Anime #13- Xenosaga THE ANIMATION

The characters are: Top Row: (from left) Shion, Allen, M.O.M.O
Bottom Row: (from left) Ziggy, Junior, KOS-MOS, chaos.

4000 years into the future is where this story takes place, in deep space. Ever since a fateful day in Kenya where a man unleashed a weapon called the Zohar, humanity has been forced to live in space. Shion Uzuki and her comrade Allen Ridgeley and their teammates have been working on a prototype android named KOS-MOS, but they haven't had much luck. Suddenly, one night, KOS-MOS is activated on her own and changes everything up. The crew is onboard a large ship called the Woglinde, which has picked up a special item known as the Zohar, but it unfortunately attracts evil alien creatures called Gnosis (prounounced NO-SIS). The Woglinde is attacked by the Gnosis, and now Shion and Allen have to survive by going aboard enemy ships.

Shion Uzuki
Shion Uzuki is a very young scientist who has developed KOS-MOS. She is the only one who can activate KOS-MOS, but the android activates herself. She sometimes sees a little girl, but doesn't know much of it. She has a brother who lives in a place called Second Miltia.

Allen Ridgeley
He is the other main character who is always looking out for Shion. Most of his (dead) crew members are surprised that he hasn't keeled over from worrying about her so much. Him and Shion are the only people from their crew who survived the attack on the Woglinde. He secretly has a crush on Shion, but never gets around to saying it.

KOS-MOS
The battle android developed by Shion's team and activated on her own. She got commands from Headquarters to go Second Miltia.

Ziggy
Short for Ziggurat 8, he is actually an android made from a dead man. He doesn't really care that he is an android and has a sole purpose to become a full machine. He is always adding robot parts to himself, but has befriended a Realian (the name of the androids) named Momo. Ironically, he was sent on a mission to capture her.

chaos
A male who looks about 16, but is amazingly powerful. He has angelic powers, which he demonstrated on a Gnosis that attacked the ship he was on. He seems to know a lot more than he says and is very kindhearted.

M.O.M.O.
A 100-Series Realian who hates being called that. It stands for Multiple Observative Mimetic Organicus. She is specially developed to track down and communicate with Gnosis.

Junior
A young boy about the age of twelve. Although he looks inexperienced, he sometimes says very wise things.