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The King of Braves GaoGaiGar(Dũng giả vương ガオガイガー,Yūsha Ō Gaogaigā)is a Japaneseanimetelevision series produced bySunrise's internal "Studio 7" division alongside Tokyu Agency. It is the eighth installment in theBrave seriesfranchise.Yoshitomo Yonetaniis its director, with Yoshitake Suzuki handling series scripts,Takahiro Kimuraas character designer,Kunio Okawaradesigning mechanical elements, Tomoaki Okada as art director, andKohei Tanakaas music producer. The series aired onNagoya TVandTV Asahiaffiliate stations from February 1, 1997, to January 31, 1998.
| The King of Braves GaoGaiGar | |
 Cover art from the DVD release of the series | |
| Dũng giả vương ガオガイガー (Yūsha Ō Gaogaigā) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mecha |
| Created by | Hajime Yatate |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yoshitomo Yonetani |
| Produced by | Hitoshi Kako Toshinori Yokoyama(Nagoya TV) Mami Kohara(Tokyu Agency) Ryōsuke Takahashi(Sunrise) |
| Written by | Yoshitake Suzuki |
| Music by | Kohei Tanaka |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | ANN(TV Asahi,NBN) |
| Original run | February 1, 1997–January 31, 1998 |
| Episodes | 49 (25 dubbed) |
| Video game | |
| Blockaded Numbers | |
| Developer | Takara |
| Publisher | Takara |
| Genre | Action,Visual Novel |
| Platform | PlayStation |
| Released |
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| Novel | |
| Queen of Leo: Leon Reine | |
| Written by | Yuichiro Takeda |
| Illustrated by | Takahiro Kimura Seiichi Nakatani |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| Imprint | MF Bunko J |
| Demographic | Male |
| Published | December 1, 2003 |
| Related | |
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The series follows the exploits of two protagonists: One is a cyborg named Guy Shishioh, who pilots the titular Gaogaigar, and the other is a mysterious boy Mamoru. Together, they must defend the world against the malevolent Zonders all while Mamoru’s connection with them begins to unfold.
Plot
editOn a winter night, a mysterious mechanical lion appeared before a married couple, carrying a mysterious baby with it, and left as they took the baby in. About seven years later, high school astronaut Guy Shishioh is aboard the space shuttle Spirits when it collides with an unknown object bound to Earth. Despite being mortally wounded, the lion rescues him and he returns to Earth, holding a mysterious green jewel that Leo Shishioh uses to revive him as acyborg.
Two years later, in 2005, the mysterious baby, now under the care of the Amami family and named Mamoru, lives a normal life until a mysterious group called Zonders begins invading Earth. In response, the Earth Defense Brigade Gutsy Geoid Guard, also known as the GGG, organizes to fight against them. During an attack by the Zonders, Mamoru encounters Guy, who is now a member of the GGG. Equipped with the green jewel, which is known as the G-Stone, he becomes the pilot of the lion robot, which is called Galeon, fusing with it alongside three assist vehicles the GGG created to become the giant robot GaoGaiGar. After a battle against one of the Zonders, the GGG discovers that Mamoru can purify people who became Zonders and seeks to uncover his origins and how he is connected to the appearance of the Zonders.
Development
editThe King of Braves GaoGaiGarwas produced by Sunrise, with Takara promoting the toys for the series. Billed as the final installment of theBraveseries, directorYoshitomo Yonetanioriginally named the series as "The King of Braves Gaggatti", with other proposed names including "GargaiGaa" and "" GO Gieger "until the finalized name was accepted. The series' overall theme was based on the folktaleThe Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,reflecting on the mysterious origins of Mamoru Amami, the series' kid protagonist, with the message of "If you have the courage, you can call in any miracle", woven into the series' narrative.[1]
To differentiate the series from otherBraveseries, Real Robot terms and concepts alongside Super Robot concepts were woven into the narrative, being more ambitious in execution.[1]The narrative was made similar to a hot-bloodedmanga,centering on the battle between a powerful extraterrestrial life form and a giant robot that brings together the best of human science, while also incorporating detailed depictions of mechanical elements throughout the series.[1]The creation of such realistically oriented mecha designs also influenced the development of toys, resulting in a gap between how the mechas were depicted in the series and the toys that were commercialized. As a result, elements regarded as "standard" in theBraveseries, such as swords and guns as weapons and power-ups in the form of "Super Combinations", were not present in the series. To balance this out, in both the series and the toys, the gimmicks and individuality of each mecha were fleshed out more.[2][3]
Media
editAnime
editThe King of Braves GaoGaiGaraired on Nagoya TV from February 1, 1997, to January 31, 1998, consisting of 49 episodes.Masaaki Endohperformed the series' opening theme "Yuusha Oh Tanjou!"(Dũng giả vương ra đời!,Yūshaō Tanjō!,The King of Braves is Born!)whileSatoko Shimonariperformed the series' ending theme "Itsuka Hoshi no Umi De"(いつか tinh の hải で,"Someday, in the Sea of Stars" ).Media Blastersonce licensed the series on April 19, 2006, forNorth Americanterritories in DVD format, with only 25 out of the 49 episodes dubbed in English. However, due to multiple issues[4]followed with poor sales, the series was dropped. The show was available as part of a digital subscription package fromDaisukiuntil the service was terminated in 2017.Muse Communicationlater licensed the series alongside its sequel, with Muse Asia'sYouTubeChannel streaming the series inSoutheast Asianterritories on February 1, 2022.[5]Discotek Medialater rescued the license from Media Blasters and announced a release of the series, alongside the OVA sequel, on Blu-ray in Winter 2023.[6]
The show's popularity later resulted in the production of an eight–part sequelOVA,The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final,which was released from January 21, 2000, to March 21, 2003, and the spinoff TV seriesBetterman,which aired onTV Tokyofrom April 1, 1999, to September 30, 1999.
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The King of Braves is Born!" Transliteration: "Yūsha-ō tanjō!"(Japanese:Dũng giả vương ra đời!) | Gorō Taniguchi | Yoshitake Suzuki | Yoshitomo Yonetani | February 1, 1997 |
| 2 | "The Boy With Green hair" Transliteration: "Midori no kami no shōnen"(Japanese:Lục の phát の thiếu niên) | Kunihisa Sugishima | Yoshitake Suzuki | Kunihisa Sugishima Yoshitomo Yonetani | February 8, 1997 |
| 3 | "The Holy Left Arm" Transliteration: "Seinaru hidariude"(Japanese:Thánh なる cổ tay trái) | Yūji Yamaguchi | Yoshitake Suzuki | Yūji Yamaguchi | February 15, 1997 |
| 4 | "Escapee Zondar" Transliteration: "Tōbōsha Zondā"(Japanese:Người đào vong ゾンダー) | Kazuhito Kikuchi | Yasushi Hirano | Kazuhito Kikuchi | February 22, 1997 |
| 5 | "Blue and Red" Transliteration: "Ao to aka"(Japanese:Thanh と xích) | Mamoru Hamatsu | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Mamoru Hamatsu | March 1, 1997 |
| 6 | "Its name is ChoRyuJin" Transliteration: "Sono na wa ChōRyūJin"(Japanese:そ の danh は siêu long thần) | Gorō Taniguchi | Yūichirō Takeda | Mamoru Hamatsu | March 8, 1997 |
| 7 | "Drive Away the Black 300!" Transliteration: "Kuro no 300 o oe!"(Japanese:Hắc の 300を truy え!) | Kunihisa Sugishima | Yoshitake Suzuki | Kunihisa Sugishima | March 15, 1997 |
| 8 | "The Day The Sun Disappeared" Transliteration: "Taiyō ga kieru hi"(Japanese:Thái dương が tiêu える ngày) | Yasuhiro Minami | Yasushi Hirano | Yoshitomo Yonetani | March 22, 1997 |
| 9 | "Element Z0" Transliteration: "Soryūshi Z0"(Japanese:Tố hạt Z0) | Shinji Takamatsu | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Shinji Takamatsu | March 29, 1997 |
| 10 | "The Lightless World" Transliteration: "Hikari todokanu sekai"(Japanese:Quang giới かぬ thế giới) | Eiji Yamanaka | Yoshitake Suzuki | Atsuko Kase | April 5, 1997 |
| 11 | "Gate of Izolude" Transliteration: "Izorude no mon"(Japanese:イゾルデ の môn) | Mamoru Hamatsu | Yūichirō Takeda | Mamoru Hamatsu | April 12, 1997 |
| 12 | "Tomorrow" Transliteration: "Ashita"(Japanese:Ngày mai) | Yoshitomo Yonetani | Yoshitomo Yonetani | Yoshitomo Yonetani | April 19, 1997 |
| 13 | "Legacy of Cain" Transliteration: "Kain no isan"(Japanese:カイン の di sản) | Kunihisa Sugishima | Yūichirō Takeda | Kunihisa Sugishima | April 26, 1997 |
| 14 | "The Valley That Calls Forth the Mist" Transliteration: "Kiri ga yobu keikoku"(Japanese:Sương mù が hô ぶ渓 cốc) | Yūji Yamaguchi | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Kazuhito Kikuchi | May 3, 1997 |
| 15 | "GGG Targeted" Transliteration: "Nerawareta GGG"(Japanese:Thư われたGGG) | Gorō Taniguchi | Hiroaki Kitajima | Gorō Taniguchi | May 12, 1997 |
| 16 | "Demon of Midday" Transliteration: "Shōgo no akuma"(Japanese:Chính ngọ の ác ma) | Nana Harada | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Hiroshi Nishikiori | May 17, 1997 |
| 17 | "That Which Controls Space" Transliteration: "Kūkan o seisuru mono"(Japanese:Không gian を chế する giả) | Akihiko Nishiyama | Yoshitake Suzuki | Tetsuya Watanabe Kunihiro Mori | May 24, 1997 |
| 18 | "A Promise is the Other's Light" Transliteration: "Yakusoku wa hikari no kanata"(Japanese:Ước thúc は quang の bỉ phương) | Kunihisa Sugishima | Yūichirō Takeda | Akira Nishimori | May 31, 1997 |
| 19 | "The Destructive Right Arm" Transliteration: "Horobu beki migiude"(Japanese:Diệt ぶべき cổ tay phải) | Yasuhiro Minami | Yūichirō Takeda | Kazuhito Kikuchi | June 7, 1997 |
| 20 | "Teacher Zondar" Transliteration: "Zondar-sensei"(Japanese:ゾンダー tiên sinh) | Gorō Taniguchi | Hiroaki Kitajima | Gorō Taniguchi | June 14, 1997 |
| 21 | "Gold-Colored God of Destruction" Transliteration: "Konjiki no hakaishin"(Japanese:Kim sắc の phá 壊 thần) | Yūji Yamaguchi | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Kōjin Ochi | June 21, 1997 |
| 22 | "Towards the Polluted Sky" Transliteration: "Kegasareshi sora e"(Japanese:Ô されし không へ) | Mamoru Hamatsu | Yoshitake Suzuki | Mamoru Hamatsu | June 28, 1997 |
| 23 | "Mike 13" Transliteration: "Maiku 13"(Japanese:マイク13) | Akihiko Nishiyama | Yūichirō Takeda | Shinichi Watanabe | July 5, 1997 |
| 24 | "Disconnected" Protect "" Transliteration: "Hazusareta purotekuto"(Japanese:はずされた kiện) | Gorō Taniguchi | Hiroaki Kitajima Yoshitomo Yonetani | Yoshitomo Yonetani | July 12, 1997 |
| 25 | "Voice of Ruin" Transliteration: "Horobi no koe"(Japanese:Diệt び の thanh) | Takeshi Yoshimoto | Hiroaki Kitajima | Akira Nishimori | July 19, 1997 |
| 26 | "Cross the Dimensions" Transliteration: "Jigen o koete"(Japanese:Thứ nguyên を càng えて) | Yūji Yamaguchi | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Kōjin Ochi | July 26, 1997 |
| 27 | "Great Tokyo Destruction" Transliteration: "Dai-Tōkyō shōmetsu!"(Japanese:Đại Đông Kinh tiêu diệt!) | Nana Harada | Yoshitake Suzuki | Susumu Nishizawa | August 2, 1997 |
| 28 | "Crash! The Big Four of Destruction" Transliteration: "Gekitotsu! Kikai shitennō"(Japanese:Kích đột! Cơ giới tứ thiên vương) | Kunihiro Mori | Yūichirō Takeda | Mamoru Hamatsu | August 9, 1997 |
| 29 | "Phoenix" Transliteration: "Hi no tori"(Japanese:Hỏa の điểu) | Akihiko Nishiyama | Yūichirō Takeda | Hiroshi Nishikiori | August 16, 1997 |
| 30 | "Braves, Death at Dawn!" Transliteration: "Yūsha, akatsuki ni shisu!"(Japanese:Dũng giả, hiểu に chết す!) | Gorō Taniguchi | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Gorō Taniguchi | August 23, 1997 |
| 31 | "Adieu, GGG" Transliteration: "Saraba GGG"(Japanese:さらばGGG) | Yūji Yamaguchi | Hiroaki Kitajima | Yūji Yamaguchi Yoshitomo Yonetani | August 30, 1997 |
| 32 | "Counterattack! Machine World 31 Primevals" Transliteration: "Gyakushū! Kikai 31 genshu"(Japanese:Nghịch tập! Cơ giới 31 giống gốc) | Shinji Takamatsu | Yūichirō Takeda | Shinji Takamatsu | September 13, 1997 |
| 33 | "Departure to the Freezing Point" Transliteration: "Hyōtenka e no tabidachi"(Japanese:Băng điểm hạ へ の cất cánh) | Takeshi Yoshimoto | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Atsuko Kase | September 20, 1997 |
| 34 | "Brave's Rebirth" Transliteration: "Yūsha fukkatsu"(Japanese:Dũng giả sống lại!) | Nana Harada | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Setsuo Takase | September 27, 1997 |
| 35 | "Wind and Lightning" Transliteration: "Kaze to ikazuchi"(Japanese:Phong と lôi) | Akihiko Nishiyama | Yūichirō Takeda | Gorō Taniguchi | October 4, 1997 |
| 36 | "Its Name is GekiRyuJin" Transliteration: "Sono na wa Gekiryūjin"(Japanese:そ の danh は kích Long Thần) | Setsuo Takase | Yūichirō Takeda | Masamitsu Hidaka | October 11, 1997 |
| 37 | "The Coming of Cain" Transliteration: "Kain raigō"(Japanese:カイン tới đón) | Yūji Yamaguchi | Hiroaki Kitajima | Yūji Yamaguchi Gorō Taniguchi | October 18, 1997 |
| 38 | "The Great Battle of Darkness" Transliteration: "Ankoku no daikessen"(Japanese:Ám hắc の đại quyết chiến) | Kunihisa Sugishima | Hiroaki Kitajima | Kunihisa Sugishima | October 25, 1997 |
| 39 | "Machine World's Greatest 7 Primevals" Transliteration: "Kikai saikyō 7 genshu"(Japanese:Cơ giới mạnh nhất 7 giống gốc) | Shinji Takamatsu | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Shinji Takamatsu | November 8, 1997 |
| 40 | "Children of the Stars" Transliteration: "Hoshi no kodomo-tachi"(Japanese:Tinh の tử cung たち) | Takeshi Yoshimoto | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Mitsuru Hongo | November 15, 1997 |
| 41 | "A Distant Victory Song" Transliteration: "Haruka naru gaika"(Japanese:Dao かなる khải hoàn ca) | Nana Harada | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Atsuko Kase | November 22, 1997 |
| 42 | "Return From Ancient Times" Transliteration: "Taiko kara no kikan"(Japanese:Thái cổ から の quy còn) | Akihiko Nishiyama | Hiroaki Kitajima | Mamoru Hamatsu | November 29, 1997 |
| 43 | "GenRyuJin, GoRyuJin" Transliteration: "Genryūjin, Gōryūjin"(Japanese:Huyễn long thần ・ cường Long Thần) | Setsuo Takase | Hiroaki Kitajima | Akira Nishimori | December 6, 1997 |
| 44 | "Prelude to the Coming of Death" Transliteration: "Shūen jokyoku"(Japanese:Chung yên nhạc dạo) | Shinji Takamatsu | Yūichirō Takeda | Shinji Takamatsu | December 13, 1997 |
| 45 | "GGG, Towards Jupiter!" Transliteration: "GGG, Mokusei e!"(Japanese:GGG, sao Mộc へ!) | Yasuhiro Minami | Yūichirō Takeda | Ryūji Kawamura | December 20, 1997 |
| 46 | "That With Courage" Transliteration: "Yūki aru mono"(Japanese:Dũng khí ある giả) | Yūji Yamaguchi | Yūichirō Takeda | Yūji Yamaguchi | December 27, 1997 |
| 47 | "Machine World Termination" Transliteration: "Kikai shōka shūketsu"(Japanese:Cơ giới thăng hoa chung kết) | Takeshi Yoshimoto | Yūichirō Takeda | Masamitsu Hidaka | January 10, 1998 |
| 48 | "Life" Transliteration: "Inochi"(Japanese:Mệnh) | Gorō Taniguchi | Hiroaki Kitajima | Gorō Taniguchi | January 24, 1998 |
| 49 | "Someday, in the Sea of Stars" Transliteration: "Itsuka hoshi no umi de"(Japanese:いつか tinh の hải で) | Yoshitomo Yonetani | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Yoshitomo Yonetani | January 31, 1998 |
Video games
editThe series received a video game spinoff titledThe King of Braves GaoGaiGar: Blockaded Numbers(Dũng giả vương ガオガイガー BLOCKADED NUMBERS,Yūsha Ō Gaogaigā Burokēdeddo nanbāzu)which was published byTakaraand released for thePlayStationon April 8, 1999. The series also appeared in Takara's other video game series: 2000'sBrave Saga 2for the PlayStation, 2001'sBrave Saga New Astariafor theGame Boy Colorand 2005'sNew Century Brave Warsfor thePlayStation 2.The series also made appearances in theSunrise Eiyuutanseries. GaoGaiGar has later appeared in the long runningSuper Robot Warsfranchise, beginning with the2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha.
Novel
editA novel spinoff titledQueen of Leo <Leon Reine>: The King of Braves Gaogaigar 2005(Sư tử の nữ vương ―リオン・レーヌ― dũng giả vương ガオガイガー2005,Shishi no Joō Rion Rēnu Yūsha Ō Gaogaigā 2005)was published byMedia Factoryon December 1, 2003, written by Yuichiro Takeda and illustrated by Takahiro Kimura and Seiichi Nakatani. The novel takes place after the events of the series and before the events of FINAL, focusing on Renais Kaldiff Shishioh, her origins and her fight against the criminal organization named BioNet.
See also
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References
edit- ^abcTARKUS ( Koji Igarashi ) Shinkigensha Editorial Department (Toyohiro Ohno, Tomoko Ohno) (2004-11-13). "Dũng giả vương ガオガイガー THE WORLD of GAOGAIGER".Dũng giả シリーズメモリアルブック siêu dũng giả vân thừa.Shinkigensha.p. 268.ISBN4-7753-0298-1.
- ^TARKUS. "PART 1 [タカラ の thác いた nói ] dũng giả vương ガオガイガー".Đại dũng giả vân nói サンライズ・ロボットトイ・コレクション [ dũng giả ・エルドラン biên ].p. 39.
- ^TARKUS (2007-05-15). "PART 5 [ dũng giả たち の dấu chân ] アニメーション giám sát インタビュー mễ たにヨシトモ".Đại dũng giả vân nói サンライズ・ロボットトイコレクション[ dũng giả ・エルドラン biên ].Mediaworks.p. 87.ISBN978-4-8402-3824-3.
- ^"Anime on DVD News Archive - April 2007".animeondvd.Gaogaigar Hits Hiatus. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-09-30.
- ^https:// facebook /emusesg/posts/1115072732577437[user-generated source][dead link]
- ^"Discotek Licenses Aim for the Ace!, GaoGaiGar Series & Final OVA".28 August 2023.
- "Brave Goukin GaoFighter" (November 2006).Newtype USA.p. 126.
External links
edit- Official website(in Japanese)
- GaoGaiGar: King of Braves(anime) atAnime News Network's encyclopedia
- The King of Braves GaoGaiGar pachinko gameArchived2021-04-10 at theWayback Machine(in Japanese)