Battle Athletes 1 : On Your Mark

The adventures of teenage girl athletes in which promising girls are sent to a special satellite to train and compete for the coveted title of 'Cosmic Beauty', a contest that grew out of the settlement of an interplanetary war 1000 years earlier. The daughter of a former winner, 16-year-old Akari Kanzaki arrives at the University Satellite hoping to match her mother's performance. Akari is assigned to a team with Kris, a confident, spiritual girl from a back-to-nature commune on the moon, and the terminally shy and whiny Anna. Tanya, an ebullient, food-obsessed African girl, lends comic relief and the icy Mylandah supplies heavy-handed villainy. Although other competitors intimidated her, Akari's natural charm and bravery led her to overcome all her troubles. She meets friends she can trust, and with them she beats persistent bullies in the university.