Character Relationship Map: Future Boy Conan

Characters

• Conan (voice) (played by Noriko Ohara) — protagonist

  Born on the isolated Remnant Island, Conan is the story's central young hero. After meeting Lana and losing his adoptive grandfather during her abduction, he sets out across the ocean to rescue her. H...

• Lana (voice) (played by Mieko Nobusawa) — supporting

  Lana is a young girl raised on High Harbor and the first person Conan meets from beyond his isolated island. She reaches Remnant Island while escaping abduction by the Barracuda crew, and Conan's effo...

• Jimsy (voice) (played by Kazuyo Aoki) — supporting

  Jimsy is a boy who grew up in a semi-feral state on an island visited by the Barracuda, where local people collect plastic rubbish for Industria. He meets Conan during the rescue journey and joins him...

• Captain Dyce (voice) (played by Ichiro Nagai) — supporting

  Captain Dyce is associated with the Barracuda, a sailing ship from Industria that abducts Lana and travels to collect plastic rubbish for conversion into oil. Conan and Jimsy attempt to raid the ship...

• Dr. Briac Lao (voice) (played by Masato Yamanouchi) — supporting

  Dr. Briac Lao is Lana's grandfather and the researcher whose work concerns highly concentrated orbital solar power. He went into hiding after the war to prevent his research from being used for milita...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Jimsy (voice) → Captain Dyce (voice) (Power Forced Laborer) — Subjugated individual subjected to the captain's harsh disciplinary and economic exploitation.
• Conan (voice) → Lana (voice) (Romantic Partner) — Central romantic bond that drives their shared journey from strangers to partners in rebuilding civilization.
• Lana (voice) → Dr. Briac Lao (voice) (Family Granddaughter) — Granddaughter and grandfather separated by war, united later to restore power and save their communities.
• Conan (voice) → Dr. Briac Lao (voice) (Family Grandfather) — Adoptive grandfather and grandson who share a close, protective bond on a remote island.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Lana (voice) → Captain Dyce (voice) (Conflict Captor) — Victim of abduction and forced labor under the captain's ruthless authority.
• Conan (voice) → Captain Dyce (voice) (Conflict Enemy) — Primary antagonist who represents the brutal, exploitative forces of the old world.
• Lana (voice) → Jimsy (voice) (Alliance Ally) — Companions who unite against a common captor and work together to dismantle the oppressive regime.
• Conan (voice) → Jimsy (voice) (Social Friend) — Fellow survivors who form a quick friendship based on shared hardship and mutual rescue efforts.

Story Analysis

After civilization collapses through war and environmental disaster, young survivors challenge industrial tyranny and seek a renewed relationship with nature.

Plot Progression

1. The Broken Earth — A weapon-driven war destroys civilization and transforms the planet. Crash survivors establish a fragile community on Remnant Island.
2. A Stranger on the Shore — The isolated boy encounters a girl fleeing Industria's agents. Her arrival brings the outside world to the island and ends his sheltered life.
3. Across the Dangerous Sea — After losing his grandfather, the boy crosses the ocean to pursue the abducted girl. He meets another island boy and becomes trapped aboard the Barracuda.
4. The Dying Industrial State — The group is taken to Industria, where resource scarcity, class divisions, and disasters strengthen authoritarian rule. The survivors endure separation, forced labor, and repeated danger.
5. Solar Power and Escape — The survivors find the hidden scientist and restore access to orbital solar power. They destroy the super-weapon and escape Industria before its final catastrophe.