The Brave Express Might Gaine

The Brave Express Might Gaine
勇者特急マイトガイン
(Yūsha Tokkyū Maitogain)
TV anime
Directed by Shinji Takamatsu
Studio Sunrise
Network TV Asahi
Original run January 30, 1993January 22, 1994
Episodes 47
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The Brave Express Might Gaine (勇者特急マイトガイン Yūsha Tokkyū Maitogain?) is an anime television series series begun in 1993, created by Sunrise' under the direction of Shinji Takamatsu, and was the fourth in the Yūsha metaseries funded by Takara and produced by Sunrise.

Contents

Story

Senpuuji Maito is a billionaire crime fighting teenager, taking up his father's company and assets at the age of only 15. Taking control of the Might Gaine team of robots that his late father created, Senpuuji and his free thinking robot teams take on the crime lords that plague Neo Tokyo City.

Characters

Heroes

Maito Senpuuji (旋風寺 舞人 Senpūji Maito?)
Voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama
A 15-year old billionaire and leader of the Brave Express team. He pilots the Might Wing, Might Kaiser, and (Great) Might Gaine with the assistance of Gaine. Whenever villains cause trouble, he is the one who stops their plans. His parents died three years ago in a traffic accident.
Mitsuhiko Hamada (浜田 満彦 Hamada Mitsuhiko?)
Voiced by Masami Kikuchi
A friend of Maito and chief mechanic, he is the one who helped design the Bombers.
Sally Yoshinaga (吉永 サリー Yoshinaga Sarī?)
Voiced by Akiko Yajima
A girl who studies in a high school. She tends to get involved in the crimes committed by the villains with no reason, but Maito always comes to rescue her. They get to know each other because of that. She becomes the girlfriend of Maito when the animation goes on.

Villains

Wolfgang
Voiced by Masaharu Satō
A German professor of robot technology, he holds the ambition that makes the strongest robot in the world. Hiryu and Gohryu are his products.
Hoi Kow Lou (回鍋肉 húi gūo ròu?)
Voiced by Yū Shimaka
A don of the Asian Mafia from China, Lou is easily recognizable due to his large, bump-covered nose and a loud green bird perched on his shoulder. He sells various robots to the highest bidder in order to commit crimes. After losing control over the Mafia due to Purple's intervention, he ends up selling ramen.
Catherine Vuitton
Voiced by Shōko Kanoki
A French woman, a boss of "Pink Cat" the confederacy of thieves. To keep her beauty, she often steals the jewel and the adornment for her desire.
Shogun Mifune
Voiced by Kiyoyuki Yanada
An American who is dressed in Samurai style. He plots to reconquer all of Japan, to regain an old-fashioned, traditional Japanese culture.
Joe Rival (雷張 ジョー Raibaru Jō?)
Voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa
The rival of Maito, also well known as "Joe the Ace". He used to be an ace pilot in the army. Wolfgang gives him Hiryu (飛龍 Hiryū?, Flying Dragon) and Gohryu (轟龍 Gōryū?, Thundering Dragon) in order to defeat Might Gaine.

Mecha

Might Gaine

Bombers

The Bombers are a group of artificially intelligent robots, each capable of transforming into a robot, a train, an animal they are designed after, and an alternate armored version of a train. The first three or all four of the Bombers, in their armored train forms, are known as the Animal Tokkyuu (アニマル特急 Animaru Tokkyū?, Animal Express) when linked together. The typical order is Lio Bomber > Dino Bomber > Bird Bomber (> Horn Bomber).

Divers

The Divers are a group of artificially intelligent robots designed for rescue purposes.

Yusha Tokkyuu (勇者特急 Yūsha Tokkyū?, Brave Express)

The entire team can link into a single train. The order of the Yusha Tokkyuu is Drill Tokkyuu (carrying Kaisers 1-5) > Locomoriser (carrying Gaine and Might Wing) > Dangan Tokkyuu > Animal Tokkyuu (all four) > Rescue Tokkyuu. At full speed, the trains can perform the Joint Dragon Fire attack, which engulfes the whole train in fire while rushing at full speed.

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Preceded by
The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn
Brave series
1993-1994
Succeeded by
Brave Police J-Decker