Detonator Orgun
デトネイターオーガン (Detonator Orgun)
Genre	Adventure, Mecha
OVA: Detonator Orgun
Directed by	Masami Obari
Studio	AIC
No. of episodes	3
Released	25 August 1991 11 September 2001
Runtime	159 min

Detonator Orgun (デトネイター・オーガン, Detonator Orgun^?) is a three-episode OAV anime series by AIC, directed by Masami Obari. It was released on DVD by Central Park Media in the United States in 2001. The series is set on Earth in the year 2292 and features science fiction and mecha elements. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For the fictional robot, see Mecha. ... A scene from an episode of the Casshan OVA Original Video Animation ), abbreviated OVA ), is a term used for anime titles that are released direct-to-video, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... Masami Obari is an anime character designer and director. ... Anime International Company Inc. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A scene from an episode of the Casshan OVA Original Video Animation ), abbreviated OVA ), is a term used for anime titles that are released direct-to-video, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Anime International Company Inc. ... Masami Obari is an anime character designer and director. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Central Park Media is a distributor of East Asian cinema, television, and comics. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... For the fictional robot, see Mecha. ...

Plot

Part 1

Tomoru Shindo is a college student in City 5, only months away from graduating, and he cannot decide what he wants to do with his life. He ponders joining the Earth Defense Force (EDF). Tomoru begins having strange dreams where he is protecting a woman from mecha monsters. He also dreams about a mecha named Orgun fleeing from other mechas. The mechas attack Orgun on the moon and all are destroyed. The supercomputer I-ZACK informs Professor Kanzaki that he is receiving signals from the moon. A meteor enters the Earth's atmosphere and is headed for City 5, when it suddenly changes course and splashes down in the ocean. The Earth Defense Force deploys a squadron of "bird-man" aircraft to investigate. When the object splashes down it begins attacking the city. The bird-men engage the object, which is a mecha, and begin battling it. It is revealed that scientists have been building something based on specifications beamed from the moon, which turns out to be a mecha. The alien mecha continues to destroy the city with none of EDF's weapons being effective. The mecha built by Kanzaki wakes up and breaks out of its underground lab. Tomoru and Professor Kanzaki try to get to a vantage point to see the attacking mecha, which then attacks them. The situation turns into a replica of one of Tomoru's dreams. Tomoru and the Professor are trapped, the mecha created by Kanzaki shows up and invites Tomoru to fight. He takes the offer, joins with the mecha and defeats the invader, as well as a second one that has appeared. For the fictional robot, see Mecha. ...

After the battle Tomoru is released from the mecha. He has gained information and memories from being linked with the mecha. He says the mecha's name is Orgun and that he has travelled 260 million years to get to Earth. Orgun is of the same race as the invaders, a species known as the Evoluders.

Part 2

The EDF builds replicas of Orgun to defend Earth. It is revealed that the Evoluder are descendants of a space probe which had been launched 200 years in the past. Due to the effects of special relativity, they have experienced millions of years of dilated time. The harshness of space has evolved them into half-human, half-machine hybrids. Some of the Evoluder have humans linked to them such as Kumi Jefferson with Mhiku, and Tomoru Shindo with Orgun. The special theory of relativity was proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein in his article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies. Some three centuries earlier, Galileos principle of relativity had stated that all uniform motion was relative, and that there was no absolute and well-defined state of rest...

Part 3

The Evoluders attack Earth. They are successfully repelled by the EDF and Orgun. Commander Zoa manages to fire off the main anti-matter cannon, even though the control center has been destroyed. However Orgun stops it with his Grand cross Attack which requires sunlight. Orgun dies in the process while Tomaru survives. The leader of the Evoluder, Commander Zoa, is killed and Mhiku resumes ruling the Evoluder who peacefully leave Earth. Tomaru and Michi walk off into the sunset. The Grand Cross of the Iron Cross was an award intended for senior Generals of the German Army and dated back to 1870. ...

Characters

• Tomoru Shindo/Orgun (Kouichi Yamadera)
• Yoko Mitsurugi (Emi Shinohara)
• I-Zack (Nobuo Tanaka)
• Professor Michi Kanzaki (Yumi Touma)
• Bannings (Bouya Ueda)
• Kumi Jefferson/Mhiku (Hiroko Kasahara)
• Commander Zoa (Kenji Utsumi)
• Virgil (Masashi Ebara)
• Lang (Norio Wakamoto)
• Simmons (Norio Wakamoto)
• Foreston (Takkou Ishimori)
• Nokku (Toshihiko Seki)

Koichi Kamadera (山寺 宏一 Yamadera Kōichi, born June 17, 1961 in Miyagi) is a veteran seiyū who also hosts a childrens show on Japanese TV and has had a couple of live action roles (namely in a couple of recent Godzilla movies). ... Emi Shinohara (篠原 恵美 Shinohara Emi), born Emiko Shinohara (篠原 恵美子 Shinohara Emiko, born August 8, 1963) is a well-known seiyÅ«. She is employed by 81 Produce. ... Yumi Touma (冬馬 由美 Tōma Yumi, born December 20, 1966) is a seiyÅ« and J-pop singer who was born in Chiba. ... Hiroko Kasahara (笠原 弘子 Kasahara Hiroko) is a popular seiyu and J-pop singer who was born on February 19, 1970 in Tokyo, Japan. ... Kenji Utsumi (内海賢二 Utsumi Kenji, born August 26, 1937) is a veteran seiyū who was born in Fukuoka. ... Masashi Ebara (江原 正士 Ebara Masashi) is a seiyu who was born on May 4, 1953 in Kanagawa. ... Norio Wakamoto (若本 規夫 Wakamoto Norio), is a veteran seiyÅ« who was born Noriaki Wakamoto (若本 紀昭 Wakamoto Noriaki) on October 18, 1945 at Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. ... Norio Wakamoto (若本 規夫 Wakamoto Norio), is a veteran seiyÅ« who was born Noriaki Wakamoto (若本 紀昭 Wakamoto Noriaki) on October 18, 1945 at Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. ... Toshihiko Seki (é–¢ 俊彦 Seki Toshihiko, born June 11, 1962) is a veteran Japanese voice actor (seiyÅ«) who has voiced characters in anime, drama CDs and video games. ...

References

• Detonator Orgun

Trivia

• Detonator Orgun is recently featured on the new Super Robot Wars, Super Robot Wars W as one of the main characters. His story in the Super Robot Wars timeline is linked to Tekkaman Blade

Super Robot Wars: Alpha Gaiden, one of many SRW games released by Banpresto in Japan. ... Tekkaman Blade , lit. ...

External links

• Detonator Orgun (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• AnimeOnDVD review