Captain Earth [キャプテン・アース] is an original mecha anime by BONES [ボンズ] (Eureka Seven, Fullmetal Alchemist, Star Driver). It is directed by Igarashi Takuya [五十嵐 卓哉] and is written by Enokido Yoji [榎戸 洋司] - both of them have previously worked together on the anime series Star Driver and Ouran High School Host Club.
Captain Earth is going to be aired on MBS at 2014/04/05 01:58JST, on TOKYO MX at 2014/04/06 23:30JST, on TV Aichi [テレビ愛知] at 2014/04/06 01:35JST, on BS11 at 2014/04/06 03:00JST and on MBC at 2014/04/09 01:35JST.
The story revolves around a high school student named Manatsu Daichi who sees an unusual circular rainbow floating in the sky of Tanegashima Island on television. He feels that he has seen the rainbow in the past, so he goes to the island to investigate it by himself. With the memories of his father's mysterious death and the mysterious boys and girls he met during his childhood, Daichi arrives at the Tanegashima Island with mixed feelings, and shortly afterwards, some mysterious lifeforms from Uranus called KILL-T-GANG come to invade the earth and that is when the battle begins.
Main Characters
- Manatsu Daichi [真夏ダイチ] voiced by Irino Miyu [入野自由]
- Arashi Teppei [嵐テッペイ] voiced by Kamiya Hiroshi [神谷浩史]
- Mutou Hana [夢塔ハナ] voiced by Kayano Ai [茅野愛衣]
- Yomatsuri Akari [夜祭アカリ] voiced by Hidaka Rina [日高里菜]
- Nishikubo Tsutomu [西久保ツトム] voiced by Koyama Rikiya [小山力也]
- Amara [アマラ] voiced by Suzumura Kenichi [鈴村健一]
- Moco [モコ] voiced by Sakamoto Maaya [坂本真綾]
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The OP theme is Believer's High [ビリーバーズ・ハイ] by flumpool. The ED theme is Amethyst [アメジスト] by Kayano Ai [茅野愛衣].
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Scan from AnimeVice.
Another magazine scan mentioning some details of the main characters. The image was stolen from Zerochan.
Another scan nabbed from Zerochan.
Scan from MiniTokyo.