Zegapain

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Japanese: ゼーガペイン

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Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 6, 2006 to Sep 28, 2006

Premiered: Spring 2006

Broadcast: Thursdays at 18:00 (JST)

Producers: TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Atelier Musa

Licensors: Bandai Entertainment, Sentai Filmworks

Studios: Sunrise

Source: Original

Genres: Action, Romance, Sci-Fi

Theme: Mecha

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.31¹ (scored by 11,131 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #2708²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #3786

Members: 34,569

Favorites: 168

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Synopsis

Average high school student Kyou Sogoru is an avid swimmer living in beautiful Maihama City. He spends his days hanging out with friends, swimming, and playing video games. However, his normal life turns upside down when a beautiful and mysterious girl named Shizuno Misaki approaches him with a strange request—jump into their school's pool together.

This fateful leap transports Kyou into a war-torn world where humans pilot impressive humanoid robots known as Zegas to fight against malicious aliens known as Gards-Orm. To spearhead this endeavor, humans have formed Cerebrum, a rebel organization working to prevent the Gards-Orm from eradicating humankind.

As Kyou participates in combat operations, meets his fellow Zega pilots, and witnesses countless deaths, he begins to question the true nature of this world as well as his own life.

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Alternative version:	Zegapain ADP
Sequel:	Zegapain: STA

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kaminagi, Ryouko

Main

Hanazawa, Kana
Japanese

Sogoru, Kyou

Main

Asanuma, Shintaro
Japanese

Misaki, Shizuno

Main

Kawasumi, Ayako
Japanese

Minato

Supporting

Inoue, Marina
Japanese

Mao, Lu Sheng

Supporting

Park, Romi
Japanese

Abyss

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Katou, Masayuki
Japanese

Avenir, Chris

Supporting

Yanaka, Hiroshi
Japanese

Tomigai, Kei

Supporting

Watanabe, Akeno
Japanese

Kaminagi, Kouji

Supporting

Ootsuda, Hiromi
Japanese

Isola

Supporting

Murai, Kazusa
Japanese

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Imanishi, Takashi

Producer

Beniya, Yoshikazu

Producer

Yamakawa, Norio

Producer

Shimoda, Masami

Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

1: "Kimi e Mukau Hikari (キミヘムカウヒカリ)" by Akino Arai (eps 2-25)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Little Goodbye (リトルグッバイ)" by Rocky Chack (eps 1-9, 11-21, 23-25)
	2: "And You" by Rocky Chack (eps 10)
	3: "Last Blue (ラストブルー)" by Rocky Chack (eps 22)
	4: "Kimi e Mukau Hikari ( キミヘムカウヒカリ)" by Akino Arai (eps 26)

Reviews

Dec 20, 2023

_yunxue

Recommended

Zegapain is definitely a hidden gem. If you enjoyed The Matrix then I believe this anime can offer you an experience as deep if not deeper than that trilogy, personally I'm leaning towards Zegapain.

The episodes do a great job of plunging you from slice-of-life happiness into despair, and every single episode has unpredictable plot twists that will push the symbolic knife deeper into your heart, inch by inch. Usually, I don't appreciate how nihilism is portrayed in anime and manga, but Zegapain portrayed hopelessness beautifully and dealt with it in the only proper way it could've been dealt with in the context of the world ... of this anime: not through fancy theories and flowery words, but through the protection of the person loved by the protagonist. Sometimes simple works best. In the oppressive world of Zegapain, where our protagonist is carrying innumerable burdens and a heavy duty, this simplicity was really a breath of fresh air. A very much needed breath of fresh air at that. Oh, and I don't mean "dumb" by saying "simple" by any means.

Unexpectedly, the character development was absolutely excellent. I'm saying "unexpectedly" because the main character is a loud rowdy type of guy. Annoying, right? Except he actually thinks about stuff pretty deeply and the changes to his character are really felt by the viewer and by the people around him. His childhood friend also has great character development at one point, but I can't say the same thing about everyone else. They kind of feel "complete", however there's a very good reason for that feeling, and it makes sense from the perspective of the plot, so the fact that everyone else doesn't get character development ends up making the story better. Amazing, huh? It's the first time I've seen something like this.

The scientific concepts were used very liberally, however the explanations were plausible enough nonetheless. At the end of the anime there were barely any plot holes left, and the ones that were left weren't serious enough to warrant criticism from me. Without spoiling anything I can say that the ending was conclusive enough on all aspects, romance included, and it left me satisfied. But I felt that it wasn't big or epic enough. We're saving the world from a mad-scientist, you know? Why not go out with a BANG?

As far as the animations go, it's above average for 2006, but it's nothing special either. I can't say that I appreciate the way the post-apocalyptic world was portrayed though. Everything is in ruins, everything is grey. I wish there were more colors, more greenery growing on the buildings, more wild animals and not just birds that pop up occasionally. Yeah, the world is supposed to feel dead, but it's just too dead. The mecha fights were meh at best too. Definitely not the strong point of this show.

That being said, if you want an interesting story that will keep you on your toes, then this is a great anime, probably approaching the levels of a masterpiece, especially if you can appreciate character development and a protagonist that grows stronger mentally and not "physically", as he's already the best pilot around from the start. But if you just want to watch robots fighting and don't plan on paying too much attention to the plot, then this isn't for you. The plot is definitely what makes this anime good, the mechas and the fights are just there for some tension.

9.4/10, best girl won (watch the post-credit scene of the last episode). MAL ratings really can't be trusted, I put off watching this for so long...

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Aug 22, 2020

Shadow777Star

Mixed Feelings

Wow is the beginning of this show terrible. I considered dropping this show so many times for the first ten episodes. The only thing that kept me going was all of the great reviews about this show. After sticking it out, it did get significantly better.

At first it appears to be just a dumb mecha/high school anime, but it dives into deep questions of reality and perception. The concept is honestly pretty cool after you get into it.

I gave this anime a six mostly because of the concepts and ideas. The deployment of them was so-so. This mixed with the slow beginning almost ...

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Oct 21, 2019

Gonomon

Not Recommended

Zegapain, namely how do you waste a grand potential the anime.

It's one of those shows that you will not be really liking, but watch until the end wishing that it will get better and you will see something that will make you amazed. Well in this case you will be only mildly amazed since even if story is really good the way its told just sucks.

Story: 3/10
In a Science fiction show/anime/novel/etc. i really value if the things can really happen in the world and if they have any value over fantasy because if they do not it wont be a science fiction for me its ...

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