Gasaraki
| Gasaraki | |
Cover art for the DVD Complete Series Collection
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| Genre | Mecha, Military, Supernatural |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
Ryōsuke Takahashi Gorō Taniguchi (assistant director) |
| Music by | Kuniaki Haishima |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Television Osaka |
| Original run | October 4, 1998 – March 28, 1999 |
| Episodes | 25 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Meimu |
| Original run | October 1998 – May 2000 |
| Volumes | 4 |
Gasaraki (ガサラキ?) is a mecha anime television series produced by Sunrise. It was directed by Ryousuke Takahashi, who also co-created the series along with Sunrise (Hajime Yatate). Goro Taniguchi was the assistant director. The screenplay was written by Toru Nozaki.
The series centers on Yushiro Gowa who pilots a bipedal weapons system known as a TA, short for Tactical Armor. Much of the initial plot is driven by means of news reports.
Set in the near-future the series is formed around political narratives that concern a fictional war between the US and the fictional Middle Eastern country of Belgistan. An influential Japanese family, the Gowa, produce a bipedal weapon, the TA. When US military forces attempt to seize the capital they are systematically wiped out by what appear to be rival TAs. The Gowa Family seizes this opportunity to demonstrate their weapon system, and civilian pilot Yuushiro Gowa and the military squad to which he is attached are deployed to Belgistan. There, he meets rival TA pilot Miharu, with whom he seems to share a deep spiritual bond.
The series has a mix of futuristic and historical narratives and includes elements of Japanese culture, such as Noh and Shinto, rigid family hierarchies, corruption of government by Zaibatsu, and Samurai appear throughout the series.
In ancient Japan the Gowa family created a demonic Armor in order to defeat their enemies. Hundreds of years later this armor is exploited by the Gowa in the development of Tactical Armor for military usage and the usurpation of Japan.
Gasaraki consists of 25 television episodes which were first aired on TV Osaka from October 4, 1998, to March 28, 1999. It was released on VHS and DVD in North America and the UK by ADV Films. Nozomi Entertainment has re-licensed the series and will be re-released in 2012.
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