Gasaraki

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Gasaraki
Original title ガ サ ラ キ
transcription Gasaraki
genre Mecha , drama
Anime television series
Original title ガ サ ラ キ
transcription Gasaraki
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 1998
Studio Sunrise
length 24 minutes
Episodes 25 in 1 season
Director Ryosuke Takahashi
music Kuniaki Haishima
First broadcast October 4th, 1998 on TV Osaka
synchronization
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Meimu
publishing company Kadokawa Shoten
magazine Newtype
First publication November 1998 - March 1999
expenditure 4th

Gasaraki ( Japanese : ガ サ ラ キ Gasaraki ) is a Japanese anime television series produced in 1998 and directed by Ryosuke Takahashi . It has been translated into several languages and adapted as a manga and video game.

action

In the near future, the powerful Japanese Gowa family, an old arms dealer dynasty, will develop two-legged combat mecha - the so-called "Tactical Armor" ("TA" for short) - and are waiting for an opportunity to demonstrate them in real operations.

Then a war breaks out between NATO and the fictitious Middle Eastern nuclear power Belgistan. When American troops tried to take the capital of Belgistan, they were wiped out by what it appears to be enemy TAs. So the opportunity is there, the TAs are brought to Belgistan with a Black Ops unit of the Japanese army. The pilot, Yūshiro Gowa, is actually a civilian. He is a kind of secret weapon of the Gowas, because he has special psychological abilities with which he can synchronize himself as a pilot with his TA. In Belgistan he meets the mysterious enemy TA pilot Miharu, with whom he seems to share a deep spiritual bond.

Characters

  • Yūshiro Gowa ( 豪 和 ユ ウ シ ロ ウ )
He is the main character of the series, a rather shy teenager who, due to his special psychological abilities, is exploited by his older brothers in the Gowa family as a pilot for the TA system.
  • Miharu ( ミ ハ ル )
Miharu is an introverted girl who is a symbol for the secret organization, opponent of the Gowa family, TA pilot, the Tactical Armor of Symbol being called "Fake".

Origin and publications

The television series was made in 1998 under the direction of Ryosuke Takahashi who worked for the Sunrise studio . The Japanese television broadcaster TV Osaka was behind the production . Shuko Murase , Shinji Aramaki , Yutaka Izubuchi and Atsushu Yamagata were responsible for the design of the characters and the scenes . Tatsuya Suzuki and Takuya Suzuki did the animation .

The 25-episode anime was first broadcast on Japanese television on TV Osaka from October 4, 1998 to March 28, 1999 . The Anime Network broadcast the series in English, Crunchyroll and Youtube published it online with subtitles and with Crunchyroll also with dubbing. Spanish, Portuguese and French versions were also published.

Voice actor

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Yuushiro Gowa Nobuyuki Hiyama
Miharu Mommy Kingetsu
Kazukiyo Gowa Yūji Takada
Kiyotsugu Gowa Sho Hayami
Kiyoharu Gowa Isshin Chiba
Meth Tokuhiro Natsuo
phantom Issei Miyazuki
Misuzu Gowa Satomi Korogi
Tamotsu Hayakawa Kunihiko Yasui

Manga

Parallel to the anime, a manga was released by Kadokawa Shoten , which was designed by Meimu . It first appeared in Newtype magazine and was later summarized in four volumes. A German translation was published by Planet Manga from May 2002. The series has also been translated into Spanish and Chinese.

Video game

On January 13, 2000 a video game based on the anime series was released for the PlayStation with the title Tactical Armor Custom Gasaraki.

reception

In Animerica, the series is compared with the recently very successfully published Neon Genesis Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop - it is implemented just as profoundly and technically skillfully. However, Gasaraki is even darker and more realistic, without huge robots and fan service . The rather sophisticated, serious presentation could therefore displease some viewers who are primarily looking for entertainment. The story is well thought out and carefully structured, but it does not inspire you in the first episode. The figures offer identification for both older and younger viewers. The anime encyclopedia also names the great realism, the gloomy action and the realistic robots, which are reinforced by the references to the Gulf War that had only recently passed . Regarding Neon Genesis Evangelion , she calls Gasaraki one of the most successful imitators of their concept, which is also refreshed by a few variations. According to the German manga scene , however , you don't do Gasaraki justice if you just dismiss it as an NGE clone. The series offers a “captivating, tightly woven plot” and, as a further highlight, “film music interspersed with traditional Japanese elements”. Here, too, the realistic designs are highlighted, as is the good animation quality. However, character development is neglected; even with the protagonists the viewer can hardly identify himself.

“Although Ryousuke Takahashi's twenty-five part animated series Gasaraki begins very slowly and only gradually reveals its characters as more than automatons performing various military functions, once the narrative starts to unfold and the characters emerge as individuals, the series becomes both exciting and emotionally affecting . ”

"Although Takahashi's 25-part animated series begins very slowly and is reluctant to reveal the characters as more than just automatons for various military functions, once the story begins to unfold and the characters appear as individuals, the series becomes exciting and emotionally powerful."

- Keith Allen : MOVIERAPTURE

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Manga scene No. 11, p. 21.
  2. ↑ Animerica: Animerica Feature: Black Jack. April 4, 2004, accessed September 4, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 221 .
  4. ↑ see http://www.movierapture.com/gasaraki.htm

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