Brain Powerd

Infobox animanga/Header
name = BRAIN POWERD


caption = Screenshot of "Brain Powerd"
genre = Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic, Drama, Mecha, Military, Science fictionInfobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Yoshiyuki Tomino
studio = Sunrise
network = flagicon|Japan WOWOW, Animax, Bandai Channel
flagicon|Singapore flagicon|India flagicon|Philippines flagicon|Hong Kong Animax
first = April 08, 1998
last = November 11, 1998
episodes = 26Infobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Yoshiyuki Tomino (story)
Yukiru Sugisaki (art)
publisher = flagicon|Japan Kadokawa Shoten
flagicon|United States Tokyopop
flagicon|Italy Panini Comics
flagicon|Germany Carlsen Comics
demographic = Shōnen
magazine = Shōnen Ace
first = 1998
last = 1998
volumes = 4

nihongo|"Brain Powerd"|ブレンパワード|Buren Pawādo is a 26-episode anime TV series, created by Sunrise and directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series also features mecha designs by Mamoru Nagano, character designs by Mutsumi Inomata, and music by Yoko Kanno.

It originally premiered across Japan on WOWOW between April 08, 1998 to November 11, 1998. The series was also aired across Japan on the anime CS television network Animax, which also later broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide, including its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia (where Animax aired Bandai's The Ocean Group-produced English dub); Animax's broadcast being the series' English language television premiere.cite web|url=http://www.animax-asia.com/program/synopsis.php?i=139|title=Synopsis for BRAIN POWERD - Animax Asia|publisher=Animax Asia|accessdate=2007-08-20]

The anime series was licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment, who also released a dub produced by The Ocean Group and distributed it across the region under the title "Brain Powered".

The series was also adapted into a manga, with art by Yukiru Sugisaki, which was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's "Shōnen Ace" magazine, and later published in the United States in English by Tokyopop.

Plot

"Brain Powerd" is set a pseudo-modern era in which the vast majority of the Earth has been afflicted by numerous earthquakes and floods. The source of this is a mysterious, gargantuan alien spacecraft deep within the Pacific known as Orphan. It seeks to reach the Earth's surface and travel the galaxy, which would result in all lifeforms on Earth being annihilated. Its agents, known as Reclaimers, pilot living organic mechas or Antibodies known as Grand Cher, and seek to retrieve disc plates scattered on the Earth's surface.

The series begins with Hime Utsumiya, a teenage girl, venturing upon such a disc plate, which 'revived' into a unique, infant Antibody - a Brain Powerd, with which Hime forms a deep connection. She is soon joined by Yū Isami, an ex-Reclaimer who leaves Orphan after learning of the catastrophe it seeks to unleash, and the both of them enter upon an adventure, which may decide the future of humanity.

Characters

;nihongo|Yu Isami|伊佐未 勇|Isami Yū:anime voices|Tetsu Shiratori|Matt Smith:A young, teenage boy and the male lead character of the story. A former Reclaimer, after a fateful encounter with Hime Utsumiya, Yu decides to leave Orphan, escaping with a Brain Powerd. Despite the frictions between his family's ambitions to discover more of Orphan's nature and his own freedom, Yu understands the value of keeping life precious and the memories that would cherish in his life.

;nihongo|Hime Utsumiya|宇都宮 比瑪|Utsumiya Hime:anime voices|Akino Murata|Lalainia Lindbjerg/Maggie Blue O'Hara:A young, teenage girl and the female lead character of the story. She comes into contact with an organic plate which later witnessed its revival into an Antibody, a Brain Powerd, and became its pilot. Supposedly she was chosen to become Orphan's force of hope in giving understanding to its intention to move freely, which in the end she gave Orphan the meaning of life, like a seed growing to a garden of beauty.

;nihongo|Jonathan Glenn|ジョナサン・グレーン|Jonasan Gurēn:anime voices|Gō Aoba|Kirby Morrow/Ward Perry:A Reclaimer at Orphan. Disgruntled at the way Yu was favored from his parents, he became very bitter towards him and wants to compete who is the strongest Antibody pilot. And even his resentment towards his real mother, Capt. Anoa McCormick since he was abandoned since childhood, but was replaced by his undying loyalty to Baron Maximillian.

;nihongo|Quincy Issa|クインシィ・イッサー|Kuinshī Issā|extra2=/ nihongo|Īko Isami|伊佐未 依衣子|Isami Īko:anime voices|Kumiko Watanabe|Jennifer Copping:A young, teenage girl and Yū's elder sister. She is the pilot of red Quincy Grand. A brash leader of the Reclaimers she disregards any human emotion and resents Yu for being favored by the Antibodies of Orphan. But it was to the point that she became confused about Yu's conviction to let Orphan be released from any guilt that her Gran Cher rebelled against her confused state and even Orphan favored her to become the "Girl of Orphan", the chosen embodiment of Orphan's will. But in the end she was rescued by Yu and gave her the understanding of what Orphan wanted to do in the end.

;nihongo|Kanan Gimms|カナン・ギモス|Kanan Gimosu:anime voices|Romi Paku|Saffron Henderson:A young and talented former Grand Cher pilot. She was Yū's best friend and had been raised on Orphan. She later leaves Orphan and joins Novis Noah. She is the pilot of Kanan Brain, the other twin Brain Powerd created from the single Antibody B-Plate. Although she has deep feelings for Yu, she maintains her spirited energy but she has this reluctance in leaving her home in Orphan and discover new things in Novis-Noa.

;nihongo|Anoa McCormick|アノーア・マコーミック|Anōa Makōmikku:anime voices|Masako Isobe|Saffron Henderson:She is the captain of state-of-the-art warship Novis Noah. Her strong exterior hides the dark secret inside her because of her longing to be close with her own son Jonathan Glenn. But to her own frustrations she was alwasy being ostrasized by her own son, harboring all hate against his own mother. But in the end she almost got lost in a Chakra wave, which she reappears as a dark character named Baron Maximillian.

;nihongo|Russ Lunberg|ラッセ・ルンベルグ|Rasse Runberugu:anime voices|Shinichiro Miki|Brian Drummond/Don Brown:

;nihongo|Nanga Silverly|ナンガ・シルバレー|Nanga Shirubarē:anime voices|Shinpachi Tsuji|Don Brown:

;nihongo|Higgins Saz|ヒギンズ・サス|Higinzu Sazu:anime voices|Maria Kawamura|Cathy Weseluck/Willow Johnson:She is the pilot of a yellow Brain Child, Higgins Brain the other twin Brain Powered created from a single Antibody B-Plate. Higgins has a rose tattoo that reacts warmly everytime Orphan reacts to a positive emotion.

;nihongo|Kant Kestner|カント・ケストナー|Kanto Kesutonā:anime voices|Run Sasaki|Danny McKinnon:

;nihongo|Irene Carrier|アイリーン・キャリアー|Airīn Kyariā:anime voices|Shiho Nagoshi|Lisa Ann Beley:She is the medical doctor, acupuncturist and, in later series, new captain of Novis Noah.

;nihongo|Nakki Guys|ナッキィ・ガイズ|Nakkī Gaizu:anime voices|Yumi Touma|Andrew Francis:He is the pilot of surprisingly four Antibodies, three Brain Powerds and one Grand Cher. Brash and Impulsive, Nakki has the tendency to outlook other Brain pilots and has affections for Hime. But because of his impulsiveness he always get into trouble during battle.

;nihongo|Comodo Mahama|コモド・マハマ|Komodo Mahama:anime voices|Shoko Sakura|Cathy Weseluck/Sherry Thoreson:

;nihongo|Winston Geybridge|ウィンストン・ゲイブリッジ|Winsuton Geiburijji:anime voices|Masato Sako|Ward Perry:

;nihongo|Naoko Isami|伊佐未直子|Isami Naoko:anime voices|Rumi Sugimoto|Ellen Kennedy:As the matriarch of the Isami household, she is Yu's caring and loving grandmother. Even though she resents her son and daughter-in-law's research on using their children as initial "vessels" for the Antibodies, she was able to give her own wisdom to Yu. She is the long lost lover of Winston Geybridge and until now she still is close to him.

;nihongo|Shiela Glass|シラー・グラス|Shirā Gurasu:anime voices|Atsuko Tanaka|Ellen Kennedy:

;nihongo|Baron Maximillian|バロン・マクシミリアン|Baron Makushimirian:anime voices|Masako Isobe:He is the pilot of a powerful and evolved Antibody, the Barons Grand Cher.

;nihongo|Nelly Kim|ネリー・キム|Nerī Kimu:anime voices|Haruko Takahagi:A lone Brain Powerd pilot whom Yu met when he and his Brain was damaged by the Baron Grand Cher. She gave Yu pieces of wisdom on how to listen and understand carefully of how his Brain feels. But in the end on the second attack made by the Baron Grand Cher she fell and disappeared in a storm gust as the two damaged Brains fused in a Chakra wave and became a hybrid Brain Powerd named Nelly Brain.

;nihongo|K.D. Dean|ケイディ・ディン|Keidi Din:anime voices|Isshin Chiba|Michael Tiernan:He is an Orphan's undercover spy working at Novis Noah.

;nihongo|Yukio|ユキオ|Yukio:anime voices|Miya Asakawa|Alex Doduk:

;nihongo|Kumazo|クマゾー|Kumazō:anime voices|Kumiko Watanabe|Cathy Weseluck:One of the three children living in the Novis-Noa. Although he was involved in some unfortunate events, he was able to listen and understand how the Brains are affected on the changes of Orphan.

;nihongo|Akari|アカリ|Akari:anime voices|Shoko Sakura|Chantal Strand:

;nihongo|Captain Laite|レイト艦長|Reito-kanchō:anime voices|Hidetoshi Nakamura|Paul Dobson:

;nihongo|Kensaku Isami|伊佐未 研作|Isami Kensaku:anime voices|Ryuichi Horibe|Don Brown:Yu and Quincy's father who is a researcher in the Antibody project and later as the head scientist inside Orphan. He was more interested in his research than the welfare of his own children, being used as guinea pigs in researching on the Antibodies in response to human emotions.

;nihongo|Midori Isami|伊佐未 翠|Isami Midori:anime voices|Shoko Kanoki|Sylvia Zaradic/Nicole Oliver:

;nihongo|Girl from Orphan|オルファンの少女|Orufan no Shōjo:anime voices|Ikue Ohtani:

Episode List

Music

Opening Theme
*"IN MY DREAM":Lyrics and composition by: Eri Shingyōji:Arrangement by: Shintarō Itō:Performed by: Eri Shingyōji

Ending Theme
*nihongo|"Field of Love"|愛の輪郭（フィールド）|Ai no Fīrudo:Lyrics by: Rin Iogi:Composition and arrangement by: Yoko Kanno:Performed by: KOKIA

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*Original concept: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino
*Chief director: Yoshiyuki Tomino
*Character design: Mutsumi Inomata
*Mechanical design: Mamoru Nagano
*Mechanical design support: Takumi Sakura
*Animation design: Atsushi Shigeta
*Art director: Masaru Satō
*Music: Yoko Kanno
*Sound director: Yasuo Uragami
*Main logo design: Akihisa Kumakawa
*Ending still: Nobuyoshi Araki
*Animation production: Sunrise

References

External links

* [http://www.sunrise-inc.co.jp/datacard/card0143.htm Official Sunrise website] ja icon
* [http://www.animax.co.jp/program/program.php3?naiyo=m_brainpowerd Official Animax website] ja icon
* [http://www.b-ch.com/contents/brain_powerd/ Official Bandai Channel website] ja icon
* [http://www.animax-asia.com/program/synopsis.php?i=139 Official Animax Asia website] en icon
* [http://www.animax-sa.com/program/synopsis.php?i=139 Official Animax South Asia website] en icon
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