From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gad Guard
Gad Guard
Gad Guard The key in this story is an object called the GAD. GADs
have the ability to reconstruct materials while reacting
ガドガード to feelings of an organic life. The size and shape of the
(Gado Gādo)
Gādo)
resulting product seem to be different depending on the
Genre Adventure, Mecha, Science Fiction kinds of feelings that the life possesses. When Hajiki
comes in contact with one by accident, it transforms into
TV anime
a huge robot–a Techode, or "Iron Giant"—which Hajiki
Directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori names Lightning. And soon he realizes that he isn’t the
Studio Gonzo only one with a Techode, and must find out how to deal
with those others who he feels are the "same" as himself.
Licensed by Madman Entertainment
Funimation Entertainment
Setting
Network Animax, Fuji Television
English network G4 Canada Unit Blue
G4 The central Unit in which Gad Guard takes place is Unit
Original run April 2003 – September 2003
Blue, which is separated into three levels: Gold Town, Day
Town and Night Town.
Episodes 26 Gold Town is the upper-class area, where the wealthy
Light novel and well-off live in comfort and luxury, and plays host to
Global Electronics, the foremost provider of electricity in
Illustrated by Izuna Yoshitsune Unit Blue, a commodity not everyone can afford to have
Published by Media Factory all the time. The characters Takumi Kisaragi and Aiko
Mary Harmony live in Gold Town.
Demographic Male
Day Town is a middle-class area, equipped with run-
Imprint MF Bunko J ning water and electricity and is busy and metropolitan
in most places. The character Arashi Shinozuka is origi-
Original run 2003 – 2003
nally from this area where her father owns a karate dojo.
Volumes 4 While not as perfect as Gold Town, Day Town is seen by
people on the other side of the tracks as the place where
Gad Guard (ガドガード, Gado Gādo) is a 26-episode anime they’d rather be.
television series directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori and pro- Night Town is the ghetto of Unit Blue, and is called
duced by Gonzo, which was broadcast across Japan by the "Night Town" because of the fact that all the electrical
anime satellite television network, Animax, and the ter- power shuts off at midnight and does not come back until
restrial Fuji Television network. It has been licensed for dawn. In Night Town gangs and punks run the streets,
North American distribution by Geneon Entertainment, and all the local kids go to school at a church, taught by
and also aired on Anime Unleashed in 2005. With FUNi- a nun and a young teacher, in hopes of giving them what
mation’s "New Show A Go-Go", they have acquired the they need to escape their meager living. Leaving some-
distribution rights of the anime, and it will be available in thing outside at night is guaranteed to have it stolen, and
early 2009.[1] even walking around in broad daylight can be danger-
ous. Night Town is the dank and grimy setting for most
Story of Gad Guard, where Hajiki and his family live along with
Katana, the Jacque Bruno Gang and a host of other char-
See also: List of Gad Guard characters acters.
Several hundred years in the future, the natural re-
sources of the Earth are exhausted, and the progression
of the human race has stagnated. The world is now divid- Gads
ed into "Units". A boy named Hajiki Sanada lives with his Known in the Gad Guard world only as "powerful stones",
mother and sister in Unit Blue, in a place called "Night everyone desires Gads and believes that they can fulfill
Town", in which all electricity is shut down at midnight.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gad Guard
people’s dreams. However, each corrupted person to Gadrians
handle a Gad soon comes to realize the nightmares hid-
A Gadrian is what is formed when feelings of hate or
den inside them. Though the real importance of a Gad is
greed completely consume the owner of a Gad, and like-
unknown, they are used as very high sums of currency
wise, the Gad itself. The Gad then absorbs these thoughts
and are usually only owned by the rich in the color-coded
of greed and anger, usually killing the owner of the Gad
sectors and units. A Gad has many peculiar abilities and
and creating a monster, organic in nature with techno-
can take shape into a number of things depending on the
logical modification. A Gadrian’s creation can also be the
personality and thoughts of the owner. These creations
result of a Gad falling into the hands of someone without
are separated into three groups: Techodes, A-Techodes
any kind of strong, impacting emotions or intentions,
and Gadrians. Upon a Gad’s transformation into some-
such as a young child. The result being a sentient mani-
thing, all metal and most other material around it are vi-
festation of whatever the child was thinking about at the
olently absorbed and used as a base for the final product.
time.
Techodes
A Techode is one of the three things that sprout from a Music
Gad, and is also called a "Gadrian" occasionally by char- Opening Theme:
acters who aren’t aware of the differences between the • Boomerang Boogie ~Nanpudou no Ojisan~ by PE’Z
two. It usually takes the form of a large, humanoid robot Ending Theme:
roughly 20 feet (6.1 m) tall fueled by the emotional bond • Song for My Buffalo by PE’Z
between the robot and the owner. These robots are
"born" after contact with the Gad’s owner while they’re
having a strong or serious emotion in an area occupied References
by a lot of metal. On other occasions Techodes have taken [1] "FUNimation’s New Show A Go-Go Updates With
the shapes of humans, objects and other things depend- Gad Guard". Funimation Entertainment.
ing on what sort of emotion or will the owner imposed on http://www.funimation.com/
a Gad. ?page=newshowagogo. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
The five main Techodes of the series; Lightning, Zero,
Thunderbolt, Messerschmitt and Hayate are all named
after World War II-era fighter planes.
External links
• Gad Guard (anime) at Anime News Network’s
A-Techodes Encyclopedia
An A-Techode is a manifestation of one’s greed or lust • FUNimation Entertainment Official Site
for a Gad. Most Gads take the form of A-Techodes, Te- • Madman Entertainment’s official Gad Guard website
chodes being very rare. They generally take the shapes
of chaotic-looking monsters and are formed in the same
way Techodes are.
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