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Yamato Takeru (anime)

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Yamato Takeru
Genre	action mecha science fiction fantasy
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	37
Production
Running time	30 minutes (per episode)
Broadcast
Original run	September 4 1994 – December 24, 1994

Yamato Takeru is an anime loosely related to both the live action film and legend about a young boy who goes onto a great adventure that would grant him great powers and understanding his destiny is linked to the world. The series is followed up by two episode OAV "Yamato Takeru ~After War~".

1 Synopsis
2 Voice Cast
3 Japanese Production Staff
4 Sky Warriors and Soldiers
5 Episodes
6 Music
7 Related Links
8 External links

Synopsis

In the 25th century, a spaceship carrying 300 scientists leaves the earth in search of a new world in the solar system, but an unexpected accident occurs. They encountered a black hole that is connected to another universe through space and time. The people on board abandoned their ship and ejected emergency capsules to a planet called Ismo. Upon the chaos a child was born and the first infant to be native Ismo, Yamato Takeru. Ismo is a star of the Onam System, which corresponds to the Solar System in our universe. It is the only planet left in the Onam System. The Death Star called Yomi is a comet which regularly approaches the Onam System. There were once 8 planets in the Onam System. Many years ago, in the "time of the gods," there was a war against the evil monster Yamatano Orochi (an 8-headed dragon). The gods won the battle. Yamatano Orochi was locked into 8 capsules, one of which is buried deep in the center of each planet. Nobody was supposed to have access to the core of the planets. However Tsukuyomi, an evil "god" who rules Yomi, succeeded in reaching the capsules one after another. Seven of the planets were destroyed using his powerful robots, the Evil Sky Warriors. However, when he tried to acquire the last capsule from the planet Ismo, the most powerful Sky Warrior, Susanoo, got out of control and was blown away. A million years later, the Death Star Yomi is approaching the Onam System once again. Tsukuyomi, the master of Yomi, plans to take this opportunity to realize his dream of ruling the entire universe. He is desperate for the last stone containing Yamatano Orochi. If Tsukuyomi can get hold of this capsule, Yamatano Orochi will return to life and its power will become his. Tsukuyomi needs Sky Warrior Susanoo to abstract Orochi and dispatches Sky Soldiers to retrieve Susanoo. But it is too late. Susanoo no longer belongs to Tsukuyomi. It belongs to Takeru, a 13-year-old boy from Earth, who happened to discover the buried robot Susanoo and woke it from its million-year-long sleep. Takeru becomes involved in the battle against the Sky Soldiers and the fate of all in Ismo.

Voice Cast

Chafurin as Ma Horoba
Ai Orikasa as Kushinaga
Akira Ishida as Amatsumi
Atsuko Tanaka as Shaman
Ayumi Kida as Kiriomi
Hiromi Ishikawa as Manta Namuji
Kazuhiro Nakata as Yamato Yoshio
Kenichi Ono as Mark
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Tsukuyomi
Kumiko Takizawa as Asuka
Masahiro Anzai as Ouka
Megumi Ogata as Roka
Mika Kanai as Oto Tachibana
Run Sasaki as Yamato Kaoru
Satoko Kitô as Hayamika
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Mikazuchi
Yoshiko Kamei as Yamato Takeru

Japanese Production Staff

Chief Director:

Hideharu Iuchi

Director:

Futa Morita

Series Composition:

Hideharu Iuchi

Script:

Hideharu Iuchi

Katsuyoshi Yatabe

Masaharu Amiya

Nobuaki Kishima

Nobuyuki Fujimoto

Ryo Saga

Episode Director:

Hiroyuki Ishido

Jiro Saito

Kazuyoshi Yokota

Nobuhiro Kondo

Shin-ichi Masaki

Shinji Sakai

Takeshi Yoshimoto

Toshiaki Kanbara

Yoshitaka Fujimoto

Yusuke Yamamoto

Music:

Osamu Tezuka

Original creator:

Masami Yuuki

Character Design:

Koichi Ohata

Takahiro Kishida

Mecha design:

Koichi Ohata

Sky Warriors and Soldiers

In the anime, all the giant alien robots are called "Demon Air War God's" or "Dark Sky Warriors" in Japanese. These robots are bio-mechanized with their own personalities, feelings, and unique powers. All the pilots of these fantastic machines are actually kidnapped children that were trained to be obedient, skillful, and murderous agents of their dark priestess. Though robotic in form, they are made through bio-mechanical incubation and have the ability to evolve over time to take even more powerful forms. All "Demon Air War God's" recharge through special bacta-like pods which repairs and recharges their energies, but because they're also living machines they can eat as well. All their internal cockpits have crystal orbs which act as an interface with their pilot and also respond to human emotions to react accordingly to the pilots feelings. Because this series was never English subbed/dubbed, only their Japanese names remains:

Susanoo

Susanoo once belonged to a merciless unnamed pilot that used Susanoo's powers to destroy seven worlds. Susanoo's pilot for unexplained reasons landed upon the green planet and died there leaving his sword behind along with his remains. Yamato would eventually stumble upon Susanoo and used its destructive powers for good, but never once realizing that inside Susanoo also lies the dark spirit of the one of eight-headed dragon. Through combat, Susanoo eventually evolved into a larger and more powerful form to defeat his enemies. The dark dragon spirit that once resided in Susanoo left when the very energies that bound him were used to revive Yamato. In time the dark energies that resided in Susanoo were cleansed through Yamato's journey. Susanoo would eventually develop a psychic link with Yamato and respond to his every thought and intention. Armaments:

Twin shoulder energy blaster cannons

Kayzer Knuckles (like brass knuckles)

Sword of Kusanagi

Shield of Mikagami

Shuranoo

Amon pilots "the strongest demon air war God." Shuranoo was coined the "most powerful." While under Amon's piloting skills Shuranoo was indeed formidable, but proven at best on par in battle strength with Gaiou and Susanoo. After Amon died, no one else was left to pilot Shuranoo and so Shuranoo was left behind in the "Dark Sky Carriage" where it was vaporized along with Gaiou during Eight Headed Dragon's revival. Armaments:

Battle Axe

Duel tentacles (able to bind and shoot energy bolts)

Tamanoo

Tamanoo is initially piloted by Amatsumi but after he is killed by Kiriomi, Yamato's new friend Kaon tries to pilot it. Even though Amatsumi was dead, Tamanoo is still shrouded in his evil presence. Only through Yamato playing his ocarina is the evil presence destroyed and Kaon is able to pilot it. In Susanoo's first stage Tamanoo towers over it but the difference is less apparent in its second stage. Armaments:

Giant Sword

Engetsu Wheel

Tokinoo

Kushinada pilots Tokinoo. Tokinoo and Shishinoo are both defeated by Gaioh. Armaments:

Whip

Shishinoo

Kiriyuu pilots Shishinoo. Kiriyuu has the ability to predict his enemie's movements which gives him an advantage though it is useless when there are thunderstorms. Shishinoo and Tokinoo are both defeated by Gaioh. Armaments:

Twin Blue Dragon Blades

Kazenoo

Kiriomi pilots Kazenoo, a blue and green schemed "Dark Sky Warrior." Though not the most powerful, it was a high speed combatant able to fly and move swifter than any of the mechs. It was the fourth mech to pursue and destroy Susanoo and Yamato. After several failed attempts to kill Yamato and procure Susanoo, Kazenii and Kiriomi were presumed destroyed as the mech was destroyed in battle and Kiriomi falling into molten rock. However in a later episode it's revealed that Kazenoo was discarded into space. While a little banged up, it wasn't blown into pieces as last scene. It was left as floating space debris above a blue planet where Kiriomi was actually held imprisoned in a crystal casing. After Kiriomi was revived and reformed, Kazenoo was part of the Golden Dragon Carriage's complement and protected Yamato's village when it was attacked during the final stages of the battle. Kazenoo is one of the few mechs in this series that endured the most beatings and managed to survive throughout the whole series. It's presumed Kiriomi has either taken Kazenoo with him to another place or left to "sleep" in a cave like Susanoo as such machines are no longer needed in time of peace. Weapons:

Two Battle Axes

Able to fire energy bolts from hands (one of Amatsumi's powers).

Project Flames

Aranoo

Ouka pilots Amanoo. It has a scythe that replaces one of its hands. It initially tries to approach Yamato to give Oto a message from Mikazuchi. Later it fights with Susanoo but Oto climbs into Susanoo and thrusts the Sword of Kusanagi into Aranoo's chest and injures Ouka. Mikazuchi takes the Aranoo after knocking out Ouka to fight a renewed Susanoo who blocks his fatal attack on a unconscious Yamato. Yamato climbs onto Susanoo and renews his fight with Mikazuchi. Aranoo loses because of the previous damage to its body and a piece of shrapnel flies towards oto who is watching the fight on a cliff. Ouka protects her with his body and dies after giving her a flower as a parting gift. Armaments:

Arm Scythe

Tsukinoo

Hayamika pilots Tsukinoo. Tsukinoo resembles a female samurai-like Sky Warrior with violet coloring scheme. Tsukinoo appeared to kill Takeru after she was tricked in rage to kill him. After she calmed down, Tsukinoo suffered a conflict between Tsukinoo when her emotions caused a backlash in the system and caused her Sky Warrior to go berserk and explode. Armaments:

Elemental fire projection

Fire Sword

Gaiou

The "demon air war god" which takes in the "Spirit of the Eight Headed Dragon" from Susanoo. Gaiou was the latest "Dark Sky Warrior" to be made by the Dark Priestess and rewarded to Mikazuchi if he completed his mission of recovering Susanoo and killing Yamato. During the battle between Susanoo, Yamato died and was revived by the same powers that binded the "Spirit of the Eight Headed Dragon" and went wild. After several failed attacks on Yamato, the "Spirit of the Eight Headed Dragon" spirited into space where it sensed Gaiou. Overriding Gaiou's systems, it possessed the mech and "rescued" Mikazuchi to use him as a vessel to achieve its goals. Because the "Spirit of the Eight Headed Dragon" resides within Gaiou, he can act on his own with intent. After "Spirit of the Eight Headed Dragon" made it to its incubating body within the "Dark Sky Carriage," Gaiou was vaporized as the Eight Headed Dragon was revived. Gaiou may not be the most powerful, but Mikazuchi proved he can go head to head with anyone who fights him including Susanoo and Shuranoo. Nearing the final stages of the anime he is able to acquire the power of Amanoshiratori nd combines gaioh with it. In this state he is able to defeat both Shishinoo and Tokinoo at the same time. Armaments:

Laser Eye Beams

Clawed hands and feet

Trident (can drain energies and be charged for additional damage)

Vector Thrusting

Amanoshiratori

The Amanoshiratori is a legendary bird that Yamato tries to acquire the power of to stop Tsukiyomi. The Amanoshiratori gives Yamato a test. Whether he values its power more or his friend's lives. Mikazuchi is also present but Yamato could not give up his friends for the power of Amanoshiratori and so Mikazuchi takes its power to make Gaiou even stronger. When Oto's body is taken over by the "Spirit of the Eight Headed Dragon", she pilots it. When Gaiou is vaporized in the "Dark Sky Carriage", so is Amanoshiratori's body. But when Susanoo falls from the "Dark Sky Carriage", Amanoshirotori's spirit flies down to protect Susanoo and Yamato.