Martian Successor Nadesico, known in Japan as Mobile Battleship Nadesico (機動戦艦ナデシコ Kidō Senkan Nadeshiko?) (also rendered as Nadesico),[1] is a science fiction comedy anime TV series, and a later manga series created by Kia Asamiya. The manga, published in English by CPM Manga, is significantly different from the anime.