Gasaraki

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Gasaraki

Genre	Drama, Mecha, Military, Supernatural
TV anime : Gasaraki
Directed by	Ryousuke Takahashi, Goro Taniguchi
Studio	Sunrise
Network	Animax
Original run	October 4, 1998 – March 28, 1999
No. of episodes	25

Gasaraki (ガサラキ, Gasaraki^?) is a mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise. It was written by Ryousuke Takahashi, who also shared directorial duties with Goro Taniguchi.

The series is marked by an exceptionally detailed and convincing treatment of mecha design and operation, albeit within the context of the alternate reality of the story. Set in the near-future (at the time of release), a little-understood form of matter known as Mile One allows a powerful and influential Japanese family, the Gowa, to produce a bipedal weapon which they refer to as a Tactical Armor (TA). When a massive, international peacekeeping force is systematically wiped out by what appear to be rival TAs, the Gowa seize the chance to demonstrate their weapon system, and civilian pilot Yuushiro Gowa and the military squad to which he is attached are deployed to the Middle East. There, he meets rival TA pilot Miharu, with whom he seems to share a deep spiritual bond.

Much of the initial plot is driven by means of news reports, the style of which is heavily influenced by the coverage of the first Gulf War by CNN. Elements of Japanese culture, such as Noh, rigid family hierarchies, corruption of government by Zaibatsu and Samurai appear throughout the series.

The television series aired in Japan from 1998 to 1999, ran for 25 episodes, and was released on VHS and DVD in North America and the UK by ADV Films.

1 Composition
2 Characters
3 Episode List
4 Voice Cast
5 Trivia
6 References
7 Media links
8 External links

[edit] Composition

Gasaraki consists of 25 television episodes which were first aired on Animax from October 4, 1998, to March 28, 1999.

[edit] Characters

Yuushiro Gowa - The main character of Gasaraki is a quiet, withdrawn teenage boy who is viewed as a tool through which his elder brothers in the Gowa family seek to further their goals. He is a member of a special JSDF unit charged with testing the TA system. As a test pilot, he is found to possess the ability to synchronize to an extraordinary degree with the TA hardware, and in particular with the Mile One synthetic muscle tissue (a process described as a Mental Burst). At the behest of his family, he is also a performer of a fictional, mystical form of Noh theatre, the dance of Gasara, through which he is able to open dimensional gateways.

Miharu - Much like Yuushiro, Miharu is a quiet, introvert girl, who is a test subject for the organization known as Symbol. She pilots the organization's version of the TA, that is referred to as Fake.

Kazekiyo Gowa

Kiyotsugu Gowa

Meth - A council member of Symbol

Phantom - Symbol's CEO

[edit] Episode List

1. On the Ancient Stage of Stone
2. Opening Movements
3. Tantric Circle
4. Mirage
5. The Touching
6. The Puppet
7. Return
8. Inferno
9. Storehouse
10. Kugai
11. Ties
12. Unravel
13. Disembark
14. Companions
15. The Threshold
16. Karma
17. Chaos
18. Rear Windows
19. Wails
20. Upheaval
21. Run
22. Personification
23. Eternal
24. Punctuation
25. Gasara

[edit] Voice Cast

Character	Japanese Actor	English Actor
Yushiro Gowa	Nobuyuki Hiyama	Chris Patton
Miharu	Mami Kingetsu	Monica Rial
Kazukiyo Gowa	Yuuji Takada	Andy McAvin
Misuzu Gowa	Satomi Koorogi	Hilary Haag
Kiyoharu Gowa	Isshin Chiba	Brett Weaver
Kiyotsugu Gowa	Sho Hayami	Jason Douglas
Daizaburo Gowa	Takehiro Koyama	Ted Pfister
Tamotsu Hayakawa	Kunihiko Yasui	John Gremillion
Rin Ataka	Minami Takayama	Kelly Manison
Nozomi Takayama	Junichi Sugawara	Mike Kleinhenz
Jun Kitazawa	Tetsuya Iwanaga	Andrew Klimko
Kahoru Kaburagi	Narumi Hidaka	Heather Bryson
Sunao Murai	Sakura Tange	Jennifer Earhart
Takuma Tokudaiji	Kazuhiro Nakata	Kevin Charles
Takuro Suemi	Nobutoshi Hayashi	Randy Sparks
Meth	Tokuhiro Natsuo	Mike Kleinhenz
Phantom	Issei Miyazuki	Illich Guardiola
Akihiro Hirokawa	Shingo Hiramori	Jay Hickman
Kei Nishida	Yukimasa Kishino	John Swasey