Iczer Girl Iczelion

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Iczer Girl Iczelion
Iczelion (OAV)
戦-少女 イクセリオン
(Iczer Girl Iczelion)
Genre Adventure , Horror , Mecha , Science Fiction
OVA
Directed by Toshihiro Hirano
Studio AIC
No. of episodes 2
Released 1994

Iczelion (戦-少女 イクセリオン Iczer Gal Iczelion?) is a dark sci-fi anime with a female cast. Iczelion was a 2 episode OAV series that was released back in 1994. The OAV series was created by Toshihiro Hirano, the same person who created the original Fight! Iczer One series. AIC and KSS were the animation production companies in charge of Iczelion. The series was licensed by North America Company ADV Films.

Unlike its predecessor, Iczelion did not really feature female-female intimacy. Although the series hinted at a possible continuation, none was ever written or created.

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[edit] Story

Kai Nagisa, a normal high school girl who wishes to one day become a professional wrestler (despite having a strong cowardly side), is suddenly approached by a robot known as an Iczel. Iczel urges her to help save the Earth from invading aliens called Geas. The Geas, led by Chaos and Cross, are bent on stripping Earth's resources and then destroying it. To fight the invaders, Nagisa must merge with Iczel and become a battle-suited warrior named "Iczelion". She is understandably reluctant to take up this sudden unbelievable task and fight with the other Iczelions of Earth because Nagisa just wants to live a normal life without having such big responsibilities. Nagisa must overcome her fears and fight, together with other Iczelions, to prevent the invading alien forces from destroying their homeplanet, Earth.



[edit] Characters

[edit] Main Characters

Kai Nagisa
Kai Nagisa
  • Kai Nagisa
Voiced by: Yuri Shiratori (Japanese), Larissa Wolcott (English)
A normal high school student who wishes to become a professional wrestler. One day, a robot named Iczel confronts Nagisa and urges her to help save the world from invading aliens. Although at first, she refused, Nagisa had no choice but to merge with Iczel to become an Iczelion. She struggles at first because she does not want to hold the responsibilty of being an Iczelion and saving the world, but later realizes that she must protect those she cares about, giving her the strength to become an Iczelion and fight to save the Earth.
Iczel
Iczel
  • Iczel
Voiced by: Masako Nozawa (Japanese), Rebecca Davis (English)
A robot that confronts Nagisa and pleads her to help fight invading aliens that want to destroy the Earth. Iczel chooses Nagisa to become an Iczelion. Nagisa is reluctant in accepting the role but Iczel continuously pleads her to fight to protect her homeplanet. There are other Iczels on Earth that attend to their own Iczelions; Iczel Black, Iczel Gold, and Iczel Silver. Each Iczel has their own personality, which is similar to that of their Iczelion girl counterpart.
Shiina Nami
Shiina Nami
  • Shiina Nami
Voiced by: Yumi Touma (Japanese), Claire Hamilton (English)
A rock singer and works as a dancer in a night-club, she is Iczelion Black. From all the Iczelion, she is the most direct and sure of herself. She is also the most skilled with a sword and in hand to hand combat. Nami currently seems to be the strongest and most capable of the Iczelions.



Iijima Kiiro
Iijima Kiiro
  • Kiiro Iijima
Voiced by: Chinami Nishimura (Japanese), Jessica Schwartz (English)
An idol singer, she is Iczelion Gold. She is very energetic and agile. She tends to mock her opponents in battle but she shows that she is a capable fighter. She is probably the most girlish and enthusiastic of the Iczelion, which doesn't mean that her fighting skills aren't at all weak. She displays one of the broadest range of attacks.



Kawai Kawai
Kawai Kawai
  • Kawai Kawai
Voiced by: Yuri Amano (Japanese), Jessica L. Wilson (English)
Another high school girl who attends a different high school from Kai Nagisa, she is Iczelion Silver. She is not so active like the other Iczelions, but is very calm and quiet. Kawai is the first to try and persuade Nagisa to fight alongside the other Iczelions and protect the Earth. Kawai is a very gentle person and she is the one who explains why the Iczel were created. While others Iczelion may have their own reasons for fighting, Kawai firmly believes that there is nothing more important than defending their home, Earth.




[edit] Villians

Cross
Cross
  • Cross
Voiced by: Akiko Hiramatsu (Japanese), Ellie McBride (English)
One of the main villians in the story. Cross is an android and was probably "created" by Big Gold before she was killed by Iczer-1. With her brother Chaos, she goes to different planet throughout the galaxy, stealing their resources and destroying them. She takes pleasure in killing their inhabitants and hunting down the Iczelion that protect those world. She is usually accompanied by three strong Geas called Voids. Cross seems to be the brawn between herself and her brother.



Chaos
Chaos
  • Chaos
Voiced by: Ryo Horikawa (Japanese), Robert Pierson (English)
Another one of the main villans in the story. Chaos is also an android and is the brother of Cross. Together with his sister, they steal planet resources and destroy them aftwerwards. Chaos seems to be the brains between himself and his sister, commanding his army of Geas to do his biddings.





[edit] Staff

Japanese Staff

  • Director: Toshihiro Hirano
  • Music:Kenji Kawai, Tatsumi Yano
  • Character Design: Masahiro Nishii, Toshihiro Hirano
  • Art director: Hiroshi Kato
  • Mechanical design: Keishi Hashimoto
  • Director of Photography: Hitoshi Sato
  • Animation Supervisor: Keitaro Motonaga
  • Design Work: Yasuhiro Morimoto
  • Sound director: Hitoshi Matsuoka
  • Animation Production: AIC
  • Production: KSS

English Staff

  • Director: Gary Dehan
  • Script: Gary Dehan, Lowell B. Bartholomee
  • Art director: Laura Attwell
  • Translation: Chris Hutts, Masako Arakawa
  • Additional Translation: Chris Hutts, Masako Arakawa
  • Editing: Charles Campbell, David Grundy
  • Engineer: Charles Campbell
  • Executive producer: John Ledford
  • International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
  • Logo Design: Douglas Smith
  • Packaging Design: Lorraine Reyes, Thanh Tran
  • Producer: Gary Dehan, Matt Greenfield
  • Production Assistant: Akiko Yoshii, Kelly Jean Beard, Maki Nagano, Masami Takahashi
  • Production Coordination: Janice Williams
  • Production Manager: Lisa J. Miller
  • Production Secretary: Anna Bechtol
  • Sound Design: Paul Killam
  • Subtitle Script: Matt Greenfield

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