The Brave Express Might Gaine | |
Cover art from box 1 of the DVD release
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勇者特急マイトガイン (Yūsha Tokkyū Maitogain) |
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Genre | Mecha |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Shinji Takamatsu |
Music by | Takashi Kudo |
Studio | Sunrise |
Original network | TV Asahi |
Original run | January 30, 1993 – January 22, 1994 |
Episodes | 47 |
The Brave Express Might Gaine (勇者特急マイトガイン Yūsha Tokkyū Maitogain?) is an anime television series begun in 1993, created by Sunrise' under the direction of Shinji Takamatsu, and was the fourth in the Yūsha metaseries funded by Takara and produced by Sunrise.
Might Senpuuji is a billionaire crime fighting teenager, taking up his father's company and assets at the age of only 15. Taking control of the Might Gaine team of robots that his late father created, Senpuuji and his free thinking robot teams take on the crime lords that plague Nouvelle Tokyo City.
The Bombers are a group of artificially intelligent robots, each capable of transforming into a robot, a train, an animal they are designed after, and an alternate armored version of a train. The first three or all four of the Bombers, in their armored train forms, are known as the Animal Express (アニマル特急 Animaru Tokkyū?) when linked together. The typical order is Lio Bomber > Dino Bomber > Bird Bomber (> Horn Bomber).
The Divers are a group of artificially intelligent robots designed for rescue purposes.
The entire team can link into a single train. The order of the Brave Express is Drill Express (carrying Kaisers 1-5) > Locomorizer (carrying Gaine and Might Wing) > Bullet Express > Animal Express(all four) > Rescue Express. At full speed, the trains can perform the Joint Dragon Fire attack, which engulfs the whole train in fire while rushing at full speed.
The various mecha that have been used by the crime Underworld to fight Might Gaine and the other members of the Brave Express throughout the series.