiding the war.

Events came to a head when a band of bikers kidnapped a friend, and with the assistance of Stick, Rey and Houquet he was able to rescue him, providing Stick with a fully armed and functional Legioss Armo-Fighter to strike at the Inbit. Finally realizing that he could no longer hide from his fear, Jim joined the band of rebels in the hope of facing it head on.

Jim's main role is to maintain the groups' mecha, but also fights with the group whenever possible. By the end of the series he has faced his fears and prepares to start life anew on planet Earth.

Mint Rubble

Mint: A irrepressible adolescent, who believes she is owed a great romance

Voice Actress: Miyuki Sanae

The youngest member of the resistance fighters, Mint is a spunky and obnoxious little girl who always wants to be in the middle of the action (often getting in over her head). Despite her annoying and troublesome antics her teammates love her and would go to great lengths for her. Mint has been wandering since her parents past away, and is always looking for that great romance that she knows will happen. She teamed up with Stick's group of freedom fighters after her then boyfriend lead them into an Inbit trap, joining Stick on his crusade. She certainly lives up to her name due to her particular love of peppermint candy, going out of her way to get it, and can always be pleased by giving her some as a present.

Mint is the group's mascot, providing someone the whole group can believe in and helping provide humor. It's never made clear how old she is, but she seems and acts fairly young.

Aisha

Voice Actress: Takahashi Miki

Aisha is the last main character introduced into series and has a dark secret unknown even to herself, the fact that she is the first humanoid Inbit created by the Refles. Originally sent to spy on Stick Bernard's group, during her insertion into the team she is hurt and loses all of her memory. Believing her to be simply a wounded human female, the team takes her in and cares for her. She has no memory despite quickly picking up how to talk, and she instantly appeals to Stick due to her resemblance to his dead fiancée Marlene, which in fact causes him to emerge from melancholy and save the group. With it not apparent when or if she would remember even her name, Yellow suggests naming her Aisha. Through them she learns human customs and emotions, and eventually falls in love with Stick. Just before the final battle of the Third Earth Recapture mission, Aisha is hit in combat and bleeds green blood, standing right next to a humanoid Inbit also bleeding green blood. Though shocked when she rediscovers that she is an Inbit, Aisha recovers and manages (along with Sorji) to convince the Refles to flee Earth rather than fight to the finish, something that would of resulted in the death of both races.

The Refles

Voice Actress: Ohara Noriko

The supreme ruler of the Inbit, The Refles has one overall goal, the evolution and survival of her race. Intelligent and ruthless, she is completely intolerant of humans, who she believes are at best mindless rats who have no right to live. What the Refles doesn't realize, however, is that her will to keep her race alive and evolving has blinded the Inbit to the fact that humans show just as much intelligence and inovation as her children. Sorji and Marlene are eventually able to convince her of this, and she choses to leave Earth rather than continue a war that may destroy both races.

Sorji

Voice Actress: Kanda Waka

Along with Batra, Sorji is the result of the Refles' second attempt to create a humanoid Inbit. At first a cunning and ruthless warrior, she eventually falls prey to human emotions and begins to fall in love with the rebel named Yellow. Although she has trouble understanding these newfound feelings, she eventually realizes the futility of her races' actions and helps Ariel to convince the Refles to flee Earth, remaining behind with Yellow.

Sorji provides an alien love interest for Yellow, also proving instrumental in convincing the Refles of the error of the conflict.

Batra

Voice Actor: Ohstuka Yoshitada

Another Solugi Inbit created by the Refles; Batra also falls victim to human emotions like Aisha and Sorji. However, instead of friendship and love Batra learns hate and aggression, and directs his violent feelings towards his enemies. An extremely skilled fighter, he is responsible for many deaths during the final battle and almost succeeds in killing Yellow, Houquet, Rey and Stick. He is finally defeated and killed by Stick Bernard in the final episode.

Batra is the villain we can direct our anger and hatred, a welcome change from the almost formerly faceless Inbit foe.

Other Characters:

These characters usually only appear in one episode, some important in shaping the main characters.

Marlene and Stick were to be married after the Inbit were defeated, but it was not to be...

Marlene Rush

Voice Actress: Takahashi Miki

Stick Bernard's fiancée's, Marlene was killed when her Horizont entered Earth's atmosphere too fast trying to escape the Inbit in the disastrous Second Earth Recapture Mission. She gave Stick a holo-pendent with a message to give him hope. The Solgui that the team discovers and later names Aisha, looks very much like Marlene.

Colonel Johnson

A hero to Mars Base who is willing to always come out the hero, even by helping the enemy

Voice Actor: Ginga Banjo

Decorated Mars Base commander and pilot, Johnson took part in the small skirmishes between the various colonies in the solar system, a hero to the many back home (Including a young Stick Bernard). Thought killed during the First Earth Recapture Mission, Johnson brought hundreds of soldiers to "SoldierTown" to prepare an attack against Reflex Point by capturing fuel cells from the local Inbit hive. In reality, he was slowly leading men and mecha to their deaths at the hands of the Inbit in return for the cells, keeping the conflict on both sides at low levels and coming back a hero every time. After Rey discovers his secret, he realizes that he was betraying the hopes of those he fought for and saves the group at the cost of his life.

A musical director who demands perfection

Simon

Voice Actor: Ishimaru Hiroya

Simon is a musical director in New York and close friend of Yellow Belmont. One of the few people who know Yellow's secret, Simon asked Yellow to put on a show to inspire people after the Inbit's assault on the population of the city.

Charged with recording the conflict, she did so even while her fellow soldiers were dying

Shinobu Takeuchi

Voice Actress: Yoshida Mieko

A survivor from the advance force of the Third Earth Recapture mission, Shinobu Takeuchi's job was send vital information back to the fleet and to clue the forces on Earth on what would soon happen. She was doing just that while her friends were fighting and dying, without lifting a finger to help them. After getting Stick's group to fight the Inbit for the camera, Shinobu was hit while filming footage of a humanoid, Solugi stage Inbit pilot and died soon after realizing that blindly following the mission has it's price.

Rainy Boy

A Mars Base soldier betrayed by his friends and transformed by the Inbit into a killing machine

Voice Actor: Hayami Sho

Formerly a Mars Base soldier, the man who would later be dubbed with the name Rainy Boy was captured by the Inbit while his friends made no attempt to save him. The Inbit experimented on him replacing the right side of his body with a cybernetic replacement to see how much pain and mistreatment a human could stand. He was released and began taking revenge on his so called "friends" and eventually all soldiers in a vain attempt to forget his pain, always striking while it was raining. He struck up a friendship with Houquet and died saving her life, a friend who was willing to die to protect her other friends and even Rainy Boy.

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