Generator Gawl
| Generator Gawl | |
Clockwise from top: Ryo, Gawl and Koji
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ジェネレイター ガウル (Jenereitā Gauru) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Drama, Science fiction |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Seiji Mizushima |
| Produced by | Hiroyuki Birukawa Shoichi Yoshida |
| Written by |
Hidefumi Kimura Fumihiko Shimo |
| Music by | Norimasa Yamanaka |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | 6 October 1998 – 22 December 1998 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Generator Gawl (ジェネレイター ガウル Jenereitā Gauru?) is a 1998 12-part anime series. The story is set in 2007, when Professor Takuma Nekasa uncovers a gene code that will unlock the human body's greatest mystery and expose mankind to its greatest threat. As a result, Gawl, Koji, and Ryo—three young scientists from a future period—have traveled back in time to undo this mistake. Though the trio intended to arrive one year before the calamity, they are instead transported three months prior to the event. In their effort to save the world, they are opposed by the mysterious and cunning Ryuko Saito, a scientist who prefers the future as it is. Saito is assisted by Generators, unearthly assassins posing as humans. As Ryo and Koji try to complete their mission, Gawl himself must "generate"—becoming like his enemies to fight on their terms.
The hero and main character of the story, Gawl is a Generator with vast power. Though he appears somewhat dim-witted, Gawl shows loyalty and protectiveness for his friends, even if it means putting his life on the line. Even when out of his Generator form Gawl is able to display superhuman feats of athletics, strength, and endurance, such as jumping several meters in the air, and surviving an otherwise crushing blow from falling construction equipment. Despite this, he appears to be very lax and lazy, as he is almost always asleep during classes and car rides, as his transformations and brawls tend to be highly taxing, thus requiring large amounts of sleep and relaxation to compensate. This also implies that he is not as dim-witted as he lets on.
Koji is the level-headed one of the trio and a true intellectual. He rarely displays much emotion at all and only laughs one time in the series.
Ryo is the more sensitive of the three, but he is also quite brilliant. He was head of Kubere's Project Achilles to create Gawl and feels intense guilt for his experiments on Gawl.
A red-haired girl who met up with the three early on in the series. Masami constantly fights with Gawl due to a poor first impression. Though this may be, it is quite obvious that she has somewhat of a romantic interest in him.
A pink-haired girl who is extremely shy and Masami's best friend. She constantly attempts to calm Gawl and Masami down when they get in a heated conflict but never succeeds.
The antagonist of the story, Saito is a mysterious scientist and time-traveler who attempts to thwart Gawl, Koji, and Ryo. She uses Dr. Tekuma Nekasa's desire to recover his past to bend him to her will. She is constantly calling Generators to do her dirty work and often tries to kill or capture Gawl and his friends.
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