G-On Riders

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G-On Riders
The main cast of G-On Riders.
Ｇ－ｏｎらいだーす
Genre Comedy, Magical Girl, Action, Ecchi
TV anime : G-On Riders
Directed by Shinichiro Kimura
Studio TNK, SHAFT
Network Flag of Japan WOWOW
Original run July 7, 2002 – October 1, 2002
No. of episodes 13
OVA: G-On Riders
Directed by Shinichiro Kimura
Studio TNK, SHAFT
No. of episodes 1
Released March 21, 2003

G-On Riders is an anime series that falls into the category of magical girl. It's primarily a work of parody. The "G" in "G-On" stands for "Glasses". Every female character in the series (including in one brief shot the Statue of Liberty) wears glasses, hence the title. The character designs are intended to both parody and glorify the meganekko fetish among many anime fans. Other fetishes the anime uses include maids, seifuku, nurse, lolita, and nun.

While the original 13 episodes primarily used fan service with nothing actually shown, the OVA included nude scenes of many in the female cast as well as a mock bukkake scene. The OVA was included as a DVD special.

Currently, the series is only available via fansub. It is highly unlikely the series will ever be licensed for distribution outside of Japan.

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[edit] Plot

In the near future, most of the Earth has been conquered by aliens. However, a small region in Japan has successfully repelled them thanks to the development of "G-On" technology by the Grand Rifurekuto Amudo/Grand Reflect Armored (GRA). This technology involves a band of girls (at first two, then three) who channel energy through special glasses. In this way they're able to destroy the giant mechanized monsters, "Fancy Beasts," sent by the aliens.

[edit] Music

  • Opening Theme: "トキメイテ、G-on G!" (Tokimeite, G-on G!) by Shima Ryouka, Omi Minami, and Kurata Masayo
  • Ending Theme: "ミラクル☆パジャマ" (Miracle Pajama) by Lolivaders Z

[edit] Characters

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] The GRA

  • Yuuki - The main heroine and the only girl who doesn't wear glasses at the very start. She possesses abnormal strength and is the last of the G-On Riders to join. In the first episode, she loses her panties (which have strawberries on them) in a monster attack and they fall into the hands of Ichiro, who struggles to return them to her. Eventually he does return them. However, Ichigo losing her panties is a running gag in the series. She also on occasion loses all her clothing, such as during the final battle.
  • Ichiro - The male lead of the story. He is deeply infatuated with Yuuki and much of the series has him trying to confess to her. During the first several episodes, he comes into possession a pair of Ichigo's panties, which he spends time trying to return. Whenever he pictures Ichigo not wearing her panties or sees her naked, he has a tendency to get a nose bleed. When he finally confesses his love to Yuuki, she tells him she loves him...and everybody else. Yayoi, Sela, and Zero all harbor romantic feelings for him. When he was younger, he was accidentally hit by a falling spaceship and given a cyborg body. This allows him to transform into the warrior Cosmo Banchou, a parody of Tuxedo Kamen from Sailor Moon. The transformation is triggered whenever he experiences moments of intense sexual desire. By the end of the OVA, it appears he becomes engaged to Zero.
  • Sela - A warrior who is also a nun. She has the second largest breasts in the series, second only to Nurse Sanada. She carries a portable confession booth, which is placed over her head whenever she wants to commune with god. She falls in love with Ichiro and tries to seduce him on multiple occasions with no success.
  • Yayoi - An apparent Shinto priestess. She has an extreme shyness towards males and cannot have them come within a certain distance, otherwise she'll forcefully fling them into the air. The only man able to come closer than the usual distance is Ichiro, who she is fond of. However, even he is thrown several times. She's the only one of the Riders to need her glasses for eyesight reasons. Like Sela, she eventually fails in her attempts to seduce Ichiro.
  • Nurse Sanada - The school nurse and inventor of the G-On technology wielded by Yuuki, Sela, and Yayoi. She has the largest breasts of the entire female cast. Her true identity is that of Mako's younger sister (her real name is simply Sana). At some point in the past, she fell through a timewarp and was aged several million years, causing her to go from the body of a 10-year old into a 20-something. She built Zero and created both the Maiden and Man Circuits. When she first came to Earth, her spaceship hit Ichiro and she transformed him into a cyborg, implating the Man Circuit within him. Her seiyuu is Aya Hisakawa.

[edit] The Aliens

  • Zero - An android maid who serves Pao, Ai, and Mako. She follows the code of "Intergalactic Maid Law," which has rules such as allowing maids one day off a year. She is the strongest fighter the aliens have and battles Ichigo several times. She eventually switches sides to the GRA after falling in love with Cosmic Banchou. She was built by Sanada and has a "Maiden Chip" within her that reacts to Ichiro's presence. While an android, the Maiden Chip allows her to feel love and she actively pursues Ichiro's attention several times. According to the OVA, she is successful, as Sanada gives her permission to marry Ichiro after he becomes (unknowingly) engaged to her by accepting the gift of a rose.
  • Ai - A green haired alien who is the first to realize that humans are good and that Earth is a nice place to live. She eventually quits trying to attack earth and befriends Yayoi.
  • Pao - A catgirl alien who leads most of the "Fancy Beast" attacks on Earth. When she finally decides to quit attacking, she becomes Sela's maid. Sela treats her harshly, making her clean her room and other laborious tasks. She is several times pursued by random otaku who find a loli catgirl maids to be irresistible. She is also addicted to video games, with Sela uses to control her.
  • Mako - Nurse Sanada's older sister, even though Mako is physically younger due to Sanada having fallen into a time warp. She communicates with Riro through a pair of bobbly antennas on her head, which Riro later uses to mentally control her. Yuuki saves her from this mind control with the help of Sanada, Pao, Ai, and Zero. She is the leader of the aliens and also pilots the alien's pink UFO.
  • Riro - The alien behind the attacks on Earth. She is physically the youngest of all the aliens. Over a hundred thousand years ago, Riro came to Earth and gave her glasses to a young primitive girl. These glasses were the catalyst that lead to the formation of human civilization. Riro's glasses eventually ended up in the possession of Yuuki. Without her glasses, Riro's heart became cold and she lost all emotions save for the desire to destroy. She is redeemed once Yuuki returns her glasses. Riro and Yuuki form a close bond by the end of the series.

[edit] Episodes

Each episode is called a "Glass," to reinforce the meganekko theme. Episode 14 is the OVA, which went unaired due to more explicit content than the other episodes, including nudity and adult situations.

Glass # Title as listed at AniDB Title as listed at ANN
1 Strawberry, appear! Sink, small cutter!
2 What are the Glasses? Glasses, why make?
3 Get Angry, Sela! Get Angry, Sela!
4 Hard Training, and the Middle! The drive
5 Yayoi goes straight! Yayoi goes straight!
6 Time to Train! Time to train!
7 The Tale of Seven Men and Women The Tale of Seven Men and Women
8 Being Called a Long-time Loser Being Called a Long-time Loser
9 Who Will Wear the Maid Clothes? Who Will Wear the Maid Clothes?
10 "Get You" Days Lesson of seduction (Get You)
11 What happened to Mako? What happened to Mako?
12 Dr. Sanada doesn't turn back Will professor Sanada betray?
13 Full Force Strawberries Uneven Strawberries
14 Andro White Paper Andro White Paper

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