Alternative titles: Japanese: ガドガード
Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished airing
Airdate: 16 Apr, 2003 to 25 Sep, 2003
Genres: Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi, Shounen
Duration: 00:25:00 per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 and older
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: ANN)
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Katana Main | Junichi Suwabe Japanese Dave Wittenberg English |
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Aiko Mary Harmony Main | Michelle Ruff English Masayo Kurata Japanese |
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Takumi Kisaragi Main | Julie Ann Taylor English |
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Hajiki Sanada Main | Kenichi Suzumura Japanese Tony Oliver English |
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Arashi Shinozuka Main | Kari Wahlgren English Fumiko Orikasa Japanese |
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Sayuri Supporting | Shuri Inohara Japanese |
| Seikai Supporting | Tomokazu Seki Japanese | |
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Catherine Flaubert Supporting | Kikuko Inoue Japanese Karen Strassman English |
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Kogoro Hachisuka Supporting | Kirk Thornton English |
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Osamu Kobayashi Episode Director, Key Animation |
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Shou Aikawa Script |
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Reiko Yoshida Script |
| Hiroyuki Nishimura Storyboard | |
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Soichi Masui Storyboard |
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Tadashi Hiramatsu Key Animation |
| Kumi Ishii Key Animation, Animation Director | |
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Hiroyuki Imaishi Key Animation |
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Yuriko Chiba Key Animation |
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Kouhei Tanaka Music |
| Toshiharu Iijima Art Director | |
| Manabu Ono Key Animation |
