Kiddy Grade
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| Kiddy Grade | |
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| Genre | Adventure, Mystery, Police, Science Fiction |
| TV anime | |
| Directed by | Keiji Gotoh |
| Studio | GONZO |
| Network |  Fuji Television FUNimation Channel & CoLours TV QTV A+ |
| Original run | 8 October 2002 – 18 March 2003 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Manga: Kiddy Grade Reverse | |
| Authored by | HIYOHIYO |
| Publisher | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Serialized in | Shōnen Ace |
| Original run | – |
| No. of volumes | 1 |
| Manga: Kiddy Grade Versus | |
| Authored by | Art: Arikui Fujimaru Story: Kimura Hidefumi |
| Publisher | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Serialized in | Dragon Jr. |
| Original run | – |
| No. of volumes | 2 |
| Novel: Kiddy Grade | |
| Authored by | Fumihiko Shimo |
| Artist | Hidefumi Kimura |
| Publisher | Kadokawa Shoten |
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| No. of volumes | 3 |
| Novel: Kiddy Grade Pr. | |
| Authored by | Tomohiko Aoki |
| Artist | Hidefumi Kimura |
| Publisher | Kadokawa Shoten |
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| No. of volumes | 2 |
| Novel: Kiddy Grade EX-Partner | |
| Authored by | Kimura Hidefumi |
| Artist | Megumi Kadonosono |
| Publisher | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Publish date | |
| No. of volumes | 1 |
| Novel: Kiddy Grade Secret Affair | |
| Authored by | Kimura Hidefumi |
| Publisher | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Publish date | |
| No. of volumes | 1 |
Kiddy Grade (キディ・グレイド?) is a science fiction, 24-episode anime series produced in 2002 and created by gímik and Gonzo Digimation and directed by Keiji Gotoh. The series is licensed and distributed in North America by Funimation. The series currently airs on the FUNimation Channel in both its "syndicated block" and it's 24-hour channel. In October 2006 news of a sequel was announced, under the working title of "K-G.2"[1].
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The story takes place in a future where the human race expands and inhabits a multitude of planets in the universe with fantastic technology. Unsurprisingly, crime has grown alongside technology, and thus the GOTT, Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs, is formed as a sort of universal police force. Within this organization, there is a special (and secret) branch known as the ES Force (ES standing for "Encounter of Shadow-work"), consisting of twelve young people that possess amazing superpowers. Each ES member operates with another as a team, and the series' focus is a team of two low-level members, Eclair and Lumiere. The series follows their missions as Eclair begins to be struck by violent flashbacks of events that no one wishes for her to remember.
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- Episodes 1-9
Eclair and Lumiere are two young agents of the GOTT (Galactic Organization of Trade and Tariffs) who accomplish various missions using their Special powers. (Eclair has Super Strength and Lumiere has the ability to hack into any computer or machine merely by touch.) They are accompanied on their adventures by an auditor named Armbrust. The first few episodes chronicle their various missions. (From transporting an Earth (Nouvlesse) criminal, to finding a reactor by entering a wrestling tournament and helping a young heir make it to an inheritance) One mission involves terrorists using Geo Sort Technology, which is capable of destroying entire planets. Teaming up with fellow members Tweedledee and Tweedledum (and grudgingly with Alv and Dvergr) to stop the threat, they track the terrorists down during their next run. However, GOTT seems to have mysterious connections with the Geo Sort distribution, causing Eclair to question what GOTT is really up to. The results of the last missions seem to reveal much darker ambitions of the GOTT. Another mission places Eclair in the middle of a mysterious brain-washing scheme on the Planet Dardanos and unravels a government conspiracy. However, the brain-washing song paralyzes Eclair and awakens strange, violent and unfamiliar memories from possible former lives.
- Episodes 10-16
Eclair is constantly haunted by mysterious memories of her "former lives" and she begins to fear and question who she really is and what she's capable of. After coming to terms with her memories, the tension between Eclair, Lumiere and the GOTT comes to a head when they are assigned to a mission on the Planet Aure. The government is run by Nouvelesse (Nouvlesse/Earth government) and have enslaved the planet's inhabitants. Distraught by the situation of the planet's citizens, Eclair and Lumiere begin to have doubts about whether or not the GOTT is really as benevolent as they once believed. A mass protest by Aure's laborers incites the government to kill many of the protestors. Enraged and unable to stand by and watch, Eclair unleashes her true hidden powers, causing Aure's citizens to successfully revolt and defeat the current government. However, as a result the GOTT brands Eclair and Lumiere as criminals. Afterwards, the GOTT hires the Section Thirteen soldiers to capture them. After a standoff in a colony, Section Thirteen nearly cripples them using a program called D-Command which neutralizes an ES member's powers. However, Armbrust reveals his ES Power to save Eclair and Lumiere and aid them in their escape. Eclair also acquires all of the memories of her past selves. Not too soon afterwards, GOTT sends their former ES comrades to hunt them down. A-ou and Un-ou (longtime rivals of Eclair and Lumiere) are hired to track them down and eventually chase them to an abandoned colony, injuring Lumiere in the process. One of Eclair's memories were with a doctor who helped various patients during a war in the past. After finding the doctor's parting gift to Eclair and Lumiere, A-ou and Un-ou decide to abandon the mission and become fugitives themselves. Afterwards, Tweedledee and Tweedledum are sent to capture Eclair and Lumiere. Tweedledee infects their robot Donnerschlag and their ship LaMuse with a virus, causing them to turn against their owners. After trying in vain to stop the virus (the duo had to destroy the 2 robots themselves), the two former ES members plan one final strike on GOTT Headquarters. However, Alv and Dvergr seem to have their own mysterious agenda involving the two former members. After battling the other ES members in their attack, Eclair confronts Eclipse and shoots her. (!) The GOTT Headquarters is eventually destroyed, leaving the fate of Eclipse and the future of GOTT unknown....
- Episodes 17-24
The GOTT finally rebuilds itself after the disaster, however Eclair and Lumiere have taken over the organization with an iron fist. They have created an entire army of Eclair/Lumiere clones to enforce their rule, and pledges to rebuild the GOTT as a much more powerful force. In another unexpected twist, two mysterious girls arrive to revolt against the GOTT's new rulers. It is eventually revealed that they are the real Eclair and Lumiere in new bodies, and Alv and Dvergr are revealed as the true villains. (They absorbed their powers and appearance during the GOTT attack.) Eclair and Lumiere reunite with Eclipse and the other ES Members and defeat Alv and Dvergr with the help of the clones. After the victory, Lumiere has a much harder time adjusting to her new body and has difficulty using her powers. Also, Chevalier D'Autrich, the head of GOTT and GU's economic government is left in charge of the gigantic Nouvlesse spaceship known as the "Deucalion." Chevalier inexplicably hijacks the ship. Even worse, Alv and Dvergr return on the side of the Nouvlesse. After Eclair and Lumiere track down Chevalier, Alv shoots him and begins to merge with Deucalion. She traps Eclair and Lumiere in the Reception System Chamber in an attempt to kill them by reducing them to energy. Meanwhile, Alv gains control of the Deucalion and sets her sights on her true target, Earth. Desiring revenge against the Nouvlesse, she uses part of the Deucalion's power to destroy much of the planet. Meanwhile, Eclair and Lumiere reform and Lumiere discovers her true ability, the power to control particles. Discovering Alv's weakness, the final battle begins. As all of the ES Members (and the remaining Eclair/Lumiere clones) join in the fight, they successfully destroy the ship's main weapon and trap Alv within the husk of the engine in the process. Leaving Dvergr to stay and look after her daughter (Despite appearances, Dvergr is Alv's mother), the duo then comforted a dying Chevalier. Just before he closed his eyes for the last time, he called Eclair "mother" (In a previous life, Eclair had adopted Chevalier as a baby and cared for him until he was a young boy). After the victory over Alv and the Deucalion, Eclair and Lumiere continue their lives as GOTT members.
