SoltyRei

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

SoltyRei

ソルティレイ
Genre	Sci-fi
TV anime
Directed by	Yoshimasa Hiraike
Studio	GONZO, AIC
Network	TV Asahi
Original run	October 7, 2005 – March 30, 2006
No. of episodes	24
Manga
Authored by
Publisher	Ichijinsha
Serialized in
Original run	2006 –
No. of volumes

SoltyRei (ソルティレイ, Sorutirei^?) is a Japanese anime series by GONZO and AIC combining attributes of drama and sci-fi, about the inhabitants of a city where an Aurora prevents aerial travel. It is directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike and co-produced by TV Asahi, GONZO and AIC with music by Toshiyuki Ōmori.

On 2006-04-02 FUNimation Entertainment confirmed at Anime Expo that it had the rights to distribute Solty Rei.^[1] Prior to this, a fansubbing group had reported receiving a cease and desist letter from FUNimation Entertainment with the English name of the anime given as Origin,^[2] although the name seems to have been confused with Origin: Spirits of the Past.

1 Characters
2 Glossary
3 Episode list
4 Theme songs
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Characters

(in approximate order of appearance)

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Solty

Voiced by: Momoko Saito (Japanese), Carrie Savage (English)
A gynoid with green hair. After indirectly saving the life of Roy, and then directly once again, she takes up residence with him and is later adopted by him giving her the surname Revant. Possessing a cheerful, helpful personality, she generally spends time cooking or performing housework for Roy and later Rose. Her construction allows for a number of superhuman abilities, including high resistance to injury and greatly enhanced strength and speed, and the ability to resonate her fists to disintegrate objects. It is later revealed that her real name is Dike, the Greek goddess of human justice. In the final three episodes, she also gains the ability to levitate. She doesn't now anything until she lived with Roy.

Roy Revant

Voiced by: Jouji Nakata (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)
A bounty hunter resembling a cross between Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis. Although apparently gruff and standoffish, he gradually warms to Solty's presence. His wife died due to illness, and his daughter went missing after the Blast Fall event. His top priority is to find his missing daughter, whom he believes is still alive.

While not realising that the bandit, Rose Anderson, who made herself at home at his place to get the reluctant Solty to help her on her little thefts, was his daughter until he found out that Solty learned a song from her that his daughter loved as a little child which came from an old record of his that was very rare. He isn't very nice.

Miranda Maverick

Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara (Japanese), Stephanie Young (English)
Roy's sister-in-law and Kasha's foster mother, she runs an independent bounty hunting organization. She is normally a very kind and laid-back person.

Kasha Maverick

Voiced by: Natsuko Kuwatani (Japanese), Luci Christian (English)
Miranda's daughter, she's pragmatic and slightly distrustful of others. It is later revealed in the extra episodes that Celica's parents are her uncle and aunt.

Yuto K. Steel

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (Japanese), Chris Patton (English)
A Resemble specialist in the city hospital, it is through his analysis that Solty's gynoid nature is revealed. After being fired due to an accident during the diagnosis, he moves in with Roy and Solty. A stereotypical geek, his fascination with Solty annoys Roy and Kasha to no end.

Rose Anderson

Voiced by: Masumi Asano (Japanese), Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)
A vain, attention-seeking thief, calling herself 'The Blue Comet'. Although she and her brothers donate their spoils to the unregistered citizens clustered on the city underground and outskirts, they often cause large amounts of public damage in the process. She is armed with a laser-based hand pistol, and a large motorcycle with three spherical wheels in front, and the driving wheels behind, with a cannon hidden in the frame.

It is later revealed she is actually Roy's daughter Rita, her hair and eye colour changed due to exposure from the Blast Fall, and having been adopted by Larry and Andy's father with no memory of who she was, she initially resists the idea of their connection until later. She later works directly for Ashley Links to follow his dream while being brainwashed which was slowly wearing off.

Larry Anderson

Voiced by: Hideki Tasaka (Japanese), Eric Vale (English)
The older of two brothers, he has noticeably pink hair.

Andy Anderson

Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Japanese), Orion Pitts (English)
The younger, hot-tempered brother, with spiky brown hair.

Ashley Links

A white haired, high-ranking member of RUC. His left eye, arm, and possibly more of his body are Resemble. Although apparently charming, he has ulterior motives for those who work for him. He ultimately has little regard for his subordinates. His original name is Locke. In the final two episodes he is shown to have had a relationship with a human named Illumina, who stored her final words in Solty. He was "repaired" by Eunomia twice.

Axcela Warrick

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English)
A redheaded, shy, information specialist. She takes care of Solty temporarily after Roy insults her. Her Proceed suit only appears in the last 4 episodes; it is white, and allows her greater computer network access.

Celica Yayoi (Yukari Tamura)

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (Japanese), Kara Edwards (English)
A tanned, carefree sniper who works as long range support for the Proceed team. She is quite a laid back person and is good friends with Sylvia and often likes to tease Axcela. Despite working for RUC she was an unregistered citizen in her youth until she was adopted by Kasha's uncle and aunt and raised as their own. Her Proceed suit is orange, and contains multiple laser ports on the shoulders and arms. She likes to slack off and play videogames but she does her job well as long as she gets paid. Later in the series, she rebels over the RUC but is killed by Rose.

Integra Martel

Voiced by: Ryo Hirohashi (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English)
The dark-haired leader of Proceed, she's responsible and level-headed. Her Proceed suit is pink, and increases her speed, though it taxes her to do this more than three times successively.

Sylvia Ban

Voiced by: Shizuka Ito (Japanese), Laura Bailey (English)
A hot-tempered blonde who has romantic feelings for Ashley. She challenges Rose to a duel in their armour the latter is inducted. Her Proceed suit is blue and increases her strength. Later in the story, she confronts Ashley after she hears that Axcela is no longer needed in the division since Rose takes over as their leader. Ashley consoles her before thrusting his resemble arm into her, killing her instantly.

Josef

A former senior member of RUC who knows Solty's workings well. He had a dispute with Ashley Links in the past. He repairs Solty with technology inside the original migration vessel.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Glossary

Aurora Shell

A protective barrier that holds the atmosphere of the planet in place. Any object that comes into contact with it is affected much the same as being struck by lightning. In addition to the Aurora-like waves of color produced at night, it also hinders air travel and EM wave detection. It is revealed near the end of the series that it contains a large number of nanomachines; after the Blast Fall, children that were exposed to the falling nanomachine snow had their DNA altered, including Rose, Axela, Integra, Sylvia, and Celica.

Blast Fall

A disaster that occurred approximately 12 years before the series, where an overly large building was struck by the Aurora Shell, causing widespread death and destruction from the falling debris.

Proceed

A quartet of specialist operatives commanded by Ashley Links. Each has had indirect genetic alteration, and has access to body armor that provides specific abilities. These bear a striking resemblance to the Knight Saber suits from Bubblegum Crisis, as the concept designer for both that series and this is Kenichi Sonoda. The four members are all named after models of car.

Resemble

A broad term for prostheses used to replace human body parts, became more widespread after the Blast Fall due to the sheer number of injuries sustained during the event. It also links the users to Eunomia, the central computer of RUC and the heart of the city.

RUC

A general company/government that manages daily activities in the city, much like the Paradigm Group in The Big O. In addition to a private security force, they also have large four-wheeled mechs resembling construction cranes. They were created by the colony supervisor computer Eunomia as a means of regulating the city.

Rose's Bike

Range Murata, the creator behind Blue Submarine No. 6 and Last Exile, created Rose's bike design, which sort of hints to the design nature of the vanships from Last Exile with its old styled yet highly technical design.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Episode list

(Unofficial English titles)

Town Where The Aurora Falls
A New Dawn
The Girl In Blue
Friend
Waterside Panic
Beloved Daughter
A Little Demon Comes
Revenge
The Girls Day Off
Treasure & Rescue
Birthday Game
Tears
Distance
Hidden Heart
A Safe Heaven
It Was A Joke, Half Of It
Lady
Welcome Home
Everyone Gather
Visiting Catastrophe
The Time of Truth
Escape, Our Wish
Final Message
After This

An episode 25&26 running as a double feature length episode was released on the final volume of the Japanese DVD collection in July 2006.

[edit] Theme songs

Opening Theme: Clover by Meg Rock
Ending Theme: Float ~Sora no Kanata de~ (Float ～空の彼方で～) by Tomoe Oumi
Insert Theme: Return To Love (Jazz Version) by Geila Zilkha
Final Episode Epilogue Theme: Return to Love by Tomoe Oumi {This is a c/w song on her ending single "Yuunagi" for another TV series, RAY THE ANIMATION}