Gasaraki

Gasaraki (ガサラキ) is a 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.

Cast

 * Yushiro Gowa (豪和 ユウシロウ, Gōwa Yūshirō)
 * Nobuyuki Hiyama in Japanese and Chris Patton in English


 * Miharu (ミハル, Miharu)
 * Mami Kingetsu in Japanese and Monica Rial in English


 * Kazukiyo Gowa (豪和 一清, Gōwa Kazukiyo)
 * Yūji Takada in Japanese and Andy McAvin in English


 * Kiyotsugu Gowa (豪和 清継, Gōwa Kiyotsugu)
 * Sho Hayami in Japanese and Jason Douglas in English


 * Kiyoharu Gowa (豪和 清春, Gōwa Kiyoharu)
 * Isshin Chiba in Japanese and Brett Weaver in English


 * Misuzu Gowa (豪和 美鈴, Gōwa Misuzu)
 * Satomi Koorogi in Japanese and Hilary Haag in English


 * Meth (メス, Mesu)
 * Natsuo Tokuhiro in Japanese and Mike Kleinhenz in English


 * Phantom (ファントム・F・フィーゼラー, Fantomu Efu Fīzerā)
 * Issei Miyazaki in Japanese and Illich Guardiola in English