Queen of Mars

Is the Mars colony hope for mankind?
The year is 2125. Four decades into colonization under authoritarian rule by the Inter-planetary Space Development Agency, discontent is brewing on the Red Planet. Lili E1102 is blind. Born and raised on Mars, she endured grueling training to earn her place aboard the spaceship bound for Earth. But on the day of departure, disaster strikes, triggering a chain of accelerated machinations on both Earth and Mars. And at the center of it all lies an inexplicable object that suddenly appears, sparking supernatural phenomena. Who created it? And what does it mean for humankind: salvation or catastrophe?

Our take

Marking the return of Japanese fiction to the official selection, Queen of Mars unfolds as an ambitious visionary saga centered on space colonization. Caught between Earth and the subterranean depths of Mars, where the seeds of revolt are growing, the series explores the struggle for self-determination in the face of the brutal commodification of humanity. A political and adventurous sci-fi epic, it interrogates the limits of our hunger for conquest.