Gad Guard
Gad GuardSummary
Several hundred years in the future, the resources of the Earth runs out, and the progression of the human race has stagnated. The world is now divided into "Units". A boy named Hajiki Sanada lives with his mother and sister in Unit 74, in a place called "Night Town", in which all electricity is shut down at midnight. The key in this story is an object called the GAD. GADs have the ability to reconstruct materials while reacting to feelings of an organic life. The size and shape of the resulting product seem to be different depending on the kinds of feelings that the life possesses. When Hajiki comes in contact with one by accident, it transforms into a huge robot--a Tekkoudo, or "Iron Giant"--which Hajiki names Lightning. And soon he realizes that he isn't the only one with a Tekkoudo, and must find out how to deal with those others who he feels are the "same" as himself.
(Source: Anime News Network)
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 26
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 10 h 50 min (26 × 25 min)
- Season
- Spring 2003
- Start date
- April 16, 2003
- End date
- September 25, 2003
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Original
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- GONZO
- Romaji title
- Gad Guard
- English title
- Gad Guard
- Native title
- ガドガード
Characters 10
Main characters
- Hajiki Sanada真田ハジキMain
- Takumi Kisaragi如月タクミMain
- Aiko Mary HarmonyMain
- KatanaMain
- Arashi ShinozukaMain
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- SeikaiSupporting
- Catherine Flaubertカトリーヌ・フローベルSupporting
- Kogoro Hachisuka蜂須賀 小五郎Supporting
- SayuriSupporting
- MelissaメリッサSupporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Hiroshi NishikioriDirector
- Hiroshi NishikioriSeries composition
- Kouhei TanakaMusic
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- Reiko YoshidaScript (eps 14, 19, 20)
- Hiroyuki ImaishiKey Animation (ep 24)
- Osamu KobayashiSetting Design
- Osamu KobayashiEpisode Director (eps 10, 24)
- Osamu KobayashiKey Animation (ED, eps 10, 22, 24, 26)
- Osamu KobayashiAnimation Director (ED)
- Shin ItagakiStoryboard (ep 15)
- Tadashi HiramatsuKey Animation (ep 24)
- Souichi MasuiStoryboard (eps 3, 7, 13, 16)
- Shou AikawaScript (eps 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 16, 17, 21, 25, 26)
- Manabu OnoKey Animation
- Hiroyuki NishimuraStoryboard
- Kumi IshiiAnimation Director (eps 4, 14)
- Kumi IshiiKey Animation (OP)
- Yuriko ChibaKey Animation
- Hiromi KatouKey Animation
- Hiromi KatouAnimation Director (eps 2, 11, 24, 26)
- Masanobu NomuraBackground Art
- Takatoshi HamanoProducer
- Hiroshi NishikioriEpisode Director (OP, eps 1-3, 5, 7, 10, 16, 18, 19, 26)
- Hiroshi NishikioriStoryboard (eps 1, 2, 4, 19, 23, 26)
- Hidekazu SatouStoryboard (ep 18)