<sod>{{Nihongo|'''''Aldnoah.Zero'''''|アルドノア・ゼロ|Arudonoa Zero|lead=yes}}, stylized as '''ΛLDNOΛH.ZERO''', is a [[mecha anime]] television and print series created by [[Olympus Knights]]{{citation needed (lead)|date=March 2016}} and [[A-1 Pictures]]. It presents the fictional story of the Vers empire's 37 clans of Orbital Knights' attempted reconquest of [[earth]]—enabled by the empowering title Aldnoah energy/[[Ion thruster|drive]] technology—following return to earth as a more technologically advanced people after a human [[diaspora]] to the planet [[Mars]]. Created by [[Gen Urobuchi]] with direction by [[Ei Aoki]], the series features principle Japanese [[voice acting]] by [[Natsuki Hanae]], [[Kensho Ono]], and [[Sora Amamiya]], with animated relational and battle scenes set on or in the fictional earth of 2014, the orbital castles of Vers Empire's Orbital Knights, Vers bases on a shattered remnant of earth's [[moon]], and occasionally, the Vers palace of its failing [[emperor]] on Mars. The series began in July 2014, and as of March 2016, had presented two full 12-episode seasons, with Urobuchi, Katsuhiko Takayama, and Shinsuke Onishi, and then [[Hiroyuki Sawano]] and [[Kalafina]], respectively, receiving principle [[script]]-writing and music credits. In the accompanying [[manga]], Olympus Knights and [[Kiyokazu Satake]], and then [[Pinakes]] and [[Mahi Fuyube]], respectively, receive writing and illustration credits.{{citation needed (lead)|date=March 2016}}<eod>
<sod>{{Nihongo|'''''Aldnoah.Zero'''''|アルドノア・ゼロ|Arudonoa Zero|lead=yes}}, stylized as '''ΛLDNOΛH.ZERO''', is a [[mecha anime]] television and print series created by [[Olympus Knights]]{{citation needed (lead)|date=March 2016}} and [[A-1 Pictures]]. It presents the fictional story of the Vers empire's 37 clans of Orbital Knights' attempted reconquest of [[earth]]—enabled by the empowering title Aldnoah energy/[[Ion thruster|drive]] technology—following return to earth as a more technologically advanced people after a human [[diaspora]] to the planet [[Mars]]. Created by [[Gen Urobuchi]] with direction by [[Ei Aoki]], the series features principle Japanese [[voice acting]] by [[Natsuki Hanae]], [[Kensho Ono]], and [[Sora Amamiya]], with animated relational and battle scenes set on or in the fictional earth of 2014, the orbital castles of Vers Empire's Orbital Knights, Vers bases on a shattered remnant of earth's [[moon]], and occasionally, the Vers palace of its failing [[emperor]] on Mars. The series began in July 2014, and as of March 2016, had presented two full 12-episode seasons, with Urobuchi, Katsuhiko Takayama, and Shinsuke Onishi, and then [[Hiroyuki Sawano]] and [[Kalafina]], respectively, receiving principle [[Screenplay|script]]-writing and music credits. In the accompanying [[manga]], Olympus Knights and [[Kiyokazu Satake]], and then [[Pinakes]] and [[Mahi Fuyube]], respectively, receive writing and illustration credits.{{citation needed (lead)|date=March 2016}}<eod>