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There are many anime references, particularly to the series Space Battleship Yamato ( the name Nadesico is a play on the phrase " Yamato nadeshiko ", which represents the traditional Japanese ideal of femininity, and also the name of a flower ).

One of the characters was a magical girl seiyū before joining the crew ( and in fact is a parody of a specific seiyū, Megumi Hayashibara ), another is a fangirl who likes to draw her own shōnen-ai doujinshi, and a third is an otaku who bases his entire life on Gekigangar III.