Storyline

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.

First Aired

2004-01-15
Last Aired

2004-07-03
Creator
Genre

Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure, Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Seasons

1
Episodes

24
Status

Ended
Language

日本語
Network

AT-X, Chiba TV

Keywords:

anime psychological

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Season 1

1. Maia's Longest Day (Part 1)

Maia gets rejected by the Ocean Agency, gets chased out of her house, can’t find a job that offers roo...More

Maia gets rejected by the Ocean Agency, gets chased out of her house, can’t find a job that offers room and board, gets her wallet stolen and gets taken hostage by a bad guy and then shot.Less

25mins 2004-01-15

2. Maia's Longest Day (Part 2)

Maia is involved in a detainee exchange that goes bad. The housing agency confiscates all her belongs....More

Maia is involved in a detainee exchange that goes bad. The housing agency confiscates all her belongs. She joins Nereids the all-around service provider.Less

25mins 2004-01-22

3. There's No Work as Great as Neres?

Maia and Shizuka solve the mystery of the Martin’s missing matrimony money. Trouble lies in wait for R...More

Maia and Shizuka solve the mystery of the Martin’s missing matrimony money. Trouble lies in wait for Rena in the form of a blonde woman.Less

25mins 2004-01-29

4. Chacachaca Banban

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25mins 2004-02-05

5. The Hooligan's Return

Maia gets introduced to a martial arts expert, Yu Park. Rena and detective Yagi get taken hostage on a...More

Maia gets introduced to a martial arts expert, Yu Park. Rena and detective Yagi get taken hostage on a cruise ship. Yu gets reinstated as a Nereids agent after serving 90 days in jail and saving detective Yagi.Less

25mins 2004-02-12

6. The Great Nighttime Manhunt

Maia gets partnered with Gloria and Yu and discovers the tense relationship they have. Car thieves kid...More

Maia gets partnered with Gloria and Yu and discovers the tense relationship they have. Car thieves kidnapped Maia as Yu and Gloria chases a suspect truck.Less

25mins 2004-02-19

7. All That, Papa

The branch manager’s daughter discovers he has been lying to her about his role at work. The gang catc...More

The branch manager’s daughter discovers he has been lying to her about his role at work. The gang catches a group of poachers.Less

25mins 2004-02-26

8. Risk Everything For Speed!

Maia takes the wheel of a test vehicle when Shizuka’s childhood friend, Millie, is injured. Maia gets ...More

Maia takes the wheel of a test vehicle when Shizuka’s childhood friend, Millie, is injured. Maia gets caught in some industrial espionage.Less

25mins 2004-03-04

9. I'm the Only One Without a Tomorrow

Gloria is told she has a week to live. Tsukasa gets elected to help Gloria meet her ideal man.

Gloria is told she has a week to live. Tsukasa gets elected to help Gloria meet her ideal man.Less

25mins 2004-03-11

10. Siberian Special Vacation

The girls go to Siberia City where slave traders kidnap Shizuka. Maia has no recollection of being in ...More

The girls go to Siberia City where slave traders kidnap Shizuka. Maia has no recollection of being in Siberia before but knows the fastest way to intercept the fleeing kidnappers.Less

25mins 2004-03-18

11. Like this for a Long Visit

When Maia passed a Loral Tree it sparks an odd feeling. Maia tells the girls about her past. The gang ...More

When Maia passed a Loral Tree it sparks an odd feeling. Maia tells the girls about her past. The gang spends an extra day in Siberia looking for clues about Maia’s past.Less

25mins 2004-03-25

12. The Day the World Surfaced

The 100-year anniversary of the underwater cities raising to the surface is celebrated. The 100-year m...More

The 100-year anniversary of the underwater cities raising to the surface is celebrated. The 100-year memorial service for the city of Elpida is also held. Maia, Tsukasa and Millie have a race to show off the Ocean Agency's new hovercraft.Less

25mins 2004-04-01

13. Giving Hatred

Wong, Chang and Lee along with their rescuer, Mai, seek revenge on Nereids for putting the three broth...More

Wong, Chang and Lee along with their rescuer, Mai, seek revenge on Nereids for putting the three brothers in prison. Nereids confiscates the submarine Mai stole.Less

25mins 2004-04-08

14. The Elderly and UMA

The submarine is costing a fortune just sitting around. The crew goes out looking for work and Maia fi...More

The submarine is costing a fortune just sitting around. The crew goes out looking for work and Maia finds them a job. The job will be used as a training mission. Maia and an old man go looking for a sea monster. The Yomogi-1 is disguised as a sea monster.Less

25mins 2004-04-15

15. The Great Surge (part 1)

A grade-school boy runs away from home and Maia is sent to Siberia to find him. The branch manager in ...More

A grade-school boy runs away from home and Maia is sent to Siberia to find him. The branch manager in that city is holding a grudge against Rena. A mechanic is paid off to sabotage the private jet of a wealthy CEO then murdered. Terrorists take over the wave negation towers in Kamchatka.Less

25mins 2004-04-29

16. The Great Surge (part 2)

Maia and the boy are caught in the plot to kill a wealthy CEO. Rena and Shizuka track down the people ...More

Maia and the boy are caught in the plot to kill a wealthy CEO. Rena and Shizuka track down the people behind the plot. Maia must pilot and land an aircraft carrying 1000 passengers in the confines of a very large water holding facility.Less

25mins 2004-05-06

17. Defeated by a Baby

Yu finds an abandon baby at her door. Who would do such a thing? Gloria is against taking the child to...More

Yu finds an abandon baby at her door. Who would do such a thing? Gloria is against taking the child to the police.Less

25mins 2004-05-13

18. Conflicts Winding Down

Shizuka’s heart deals with an injured con artist.

Shizuka’s heart deals with an injured con artist.Less

25mins 2004-05-20

19. Submarine "Yomogi No. 1

Mai, Wong, Chang and Lee steal the Agnus, the name they gave the submarine, back. Maia gets taken host...More

Mai, Wong, Chang and Lee steal the Agnus, the name they gave the submarine, back. Maia gets taken hostage in an attempt to stop them. Plans for a less than lethal recovery by Nereids goes awry. Maia rescues the treasure hunters from a potentially watery grave.Less

25mins 2004-05-27

20. Once upon a time in Siberia

The stress of almost certain death in her rescue of the treasure hunters triggered Maia to remember an...More

The stress of almost certain death in her rescue of the treasure hunters triggered Maia to remember an event from her past. She goes to Siberia to look for the time capsule she and her big brother buried under a Loral Tree.Less

25mins 2004-06-03

21. What Happened to Maia?

Maia is distracted by the return of her memories that lend to her poor performance on a mission to ret...More

Maia is distracted by the return of her memories that lend to her poor performance on a mission to return a kidnapped girl captured by slave traders. Shizuka is seriously injured as a result of Maia’s lack of concentration.Less

25mins 2004-06-10

22. Everyday Life of an Eye and Recollection

A band of slave traders captures Maia. The same traders Nereids raid ruined. Millie and Tony Long, a g...More

A band of slave traders captures Maia. The same traders Nereids raid ruined. Millie and Tony Long, a guy that has appeared watching Maia from the shadows many time in previous episodes, save her. As Maia recovers she dreams of her past in the city of Elpida. Tony confirms Maia is the soul survivor of the city. The information branch of the Ocean Agency then kidnaps Maia to insure she can say nothing about past events.Less

25mins 2004-06-17

23. Escape From Kamchatka

Maia is told the reason behind her false memories. Tony tells the girls of Nereids about Maia’s captur...More

Maia is told the reason behind her false memories. Tony tells the girls of Nereids about Maia’s capture. Shizuka, Yu and Gloria quit Nereids on account of Rena’s apparent cold-heartedness. Tsukasa returns from Greenland City and is immediately taken by Shizuka to help rescue Maia from the Ocean Agency.Less

25mins 2004-06-24

24. Daphne In The Brilliant Blue

Kevin forwards the coordinates of Elpida to the Yomogi-1. Tony gives Mai, Wong Chang and Lee the use o...More

Kevin forwards the coordinates of Elpida to the Yomogi-1. Tony gives Mai, Wong Chang and Lee the use of an attack sub. The Ocean Agency trails the Yomogi-1 to Elpida. While the treasure hunters chases off the Ocean Agency’s pursuit vehicle. Maia descends into the shell of the city proper. Once inside memories flood her mind. Suddenly she recalls the outbreak from the biological facility. She finds the time capsule she and her brother buried and then realizes the person that raised her as her grandfather was really her older brother.Less