Giant Robot Mikazuki (鉄甲機ミカヅキ Tekkōki Mikazuki) is a 2000 6 episode Super Robot television mini-series created and directed by Keita Amemiya.
Plot
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Episodes
- First Night: The Mysterious Giant, Mikazuki, Appears
- Second Night: The Door That Wouldn't Open
- Third Night: Fly Mikazuki, from Zero to Gai!
- Fourth Night: New Giant Shingetsu, Arise!
- Fifth Night: Serious Fight! Mikazuki vs. Shingetsu
- Sixth Night: Forever Mikazuki
Related Show
Mecha
- Mikazuki (Zero)
- Mikazuki Gai
- Shingetsu
- Tai-Gyoku-Ten
- Shingetsu Beast
- Gekkoki's
- Gekkoki Shogo
- Gekkoki Nigo
- Gekkoki Sango
- Gekkoki Yongo
- Gekkoki Gogo
- Spartacus TC
Characters
AIT (Annihilate Idea-monster Tacklers)
- Kazeo Isurugi - pilot of the Mikazuki
- Yuki Ninomiya - pilot of the Shingetsu
- Kunio Doihara
- Isamu Kiba
- Masato Kaneshiro
- Saori Izumi
- Yukiko Kusaka
- OP You, OP Hiro, OP Mai
- Kaneko
- Fujimoto
Akebono Heavy Industries
- Akane Hino - pilot of the Gekkoki's
- Kanie Hino
- Senkichi Hanayama
- Shinpei Hirose
Sigmadroid Co.
- Prof. Lovelock
- Lovelock's Secretary
Z-ONE (Zellion-Object Notional Examination)
- Tetsuro Isurugi
- Tomoko Isurugi
- Wataru Yusa
- Yukiko Kusaka
Other
- Nana Asada
- Setsuko Takashima
- Kaiga Mibu
- Minoru Kasuga
- Reika
Gaira World
- Torupa
- Tsukikage
- Zame
- Luna
Idom
- Watermelon Idom
- Watermelonoid
- Door Idom
- Dooroid α
- Dooroid β
- Wind Chime Idom
- Gyleek Idom
- House Idom
- Housenoid
Cast
- Kazeo Isurugi (岩動 風雄 ) - Yūta Yakayanagi (高柳 勇太 )
- Akane Hino (火野 アカネ ) - Saori Nara (奈良 沙緒理 )
- Yuki Ninomiya (二宮 ユキ ) - Fumina Hara (原 史奈 )
- Kunio Doihara (土肥原 邦夫 ) - Yukijirō Hotaru (螢 雪次朗 )
- Isamu Kiba (木場 勇 ) - Noboru Takachi (高知 東生 )
- Masato Kaneshiro (金城 正人 ) - Hideki Okada (岡田 秀樹 )
- Saori Izumi (和泉 沙織 ) - Saya Matsuoka (松丘 小椰 )
- Yukiko Kusaka (日下 有希子 ) - Yasuyo Shirashima (白島 靖代 )
- Tetsuro Isurugi (岩動 哲朗 ) - Tetta Sugimoto (杉本 哲太 )
- Tomoko Isurugi (岩動 朋子 ) - Saki Takaoka (高岡 早紀 )
- Kazeo Isurugi (age 5) (岩動 風雄 (5歳時) ) - Ryūnosuke Kamiki (神木 隆之介 )
- Nana Asada (麻田 ナナ ) - Yuka Noguchi (野口 由佳 )
- Torupa (トルパ ) - Akira Koieyama (小家山 晃 )
- Zame (ザメ ) - A.W.Kyōko (A・W杏子 )
- Luna (ルナ ) - Sayaka Yoshino (吉野 紗香 )
Staff
- Original creator & Director - Keita Amemiya (雨宮 慶太 )
- Screenwriter - Toshiki Inoue (井上 敏樹 )
- Executive producer - Tetsu Kayama (香山 哲 )
- Producers - Satoshi Akamatsu (赤松 智 ), Satoru Ogura (小椋 悟 )
- Assistant director - Noboru Takemoto (竹本 昇 )
- Cinematographer - Shinji Tomita (富田 伸二 )
- Composer - Hikaru Nanase (七瀬 光 )
Music
- Opening theme
- Crescent Moon (クレセント・ムーン, kuresento mūn)
- Lyrics: Don Dokken
- Composition: Hatake (はたけ )
- Artist: Mikazuki Tekkōdan (ミカヅキ鉄甲団 )
- Guitar - Hatake
- Guitar - Paul Gilbert
- Bass - Tony Franklin
- Drums - Chris Frazier
- Keyboards - Edward Roth
- Vocal - Don Dokken
- Ending theme
- Lost Memories (ロスト・メモリーズ, rosuto memorīzu)
- Lyrics & Composition: Kōji Iwakawa (岩川浩ニ )
- Artist: Mikazuki Tekkōdan (ミカヅキ鉄甲団 )
- Guitar - Hatake
- Guitar - Paul Gilbert
- Bass - Tony Franklin
- Drums - Chris Frazier
- Hammond - Edward Roth
- Guitar - Kōji Iwakawa
- Guitar - Richie Kotzen
- Key - Timothy Drury
- Strings - Eric Gorfain
- Vocal - Fumina Hara (原史奈 )
- Insert theme
- Oozora (大空 )
- Composition: Keita Shiina (椎名KAY太 )
- Arrangement: Yūko Fukushima (福島祐子 )
Notes
- While Keita Amemiya himself has not confirmed this, this series seems to be inspired by the works of Mitsuteru Yokoyama, as it shares a few of the tropes of shows such as Tetsujin-28 and Giant Robo.
- The story centers around a kid who controls a giant robot: (Shotaro Kaneda with Tetsujin-28, Daisaku Kusama with Giant Robo, Kazeo Isurugi with Mikazuki).
- The robots battle enemies that have some connection to it.
- All three robots are brawler types, using non-weapon based finishing moves such as punches and kicks as their primary attacks.
- The TV show's production was very expensive, costing over ¥1,000,000,000 (over $9,000,000 US). This is the result of using heavy amounts of CGI (which was still a fairly new and expensive concept for TV at the time) elaborate costume and set designs and a slow production schedule, airing one episode each month.