Kurogane Communication

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Kurogane Communication
鉄（くろがね）コミュニケイション
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Mecha, Science Fiction
TV anime
Director Kenji Kikuchi
Studio APPP
Network WOWOW
Original run 5 October 1998 – 29 March 1999
Episodes 24
Manga
Author Hideo Kato
Illustrator Tomomasa Takuma
Publisher Flag of Japan MediaWorks
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Dengeki Daioh
Volumes 3
Light novel
Author Mizuhito Akiyama
Illustrator Tomomasa Takuma
Publisher Flag of Japan Dengeki Bunko
Demographic Male
Published 10 September 2003
Volumes 2

Kurogane Communication (鉄（くろがね）コミュニケイション?), also known as Iron Communication, is an anime series by APPP. The story was written by Hideo Kato and Hosei Takuma. The series was directed by Kenji Kikuchi. Ikuto Yamashita, more known for his work in the Neon Genesis Evangelion, was responsible for the mecha designing.

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[edit] Synopsis

Haruka is an ordinary teenager girl, but her life is most extraordinary since as far as she knows, she is the sole human survivor of a global nuclear war. Surviving the war in cold sleep, she is awakened by five robots about 30 years later. Things are fine, but she is constantly haunted by sudden flashbacks and dreams about her parents. There is also a constant danger of roving war machines and threats like water depletion, yet despite all this, life is still in quite good shape. The robots are her family and friends, and do everything they can to help the human girl. However, deep inside Haruka is yearning to meet other surviving humans.

[edit] Characters

  • Haruka (Yui Horie) is the human survivor the series mostly tells about. Her thinking is very positive and she is a hardworking person, albeit all she can do is mostly washing her own clothes. She likes all the robots and wishes to get to know Angela better. When not alone, she is usually with Spike. Is haunted by flashbacks about her parents and desperately wishes to know what happened to them.
  • Spike (Hiromi Ishikawa) is a domestic robot constructed to look like a humanoid. He looks a little younger than Haruka and his voice resembles a young teenage boy, which is why the role of a worried younger brother is natural for him. Spike's job is mostly to keep to with Haruka and repair some mechanical equipment. He is Haruka's favourite robot - her best friend.
  • Angela (Rica Fukami) is a dueling robot, resembling a human female in her twenties. She masks her face and doesn't really like Haruka although she doesn't hate her either. She also has a habit to spend her days sitting in her dark room, pondering on some personal matter. However, she does get better relations with Haruka soon after the beginning of the series. Her job is to protect Haruka and the others from the unintelligent killing machines, as well as other armed danger.
  • Reeves (Norio Horiuchi) is a mean-looking humanoid robot that shares many similarities in outlooks with The Terminator. The similarities however end as soon as the interior is in question - Reeves is a maintenance robot with high skill levels in matters like cooking. Reeves acts sometimes as Haruka's father figure although the two are not very close.
  • Cleric (Houchu Ohtsuka) is the group's source of information. Cleric is meant to gather and process data, and thus he is irreplaceable when faced a situation where computer maintaining is a must - indeed, he often uses computers that humans cannot even use without special equipment.
  • Trigger (Junko Shimakata) is a ball-shaped combat robot (or at least that is what is assumed; it is never explained). Her(?) personality is very human-like resulting in funny scenarios which is also why she is often used as a comical relief.
  • Kanato (Yuka Imai) is the second human survivor on Earth. He is of about Haruka's age but his personality is vastly different. He has a deep hatred towards machine and acts in a very aggressive way. He lives in the jungle ruins and treasures his mother-robot with both disgust and respect. He develops a romantic relationship with Haruka.
  • Honi is the main antagonist of the series albeit he comes to the series rather late. He is Kanato's current guardian but due to a programming glitch and the fact that he originally wasn't meant for domestic work, his actions have started to lead into evil. His purpose seems to be to kill all humans but Kanato.
  • Lillith & Alice (Etsuko Kozakura and Naomi Nagasawa) are Kanato's robot-servants, constructed to look like teenager girls with jewels in their foreheads. They are obsessed with their master and even show signs of human love.

[edit] Robot philosophy

All intelligent robots of the series follow the three laws of robotics although Angela's dueling programming makes her aggressive towards humans as well. They are portrayed as kind although deep inside emotionless, sentient beings. This is sort of controversial with the fact that sometimes the robots do act like humans, and then in the next scene they could be explaining how they are incabable of human emotion.

[edit] Music

Opening Theme
  • "My Best Friend" by Yui Horie
Ending Theme
  • "Dear Mama" by Yui Horie

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