Tomoru Shindo is just an average college-student type in CITY5, an island metropolis in the Pacific. He's having trouble beating a simulator game -- he always dies and can't save the heroine. The game is played during rem sleep, replacing your dreams. Tomoru is also unsure if he wants the standard life of getting a "ticket" and working for a company. A "ticket" is apparently like a recommendation or something. It seems to entitle you to work for a good company -- like having a successful interview for an internship or something. He also has a relative working in the mines on the Moon, apparently a very profitable, but boring, existence. Tomoru sometimes skips out on classes to visit the History Musium . He's a fan of World War II history and wears a Luftwaffe jacket to show it. The Luftwaffe was, basically, the German air force until it was disbanded after WWII. Their jackets somewhat resemble the one he wears.

I first saw Orgun the summer after my freshman year -- while at home and going through CJAS withdrawal. I especially liked the future picture of life -- the armed forces recruiting as heavily as ever, the engineering life well-paid but unsatisfying, only the upgrade in technology a change form today. Check out the cool food service table! Pay close attention to when Tomoru leaves; the ordering program misinterprets what they say for "parfait." Well, it amused me anyway. I suppose the army's new fighting person equipment is a bit ridiculous. The other character to notice is the scientist Michi and her sidekick Isaac. To be honest, Issac isn't her sidekick, but a supercomputer that is helping her construct an object from a message that was received from space by the military. It's kinda like Contact (note: Orgun is older than Contact). Anyway, the military starts getting worried when the thing is close to completion -- Is it a weapon (why didn't they consider this before they built it)? Well everything goes bad for everyone in the first episode, so just sit back and enjoy the ride.