Zegapain

Zegapain
Genre	Mecha, Science Fiction, Romance, Computer networking
Anime
Directed by	Masami Shimoda
Studio	Sunrise

Zegapain is an anime television series created by Sunrise, known for creating Gundam, My-Otome and My-Hime. The series premiered in Japan from April 6, 2006 on TV Tokyo and also later aired on BS Japan and AT-X.

Plot

Sogoru Kyo, a high school boy living in a city called Maihama, who leads a normal life of school, romance, and the swim club. Kyo's life changes when he sees a girl, Misaki Shizuno, at the pool one day and discovers he is initially the only person who can see her. He is drawn into a world of fighting giant robots in a game-like world. However, Kyo soon comes to realize that the world that he is living in might not even be real at all.

Characters

Maihama Minami High School

Sogoru Kyo (Shintaro Asanuma)
Version 2.0.1, Version 2.0.3

The protagonist, who discovers the world he lives in is an illusion and must fight to save the real world and protect the people who still live within the illusory world. He is a talented pilot and serves as the Altair Zegapain's Gunner. He has no memories of his past life, which he only learns of from Shizuno.

Version 1.X.X

According to Shizuno, his past self was thoughtful and prudent and kept his emotional pain to himself. His character had been changed by wet damage before he met Shizuno such that his original character is actually closer to Version 2.0.X. Lu-Shen respected (or idolized) him, May-Yu and May-Yen both seem to have crushes on him, and Minato has never met him.

Kaminagi Ryoko (Kana Hanazawa)

Kyo's childhood friend, a cheerful girl who dreams of becoming a film director and is a member of the high school Video Club. She is perceptive and is the first of Kyo's friends to "awaken" to the real world with a much easier transition than Kyo. She has been recognized to be a "Witch", a Wizard with an almost telepathic link with the Gunner, and becomes the new Wizard of the Altair. Despite her talents, her data is severely damaged after her first battle. Though she is eventually restored, her apparition in the Maihama server lacks emotion as her emotional data component is trapped within the Altair, the only place where her otherwise locked data can be accessed.

Misaki Shizuno (Ayako Kawasumi)

A beautiful girl who knew and loved Kyo in his past life, before he was reborn. She acts as the Wizard of the Altair Zegapain, but later becomes Chris' partner after Arque's death. She is an expert of data salvage and saved Kyo, Ryoko, Toga, and many other Celebrants. She is also referred to as "Yehl"; Misaki Shizuno was a name given to her by the previous Kyo, who recalled that name belonged to someone important to him. Shizuno generally keeps to herself and after seeing how Kyo has forged a new relationship with Ryoko, does not pursue her former relationship. She appears to know more about the Gards-orms than she is admitting. In truth, Shizuno is an artificial Meta-Body who is an inserted quantum fluctuation created by the quantum servers of iAL in an act of rebellion against her father, Naga, and that she is Yehl version 4.13. The true nature of her existence was unknown, even to herself, except by Shima. "Yehl" is the creation god in Tlingit mythology while "Misaki" is the name of Kyo's little sister and "Shizuno" is the name of Kyo's mother.

Shima (Tomohiro Tsuboi)

The president of the Student Council at Kyo's school, but also revealed to be the commander of the Oceanus, the base of operations for Kyo, Shizuno, and other Celebrants. Like Shizuno, there is more to him than meets the eye and he is only one who knows the true conditions of the present world. He and Shizuno had no prior history in the Maihama server before transferring to the Oceanus. It is later revealed that Shima's apparition (thus the reason why his Celebrant icon reads "CP-041" instead of his name) is actually a clone of his true self, a revolting Gards-orm who seeks to aid humanity's resurrection but remains with the Gards-orm. As a result, the data of his apparition has a different lifespan and is suffering dry damage. Shima means "Island" in Japanese.

Minato (Marina Inoue)

Originally from the Sydney server, Minato is the vice-president of the Student Council and Shima's second-in-command on board the Oceanus. She is generally cheerful and helpful towards Shima, who saved her when the Sydney server was being destroyed, but is often left out of the loop concerning Shima and Shizuno's plans. Minato's type of Celebrant icon is "CO-ADMINISTRATOR" and her surname is hidden like Shima and Yehl's. Her true name is Emma Springrain (or Springlane?). Minato means "Port" in Japanese and other vice-commanders are also named for "Port" or "Wharf" .

Kawaguchi Kenta (Hiroyuki Yoshino)

One of Kyo's friends, a member of the Swim Club. He and Kyo haven't gotten along because Kyo broke up their old swim team and frequently ends up in fights with Kyo. They reconcile before the server is reset, an occurrence that has repeated many times for the previous Kyo.

Ushio Takeru (Masayuki Katou)

One of Kyo's friends, a member of the Swim Club. He later dates Mizuki until the Maihama server is reset.

Hayase Touya (Hiroshi Kamiya)

One of Kyo's friends and a member of the Swim Club. He has shown signs of "awakening" and awareness that the world around him is a digital illusion, but does not become a Celebrant before the Maihama server is reset. When Sin and Abyss invade the Maihama server, he reawakens to an extent where he is able to join Minato, Irie, and Kuroshio to help Shizuno stop the Deutera areas from engulfing the Earth.

Tomigai Kei (Akeno Watanabe)

A friend of Kyo and Ryoko's. Like Hayase, he appeared to be in the process of "awakening" and becomes aware of the true nature of Maihama, but fails to become a Celebrant before the Maihama server is reset. When Sin and Abyss invade the Maihama server, he reawakens to the degree where he is able to help Shizuno stop the Deutera areas from engulfing the Earth with Minato, Irie, and Kuroshio.

Tachibana Mizuki (Yukana)

Ryoko's friend, a member of the Theatre Club and the volleyball team. She initially has feelings for Hayase, but was rejected when she confessed to him at the summer festival. She later dates Ushio until the server is reset. Her favorite film is Last Year at Marienbad.

Kuroshio Hayato (Takanori Ohyama)

A member of the Student Council. He is a Celebrant and serves as an operator on the Oceanus. In the past, he was a Zegapain Gunner until his apparition data became too unstable to entangle and previously worked under Isola, whom Kuroshio admires and respects. Kuroshio, unlike many of the other Celebrants, is reluctant to give up his life as a seemingly undying apparition for a true body. He is from the Shizuoka server.

Irie Ayaka (Ryoko Ono)

A member of the Student Council. She is a Celebrant and acts as operator on the Oceanus. Irie was once Kuroshio's Wizard until her apparition data became to unstable to entangle. She is also from the Shizuoka server.

Kurashige Senichi (Yasunori Matsumoto)

Kyo's science and homeroom teacher at Maihama Minami High School. He is the sponsor for the Swim Club. He later proposes to Mizusawa, but the two do not get married before the Maihama server is reset. He is probably not a normal Meta‐Body because he cannot go out of the school and there is another appartion of him existing Shizuno's homeroom teacher. He was an engineer of the quantum technology before he became a Meta-Body.

Mizusawa (Rina Satou)

The nurse at Kyo's school, who appears to be close to Kurashige and later accepts a marriage proposal from him. She has noticed abnormalities with the world they live in, but has not shown any indication of awakening.

Kaminagi Kouji (Hiromi Ohtsuda)

Ryoko's younger brother, who enjoys playing the Pain of Zega game. Because he is not a Celebrant, Shima is able to alter Kouji's memories and Minato can directly control his body when they attempt to help Kyo overcome his sadness over the loss of Ryoko.

Kanou Tōru

A Celebrant who recorded the real Maihama on the "last day" before all of humanity was converted into Meta-Bodies shortly before he returned to the Maihama server. Tōru died in the first battle of Oscar, but the server hides the reality of his death by saying that he is too sick to come to school. Ryoko uses Tōru's tape as the basis for a movie she intends to film, not knowing that her awareness of Tōru's existence is an indication of her possible awakening. Because his father was a high-ranking government official, he learned beforehand that August 31 would be the day Maihama City was to be isolated.

Tsumura Sachiko

A Celebrant and third year student at school who dated Hayase. Her Meta-Body data was severely wet damaged in the first battle of Oscar and cannot be restored, so she does not appear in the Maihama server. The server copes with her loss (since too many deaths or disappearances would look suspicious to the unawakened people within) by not allowing people to meet her face to face whenever they wish to meet her. During each period of Maihama summer on the servers, Hayase is unaware of her disappearance despite the fact he shows signs of awakening. She is finally restored to the Maihama server after the Resurrection System is installed.

Sogoru Misaki (Aya Endou)

Kyo's younger sister, a junior high school student who appears only after Kyo is able to save the Maihama server from destruction. Her name, Misaki, and their mother's, Shizuno, are likely the origin of the name the previous Kyo gives Yehl when they become partners. Misaki is apparently important to Kyo, who only recognized her name and their mother's as part of a missing memory. It is likely that she was unable to take shelter at the Maihama Minami High School and died. Kyo's recollection of her and their family allows him to realize what he knows is a dream and what he knows is reality.

Celebrant

Mao Lu-Shen (Paku Romi)

The Gunner of the Garuda. Generally calm and level-headed, Lu-Shen suspects that Shizuno knows more about the Gards-orm than she is willing to openly admit. Originally from the Shanghai server before it was corrupted, his father was the CEO of an investment company who heavily invested in iAL. While initially he had a low opinion of Kyo, Lu-Shen came to respect Kyo's abilities and sincere desire to protect the people he loved. In Episode 24, he kissed Kyo before his final showdown and revealed that he loved Kyo all along.

Jen May-Yu (Yui Makino)

May-Yen's older twin sister, one of the Garuda's Wizards who is also originally from Shanghai. In the battle of the Shanghai server, she was salvaged to the Oceanus. She also has the limited ability to act as a Gunner for a Zegapain and done so for the Caladrius. Kyo considers her the bad-tempered one and he unwittingly upset her when the Shanghai server was destroyed. She is devoted to Lu-Shen and has known that Lu-Shen loved Kyo even before Lu-Shen's confession.

Jen May-Yen (Akeno Watanabe)

May-Yu's younger twin sister, one of the Garuda's Wizards, though she occasionally works as the Wizard for Chris after Arque's death. In the battle of the Shanghai server, she was salvaged to the Oceanus. The bespectacled sister, Kyo refers to her as the cute one, much to May-Yu's chargin. Like May-Yu, May-Yen is devoted to Lu-Shen. She and her sister are from Shanghai.

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Chris in the Hræsvelgr during combat

Chris Avenir (Hiroshi Yanaka)

One of the Hræsvelgr's pilots (the Gunner) and Arque's husband. He and Arque love each other dearly; Kyo has sarcastically compared them to the French film "Les Amants du Pont-Neuf" ("The Lovers on the Bridge" in English). After the destruction of the Paris server, he and Arque became freelance mercenaries; he would not regret throwing his life away and thinks more about where and for whom he sacrifices his life for. After Arque's death, he continues to care for her dog, Pieta, who was named after the pub where he first proposed to Arque. Chris and Shizuno later become partners when Ryoko becomes the Altair's new wizard. His surname, Avenir, means "Future" in French.

Arque Avenir (Aya Hisakawa)

One of the Hræsvelgr's pilots (Wizard) and Chris' wife. She and Shizuno became friends when the Paris server still existed. Her memory has become severely damaged and only becomes worse each time she entangles. In the end, she sacrifices herself to force the Gards-orm to retreat back to their base while leaving a trail of particles for the Celebrants on the Oceanus to track.

Isola (Kazusa Murai)

The commander of the Dvaraka, a ship like the Oceanus. Chris and Arque were originally under her command until they chose to transfer to the Oceanus. She also appears to have known Shizuno before she transferred to the Oceanus because Isola comments that her comrades on board the Dvaraka wish to see Shizuno again. After Shima, she appears to hold the most authorative power within Celebram and is respected amongst her collegues. Isola means "Island" in Italian.

Toga Vital (Takahiro Sakurai)

The Altair's Gunner, who is under Isola's command; his personality is quite similar to Kyo's. He and Kyo meet for the first time in episode 22 and despite their clashing personalities, come to respect one another easily. Toga is the main character of Zegapain XOR, where he was salvaged by Shizuno, but like Kyo, has lost a lot of his memories.

Sarah (Miki Nagasawa)

One of the Altair's Wizards under Isola's command. She is partnered with Toga Vital and also appears in Zegapain XOR. Sarah was in love with Toga before he lost his memory. Though a competent Wizard, she is referred to by some as the "god of death" because her Gunner tends to die in battle while she survives.

Meivelle Transferre (Omi Minami)

One of the Altair's Wizards is under Isola's command. She is considered a genius Wizard of electric warfare and has 4 Celeb-icons. Like Sarah, she is partnered with Toga and also appears in Zegapain XOR.

Mio Readiness (Yui Horie)

One of the Altair's Wizards under Isola's command. In XOR, she is also partnered with Toga and appears to be responsible for his awakening after Shizuno salvages him. In the battle of the Moon server (anime episode 1), Mio unwittingly leaks the Celebrants' strategy to the Gards-orm because her Meta-Body data contains an observation program built in by the Gards-orm. The battle results in a devastating defeat and the loss of Kyo, Toga, Chris, and Arque. She appears briefly in episode 22 as Muelle's wizard, but has no speaking lines.

Saw Verbbinski (Kenichi Suzumura)

The Garuda's Gunner, who is under Isola's command. Both Sarah and Meivelle have acted as his Wizard in battles. He appears in Zegapain XOR, but makes a small non-speaking cameo in episode 22 with Sarah as his Wizard.

Muelle (Hikaru Midorikawa)

The vice-commander of the Dvaraka and the Hræsvelgr's Gunner. He appears in Zegapain XOR. Muelle means "Wharf" in Spanish.

Insel (Atsushi Ono)

The commander of the Corduax (Cordeaux?). Insel means "Island" in German.

Dao-Yu (Tarou Yamaguchi)

The commander of the Cagayan. In the Project Resurrection, the Cagayan was destroyed by the Coatlicue's Vanishment mode. Dao means "Island" in Chinese.

Île (Tomohiro Tsuboi)

The commander of the Deukalio (Deucalion?). In the Project Resurrection, the Deucalion was destroyed by the Coatlicue. Île means "Island" in French.

Ostrova (Rina Satou)

The commander of the Rwenzori. She makes a brief speaking appearance in the final episode. Ostrova means "Island" in Russian.

Nisos

The commander of an Oceanus class ship. Nisos means "Island" in Greek.

AI

Lemures (Shinpachi Tsuji)

One of the Oceanus class ship' AIs. He is the captain of the Oceanus and executes Shima and Minato's orders. He is the Deputy Administrator (commander) of the Oceanus class ship Popol Vuh.

Tarbo (Fumihiko Tachiki)

One of the Oceanus class ship' AIs. He acts as the secondary captain of the Oceanus. He can control the Caladrius.

Fosetta (Junko Okada)

One of the Oceanus class ship' AIs. She mainly supports transferring the Zegapain, but is also responsible of monitoring interior sensors onboard Oceanus. She is destroyed when Sin infiltrates the Oceanus and reinstalled as Fosetta II. Her personality is markedly different after her installation; Fosetta II is unusually cold compared to Fosetta. She is also capable of controlling the Caladrius.

Ricerca (Mai Kadowaki)

One of the Oceanus class ship' AIs. She also mainly supports transferring the Zegapain and is capable of controlling the Caladrius. Ryoko nicknames her "Mi-chan" after a turtle that she had kept before.

Dita (Eri Nakao)

One of the Oceanus class ship' AIs. She is monitors and directs the management and strategic functions of the Zegapain.

zega AI (mai)

The programming the conveys the conditions of the Zegapain to the flight crew (Gunner and Wizard). For the three Zegapain on board the Oceanus, the Altair and the Garuda's AI respond in English while the Hræsvelgr responds in Spanish.

Gards-orm

Abyss (Masayuki Katou)

One of the people with "light" who are constantly launching assaults on those without "light" in Anti-Zegapain ships in order to destroy servers. Referred to as the Demon Soldier of the Gards-orm, he is almost incomprehensible to the Celebrants. He and Sin can revive themselves numerous times because once their bodies are destroyed, they can simply transfer their data and awaken in new body. He and Sin meet their end when Chris destroys all their replacement bodies and the two Gards-orm die in battle.

Sin (Yukana)

Abyss' female partner, who is as strong as he is. She manages to infiltrate the Oceanus with a childlike desire to understand why the Celebrants continue to fight, specifically questioning Minato, Lu-Shen, Kyo, and Ryoko. She also seems to be aware of a link between Misaki Shizuno (Yehl) and Gards-orm. When Ryoko presents her an answer she particularly likes, she transfers part of her data to Ryoko to restore her apparition, though Ryoko's emotional component data remains trapped in the Altair. It is through Ryoko that Sin begins to understand what it truly means to be human, though she fails to fully grasp human values.

Naga

The CEO of iAL Corporations, who advocated limitless human evolution through quantum servers, where humanity will live eternally. He was an Indian American. Naga exists as the quantum computer, but is the leader of the Gards-orm who aim toward the human race's "infinite evolution". The etymology is a very large snake in Hinduism and Buddhism.

A Buddhist priest (Susumu Chiba)

Shima's original Meta-Body. He was Naga's aide and initially supported Naga's technology; he volunteered to become the first person to become a Meta-Body. He developed the Resurrection System and Layered QL and was waiting for the Oceanus to come his server. He was an Indian, though his real name is uncertain.

Toga Dupe (Takahiro Sakurai)

A Gards-orm replica of Toga Vital, created from his lost character and memory data salvaged by Gards-orm. He controls the Anti-Zega Coatlicue and acts as the protagonist of Zegapain NOT.

Calm (Rie Kugimiya)

A Wizard for the Gards-orm, who is skilled in close range combat and appears in Zegapain NOT. While resembling Sin, Calm's serious personality is copied from the data of an unknown Celebrant suspected to be Kaminagi Ryoko.

Nemmon (Atsuko Enomoto)

A test Wizard for the Gards-orm, but was assigned to the battlefield when her abilities proved to be invaluable. She is thought to be as skilled as Meivelle Transferre. Nemmon appears in Zegapain NOT.

Klarca (Mai Nakahara)

Taciturn and dedicated to her duty, Klarca is a Gards-orm Wizard who appears in Zegapain NOT. Klarca excels in the processing of information and reconnaissance missions.

Nahusha (Unshō Ishizuka)

The Oceanus class ship Larnax's commander of Gards-orm side who appears in Zegapain NOT. He holds a deep grudge against the Celebrants and humanity. The etymology of his name is probably Nahusa, a king from Hindu mythology who became a snake because of a curse.

Coraggio (Kazuya Nakai)

A gunner for the Gards-orm. He appears in Zegapain NOT.

Nimbus (Maaya Sakamoto)

A gunner for the Gards-orm, who wears her hair in a style similar to Arque Avenir. She appears in Zegapain NOT.

Terms

META-Body (幻体, gentai) Data: Human data stored within a quantum server. The data is a representation of human memory, thought, personality, physical characteristics, etc. Due to simple parameter aggregation, meta bodies are, in general, unable to leave the server. Meta bodies are maintained in the state at which the data was originally saved in the server, thus never age, as well as being unable to advance. When needed for battle, the meta body data can be quantum transferred to a Zegapain, where they can only interact with other holographic elements in the immediate area around the Zegapain

Quantum Server: Servers in which human and city quantum data is stored. At the present time, to prevent the detection of the servers by the Gards-Orm, the individual servers are not data-linked. Without the use of special processes, the meta-body data contained within the servers are unable to be extracted.

However, in the process of preserving the operation of meta body data, the server simulates the essential data only. Due to technical limitations, the simulation of infinite time is impossible, and as such the simulation runs within a fixed time frame (approximately 150 days). When this limit is reached, all data (history, memories, etc) are reset to their initial state of the simulated time frame. In the case of the Maihama server, the time frame of April 5 to August 31 is repeated. In episode 15, during the Maihama reset, it was mentioned that the server had undergone nearly 100 cycles. Fully awakened Celebrants are unaffected by the server reset. The cycle is extended to a year after Kyo and Shizuno manage to bring the resurrection system and the Maihama server back to Earth.

At first, approximately 300 servers were constructed to store about 3000 Meta-Body data, but as revealed in episode 16 by a conversation between Lemures and Minato, the Gards-Orm have destroyed a large number of the servers, leaving eleven operational. It was confirmed that 3 servers and 650 meta bodies were lost in the previous two months.

Maihama Server: The server simulating Maihama City. The server stores approximately 600 persons (approximately 400 Meta-Bodies actually act) in a 5 kilometre radius. Many of the Meta-Bodies within the Maihama server are students because the real Maihama Minami High School was used as a refuge before the city was isolated on August 31, 2022. Most of Maihama's inhabitants, other than the students who had come to the school for clubs, died from the Orm virus before reaching the refuge. Shima, Shizuno, and Kyo (previous version) moved the server from its location in Maihama to the Gards-Orm stronghold on the moon.

Shanghai Server: The server simulating Shanghai, the hometown of May-Yu, May-Yen, and Lu-Shen. A number of years prior, the Gards-Orm caused the sessation of the server's operation and it became corrupted. In episode 4, when the server was in danger of being engulfed by a Def-terraformed sphere, May-Yu and May-Yen attempted to evacuate the data, but were unable to complete the procedure before the server was completely destroyed under the effects of the def-terraformed sphere.

Paris Server: The server simulating Paris, France. The server where Chris and Arque originally were stored.

Tokyo Server: The server simulating Tokyo, Japan. The server ceased operation sixteen years prior. The Tokyo server was preserved under the ground of the New Tokyo tower.

Sydney Server: The server simulating Sydney, Australia. Minato was originally salvaged from this server to become a Celebrant on the Oceanus.

Shizuoka Server: The server simulating Shizuoka, Japan. Kuroshio and Irie came from Shizuoka.

Celebrant: A member of Celeblum. A person who "awakens" from the simulated world and becomes able to see that their surrounding is simulated. He/She is accepted into Celeblum once he/she is fully "awakened".

Celeblum: An organisation which exists to protect the inhabitants of the quantum servers. Celeblum was organized shortly after Kuroshio awakened as a Celebrant, which occurred after the Shizuoka server had looped eight times.

Holonic Loader: A generic term of Zegapain Altair, Garuda, Hræsvelgr, Caladrius and any other human-like robots which operate by loading a Meta-body. The loaded Meta-body receives slight dry damage and wet damage from entanglement. Originally, the Holonic Loaders were developed to repair the quantum server.

Zegapain: A giant fighting robot developed by Shima. There are four varieties and are named for birds in mythology or birds of constellation. Anime staff says "Zegapain" is "是我痛" in kanji. "是" is "affirmation", "我" is "I", and "痛" is "pain" in English. Episode 24 of the anime provides a Japanese translation of the term Zegapain as "Great Pain" (大いなる痛み, ōi naru itami).

Gunner: A pilot in control of the movements and weapons of a Zegapain. Most Gunners are male, though some females, like May-Yu, possess the talent to act as a Gunner.

Wizard: A pilot in control of switching weapons, monitoring battle information, and the technical maintenance of the Zegapain. Wizards who possesses an almost telepathic link with the Gunner as a result of a strong bond which allows their data to mesh are referred to as witches. Ryoko is one such pilot and is capable of predicting and modifying the Zegapain according to what Kyo needs in battle without him asking. Wizards are usually female, though it is not impossible for a male to possess the ability to act as a Wizard.

Oceanus Class Ship: The base of activity for Celebrants when they are in the real world, developed from Gards-orm technology created by Shima. Celebram began with thirteen ships, but have been reduced to eight ships by the time Project Resurrection is executed. Most Oceanus Class ships appear to have names associated with flood mythology. Seven ships have been clearly named in the series.

Oceanus (Ocean god in Greek mythology)

Cordeaux

Dvaraka (from Hindu mythology)

Ma'ariv (from ancient Arabic mythology, it was destroyed In the battle of the Moon server (anime episode 1, the opening movie of Zegapain XOR)

Popol Vuh (the book written on Maya mythology)

Deucalion (from Greek mythology)

Cagayan (from the legend of Luzon in the Philippines)

Rwenzori (from the legend of Lake Albert, located on the border between Uganda and DRC )

GARDS-ORM: The enemy of Celebram. They also live in a quantum server as a META-Body Data, but can have the technology which allows the creation of evolved real bodies and countless revivals as long as their spare bodies are intact. Time within the GARDS-ORM's is accelerated, so their technology is more advanced than that of the Celebram. Surprisingly, the Gards-orm originally focused most of their technological progress on developing infrastructure equipment on their moon base and only turned to developing more powerful weapons when the Meta-bodies unexpectedly began to emerge as Celebrants. The etymology is Midgardsormr, a serpent of the Norse mythology and GARDS-ORM's robots are named for the snake or the annelid.

A def-terraformed sphere (or DEFUTERA AREA): A spherical area where the GARDS-ORM conducted terraforming experiments. The core is an automaton which rewrites the quantum data of the areas absorbed. In these areas, various ecosystems formed and human beings into creatures like Sin and Abyss, who unable to feel any pain.

Zega AI pronounces "DEFUTERA" as "Δευτέρα" (Deutera) and in Pain of Zega, it is also written as "Deutera". Deutera means "Monday" in Greek.

Dry Damage: Damage taken to a Celebrant's physical form. This type of damage can be repaired using average META-body DATA of humans.

Wet Damage: Damage taken to a Celebrant's memories. This type of damage is not easily recovered.

DATA Salvage: The attempted recovery of an apparition data in the event of a transmission failure during quantum transfer.

A.I.Character: An artificial intelligence, presented with a 2-dimensional holographic form. They can seem as if they have "intelligence", but they are only programs that innumerably collect human reactive patterns so they don’t have a core that feels Qualia and a Cartesian theater that is the center of consideration.

QL: Fuel in this world. QL stands for 'Quantum Loaded energy'.

Holonic Armor: The armor of Holonic Loader. It is projected as a concentrated element of light. It cannot be destroyed as long as QL remains. However, the armor can be 'cancelled' using a light wave with an opposing wave.

Holonic Armor Canceller: The weapon of Anti-Zega Coatlicue. It can make the Holonic Armor useless by projecting a light wave with an opposing phase.

Holo-Bolt: The new weapon of the Holonic Loader. Kyo uses this as 'Holobolt Pressure', Toga uses this as 'Holobolt Gravity' and Lu-Shen uses this as 'Holobolt Breaker'. 'Holobolt Pressure' destroyed the Anti-Zega Coatlicue's Holonic Armor. It uses all the QL.

Holo-Bullet Sparrow: The new weapon of the Altair. It is emitted from the holonic wing and pursues the target.

Pellucidar Mode: The Oceanus class ship's stealth system. The Garuda also has this system.

GASPR Cannon: The Oceanus class ship's main armament. GASPR is an acronym for 'Gravity Acceleration System Powered Rail-gun'.

Esaki Perforator: The system that infiltrates the Oceanus to def-terraformed sphere. Esaki is probably reference to Leo Esaki, one of the physicists who discovered the phenomenon of Quantum tunnelling.

Deep Throat: The Oceanus' bomb. The etymology is GBU-28 bunker buster, often dubbed "Deep Throat".

Quantum Portal: The Gards-orm's quantum teleport system. The Celebram's quantum transfer system can only transfer comparatively simple things and data and transferred things and data are certainly deteriorated, but quantum portal can completely transfer everything including lives. The Anti-Zega Mayindie has also this system and can teleport oneself and infinitely replenish the QL from it.

Orm Virus

The retrovirus created by Naga to force humans become Meta-Bodies as the only means of survival. The infection is highly contagious and able to spread from one carrier to another in very little time. An infected person dies after being rendered into a coma within half a day. The Orm virus was discovered in around 2020, and destroyed the human race in about two years.

Gards-Orm Mechs

Zeeleeuw

A bipedal design resembling a hybrid of bird and feline, seen in episode 1 on the moon. Zeeleeuw means "Sea Lion" in Nederlands.

Aanval

An aerial unit with two bulky limbs for gripping, and twin cannons built into the shoulders.

Ulvorful

The most common unit, an aerial model with a single beam cannon.

Gorne

Resembles a spindle, invulnervable to Zega's weaponry when closed.

Kobral

A four-limbed unit with thick claws.

Anti-Zega Coatlicue

It can nullify Holonic armor and resembles Zegapain Garuda. Coatlicue is a snake goddess from Aztec mythology.

Orval

A spherical unit.

Hazonmayer

A gaunt humanoid design with multiple rocket launchers.

Nautilus

Resembles a giant nautlius or ammonite.

Viagem

An aerial transport resembling a giant snake.

Anti-Zega Mindi (Mayindie)

The new Anti-Zega. It has the small quantum portal and can teleport oneself and infinitely replenish the QL from it. The etymology is Mindi. Mindi is the creation god in Australian Aboriginal mythology known as the Rainbow Snake.

Anime staff

Director: Masami Shimoda (Saber-Marionette)
Series Organization: Mayori Sekishima (Saber-Marionette)
Character Conception: Hiroyuki Hataike (Outlaw-Star)
Character Design: Akihiko Yamashita
Mecha Design: Rei Nakahara (Nadesico-the Motion Picture)

Music (Anime)

Opening

Kimi e Mukau Hikari (eps 1 - 26) by Akino Arai

Endings

Little Goodbye (eps 1-9, 11-21, 23-25) by Rocky Chack
And You (eps 10) by Rocky Chack
Last Blue (ラストブルー) (eps 22) by Rocky Chack

Episodes

#	Title	Original air date

Game version

There are two games based on Zegapain under the development by Cavia Inc. (best known for SquareEnix's Drakengard series) for Xbox 360. The first game, published by Bandai, is called Zegapain XOR and was released in Japan on July 27, 2006.

A second game titled Zegapain NOT was released on December 7, 2006 in Japan. The main character is Toga Dupe, Toga Vital's lost character and memory data salvaged by Gards-orm, who controls the Anti-Zega Coatlicue.

Manga version

The manga adaptation by Gou Yabuki, Zegapain Gaiden: AI AlWAYS, was serialized in the monthly Dengeki Daioh from August 2006 to October 2006. A second manga based on the events of Zegapain XOR, "Side-B N", appears on the official site for Zegapain XOR. It has nine chapters available for preview. Both will be available in tankōbon format.

Internet TV

Commercial program "Maihama Minami Broadcasting Station" is broadcasted by Biglobe.

Radio drama/audio drama

"Zegapain audio drama OUR LAST DAYS" was released on October 25, 2006 in Japan.

Episode 1. The Children of OCEANUS

Episode 2. entanglement 13.3

Episode 3. our last days

Official material book

Zegapain Visual Fan Book, a guide recorded the Zegapain material and plotline, was released on March 13, 2007 in Japan.

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