Martian Successor: Nadesico

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

The show was actually written in small 'arcs' by multiple writers. The shows directior wrote the first 5 episodes I believe (the beginning leading to when Gau dies follwed by another writer who wrote 2 or 3 episodes followed by another who wrote 2 or 3 episodes, etc. And I think the guy who wrote the first 5 episodes also wrote the last few episodes. Although I can't remember who wrote the episodes, they're all suppose to be famous Anime writers who wrote episodes for other shows like Escaflowne, Gundam, etc.

That's why it can't happen again. They'd have to get a bunch of writers back together again, after the show has been off their air already 7+ years (the show was 1997-1998 and the movie was 2000).