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television series. Later, Animax Asia aired the anime series from April 19, 2017.

Plot

In 21st century Japan, vehicles with artificial intelligence for increased safety, known as A.I. Cars, have revolutionized the automotive industry. Special schools teaching children to drive A.I. Cars have been established. One day, Kakeru Todoroki, a fifth grader of Arcadia Academy, is summoned by the school principal and given an A.I. Car with which to save humanity. The car, however, is actually also a transforming robot known as Gyrozetter. When Xenon, an evil organization bent on world domination, wreak havoc across New Yokohama City, Kakeru must gather the other "chosen drivers" foretold on the artifact known as the "Rosettagraph", and stop Xenon's evil plans.

Characters

; : The main protagonist of the series, and the first of the six chosen drivers selected by Arcadia. A young carefree boy who was very polite, and never forgets to smile and bow at whoever he met, although he regularly displayed recklessness that almost got him into trouble. However, whenever he sees someone in danger, he would not think twice before rushing to help, but when his friends were in deep danger, or if they were hurt in front of him, Kakeru sets his outgoing personality aside and unleashes his repressed hatred at his enemies. He usually used the word ''depressingly'' as an adjective, much to Rinne's dismay. His Gyrozetter, Raibird, uses a short sword, called "Thunderclap Blade", to deliver strikes at his enemies, and usually uses attacks based on Japanese wrestling moves, such as ''Lightning Slash'', an diving attack. He has three Final Burst in the series ; : : ; : : ; : : ; : : ; : :

Media

Video games

The initial entry in the franchise was a 2012 arcade game, ''Chō Soku Henkei Gyrozetter'', which incorporates a physical

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. The game has two modes, car racing and robot battling. The arcade machine features a transforming input, which switches between a steering wheel for vehicle mode and a

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for the robot battle mode. In 2013, a

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Manga

A manga adaptation of the series, written and illustrated by Teruaki Mizuno, was serialized in

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manga magazine from October 2012 to April 2014.

Anime

A total of three theme songs are used, one opening and two endings. The opening is ''Let's Go!'' by

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, the first ending is ''Strobe'' and the second ending, used from episode 18, is ''One Step'', both by

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. The series started on 2 October 2012 and ended on 24 September 2013.

Episode list

References

External links

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