> i just saw a prety spiffy music video for Nadesico... weird thing is that
> the characters looked difrent. Ive bought all the tapes released here in
> the states (think its up to vol 3 or 4) and havent heard of any other
> nadesico stuff. The characters all look difrent, theres a bunch i havent
> seen and that robot girl (Yuri?) looks really difrent... taller and older
> looking. Is there some series im unaware of, or does the design just
change
> later on?

This is nadesico. It approx 5 years after what you are currently seeing.
Don't watch it if you don't want to be massivly spoiled. It is one of
my all time favorite series. The girls name is Ruri, and by this point,
her full name is Ruri Mitsumura.