Maps

Maps (マップス) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuichi Hasegawa. It was serialized in the Gakken magazine Monthly Comic Nora from 1985 to 1994. The first series consisting of 91 chapters were published under the Nora Comics imprint into 17 tankobon volumes, including 10 side-story chapters later released in 2 separate volumes. The second series titled was published online on the "FlexComix Blood" website from January 16, 2007 to February 8, 2012 until its official release under the Blade Comics imprint.

The first manga series was adapted into two anime original video animations. The first titled was released by Gakken Plus in July 21, 1987. The second was a 4-episode remake released by KSS Studio from July 8, 1994 to February 24, 1995.

Plot
The story follows a normal Earth boy named Gen Tokishima as he and his girlfriend Hoshimi Kimizuka meet Lipmira, a scantily-clad blonde woman from outer space. Lipmira tells Gen that he is the "Mapman," the one embedded with a map to a great treasure encoded in his genes. Gen and Hoshimi leave Earth with Lipmira to find the treasure, a quest shared by evil space people whom they are often compelled to fight against.

Notable aspects of the series are the spaceships (which look like giant silver angelic women, often described as "hood ornaments") and their embodiments as female androids called "Bemaders (ビメイダー)" for dealings with regular-sized life forms.