Gear Fighter Dendoh
| GEAR Fighter Dendoh | |
| Genre | Mecha, Action, Drama |
|---|---|
| Anime | |
| Directed by | Mitsuo Fukuda |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | October 4, 2000 – June 27, 2001 |
Gear Fighter Dendoh (GEAR戦士電童, Gear Senshi Dendō) is an anime series that aired in Japan. It ran for 38 episodes, from October 4, 2000 to June 27, 2001, on the TV Tokyo network and its affiliates.
Overview
Gear Fighter Dendoh tells the story of two Japanese schoolboys—short-tempered Ginga Izumo and level-headed Hokuto Kusanagi—who meet one day in the midst of an attack on the Earth by Gulfer, a race of sentient machines determined to wipe out all life in the universe. The two are chosen by Dendoh, a machine built to battle Gulfer, to be its pilots during this attack. They also become members of the Guard Earth and Advanced Reconnaissance (GEAR) organization designated with the protection of Earth from the Gulfer advance. The two pilots find themselves in a race to obtain the powerful and animal-like Data Weapons before Gulfer can get their hands on them.
The show is directed and plotted by Mitsuo Fukuda and his wife, Chiaki Morosawa, the duo who went on to create Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and its sequel Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY. Notably, Morosawa was not sole head scriptwriter for Dendoh, instead sharing the duty with another female writer who went on to be the head writer for Toei's Kamen Rider Ryuki.
Cast and Crew
Cast
- Altair the Black Knight: Kazuhiro Nakata
- Eris Williamette: Kyoko Tsuruno
- Hokuto Kusanagi: Naomi Shindou
- Ginga Izumo: Youko Matsuoka
- Gurumet, Keisuke Kusanagi, Meteor: Kazuya Ichijou
- Otome Izumo: Michiko Neya
- Shibuya: Tomomichi Nishimura
- Subaru: Kenichi Suzumura
- Susumu Kirakuni, Abzolute: Kenji Nojima
- Vega, Story Narrator, Orie Kusanagi: Kotono Mitsuishi
- Witter: Yasuhiro Takato
- Zero, Gulfer Emperor, Gen'ichi Izumo: Sho Hayami
Crew
- Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
- Scenario: Chiaki Morosawa
- Screenplay: Sukehiro Tomita (ep. 1–2); Masaharu Amiya (ep. 3, 7, 9, 25, 28); Hiroyuki Yoshino (ep. 4, 8, 10, 14, 18, 19, 26, 30, 31, 37); Yasuko Kobayashi (ep. 5, 6, 11, 16, 21, 27); Chiaki Morosawa (ep. 12, 13, 23, 38); Shoji Tonoike (ep. 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 33); Tomoya Asano (ep. 32, 35); Noboru Kimura (ep. 34, 36)
- Character Designs: Hirokazu Hisayuki
- Music: Toshihiko Sahashi
Opening and Closing Themes
Opening:
- W-Infinity by Hitomi Mieno and Hironobu Kageyama
Closings:
- COUNT DOWN by Little Voice (ep. 1–19, 22–38)
- Brand New Mermaid by C-DRiVE (ep. 20 and 21)
Insert Song:
- Over the Rainbow by Little Voice
Video Game
Gear Fighter Dendoh has spawned one platform title for the Sony PlayStation. It was released in 2001.
Dendoh was also featured in the Super Robot Wars series of Japanese simulation games. It first appeared in 2002's Super Robot Wars R for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance and Super Robot Wars MX for the Sony PlayStation 2.
External links
- Gear Fighter Dendoh ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia