Gasaraki (1998)
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Cast & Crew.
Mami Kingetsu
Miharu
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Yushiro Gowa
Chris Patton
Yushiro
Satomi Korogi
Misuzu Gowa
Andy McAvin
Kazukiyo Gowa
Toshiyuki Morikawa
General Kuwajima
Show Hayami
Kiyotsugu Gowa
Sakura Tange
Sunao Murai
Minami Takayama
Rin Ataka
Toshihiko Nakajima
Colonel Stilbanov
Kunihiko Yasui
Tamotsu Hayakawa
Masaharu Satô
Krause
Tetsuya Iwanaga
Kazushi Kitazawa (voice)
Nobutoshi Canna
Takurou Suemi
Yoshino Takamori
Empress
Unsho Ishizuka
Prime Minister
Wataru Takagi
Symbol Chief Researcher
Kevin Charles
Takuma Tokudaiji
Yuzuru Fujimoto
Giichirou Gowa
Narumi Hidaka
Kahoru Kaburagi
Yukimasa Kishino
Kei Nishida
Hiroshi Naka
Shibasaki Major
John Swasey
Kei Nishida
Yuji Takada
Tsuna Watanabe
Ryosuke Takahashi
Creator / Original Story / Director
Shuko Murase
Character Designer
Hiroshi Toki
Director of Photography
Kuniaki Haishima
Music
Shigemi Ikeda
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 4, 1998
Original Nameガサラキ
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes25
Running Time25m
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Gasaraki (ガサラキ) is a 1998 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.