Simoun (anime)
Simoun (シムーン Shimūn) is a Japanese anime television series that was broadcast in Japan in 2006. It ran for 26 weekly episodes from 3 April to 25 September.
A manga adaptation was published in three issues of Comic Yuri Hime. The manga shared the same characters and setting as the anime, but presented a different storyline. A second manga was serialised in Megami Magazine, with a radically different setting and a comic rather than serious and dramatic tone. There is also a two-volume light novel adaptation, which unlike the manga has a storyline close to that of the anime.
In May 2007, Simoun was licensed for release in North America by Media Blasters.
Plot
Setting and themes
Simoun takes place on the earth-like planet Daikūriku (大空陸) ("great sky land" or "heaven's shore"). The people of Daikūriku are all born female. The theocratic nation of Simulacrum has a monopoly on the helical motor technology and as a result grew to prosperity. The two nations Argentum and Plumbum wage war against it in an attempt to steal the technology. In Simulacrum, the girls grow up until age of seventeen, when they make a pilgrimage to a holy place known as "the Spring" to select their permanent sex. Simulacrum is defended by advanced airships known as "Simoun", two-seater aircraft propelled by two helical motors. Simoun are piloted by priestesses known as sibyllae (シムーン·シヴュラ Shimūn Shivyura) (plural; singular sibylla), each a girl who has not yet chosen a permanent sex; doing so renders one physically incapable of piloting a Simoun.sibyllae are organized into "choirs" or "chor" of twelve that pilot six Simoun when at full strength. The sibyllae can inscribe enormous glyphs known as Ri Mājon in the sky using the Simoun to produce powerful magical effects both for combat and ceremony.
Simoun
Simoun is originally an alternate spelling of simoom, but may also refer to following:
See also
Caudron Simoun
The Caudron Simoun was a 1930s French four-seat touring monoplane. It was used as a mail plane by Air Bleu, flew record-setting long-range flights, and was also used as a liaison aircraft by the Armée de l'Air during World War II.
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Specifications (C.630)
General characteristics
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