"OVERMAN King Gainer": The story of Exodus to the future and Overman "OVERMAN King Gainer" is a science fiction robot anime directed by Tomino Yoshiyuki that aired from 2002 to 2003. The work depicts the story of people who seek freedom and escape from a huge city-state (Domepolis) built to restore the natural environment on Earth in the future. The journey of the main characters Gainer Sanga and Exodus contractor Gain Bijou, who board an Overman called King Gainer and head for the fertile land of Yapan, deeply moved and excited viewers. In this article, we will introduce the appeal of "King Gainer" and provide detailed information about it. story In the future, huge city-states (domepolises) were built in the desert and tundra regions with the aim of restoring the natural environment, and people lived there. However, after many years, an activity called "Exodus" occurred, in which people tried to escape from the domepolises in search of freedom, and friction arose with the management side. Gainer Sanga, who lives in the domepolis of Urugsk in Siberia, is a high school student who is an Overman game champion. One day, he meets Gain Bijou, an Exodus contractor, and gets into an Overman called King Gainer to help with the Exodus. With the help of Gainer's King Gainer and Gain, the group continues their journey to the fertile land of "Yapan" in the east, shaking off the pursuit of the Siberian Railway Guard, who are trying to stop the Exodus, and the Overmen of London Ima, who manage the domepolises. Commentary "King Gainer" is a new-age sci-fi robot anime created by Director Tomino Yoshiyuki of "Mobile Suit Gundam". In the near future, an activity called "Exodus" occurs, in which people try to escape from a huge city-state, causing a stir all over the country. Gainer, who lives in Urugusku, is suspected of being an Exodus member and imprisoned, where he meets Gain in his cell. This is where the journey of the two begins. This work is depicted as a story of the desire for freedom, friendship, and growth. cast- Gainer/Yuji Nojima
- Gain / Kawano Wotoya
- Sarah/Ai Kobayashi
- Anna/Noriko Kito
- Lyubov/Ai Futamura
- Mamadou/Rintaro Nishi
- Kona/Mayumi Honda
- Adette/Marika Hayashi
- Bellow/Shusaku Ohtake
- Gauri/Toru Kusano
- Yassaba / Hiroshi Egawa
- Asham/Takehito Koyasu
- Cynthia/Mizuki Rena
- Miya/Yumiko Nakanishi
Main Staff- Planning: Kenji Uchida (Sunrise), Kazumi Kawashiro (Bandai Visual)
- General Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino
- Original work by Yoshiyuki Tomino
- Series Composition: Ichiro Okouchi
- Character design: Yoshihiro Nakamura, Kinu Nishimura (Capcom), Kenichi Yoshida
- Mechanical design: Akira Yasuda (Capcom), Kimitoshi Yamane, Kenichi Yoshida
- Animation Director: Kenichi Yoshida
- Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda
- Color design: Sayoko Yokoyama
- Director of photography: Sota Oya
- Edited by Shigeyuki Yamamori
- Music by Kohei Tanaka
- Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
- Producers: Michiko Suzuki (WOWOW), Yoshitaka Kawaguchi (Sunrise), Jun Yukawa (Bandai Visual)
- Produced by Sunrise, WOWOW, Bandai Visual
Main Characters Yapan's ceiling- Gainer Sanga : 17 years old. A high school student who loves games and lives in Domepolis Urugusuk. He is the champion of the Overman Battle Game and holds the title of King. He gets caught up in an Exodus in Urugusuk that Gain undertakes, and ends up piloting the Overman, King Gainer. His parents were killed by Exodusists, so he hates Exodus and tends to stay at home. Although he is shy, he has a strong core and sometimes takes bold actions.
- Gain Bijou : 28 years old. Nicknamed "Black Southern Cross", he is an expert sniper and an Exodus contractor whose job is to help Exodus. At first, he did not consider Gainer a real man, but as they continued their journey together to Yapan, he came to see him as a good partner he could rely on. Contrary to his rough-looking appearance, he is intelligent and a gentleman towards women. His noble behavior that he occasionally shows suggests that he comes from a good family.
- Sarah Kodama : 17 years old. A classmate whom Gainer has a crush on. Dreaming of Yaapan, she is actively involved in Exodus, and as a pilot of the Silhouette Machine, Panther, she joins the Gauri Squad, Yaapan's ceiling vigilante group. After Gainer becomes the pilot of the King Gainer, she makes sure he comes to school.
- Bellow Corish : 20 years old. He is a classmate of Gaynor and Sarah, who are older than him because he has repeated a year. He is a member of the Gaulli team and is in charge of steering the silhouette mammoth Bachkron that pulls the ceiling of Yapan. He likes Sarah, but his feelings are not reciprocated.
- Ana Medaille : 8 years old. Daughter of the Medaille duke family that rules the Domepolis of Urgusku. During the Urgusku Exodus, she is taken as a hostage by Gain and his friends, but due to her strong curiosity, she continues the Exodus with Yapan's Tenjo party. Although she is still young, she is a person of great character who is both considerate and strict.
- Duke Medaille : 51 years old. The duke who oversees Domepolis Urgusku. Anna's father. A collector of furnishings and Overman, King Gainer is one of them. He is held responsible for the large-scale exodus caused by the Yapan Ceiling, and the duke's family is in danger of being annihilated. However, he loves Anna and tearfully disowns her, wanting her to live freely. He was loved by his subjects, so it seems he was a good lord.
- Lyubov Smetana : 20 years old. Anna's tutor and caretaker. He is gentle and naive, but has a strong sense of responsibility for Anna, even at risk. He also admires gentlemen and falls in love with Gein at first sight.
- Mamadou Azakh : 42 years old. A teacher at Gainer's school and a maintenance man for the Gauri unit. He is actually from Ubbs, the same place as Gain. He used to be Gain's servant, and when they are alone he calls Gain by his real name, "Lord Charle." His honest personality makes Lyubov fond of him.
- Hughes Ghauri : 28 years old. Captain of the Ghauri Corps, a vigilante group on the ceiling of Yapan, and a user of Yapan Ningpo. He is an Exodusist and believes that he will make any sacrifice for the sake of Exodus. However, he is tormented by the fact that he took the lives of Gainer's parents because of his actions.
- Kona Madaya : 27 years old. Maintenance chief of the Gauri unit, in charge of maintaining Overman and Silhouette Machines. Although she has solid maintenance skills, she has a tomboyish and carefree personality. She seems more childish than her age. She likes Gain, but has a weakness for grown men. She adjusts and repairs Overman, and supports Gainer behind the scenes.
- Nan : 25 years old. A female mechanic for the Gauri Corps. In charge of maintaining the Silhouette Machines. She has a gentle personality and always looks sleepy. She is in love with Tun, another maintenance man for the Gauri Corps. Nan is tall, and the two of them are an odd couple.
- Tan : A crew member of Bachkron. He is often called in to help out the mechanics, including Kona, who works alongside Bellow as the helmsman.
- Tun : 26 years old. Like Nan, he is a male mechanic for the Gauri Corps. He has heart disease and once came close to death. His personality is the polar opposite of Nan, impatient but quick with his small body.
- Shitta : A member of the Gauri Squad. He is stationed on the bridge of the Bachkron and is in charge of making announcements on board the ship.
- Miya Rauzin : 20 years old. A singer named Miya, one of the legendary Five Sages. Her relationship with the legendary first Miya is unknown, but she makes exodus to the land of Yapan while singing in various places, and has become an idol for the people. She is usually elusive, joining and leaving the ceiling of Yapan, but when Overdevil is revived, she goes to the front line without regard for her own danger in order to inspire the people as the successor to the name of Miya.
- Ruble Wong Dara : 36 years old. A woman who became Miya's manager in an attempt to make a quick buck using her. She will not choose her partner in order to make money, and even tries to sell Miya to Kidz Mundt, the president of the Trans-Siberian Railway. On the other hand, she also has a kind side, putting up with Miya's selfishness. Although she is actually much older than Miya, she insists that they are the same age.
- Elizabeth : 19 years old. A nurse who helps Belhar with his medical treatment. She always has a sulky look on her face, but she's never in a bad mood. She's enthusiastic about her work.
The Five Sages- Five Sages (Belpha, Gah, Manman, Citran) : Five legendary great men who promoted the Exodus. As momentum for the Exodus grew, these founders of the Exodus came to be worshipped as the Five Sages. It was based on this story that the Exodus of Urugusuku was led by Miiya and the Five Sages. Incidentally, although the Five Sages of the founders and the Five Sages of Urugusuku are people who inherited the same will, they are completely different people.
Trans-Siberian Railway Guard- Kids Munt : 61 years old. President of the Trans-Siberian Railway Corporation. He raised Cynthia to be an excellent Overman pilot. He possesses the Overdevil sealed away by the first Miiya, and has sealed it away in the flying fortress "Agath's Crystal", which is also the headquarters of the Trans-Siberian Railway Corporation. On the other hand, he sometimes cooperates with Gain and the others to defeat the Overdevil.
- Cynthia Lane : 18 years old. A girl who was given special training by Kids Munt to become an Overman pilot. Her abilities as a pilot are immeasurable. Although she has a childlike personality, she also approaches combat as if it were a game. She and Gainer are friends through online games, and they feel that they are the ones who understand each other best.
- Yassaba Jin : 32 years old. Captain of the Trans-Siberian Railway Guard. A man full of manliness and pride, he is obsessed with preventing Exodus. In battle, he not only uses brute force, but also sets traps using his overskills, putting King Gainer in a difficult position many times.
- Adette Kisler : 25 years old. A member of the Trans-Siberian Railway Guard. A subordinate of Yassava, she infiltrates the ceiling of Yapan to capture Gainer and his friends, but for some reason ends up staying at Gainer's school as a teacher. Although she has a rough personality, she is caring, experienced, and reliable.
- Kejinan Dad : 31 years old. A member of the Trans-Siberian Railway Guard. A coward who is weak to the strong and strong to the weak. He was a subordinate of Yassaba, but tried to kill Yassaba to become the captain and tried to get promoted in every way possible, but nothing worked. He tries to stop Exodus until the end.
- Enge Gam : 30 years old. A member of the Trans-Siberian Railway Guard. He acts together with Kejinan. He follows Kejinan around because he doesn't want to take responsibility. If it comes down to it, he intends to push the responsibility onto Kejinan. If his wrongdoings are exposed, he plans to offer Kejinan up to save himself. He has no desire to rise to the top, and always settles for second place.
- Jabor Mariella : 23 years old. A member of the Trans-Siberian Railway Guard, and subordinate to Yassava. She has a complex about growing up in the countryside and longs for city life, so she has a strong admiration for the elite unit of the international surveillance organization London Ima, St. Reagan. She is Adette's junior, and calls her "big sister," but sometimes looks down on her.
- Kashimaru Baale : 39 years old. Nicknamed "Ice Operations Manager," he manages the timetable of the Trans-Siberian Railway. He was dispatched as the captain of the former Yassaba Corps to stop the Exodus from the Ceiling of Yapan, which was disrupting the train schedule. He makes full use of psycho-attack Overmen and is skilled in tactics that affect the mind, and employs various Overmen to carry out calm tactics.
St. Reagan- Asham Boon : 28 years old. A special captain of St. Reagan, the police organization of London Ima that manages the Dome Police. He relentlessly pursues Gain. At first, he said that the reason he did this was because Gain had made a move on his sister Karin and run away, but he admired and felt inferior about Gain's strength, and in order to stop the Exodus, he tried to overpower the residents of the ceiling of Yapan by force. He tormented Gainer and Gain until the end.
- Zakki Bronco : 24 years old. A golem pilot of St. Reagan who is Asham's right-hand man. He is highly capable in carrying out his missions, but is unable to defeat King Gainer. He respects Asham as a superior officer, but seems to despise him somewhat for his tendency to get carried away and go out of control due to personal feelings. He lost in battle with Cynthia and disappeared.
People you meet- Martina Lane : Cynthia's grandmother. She used to be an Overman rider and has a powerful Oversense. She is frozen by the Overdevil in the flying fortress "Crystals of Agath", the castle of Kids Munt, because she has a certain role to play.
- Ariel Nielsen : Gain's old friend. He was Gain's partner during the Exodus of the Webbs. He now works in the transportation of goods, and comes to the ceiling of Yapan carrying parts for the Emperanza, but he seems to have other purposes as well...
- Duke Pilwitz : He is in charge of Domepolis Policev. He is said to be condoning the operation of a thieves' market for money, and there are many dark rumors about him. Asham takes advantage of this and ends up lending Overman Jimba to him.
Main Robot Items phenomenon- Exodus : Originally it meant "to flee," but it also has a positive meaning of "breaking through a stagnant world." It refers to escaping from a controlled life in a dome polis in search of a freer way of life.
region- Yapan : A fertile land that Gain and the other Yapan Ceiling People consider to be the final destination of their Exodus. It is the utopia dreamed of and desired by the people who were forced to live in the Domepolis, and is a warm land suitable for agriculture, livestock farming, and fishing.
- Domepolis : A huge city built to survive in harsh natural environments such as deserts and tundra regions. Residential areas are built inside large domes, protecting people from the frigid atmosphere and strong sunlight.
Machine- Silhouette Machine : The machines in this world are basically called Silhouette Machines. They are sometimes called Silhouette Engines, because the material itself is the power source that generates energy, and the metal muscle (artificial muscle) is fixed to the frame (skeleton), so the machine itself (silhouette) acts as the engine.
- Silhouette Mammoth : A large silhouette engine used for mineral resource mining and civil engineering construction projects is called a Silhouette Mammoth. In the Exodus on the Ceiling of Yahpan, several Silhouette Mammoths are used to pull city units across the frozen ground.
- Overman : Among the Silhouette Machines, those with outstanding capabilities are called Overmans. Overmans have a shape closer to a human, and can be distinguished from Silhouette Machines by their appearance.
- Photon mat : A state in which the excess energy generated by the Silhouette Machine, whose shape itself is the engine, becomes visible. It usually appears as a rainbow of light. The photon mat generated by Overman is mainly formed in a ring shape, so it is called a photon mat ring.
Organization- The Ceiling of Yapan : The name given to the Gainers who made the Exodus from Domepolis Urugsk to Yapan, located to the east. This was a large-scale Exodus that separated the residential area of Domepolis and towed it to Yapan, attracting widespread attention and earning this name.
- London IMA : An international monitoring organization located in London, England. It has St. Reagan under its umbrella and wields great power, but its official purpose is to mediate conflicts between the Domepolises.
- St. Reagan : A special police force under the direct control of London Ima. It is an elite unit with the power to carry out acts of coercion. It possesses a large number of powerful Golem-type Overmen for combat.
- Siberian Railway Guard : Private security force of Kidz Mundt, the railway magnate who rules Siberia. They are hated by the people because they line their pockets by collecting high railway tolls and taking bribes. For the Siberian Railway Guard, Domepolis and its residents are the ones who force them to buy the goods they transport on their tracks at any price they ask, so they try to stop them from exodus because it would reduce their business profits.
Overman- King Gainer : A mysterious, ultra-high performance Overman that Duke Medaille had been hiding as a work of art. It was activated by Gainer and named King Gainer. It is equipped with a chain gun. It has the over skill "acceleration".
- Emperanza : Gain's Overman. It was assembled with new parts using the rapid-fire cannon and Brunhilde's left arm from the destroyed Gachiko. Since it was hastily built, it doesn't have high specs, but thanks to Brunhilde's left arm and Gain's piloting skills, it boasts high combat ability. It controls part of Brunhilde's overskill "gravity." Emperanza is the name of the Overman that Gain used previously.
- Brunhilde : A mysterious Overman who had been sleeping in the city of Miiya. He looks like a dragon and is twice the size of a normal Overman. He is called Early Overman because he is an early Overman. His over skill is the power to freely control "gravity".
- Rush Rod (normal version) : The guard's most precious Overman used by Yassava, the captain of the Siberian Railway guard force. He uses the super-high heat flamethrower <Bellows> and a hidden gun to toy with Gainer and the others. He also has the Overskill to control time, which puts Yapan's ceiling in a difficult position.
- Rush Rod (Stop Cot Version) : When wearing the Stop Cot, it is possible to shoot a stop beam that creates a time-stopping effect over a wider area.
- Golem : A combat Overman of Asham and other Saint Reagan. His overskill is "hardening." He can freely harden the hardness of his body surface. When his armor is reinforced, even the blade of a chain gun cannot penetrate it. He is equipped with an anti-Overman rifle. He can throw red rings and disc harpoons that are generated using photon mats.
- Power Golem : A Golem with a power coat layered on top to give it the overskill "Super Strength". It doesn't have any weapons, but it has enough strength to lift the residential unit on the ceiling of Yapan. It looks clumsy, but it's quick.
- Under-Golem : A simplified version of the Golem. It is mainly piloted by regular members of St. Reagan. Its over-skill is "shock". By pinning an object between two of them, it can generate a shock wave of super vibrations and cause damage. It is also known as the "Mach Hand Shaker". Another feature of this Overman is that it is equipped with a wide variety of weapons.
- Blackmail : An Overman who was assigned to the Trans-Siberian Railway Guard after Rushrod. His "invisibility" Overskill is displayed while wearing a black coat. He can disappear not only to the naked eye but also to various sensors.
- Dominator : Used by Cynthia, this is the latest Overman that the Siberian Railway Guard is proud of. Its Overskill is "transformation." It has a shapeless body that can stretch freely, and boasts high speed and high maneuverability. It can transform into any form.
- Black Domi : Overman of the Trans-Siberian Railway Guard. A simplified version of the Dominator given to the Kids Mundt Guard. His overskill is "transformation + electric shock". He can transform, but only to the point of turning parts of his body into weapons and armor. However, he can coordinate attacks, and the two of them can release electric shocks together to damage the enemy.
- Antlion : An Overman for tunnel excavation, only his four limbs have the Overskill. The Overskill "Excavation" allows him to move freely underground without digging, and has the ability to freely interfere with the earth's environment, such as loosening the ground.
- Planeta : A psycho-overman of the Trans-Siberian Railway Guard. He can use his over-skill "Telepathy (to make others hear his inner voice)" from a distance. Anyone he hits will have their inner thoughts revealed to others as a voice. In battle, he can gain an advantage by predicting the actions of enemy pilots.
- Mex Brute : An Overman of the Trans-Siberian Railway with an overskill that creates "illusions" using the crystal on his chest. With this ability, he can set up illusion traps in front of enemies and create unlimited copies of himself. His weapon is the electric shock he fires from his beard, called Mex Thunder.
- Lionnetter : A psycho-overman of the Siberian Railway Guard. He uses an over-skill called "Fear Materialization" that combines the abilities of Planetta and Deathnetta. He materializes the object that frightens the opponent with beams emitted from both shoulders. However, it is unknown whether the object of fear that is materialized is real or an illusion.
- Over Devil : A legendary being said to have been sealed away by the first Miiya. His over skill is "Over Freeze." It freezes everything. Kids Munt collected the parts one by one and restored them within the "Crystals of Agath." The full picture is shrouded in mystery.
Silhouette Machine- Dogozo : A silhouette combat machine of the Siberian Railway Guard. It is characterized by two machine guns protruding from both shoulders. It has enough power to destroy and invade normal buildings. The thrusters on its back allow it to glide for a short time and hover.
- Gachiko : Gain's favorite silhouette machine. It is equipped with a powerful sniper rifle on its right shoulder, and its left arm is a transplant of that of the legendary Overman, Brunhilde.
- Panther : A silhouette machine used by the Gauri Corps. It is equipped with a gun and a shield on each arm, and a machine gun on the hatch side. It can glide for a short time with the thrusters on its back. It is a well-balanced machine with general performance.
- Dobeg : A new silhouette machine of the Siberian Railway Guard, an improved and strengthened Dogozo. In episode 16, it is seized by the Adette Corps and becomes their main weapon. It rotates the 200mm rocket-assisted cannon mounted on its back forward, transforming from turtle mode to firing mode and firing.
subtitle- Episode 1: Gain and Gainer (2002/09/07)
- Episode 2: Repaying a debt! (2002/09/14)
- Episode 3: Explosion! Overskill (2002/09/21)
- Episode 4: The Taste of Victory is the Taste of a Kiss (2002/09/28)
- Episode 5: Shining Eyes in Siberia (2002/10/05)
- Episode 6: St. Reagan's Assassin (2002/10/12)
- Episode 7: Railroad King Kids Munt (2002/10/19)
- Episode 8: Hell's Ekiden (2002/10/26)
- Episode 9: Struggle! Teacher Adette (2002/11/02)
- Episode 10: Asham's Obsession (2002/11/09)
- Episode 11: Tears Can't Be Stealed (2002/11/16)
- Episode 12: Battle of the Giant Stones (2002/11/30)
- Episode 13: Brunhilde's Tears (2002/12/07)
- Episode 14: Change! Dominator (2002/12/14)
- Episode 15: Between Diamond and Magma (2002/12/21)
- Episode 16: Brave Fighting, Adette Squad (2003/01/11)
- Episode 17: A World Without Lies (2003/01/18)
- Episode 18: The Fragility of the Blade (2003/01/25)
- Episode 19: Lionnetter's Nightmare (2003/02/01)
- Episode 20: Can't win with Katez (2003/02/08)
- Episode 21: Overman's Darkness (2003/02/15)
- Episode 22: The Crystal of Agatho (2003/02/22)
- Episode 23: Resurrection of Overdevil (2003/03/01)
- Episode 24: Overmax (2003/03/08)
- Episode 25: In the Ice (2003/03/15)
- Episode 26: Gain Over (2003/03/22)
Theme songs and music OP1- King Gainer Over!
- Lyricist: Iogi Rin
- Composer: Kohei Tanaka
- Arrangement: Kohei Tanaka
- Vocals: Yoshiki Fukuyama
ED1- Can you feel my soul
- Lyrics by Hidenori Inoue
- Composer: Tsukasa Okazaki
- Arrangement: Tsukasa Okazaki
- Song: Secret Orchestra Maboroshi
IN1- Good night on ice
- Lyricist: Iogi Rin
- Composer: Kohei Tanaka
- Arrangement: Kohei Tanaka
- Vocals: Yurie Kokubu
IN2- Really?!
- Lyricist: Iogi Rin
- Composer: Kohei Tanaka
- Arrangement: Masami Kishimura
- Sung by Miyagi Sayuri & Hontai
IN3- Miya's Festival
- Lyricist: Iogi Rin
- Composer: Kohei Tanaka
- Arrangement: Masami Kishimura
- Vocals: Miyagi Sayuri
IN4- Devil's Icing
- Lyricist: Iogi Rin
- Composer: Kohei Tanaka
- Arrangement: Kohei Tanaka
- Vocals: Kaoru Nishino
Ratings and Recommendations "OVERMAN King Gainer" is a work that highlights director Tomino Yoshiyuki's unique worldview and storytelling. Set on a future Earth, this anime depicts the conflict between Exodus, a group of people seeking freedom, and the forces that seek to stop them, and it deeply moves and excites viewers. In particular, the story of the growth and friendship between the main characters Gainer and Gain has captured the hearts of many fans. In addition, the designs of Overman, including King Gainer, and the battle scenes are also impressive, making it visually appealing. This work is recommended not only for those who like sci-fi robot anime, but also for those who like human dramas and works that depict social issues. In particular, the story, which focuses on the themes of freedom and self-realization, is a universal theme that is relevant to modern society and will resonate with many people. Tanaka Kohei's music also adds to the atmosphere of the work, and the theme song and insert songs are also memorable. "King Gainer" is a work that offers viewers a new perspective and gives them hope and courage for the future. Please give it a watch. |
