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He worked with Bandai producer Minoru Takanashi to finish fleshing out the original idea.

They researched various mysteries for inspiration, particularly stories centered around the mythical land of Atlantis and the Bermuda Triangle.

As the series began taking shape, they changed the lead character from a male, the norm for an action-mecha series, to a high school girl as the lead character.

Nobuteru Yuki was hired as the character designer, and tasked with crafting a design for Hitomi and the rest of the cast.

He would later state that Hitomi was his favorite character because it was the first one he'd ever designed completely from scratch rather than simply being adapted from an existing medium.

Initially, Folken and Dilandau were a single enemy commander, but as the story fleshed out, the creators felt the series would be more interesting if there were two with very different personalities.