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BRAIN POWERD
ブレンパワード (Buren Pawādo)
Demographic	Shonen
Genre	Adventure, Mecha, Drama, Science fiction
TV anime
Director	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Studio	Sunrise
Network	WOWOW, Animax, Bandai Channel Animax
Original run	April 8, 1998 – November 11, 1998
Episodes	26
Manga
Author	Yoshiyuki Tomino (story), Yukiru Sugisaki (art)
Publisher	Kadokawa Shoten Tokyopop Panini Comics Carlsen Comics
Serialized in	Shōnen Ace
Original run	1998 – 1998
Volumes	4

Brain Powerd (ブレンパワード, Buren Pawādo^?) is a 26-episode anime TV series, created by Sunrise and directed and written by Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series also features mecha designs by Mamoru Nagano, character designs by Mutsumi Inomata, and music by Yoko Kanno.

It originally premiered across Japan on WOWOW between April 8, 1998 to November 11, 1998. The series was also aired across Japan on the anime CS television network Animax, which also later broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide, including its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia (where Animax aired Bandai's The Ocean Group-produced English dub); Animax's broadcast being the series' English language television premiere.^[1]

The anime series was licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment, who also released a dub produced by The Ocean Group and distributed it across the region under the title Brain Powered.

The series was also adapted into a manga, with art by Yukiru Sugisaki, which was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace magazine, and later published in the United States in English by Tokyopop.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 3 Music 4 Staff 5 References 6 External links

Brain Powerd is set in a post-apocalyptic world, in which the vast majority of the earth has been afflicted by numerous earthquakes and floods, forcing humanity to live on the verge of chaos and destruction. Amidst this, situated deep within the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, are the ruins known as Orphan (オルファン, Orufan^?), which seeks to reach the earth's surface and leave the planet, obtaining its organic energy, which would result in all lifeforms on earth being annihilated. Its agents, known as reclaimers, pilot organic antibodies known as Grand Chers (グランチャー, Guran Chā^?), and seek to retrieve disc plates situated on the earth's surface.

The series begins with Hime Utsumiya, a teenage girl, venturing upon such a disc, which gives birth to a unique, infant Antibody, a Brain Powerd, with which Hime forms a deep connection. She is soon joined by Yū Isami, a former reclaimer who leaves Orphan after learning of the catastrophe it seeks to unleash, and the both of them enter upon an adventure, which may decide the future of humanity.

Yu Isami (伊佐未 勇, Isami Yū^?)

• Voiced by: Tetsu Shiratori

A young, teenaged boy, and the male protagonist of the story. A former reclaimer, after a fateful encounter with Hime Utsumiya, Yu decides to leave Orphan, escaping with a Brain Powerd.

Hime Utsumiya (宇都宮 比瑪, Utsumiya Hime^?)

• Voiced by: Akino Murata

A young, teenaged girl, and the female protagonist of the story. She comes into contact with an organic plate, which later gives birth to a Brain Powerd, later becoming its pilot.

Quincy Issa (クインシィ・イッサー, Quinshi Issā^?) / Iko Isami (伊佐未 依衣子, Isami Īko^?)

• Voiced by: Kumiko Watanabe

A young, teenaged girl, and Yū's elder sister.

Kanan Gimms (カナン・ギモス, Kanan Gimosu^?)

• Voiced by: Romi Paku

A young and talented former Grand Cher pilot. She was Yū's best friend and had been raised on Orphan. She later leaves Orphan and joins Novis Noah.

Jonathan Glenn (ジョナサン・グレーン, Jonasan Gurēn^?)

• Voiced by: Gō Aoba

A reclaimer at Orphan.

Opening Theme

• "IN MY DREAM"

Lyrics and composition by: Eri Shingyōji

Arrangement by: Shintarō Itō

Song by: Eri Shingyōji

Ending Theme

• "Field of Love" (愛の輪郭（フィールド）; Ai no Rinkaku (Fīrudo))

Lyrics by: Rin Iogi

Composition and arrangement by: Yoko Kanno

Song by: KOKIA

• Original concept: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino
• Chief director: Yoshiyuki Tomino
• Character design: Mutsumi Inomata
• Mechanical design: Mamoru Nagano
• Mechanical design support: Takumi Sakura
• Animation design: Atsushi Shigeta
• Art director: Masaru Satō
• Music: Yoko Kanno
• Sound director: Yasuo Uragami
• Main logo design: Akihisa Kumakawa
• Ending still: Nobuyoshi Araki
• Animation production: Sunrise

• Official Sunrise website (Japanese)
• Official Animax website (Japanese)
• Official Bandai Channel website (Japanese)
• Official Animax Asia website (English)
• Official Animax South Asia website (English)
• Brain Powerd (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia