Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam 13  

Galactic Drifter Vifam 13, Round Vernian Vifam 13, Space Castaways Vifam 13, 銀河漂流バイファム13

On July 27th, 1996, Mr. Takeyuki Kanda passed away at the age of 52. Born on August 11th, 1943, he was a renowned director who helmed several animations, including VIFAM. In honor of his memory, a new TV series of VIFAM was broadcasted in 1998. The show ran from March 21st to October 3rd (in the Kansai area) and consisted of 26 episodes. Despite being a sidestory, it introduced several new characters, vehicles, and other features. The story could be inserted between episodes #22 and #26 of VIFAM, with parts one through fourteen comprising Act I, episodes #15 to #18 forming the Interlude, and episodes #19 to #26 making up Act II. While these acts may have little connection in reality, they could be considered as a New Testament-like narrative, but now regarded as an apocrypha or even worse, a pseudo-VIFAM. To fully understand this story's reasons for being classified as such, it is recommended to watch the series.