Gate Keepers

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Synonyms: Gatekeepers

Japanese: ゲートキーパーズ

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 24

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 3, 2000 to Sep 18, 2000

Premiered: Spring 2000

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: Media Factory

Licensors: Geneon Entertainment USA

Studios: Gonzo

Source: Game

Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Theme: Mecha

Duration: 25 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.93¹ (scored by 9,463 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #4615²

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

Popularity: #4616

Members: 22,459

Favorites: 60

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Synopsis

Technology, science, and industry—this is 1969 Tokyo, and there is no better time to be alive! But a shadow looms quietly around every corner: "Invaders" have infiltrated the populace, and nobody knows who or what they are.

Only the members of the top-secret agency AEGIS know of their existence. Covertly fighting the enemy is their job, but only those with the ability to open "Gates" to another world can truly defeat them. Within AEGIS is a specialized task force known as the "Gate Keepers." Composed of extraordinary individuals with a variety of Gate-related abilities, they are the only ones who can save humanity from the vicious Invaders plaguing the planet.

Shun Ukiya is an average high school student who lives with his widowed mother and little sister. While on his way home from school one day, he comes across a group of Invaders heading toward his house. In a desperate plight to save his family, Shun discovers he possesses the ability to open a Gate, allowing him to harness massive amounts of energy. With his newfound ability exposed, he catches the attention of AEGIS, and particularly the interest of one of its Gate Keepers, Shun's childhood friend Ruriko Ikusawa.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Ikusawa, Ruriko

Main

Kawasumi, Ayako
Japanese

Ukiya, Shun

Main

Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Houjou, Yukino

Supporting

Suzuki, Masami
Japanese

Banba, Choutarou

Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito
Japanese

Kageyama, Reiji

Supporting

Seki, Tomokazu
Japanese

Asagiri, Reiko

Supporting

Iizuka, Mayumi
Japanese

Sakimori, Misao

Supporting

Konishi, Hiroko
Japanese

Kurogane, Megumi

Supporting

Aikawa, Rikako
Japanese

Thunders, Jun

Supporting

Inoue, Kikuko
Japanese

Konoe, Kaoru

Supporting

Takano, Naoko
Japanese

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Maseba, Yutaka

Producer

Itou, Atsushi

Producer

Satou, Junichi

Director, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics, Chief Animation Director

Chigira, Kouichi

Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

"Asu no Egao no Tameni (For the Smiles of Tomorrow)" by Yumi Matsuzawa

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Ending Theme

	1: "Asu no Egao no Tame ni (Special Version)" by Yumi Matsuzawa (eps 1-6,24)
	2: "Kyou Kara Ashita E" by Yumi Matsuzawa (eps 7-23)

Reviews

Jul 17, 2007

jet2r0cks

Recommended

Truth be told, for the first times I’ve watched it I wasn’t able to fully appreciate it. I’m glad I decided to re-watch Gate Keepers once again, because it’s definitely worth it.

The plot of Gate Keepers can be compared to old school anime, probably because the story is set in the 1960s. The only difference is that Gate Keepers has the feel of contemporary anime – it’s set in the 60s, but it doesn’t really seem like it is. It’s really exciting and fun to watch. Some historical references were actually incorporated into the story, such as the moon landing, the world expo and maybe ...

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Jan 24, 2016

akshayrao

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I seen my first anime gate keepers this anime is a good anime this anime has every thing that makes you happy. This is based on story of high school student of 1960 who joins A .E.G.I.S to save world from invaders .

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Shun -: this is one of main and best Character . He is most super character .Shun father is dead and he is angry because he brakes his promise . He is Ruriko first love . He is strong gatekeeper in anime he fights as warrior.

ruriko - she is hot and my loving character. She ...

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Apr 11, 2019

DamianV8501

Recommended

For buying all the DVD's on a whim since Rightstuf had seven volumes for only $2, I am genuinely surprised by how great this show is. I really enjoyed this a lot.

As for the story it has comedic moments sprinkled throughout each episode and I feel like they generally mix very well with the situations at hand. There's also a decent amount of actually incredible scenes that look fantastic and have great sound design; I love the sound of when they open a gate to use their abilities and then scream "GATE OPEN!" and even though it's essentially the same thing every time it feels ... different depending of what's going on and everything else and how the audio is mixed. It makes a lot of scenes feel really epic and I'd rewind and watch the sequence again because it seemed so cool however it doesn't seem like it's trying too hard to be cool or anything like that (at least not to me) and I feel like that's why comes off really good and really kept me engaged with the show and wanting to continue watching.

The art and animation is pretty consistent throughout the whole show and how good the CGI is really took me by surprise. There was only one episode with a purple CG helicopter that was super bad but other than they did a heck of a job considering this was from the year 2000.

My favorite character was definitely Ikusawa, Ruriko or Rurippe as the nickname given to her by Ukiya, Shun which you will hear most of the time. Kawasumi, Ayako does a fantastic job voicing her and I love when she yells, perfect tone in comedic moments and intense moment and everything in-between. I also really liked Mei and how she'd say "Gate Open" and her powers in Chinese most of the time. Reiko seemed to be a little too much of an air-head but she still seemed to get some good moments and she cares for everyone and not just Ukiya. Kaoru to me felt too pushy to assert herself onto her Senpai Ukiya but I didn't dislike her and she does get some great moments to shine throughout the series. I like how she transformers to use her powers by just whooshing off her normal clothes with her tracksuit underneath. The only character I didn't like so much was Megumi which is kinda backwards for me since I generally really like the quiet ones with glasses. The different tensions with her still had impacts on the story and wasn't meaningless even though she wasn't very nice or anything. Finally for our main character Ukiya, Shun I'd say he's actually likable. He does share some typical traits that you'd expect from a main character but there's also more to him. He also has a couple really good character arcs that he goes through and you get to see him struggle.

If you happen to stumble across this show I highly recommend it, especially if you can still get the DVD's for super cheap like I was able to. As for re-watching, I definitely will eventually and I still have the sequel OVA series to watch too which I will watch next out of the countless DVD's and Blu-Rays that I have. I would've liked to see an HD remaster with PCM audio if they did it correctly/still had the original master but I'm not too concerned since the DVD's still scale nicely. I'd say the average score for this show is an accurate assessment of how it's score should be but I just had such a blast watching this and it felt really refreshing. Anyways, hope my review will be insightful for somebody!

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