Brain Powerd
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| Brain Powerd | |
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| ブレンパワード (Buren Pawādo) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Mecha, Drama, Science fiction |
| TV anime | |
| Directed by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Network |  WOWOW, Animax, Bandai Channel    Animax |
| Original run | April 8, 1998 – November 11, 1998 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Manga | |
| Authored by | Yoshiyuki Tomino (story), Yukiru Sugisaki (art) |
| Publisher | Kadokawa Shoten Tokyopop Panini Comics Carlsen Comics |
| Serialized in | Shōnen Ace |
| Original run | 1998 – 1998 |
| No. of volumes | 4 |
Brain Powerd (ブレンパワード Buren Pawādo?) is a 26-episode anime TV series, created by Sunrise and directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino. It originally premiered across Japan on WOWOW between April 8, 1998 to November 11, 1998, and was also aired across Japan on the anime satellite television network Animax, which has later broadcast the series across Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia and other regions.
The series features mecha designs by Mamoru Nagano, character designs by Mutsumi Inomata, and music by Yoko Kanno.
The Brain Powerd anime series was licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment.
The series was also adapted into a manga, with art by Yukiru Sugisaki, which was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace magazine, and later published in the United States in English by TOKYOPOP.
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[edit] Plot
Brain Powerd is set in a post-apocalyptic world, in which the vast majority of the earth has been afflicted by numerous earthquakes and floods, forcing humanity to live on the verge of chaos and destruction. Amidst this, situated deep within the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, are the ruins known as Orphan (オルファン Orufan?), which seeks to reach the earth's surface and leave the planet, obtaining its organic energy, which would result in all lifeforms on earth being annihilated. Its agents, known as reclaimers, pilot organic antibodies known as Grand Chers (グランチャー Guran Chā?), seek to retrieve disc plates situated on the earth's surface.
The series begins with Hime Utsumiya, a teenaged young girl, venturing upon such a disc, which gives birth to a unique, infant antibody, a Brain Powerd, with which Hime forms a deep connection. She is soon joined by Yū Isami, a former reclaimer who leaves Orphan after learning of the catastrophe it seeks to unleash, and the both of them enter upon an adventure, which may decide the future of humanity.
[edit] Staff
- Original concept: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino
- Chief director: Yoshiyuki Tomino
- Character design: Mutsumi Inomata
- Mechanical design: Mamoru Nagano
- Mechanical design support: Takumi Sakura
- Animation design: Atsushi Shigeta
- Art director: Masaru Satō
- Music: Yoko Kanno
- Sound director: Yasuo Uragami
- Main logo design: Akihisa Kumakawa
- Ending still: Nobuyoshi Araki
- Animation production: Sunrise
[edit] Theme songs
- Opening theme: IN MY DREAM
- Lyrics, composition and performance: Eri Shingyōji, arrangement: Shintarō Itō
- Ending theme: Ai no Rinkaku (Field) (愛の輪郭（フィールド）?)
- Lyrics: Rin Iogi, composition and arrangement: Yoko Kanno, performance: KOKIA
[edit] External links
- Official Sunrise website (Japanese)
- Official Animax's website (Japanese)
- Official Bandai Channel website (Japanese)
- Official Animax Asia website (English)
- Official Animax South Asia website (English)
- Brain Powerd at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
