Captain Earth
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | キャプテン・アース |
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| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Aired: | Apr 6, 2014 [10 years 9 months ago] |
| Ended: | Sep 21, 2014 [10 years 4 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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One night, right before summer vacation, Manatsu Daichi, a second-year in high school, sees a weird round rainbow floating in the sky above Tanegashima and ventures there alone. He has seen this rainbow before. With the memories of his father's mysterious death and an encounter of a strange boy and girl, Daiji arrives on the island while the alarm of a building labelled Earth Engine is going off. Someone asks him if he is a captain, just as robotic intruders from Uranus called Kill-T-Gang arrive. The battle around the shining stars is about to begin.
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Episode 1: Earthengine Open Fire
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-04-06
Daichi Manatsu sees a rainbow circle on TV that reminds him of when he was young. On the first day of summer vacation, he goes to Tanegashima Island meets a mysterious girl named Ariel and a giant robot named the Earth Engine deep below the ground.
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Episode 2: The Name of the Gun Is Livlaster
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-04-13
Daichi completes the transformation of the Earth Engine, and with the help of a girl who calls herslef a Magical Girl he defeats the Kiltgang Molekin. When he returns to Earth, he learns that the organization his father once belonged to, Globe, exists to defend the Earth from invaders.
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Episode 3: The Rainbow of Albion
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-04-20
Akari Yomatsuri, daughter of the Globe commander Nishikubo, joins the team, and everyone enjoys a summer rest in Akihabara. However, a new foe, Amarock, appears. Daichi launches in an unrepaired Earth Engine. Just when he is about to be destroyed, a new Kiltgang, Albion, saves him.
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Episode 4: Assault of the Planetary Gear
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-04-27
Teppei was the one piloting the Kiltgang Albion. Worried about the quarantined Teppei, Daichi visits him. Teppei is unease, but Daichi tells him, "You're you, right?" Meanwhile, Albion's appearance has shocked the two planetary gears.
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Episode 5: Starry Sky's Picture Book
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-05-04
There are two factions divided over how to deal with the Kiltgang: the interception faction that wants to fight them and the ark faction that wants to send out a new humanity to escape. Commander Nishikubo, a member of the Interception faction, sends Teppei to rescue Eiji, the man who gave him his genes, aboard the orbital space station Tenkaidou.
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Episode 6: Kivotos Plan
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-05-11
Tippei's "father" has gone missing after the incident on the Tenkaidou. The "ark" faction seeks to allow a few chosen people to escape from Earth to avoid the Kiltgang. They try to steal Hana, because she is the key to their plans. Reito, who has been assigned as an observer to the Tanegashima base, tries to kidnap hana but is interrupted by Daichi, who stops him with his boomerang.
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Episode 7: The Midsummer's Knights
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-05-18
Just like Hana predicted, the Kiltgang appear inside defensive zone 1. Daichi is pinned between them and almost defeated, but Teppei and his Kiltgang Albion save him. Teppei destroys his own ego block, and with his help, Amarock and Moko are defeated. And after this success, Nishikubo authorizes the creation of a new intereception team, the Midsummer Knights, and names Daichi their captain.
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Episode 8: Sign from the Dark
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-05-25
There are five other designer children besides Teppei. To stop one of them, Jin, from awakening, the Midsummer Knights go to Odaiba, where he is working as a dealer. "In the end, I can never hold anything in my hand," he says. Isolated from his friends, he regrets the choices he's made in life. Just then Amarock and Moko appear. Moko's kiss awakens him to his full power as a planetary gear, and he smiles an evil smile.
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Episode 9: Magical Girl Akari-chan
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-06-01
The fifth member of the Planetary Gears is the idol Ai. She and her Machine Goodfellow Hebihanabi are a fierce match for Daichi's group. Meanwhile, Amarock kidnaps Akari to make her use her hacking to shut off all the low orbit impactors. Akari uses her final trump card, and threatens to use all the world's nuclear weapons to annihilate humanity. Amarock fears the loss of his food, and is forced to release Akari.
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Episode 10: On the Windy Planet
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-06-08
Rin loves speed more than anything. When she awakens as a Planetary Gear, she challenges Daichi to a battle in the Ningyohime. He succeeds in destroying her libido capsule, but allows the Abreaction to occur at the last second. Teppei, who'd been upset at not being able to contribute to the team, decides to go to space in Daichi's place.
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Episode 11: Through the Window of Setsuna
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-06-15
Setsuna is one of the six designer children. She lives with Mao Marimura, one of the staff at Ayingott Company. Marimura is planning to use her to stay young forever. Meanwhile, Amara and Moko succeed in finding Setsuna, and encounter Daichi and Teppei at the research lab.
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Episode 12: Boys' Battlefield
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-06-22
The identity of the last designer child has been found. It's Baku, a boy who works at an illegal fighting ring run by the Asanoda yakuza. Rita sends Daichi to find him. Meanwhile, Amara and Moko also visit the underground tournament.
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Episode 13: My Town
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-06-29
Baku is in love with the only daughter of the leader of the Asanoda Yakuza, Kumiko. Amara takes her hostage and tries to convince him to join them. Haruhiko, a member of the Asanoda gang arrives, and his bullet strikes Kumiko. But her wound disappears almost instantly. It all happened because Baku wished that Kumiko would live again.
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Episode 14: A Maiden's Tear That Sparkled Through the Night
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-07-06
The crew takes a break at a resort hotel, at Akari's suggestion. That night Daichi sees Hana weeping in his room. Meanwhile, the Planetary Gears are planning to drop the satellite Legacy on Earth. The Midsummers Knights are helpless to stop it from crashing into Tanegashima base.
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Episode 15: True Self
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-07-13
Hana runs away, and encounters the queen of the Planetary Gears, Setsuna, by chance. The two of them feel a strange sympathy. But Amarock and Moko appear, and Setsuna, who regains her memories by a telepathic kiss, orders them to capture her. A fierce battle breaks out between the planetary gears and Daichi, who runs onto the scene.
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Episode 16: Her Flare
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-07-20
The forces within Globe begin to panic after Hana activates the Blume. Nishikubo tells Daichi about the plan to take out the Planetary Gears' fortress carrier Oberon, operation Summer. All members of the Plantary Gears gather, and plan their next move. A new kiltgang is heading for Earth. It is stopped by Hana in the Flare Engine.
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Episode 17: The Knights of Midsummer
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-07-27
A new observer, Nio Andou, arrives at Tanegashima base. And at the same time, the Kiltgangs Molekin and Zimbardo appear. They steal control of a new type of interceptor used by the Ark Faction, and use it to attack the Midsummers Knights. Akari uses her hacking to steal control of the Cerberus and manages to shut down the Kiltgang.
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Episode 18: Onslaught Through the Wilderness
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-08-03
The Ark Faction tries to steal Hana, as she is the only one capable of operating the spaceship Blume. They make their attack when she returns from the Tenkaidou. The Midsummers Knights set down in Austarlia where they are attacked by Salty Dog tanks. During the battle Teppei's Nebula engine is disabled.
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Episode 19: Your Smile Means Everything
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-08-10
While Akari hacks central command, the others steal a large shuttlecraft from Sydney base. The three of them escape Australia, but the Ark Faction's ultimate weapon, the Saramar Engine, chases after them. Just when it seems like it's all over, the Blume appears from the sea. Hana returns to the Blume, believing that Daichi will come to her. She is an artificial life form created to fire the Livlaster.
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Episode 20: Satellitejack
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-08-17
While Akari hacks central command, the others steal a large shuttlecraft from Sydney base. The three of them escape Australia, but the Ark Faction's ultimate weapon, the Saramar Engine, chases after them. Just when it seems like it's all over, the Blume appears from the sea. Hana returns to the Blume, believing that Daichi will come to her. She is an artificial life form created to fire the Livlaster.
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Episode 21: The Meaning of a Captain
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-08-24
Hana has been taken hostage by Hiroesue. And at the same time, Ai, one of the Planetary Gears, takes control of the debris in orbit and uses it to attack the Tenkaidou. Teppei goes to stop it in the Nebula engine, but his machine is damaged. Daichi is forced to use the Earth Engine's new weapon, the Boosted Plasmagnum, to destroy it.
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Episode 22: The Operation Summer
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-08-31
"We will now begin Operation Summer!" With Daichi's words, the Blume takes off for Uranus and the fortress carrier Oberon. But the Garm Engine, the Ark Faction's final weapon, is there to stop them. The Blume shakes off its attacks, but is enveloped in a strange light... and Daichi wakes up on his bed.
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Episode 23: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-09-07
It's now the first day before summer vacation. Daichi is at a school conference with his uncle, Toshiaki. He feels like something is wrong, but doesn't know why. And Amara and Moko and the other Planetary Gears appear, and seem to be his friends. They try hard to invite him to a village.
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Episode 24: Auberon
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-09-14
The Midsummer's Knights reach the Auberon and have the Planetary Gears in their sights. The Planetary Gears recognize the fortitude of the Midsummer's Knights and decide to offer them a chance to join them. Puck however, reveals how he really feels.
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Episode 25: Captain Earth
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2014-09-21
Puck intends to become the supreme leader of the all. He takes control of Blume and possesses Hana. The Planetary Gears learn that in order to stop puck they must sacrifice themselves. Daichi fights harder than ever to save Hana and end Puck.
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