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Cover of the first Captain Earth DVD
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キャプテン・アース (Kyaputen Āsu) |
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| Genre | Mecha, Science fiction, Romance |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Takuya Igarashi |
| Written by | Yōji Enokido |
| Music by | MONACA, Satoru Kōsaki |
| Studio | Bones |
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| Original network | MBS, Tokyo MX, TVA, BS11, MBC |
| Original run | April 5, 2014 – September 20, 2014 |
| Episodes | 25 |
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| Captain Earth: Mind Labyrinth | |
| Developer | Bandai Namco Games |
| Publisher | Bandai Namco Games |
| Genre | Visual novel |
| Platform | PlayStation Vita |
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Captain Earth (Japanese: キャプテン・アース Hepburn: Kyaputen Āsu?) is a 25-episode Japanese anime television series produced by Bones. It is directed by Takuya Igarashi and written by Yōji Enokido. It aired in Japan from April 5 to September 20. 2014 on MBS. The series follows high-school student Daichi Manatsu who starts working for the Globe organization to pilot a giant robot called the Earth Engine Impacter to protect the Earth from the invading alien force known as the "Kill-T-Gang", that intends to drain all the life force of mankind to empower their immortal existences.
High-school student Daichi Manatsu works for the Globe (グローブ Gurōbu?) organization to pilot a giant robot called the Earth Engine Impacter (アースエンジンインパクター Āsu Enjin Inpakutā?) to protect the Earth from the invading alien force known as the "Kill-T-Gang" (キルトガング Kirutogangu?), that intends to drain all the life force of mankind to empower their immortal existences. In order to aid Daichi, Globe starts gathering allies including Teppei Arashi, a Kill-T-Gang whose memories have been erased and trapped inside a human's body; Hana Mutou, a mysterious girl connected to the ship Blume; and Akari Yomatsuri, a 17-year-old genius hacker. Together they form the Midsummer's Knights and fight the Kill-T-Gangs who are in search of more of their allies.