of Japan to be decimated. In the manga, there is an extra chapter that supposedly takes place in an alternate future ten years later where under Rikushiro, they activate the barrier and Mao-chan misses her mark. With age comes more power, and the Light of Kusanagi is now powerful enough to obliterate planets. As a result, the planet Earth is destroyed. Episodes External links Starchild Mao-chan website Anime Fringe review 2002 anime television series debuts 2003 manga Anime with original screenplays Extraterrestrials in anime and manga IG Port franchises Geneon USA Magical girl anime and manga Ken Akamatsu Kodansha manga Japan Self-Defense Forces in fiction Alien invasions in comics Shōnen manga Xebec (studio)