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Yea Vandread is a good mecha anime, at the peak of Gonzo's prime.

Hibiki is really an amazing super robot pilot, the cast was colourful and had great development. The mecha were quite interesting and the 3D fights are pretty good for its time.

Also I used to post in another forum on how I'd expect Vandread would be in SRW, using Alpha 3's squad system and similar stats. It has spoilers, only for those who finished watching both seasons:

Spoiler for Vandread SRW:

Vandread would be a super robot series, but the mechs behave more like reals.

Nirvana will come as a ship:

Spoiler:

Terrain = Air A, Land B, Sea C, Space S, Size: L
It has a Barrier that blocks 2500, any more and it takes full damage.

Crew: Bart(main), Magno, Buzam, Ezra and the girl in teddy bear costume lol

Weapons:

For a start, it only has weak missiles [p] 1-4 range and beam turrets 1-6 range, which I think it doesn't even have in the anime lol. But I came up with such weapons because it would be useless without any lol.

Then there will be a stage for Bart's famous episode and Nirvana will get an upgrade:

Homing Laser [Map] same configuration as Gunbuster's Homing Laser in @3.
Homing Laser [ALL]1-10, Probably has damage similar to Elthorium's Photon Torpedoes in @3, it also ignore size.

Hibiki's Vanguard:

Spoiler:

It's basically a real robot in any sense. The Men, Tarahk have Vanguards with better stats for captains and weaker stats for grunts.
Terrain: C A C A, Size S

Pilot: Hibiki, he has stats thats like a good super robot main character, with even melee and range attack.

Weapons:
Head vulcans [p] 1 range
Beam rifle [p][PLA] 1-5
Sword [p] 1

The Dreads:

Spoiler:

Basically all the girls dreads are the same. The Women, Mejeiru, all have Dreads with better stats for captains and weaker for grunts.
Terrain: A B C A, Size M

Pilots: Dita, Meia, Jura, Barnette

Weapons:
Beam [p][PLA] 1-4
Missiles 1-7

Dita, Meia and Jura's Dreads can combine with Hibiki, Barnette has nothing. But Barnette will encounter an event later *Read on below*.

Vandreads:

Spoiler:

The Vandreads basically function like Getter Robo lol, but you have to put Hibiki's Vanguard and the girls' Dreads in a same platoon to combine them or switch forms.

Halfway through the game there will be a chapter where Super Vandread/ Vandread Pyoro will be formed, like the first time they got this combination in the show. Super Vandread will not be usuable for another 10 chapters until a chapter where they learn to combine at will, like the anime had. But after the first Super Vandread event all Vandreads will get an upgrade like in the anime.

Vandread Dita:

Spoiler:

Basically a super robot that behaves like a powerful real robot, meaning good agility and defence. It is efficient in both range and melee attack.
Terrain: A A C A, Size M

Pilot: Hibiki and Dita.

Weapons:

Lance [p] 1-3, melee weapon
Lance Beam [PLA] 1-7
Twin Lance Beam [ALL] 1-8
Twin Lance Special attack [p] 1, the finishing move used on the mother ship at the end of Vandread season 1, ignore size and barrier.

After the Super Vandread event, Vandread Dita will get a boost in all stats and land/space S.

Vandread Meia:

Spoiler:

Basically a high speed and movement melee unit.
Terrain: A B C A, Size M
It has Bunshin ability

Pilot: Hibiki and Meia.

Weapons:

Claw [p] 1-3, melee weapon
Beam [p][PLA] 1-4
Special dash attack [p] 1, the high speed dash attack thats always used to finish bosses, ignore size and barrier.

After the Super Vandread event, Vandread Meia will get a boost in all stats and air/space S.

Vandread Jura:

Spoiler:

Basically a high defence long range unit.
Terrain: B A A A, Size M
It has a barrier that blocks 2500 damage and 1250 damage for the rest of the platoon, any higher damage = full damage.

Pilot: Hibiki and Jura.

Weapons:

Claw [p] 1-3, melee weapon
Beam [PLA] 1-7
Barrier Beam [ALL] 2-8, the beam attack with all 6 barrier discs.

After the Super Vandread event, Vandread Jura will get a boost in all stats and sea/space S.

Super Vandread:

Spoiler:

Basically a super robot thats around the same level as Banpreos in @3. It is effcient in attack/defence/evasion and attack
Terrain: S S A S, Size M
It has Bunshin
It has a barrier that blocks 2500 damage and 1250 damage for the rest of the platoon, any higher damage = full damage.

Pilot: Hibiki, Dita, Meia, Jura and Pyoro.

Weapons:

Beam [PLA] 1-6 range
Sword [p] 1-4, melee weapon
Barrier Beam [ALL] 2-8 range, Probably as powerful as, Gunbuster's Buster Beam in @3.
Special sword attack [p] 1, Super Vandread's ultimate move, probably has attack power similar to Shin Getter's Stoner Sun Shine, its 2nd most powerful attack in @3, ignore size and barrier.

Super Vandread can also transform into bird form:

Weapons:

Beam [PLA] 1-6 range
Claw [p] 1
Special dash attack [p] 1-4, probably as powerful as Combattler V's Chodenji Spin, ignore size and barrier

After the 2nd Super Vandread event, you can choose to keep Super Vandread as 1 mech and have no need to separate them into 4 units in a single platoon.

Gascogne's repair/resupply vehicle:

Spoiler:

Basically a repair/resupply vehicle with high hp and low agility.
Terrain: A B C A, Size M
It has a barrier that blocks 1500 damage and 750 damage for the rest of the platoon, any higher damage = full damage.
Has repair and resupply

Pilot: Gascogne

Weapons:

Claw [p] 1, melee attack
Beam [PLA] 1-6 range

Gascogne starts with this unit, but at the first Super Vandread stage, Gascogne will 'die' following the anime. After this stage Barnette will take over this unit. Gascogne will appear again probably in a very late stage(probably 1 of the last 5 stages.) as a special event unit piloting the Earth 'Mothership' class.

Some other points:

Spoiler:

Duero, Pai and Parfait will probably be characters that just hang around to talk and for events.

That mercenary guy with an orang utan will probably have a unit that will be an ally for sometime and maybe join you at the last stage. He will have his ship and his orang utan's mech.

Vandread enemies will be the Men(Tarahk) and Women(Mejeiru) and also the Earth mechs. The Men and Women will join you as allies in the final Vandread stage to fight the Earth mother ships.

Also, Hibiki has Yuuki(Brave) Seishin and Dita has Ai(love) Seishin.

How Vandread will fit into an SRW series is probably very hard. With Earth as an enemy, a whole bunch of mecha anime probably would be devoid of storylines or be completely unable to coexist.