Gravion
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| 超重神グラヴィオン (Choujuushin Gravion) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Mecha |
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| Directed by | Masami Obari |
| Studio | GONZO |
| Network |  Fuji Television |
| Original run | 7 October 2002 – 16 December 2002 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
Gravion (超重神グラヴィオンツヴァイ Choujuushin Gravion?, lit. Super Heavy God Gravion) is an anime television series produced by GONZO Animation and released in the U.S. by ADV Films. It aired in Japan from October 7, 2002 to December 16, 2002 and ran for 13 episodes. It was followed by a second season in 2004 called Gravion Zwei.
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[edit] Plot
The series consists of two different plot lines. The first plotline revolved around the search by the first focused character, Eiji Shigure, for his older sister Ayaka. It's then that he is tricked into piloting the G-Attacker in the very first mission against the series' enemies- called Zeravire by Klein Sandman, the mysterious benefactor to the team. Eiji reluctantly becomes part of the team, but claims that he is still searching for his sister.
The series has an odd enough cast of characters, with the central focus being on the six that make the team. Touga is the leader, as he pilots the mecha called Gran Kaiser. He uses moves centered around the martial arts while piloting the giant robot- although at one time, Eiji was trapped in the Gran Kaiser and got to pilot it against a Zeravire attack against the castle they all call home.
The remaining 4 mecha are called the Gran Divas because Sandman hoped that women would be piloting them all. But when Ayaka disappeared, it placed a need for a new person (Eiji) to pilot the G-Attacker.
A shy young girl named Leele is the pilot of the G-Shadow, shaped like a stealth bomber. It unloads bombs from high above and is invisible until it's required to reveal itself.
The mecha counterpart to the G-Attacker is known as G-Striker, piloted by Mizuki Tachibana. It's armed like the G-Attacker, while Mizuki's past is largely unknown except for that she's a talented hacker.
The last of the Grand Divas is called the G-Driller- and what makes it odd is that it's not piloted by one person, but two. When her father died on the Saturn Base in the first episode, Luna Gusuku volunteers to be part of the team. She is the character who is rather feisty around Eiji. On the other hand, Ena- the second pilot of the G-Driller- is quite the scaredycat when it comes to the war. She just wants to stay home and tend to the house.
Now you would think that what makes this anime centered in the Super Robot genre one because there is only the Gran Kaiser to make it so - but what makes it that way is that the 5 Mecha have the ability to combine into a Super Robot... the Super Robot that bears the Title as its name.
Sandman - "Soldiers of the Gran Knighthood: Combine!" Once he says that, it's clear that they're combining all of the mecha- and Touga's words make it so...
Touga - "Combination: Elgo!"
With a gravity field surrounding them, generated by the Gran Kaiser, the only mecha that has to make a separation is the G-Driller, as Luna and Ena split from a shared cockpit into separate ones and it splits apart to form the arms of the combined form (This is why 2 pilots are required for the G-Driller). Once the arms of the Gran Kaiser are integrated into the body, the now-separated G-Driller bonds to the arm sockets. The G-Striker and G-Attacker then become feet and attach themselves to the legs- and finally, the G-Shadow transforms to become the Chest Armor for the combined form. This combined form gave the team more weapons than possible individually...
The G-Striker and G-Attacker could now fire barrage-style attacks with missiles and vulcan-style laser cannons while the individual arms could fire a buster-styled attack as well as individually be fired as a rocket-propelled punch or drill attack. The combined form can also use energy from all the ships to fire a hyperbeam attack... and the G-Shadow gave them 2 special weapon attacks- the Graviton Sword and Graviton Crescent (an energized boomerang-style attack).
In the series finale, Sandman gives them something better than the Graviton Sword to finish the final enemy - the WhiteSteel Fang, a very powerful sword he kept hidden up on the moon. Everyone thought that the adventures, at this point, were going to, as the final attack commanded, "Elgo End."
It is available on DVD and VHS; each is three volumes.
[edit] Gravion Zwei
In 2004, Gravion was followed by a sequel: Gravion Zwei (Zwei: German for two). This second series aired from January 8 to March 25, 2004 in Japan, and in the twelve additional episodes answers were given to questions generated from the first series as new action was generated.
It is available on DVD and VHS; each is three volumes.
[edit] Cast
- Haruna Ikezawa as Luna Gusuku
- Houko Kuwashima as Leele
- Jun Fukuyama as Touga Tenkuji
- Kenichi Suzumura as Eiji Shigure
- Mai Nakahara as Eina
- Yu Asakawa as Mizuki Tachibana
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Raven
- Sho Hayami as Klein Sandman
[edit] Trivia
Hazuki Tachibana, a television personality / reporter in Obari's hentai OVA Angel Blade Punish!, bears a striking resemblance to Mizuki.
[edit] External links
- Gravion (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Gravion Zwei (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
