the "Puppet Master," who is on the Bilkis to debug the Shaft. Dolce is quiet and hardly ever speaks, but carries around a screeching puppet android that constantly howls orders at other programmers, and cackles insanely all the time. She devoutly believes that her computer skills are perfect and unparalleled. Lord Sergei the 4th Sneak A high-ranking commander who has perfect DNA, and is responsible for the Bilkis' journey. Lord Sneak turns out to be highly manipulative and cunning. During an evacuation, he fatally shoots his annoying Register, and admits to Mir that he used her to sniff out terrorists. Despite this, Mir remains devoted to him because of his genetic purity, and even teams up with him at the end. It is revealed that he is actually malignant and destructive on a far wider scale, and believes that he must cleanse the universe of human beings. For this end, he has been in league with Oberus all along. He is killed by lava on Europa. Anime On March 21, 2001, it was announced that Geneshaft would premiere on April 5, 2001 on the WOWOW network. On October 2, 2003, TechTV acquired the broadcast rights to broadcast the series. The opening is "Shaft Drive" by Akira Takasaki/Ji-Zo while the ending theme is "Broken Camera" by Ji-Zo. For episode 13, the ending theme is "The Day Believe All Things" by Akira Takasaki. All episode titles are references to science-fiction books. References External links Bandai Entertainment page Geneshaft at Media Arts Database 2001 anime television series debuts Adventure anime and manga Bandai Entertainment anime titles Mecha anime and manga Satelight Wowow original programming Anime with original screenplays Biopunk anime and manga