''Crush Gear'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese

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television series created by

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. It aired from October 2001 to January 2003, with 68 episodes. A

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titled aired from February 2003 to January 2004.

Premise

Crush Gear is a fictional sport where two pocket-sized cars called "Gears" go head-to-head in a match. The players are somehow able to drive the Gears at will which eliminates the need of RC control. The object is to either knock the opponent’s Gear out of the arena, flip over the opponent’s Gear in such a way that it does not get back on its wheels on time, or, controversially, shatter the opponent’s gear to pieces. When not in a match, the Gears appear in

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as with the series itself. But when the vehicles are in a match, the Gears appear in CGI. ''Gekitou! Crush Gear Turbo'' tells the story of Kouya Marino, an eleven-year-old boy who is a member of the Tobita Club, a Japanese Crush Gear team led by his late older brother, Yuhya Marino—the Asian Cup champion who was qualified for the World Cup finals—, who died in a tragic accident four years ago. Kouya's skills are nowhere near his brother's, and is nearly disqualified when he arrived late at the clubhouse for an elimination match. Yuhya's former teammate, Takeshi Manganji quits the team and forms a club of his own, forcing the rest of the members to join his new group, the Manganji Club. As the Tobita Club is facing the threat of extinction, Kouya refuses to give up and comes to inherit a Crush Gear from his late brother, the Garuda Eagle. Kouya must find a way to reinstate the Tobita Club back to its former glory. With the help of his new teammates, he eventually develops his techniques in Gear Fighting and comes to feel that Crush Gear is an important friend, leading him to victory. By recognizing the same feelings in his opponent, he becomes friends even with his rival.

Characters

Main characters

; : :Gear: ''Garuda Eagle'' ⇒ ''Garuda Phoenix'' :The series'

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and the captain of the Tobita Club, Kouya is a young Gear Fighter who aims to be the number one in the world of Crush Gear. : Naotake Furusato, producer of ''Crush Gear Turbo'', said that the creators "lost a lot of sleep over" trying to name the main character. Furusato credits director

Shūji Iuchi (September 15, 1950 – December 15, 2016) was a director of anime series. Iuchi directed ''Crush Gear Turbo'',

with the final naming. The creators decided to use "Kouya" as the name "had a ring to it like brothers would have and that made it kind of realistic" and that the name literally means "wilderness" and "sounded right for a main character". Furusato added that the name "Kouya" made him want to see the character "grow up big and strong".Interview Side B
. '' Sunrise Animation''. Retrieved on January 20, 2009. ; : :Gear: ''Raging Bull'' ⇒ ''Raging Bullet'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Tobita Club, Jirou is a former

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pitcher who likes to eat red-bean buns. He is Kouya's closest teammate and friend. Jirou also has a crush on the team's deputy owner, Lilika. ; : :Gear: ''Dino Spartan'' ⇒ ''Dino Phalanx'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Tobita Club, Kyousuke is known as a genius Gear Master, a mechanic with superior skills in tuning, maintaining and customizing Crush Gears. He was Kuroudo's former teammate in Team Griffon. ; : :Gear: ''Shooting Mirage'' ⇒ ''Shooting Phantom'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Tobita Club, Kuroudo is a

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swordsman with an excellent sense of hearing. He was Kyousuke's former teammate in Team Griffon. :Furusato said that Kuroudo's name originates from a samurai in the

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. ; : :Kouya's childhood friend and the manager of the Tobita Club team, Kaoru often provides information about various Gear Fighters to her teammates. ; : :Gear: ''Gaiki'' :The leader of the Manganji Club and Kouya's rival, Manganji is a powerful Gear Fighter who comes from a wealthy family that runs their own business company. :Furusato described the name "Manganji" as having "an image of wealth" – He added that "Japanese people are suckers for names that end in "ji"! ''(laughs)''" ; : :A key member of the Tobita Club serving as the team's deputy owner, Lilika is managing the group alongside Kaoru and is watching over the members.

Recurring characters

; : :Gear: ''Garuda Eagle'' :A genius Gear Fighter and Kouya's deceased older brother, Yuhya was the late former captain of the Tobita Club and former champion of the Asia Cup tournament. Four years prior to the start of the series, he was killed in an unfortunate accident just before the final match of the World Cup tournament. Yuhya often appears in flashbacks. :Furusato said that Yuhya's name was decided on early in the production. ; : :Kouya and Yuhya's mother, who runs a

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called La Mére du Marino. ; : :Kouya and Yuhya's father and Marimo's husband. ; : :Manganji's father, who is the president of the Manganji Group corporation. ; : :Manganji's loyal sidekick and a member of the Manganji Club. ; : :Manganji's loyal sidekick and a member of the Manganji Club. ; : :Gear: ''Thunder Horn'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Central Club, a team consisting of Gear Fighters from central Japan. ; : :Gear: ''Hammer Willow'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Central Club team. ; : :Gear: ''Shellnite'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Central Club team. ; : :Shingo's younger sister and Kouya's classmate. ; : :Gear: ''Winning Dagger'' :A Gear Fighter and former member of the Tobita Club during Yuhya's generation, and Fuuko's older brother. ; : :Gear: ''Tentakol'' :A team of mischievous Gear Fighters from the Kansai region, consisting of quadruplet brothers , , , and . ; : :Gear: ''Break Nine'' :A

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player and underground Gear Fighter who is a member of the Mighty Gears, a team by the Manganji Club consisting of Gear Fighters exceling in their own field in sports. Eddie is Kuroudo's rival. ; : :Gear: ''Aero Rider'' :A

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and one of the Gear Fighters of the Mighty Gears team. Taki is Jirou's best friend and former baseball catcher. ; : :Gear: ''Hishōkaku'' :An intelligent

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(chess) player and one of the Gear Fighters of the Mighty Gears team. Kishin is Kyousuke's arch-nemesis. ; : :Gear: ''Mach Turbo'' :A GPX

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and one of the Gear Fighters of the Mighty Gears team. ; : :A kendo master from Hokkaido. ; : :Gear: ''Griffon Nova'' :A Gear Fighter and the captain of Team Griffon, who is a former teammate of Kuroudo and Kyousuke. ; : :Gear: ''Hard Stag'' :A Gear Fighter and member of Team Griffon. ; : :Gear: ''Hard Beat'' :A Gear Fighter and member of Team Griffon. ; : :Manganji's grandfather, who is a renowned

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. ; : :Manganji's trusted bodyguard. ; : :Gear: ''Tigeraid'' :A cheerful, outgoing Gear Fighter and member of the Si Xing Hu Tuan, a team consisting of Chinese Gear Fighters. Wang Hu is Kouya's close friend and rival. ; : :Gear: ''Tiger Flare'' :A Gear Fighter and the only female member of the Si Xing Hu Tuan team, Lan Fang is Wang Hu's adoptive older sister and Kyousuke's love interest. ; : :Gear: ''Tiger Commander'' :A Gear Fighter and the captain of the Si Xing Hu Tuan team. ; : :Gear: ''Tiger Force'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Si Xing Hu Tuan team. ; : :The antagonistic coach of the Si Xing Hu Tuan team and Wang Hu's adoptive father, Ming Wu is ambitious, radical, and manipulative. ; : :Gear: ''Gougetsu Reishiki'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Manganji Dreams, an elite team by the Manganji Club consisting of gifted Gear Fighters with special training from the Manganji Laboratory. ; : :Gear: ''Sougetsu'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Manganji Dreams team, who is Rin's twin brother. ; : :Gear: ''Shigetsu'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Manganji Dreams team, who is Rai's twin sister. ; : :Gear: ''Stealth Jiraiya'' :A young Hollywood movie star and the arrogant Gear Fighter of the Star Brad team, who becomes Jirou's arch-nemesis. ; : :Gear: ''Beo Fenrer'' :A Gear Fighter and former member of the Tobita Club during Yuhya's generation, and Jirou's mentor and old friend. Alex is also a Gear Master (mechanic) who was responsible for creating Garuda Eagle and Raging Bull. ; : :Gear: ''Grifeed'' :A Gear Fighter and the captain of the Euro Griffon team, Gallen is a strict coach whose training methods pushes the team members too hard. ; : :The

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of the Gear Fight Association (GFA). ; / : :Gear: ''Black Garuda Eagle'' :A mysterious Gear Fighter and member of Quo Vadis, a team consisting of Brazilian Gear Fighters. Carlos is the boy who was saved by Yuhya Marino before his death four years ago. ; : :The coach of Quo Vadis team and Lilika's father. He was originally the founder and former coach of the Tobita Club during Yuhya's generation. ; : :A 22-year-old Gear Master (mechanic) who befriended Kouya in

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, and Kane's mentor. Unbeknownst to everyone else, Shane is Gina Firestein's older brother and the legendary Gear God. ; : :Gear: ''Vort Grenade'' :A Gear Fighter who participated in Gear Pancratium, an illegal underground competition that shows the destruction of Crush Gears in battle. ; : :Gear: ''Blitz Vogel'' :A gifted Gear Fighter and former champion of the Europe Cup tournament, Heinrich was a former member of the Weiss Ritters, a team consisting of German Gear Fighters. Four years prior to the start of the series, he quit from Gear Fighting after his rival Yuhya Marino died in the day of the World Cup finals match.

Other characters

; : :The owner of a kendo dojo where Kuroudo attends. ; : :Gear: ''Wild Stag'' :An arrogant member of the Manganji Club. ; :A

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at the zoo where the father of Nagidori siblings works. Q knows how to play Gear Fighting. ; : :Kaoru's uncle, who lives in Hokkaido. ; : :The host of the Illusion Cup tournament. ; : :Gear: ''Dorikin'' :A Gear Fighter and member of Club 4649 (Yoroshiku). ; : :Gear: ''Cuty Tiger'' :A Gear Fighter and the captain of Pink Lips, an all-female team. ; : :Gear: ''Cuty Zebra'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Pink Lips team. ; : :A female Crush Gear sportscaster. ; : :The official mascot of the Gear Fight Association (GFA). ; : :Gear: ''Assault Panzer'' :A South Korean Gear Fighter and member of Team Kim, who is Yong-sun's younger brother. ; : :The coach of Team Kim and Yong-dae's older brother. Four years prior to the start of the series, Yong-sun was the opponent of Yuhya Marino in the finals of the Asia Cup tournament for 23 rounds. ; : :Gear: ''Tradisi'' :A Singaporean Gear Fighter and member of Team Kemenangan. ; : :The founder and former chairman of the Gear Fight Association (GFA), who is Shane and Gina's father. ; : :A member of the Star Brad team and Brad's friend. ; : :The host of the Crush Gear World Cup tournament. ; : :Gear: ''Ein Horn'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Weiss Ritters team. ; : :Gear: ''Jagd Horn'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Weiss Ritters team. ; : :Gear: ''Kugel Geist'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Weiss Ritters team, who is Michael's older brother. ; : :Gear: ''Sturm Winkel'' :A Gear Fighter and member of the Weiss Ritters team, who is Rudolf's younger brother. ; : :Gear: ''King Pharaon'' :An Egyptian Gear Fighter and member of the Heliopolis team. ; : :The host of the illegal Gear Pancratium competition. ; : :An old mechanic who lives in the woods of

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with a pet dog called Zeus. Richard is Shane and Gina's grandfather. ; : :Heinrich's personal maid.

Film-only characters

; / : :Gear: ''Kaiservern'' :Manganji's old friend and the son of the president of the Groundstein Group, a rival company of the Manganji Group. Jake is responsible for stealing the Kaiservern, the first Crush Gear created in the world. ; : :A mysterious man at the GFA headquarters who holds a golden front weapon, Goldblade.

Production

Planning for ''Crush Gear Turbo'' began in March 2001, with intent to begin airing in October 2001. Naotake Furusato, producer of ''Crush Gear Turbo'', received a toy car prototype that used two AA batteries and a motor. The toy car operated in circles instead of straight lines, and operators could cause them to collide with one another. Furusato used this concept to develop ''Crush Gear Turbo''. According to Furusato the show was the first Sunrise production to "genuinely adopt the use of 3D graphics". Furusato added that the 3D rendering allowed the animators to "brilliantly express the stage presence of the Gear Fights" and incorporate effects not in real-life toy gears such as fireworks and smoke. According to Furusato 3D Production Chief told Furusato that, because there are some elements that may only be expressed in 3D, the series ought to use 3D "to full effect". Furusato concluded that this caused the battle scenes to appear "a little bit unique". Furusato credited the customization and element attributes in each gear to Sunrise's "already well-established know-how". In addition the producer credited his own experience on ''

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'' and director

Shūji Iuchi (September 15, 1950 – December 15, 2016) was a director of anime series. Iuchi directed ''Crush Gear Turbo'',

's experience on ''

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'' in the formation of ''Crush Gear Turbo''.Interview Side A
. '' Sunrise Animation''. Retrieved on January 20, 2009. Furusato intended for the creators of the series to "encourage children to think and place on value on things like friendship and trust in others" and for the series to express deepening human relationships. He added that the series "got kind of a

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989-2019" Kyojin no Hoshi" and "

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" feeling to it" and that the current generation of children "are fundamentally a more cheerful lot and go in for a bit of a slapstick flavor".

Media

Anime

''Gekitou! Crush Gear Turbo'', directed by

Shūji Iuchi (September 15, 1950 – December 15, 2016) was a director of anime series. Iuchi directed ''Crush Gear Turbo'',

and produced by

's internal "Studio 10" division alongside Tokyu Agency, premiered in Japan on October 7, 2001, and concluded on January 26, 2003, after 68 episodes on Nagoya TV and

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. Atsuo Tobe is the character designer for the anime series, with

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, Susumu Imaishi and Mitsuru Owa as the mechanical art designers. The musical score is composed by Kenichi Sudo and Yogo Kono. The series features two pieces of theme music and one insert song, all performed by

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: the opening theme is "Crush Gear Fight!!", and the ending theme is , while the insert theme is featuring

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. A Filipino dub of the series premiered on

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in the

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on April 21, 2003.

Film

is a 20-minute

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that was released in Japan on July 20, 2002, as part of Toei Animation Summer 2002 Animation Fair. In this movie, Kouya and Manganji team up against a Gear Emperor who is controlling the world's first gear, Kaiservern.

performed two pieces of theme music: the insert song is "Get Up Crush Fighter!", and the ending theme is "Alright now! (Movie Re-mix ver.)" featuring

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Manga

The

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adaptation is illustrated by Hisashi Matsumoto. The manga version featured original elements and unique developments, and the Gear Fighting is slightly more realistic than in the anime. It was serialized in

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's magazine, ''

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'' from October 2001 to January 2003, and released in ''

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'' (book) format in four volumes from February 2002 to March 2003. The manga also included three bonus chapters. The English-language version was licensed in Singapore by

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Volume list

Video games

Two video games have been produced based on the series, both published by

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and released only in Japan. The

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version of ''Gekitou! Crush Gear Turbo'' was first released on July 25, 2002. ''Gekitou! Crush Gear Turbo: Gear Champion League'' was released for

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on August 10, 2002.

DVD release

In Australia, the English dub of ''Crush Gear Turbo'' was released by

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. Volumes one and two of the series were released on July 1, 2004;CRUSH GEAR TURBO VOLUME 1 DVD
". ''

''. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.CRUSH GEAR TURBO VOLUME 2 DVD
". ''

''. Retrieved on January 20, 2009. volumes three and four were released on September 8, 2004;CRUSH GEAR TURBO VOLUME 3 DVD
". ''

''. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.CRUSH GEAR TURBO VOLUME 4 DVD
". ''

''. Retrieved on January 20, 2009. volume five was released on October 6, 2004;CRUSH GEAR TURBO VOLUME 5 DVD
". ''

''. Retrieved on January 20, 2009. volume six was released on November 10, 2004;CRUSH GEAR TURBO VOLUME 6 DVD
". ''

''. Retrieved on January 20, 2009. and volume seven was released on January 19, 2005.CRUSH GEAR TURBO VOLUME 7 DVD
". ''

''. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.

References

External links

Sunrise's official website for ''Crush Gear Turbo''

Sunrise's official website for ''Crush Gear Turbo''

Sunrise's official website for ''Crush Gear Turbo the Movie: Kaiservern's Ultimate Challenge''

Sunrise's official website for ''Crush Gear Turbo the Movie: Kaiservern's Ultimate Challenge''
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Animax's official website for ''Crush Gear Turbo''
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