TV series
Bokurano
Overview
During a summer camp, 15 children, 8 males and 7 females, find a grotto by the sea. Deep within they discover working computers and some electronic equipment, and later the owner, a man called Kokopelli. Kokopelli claimed to be a programmer working on a brand new game, in which a large robot has to defend the Earth against fifteen alien invasions. He persuades the children to test the game and sign a contract. All but one of them signs; barely a moment later they mysteriously awaken on the shore believing what happened was just a dream.
Details
- First air date
- 2007-04-08
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 24 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- TV Aichi, Tokyo MX, tvk, Sun TV
- Production
- GONZO
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Junko Minagawa as Jun Ushiro (voice)
- Akira Ishida as Koemushi (voice)
- Naomi Shindo as Misumi Tanaka (voice)
- Yuko Sanpei as Yōko Machi (voice)
- Kana Asumi as Kana Ushiro (voice)
- Shinji Kawada as Masamitsu Seki (voice)
- Mamiko Noto as Takami Komoda (voice)
- Kenji Nojima as Kanji Yoshikawa (voice)
- Shintaro Asanuma as Yōsuke Kirie (voice)
- Yui Makino as Aiko Tokosumi (voice)
- Tomokazu Sugita as Daiichi Yamura (voice)
- Daisuke Sakaguchi as Takashi Waku (voice)
Creators and crew
- Hiroyuki Morita - Director
- Yuu Nobuta - Director
- Takashi Kobayashi - Director
- Naotaka Hayashi - Director
- Katsuya Kikuchi - Director
- Erkin Kawabata - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Game
Fifteen children at a summer school program encounter the mysterious Kokopelli and agree to be testers for a game he claims to have completed recently. Soon, they are summoned into the cockpit of a giant mecha, with Kokopelli piloting. Thus the first round takes place.
Episode 2: Zearth
The children start having second thoughts about the game, but a floating being known as Dung Beetle appears and teleports them to the cockpit of the mecha, which the group later dubs Zearth. On the evening of the same day, a new enemy appears, and Takeshi Waku is chosen to fight it.
Episode 3: Secret
Takami "Komo" Komoda reveals the truth to her father, and while Waku's funeral is being held, Masaru "Kodama" Kodaka is selected to be the third pilot.
Episode 4: Strength
Kodama fights the third enemy without caring about his surroundings, causing many casualties in the process, until he discovers the meaning of losing someone important to him.
Episode 5: Weakness
After the children discover the fate that awaits them, they are assembled and interrogated by the military, except for Isao Kako, who coincidentally is the next chosen pilot.
Episode 6: Lust
The children try to find Kako without success, until Chizuru "Chizu" Honda discovers where he is hiding and tries to cheer him up. However, Kako has other plans for her.
Episode 7: Wound
The story of Chizu's relationship with her teacher is revealed, before she is selected to replace the deceased Kako.
Episode 8: Revision
The fourth battle begins, but Chizu is more worried about taking revenge on her teacher than facing her enemy.
Episode 9: Family
Selected to fight the fifth enemy, Daiichi "Daichi" Yamura's final wish is to spend his remaining time happily with his siblings, but his plans are ruined when the battle starts sooner than he expected.
Episode 10: Companion
Bullied by her classmates because of her mother's questionable occupation, Mako "Nakama" Nakarai, after being chosen to engage into the sixth round, resorts to extremes to arrange money enough to complete a personal project of hers in time.
Episode 11: Life
Nagi, a childhood friend of Kunihiko Moji's needs a heart transplant, but so far the only compatible donor found is Moji himself. While dealing with Nagi's drama, he is selected to fight the seventh enemy.
Episode 12: Blood Relative
Maki Ano is in awe as her foster mother is about to have a baby. She hopes to at least witness her little brother's birth, but when she is appointed the pilot for the eighth round, she is left with little hope to be able to do so.
Episode 13: Earth
During Maki's fight, the children discover the true nature of the enemies they are battling, and what really is at stake on every single bout.
Episode 14: Perplexity
Yosuke Kirie wonders if he will find the resolve to fight in the next battle. While Mitsumi starts to look for means to protect the remaining children, Masamitsu discovers her secret.
Episode 15: Self-Destruction
The ninth round begins, but after witnessing his mother's miserable life, Kirie refuses to fight. Just when his companions are about to lose hope, something that nobody expected happens.
Episode 16: True Identity
Given another chance, Kirie finally decides to face the enemy, but when he surprisingly unveils Machi's identity, a commotion is created among the rest of the group.
Episode 17: Affection
Chosen to the tenth round, Aiko Tokosumi's life is turned upside down when a scandal involving her father brings up turmoil to her household. But she ends up finding in Kanji the strength to carry on with her duty.
Episode 18: Reality
After Komoda was selected for the eleventh match, her father resigns from his position as a politician, but not before revealing the truth about Zearth and the children to the world.
Episode 19: Mother
Tamotsu reveals to Jun Ushiro who his real parents were and tells him their story.
Episode 20: Ego
Machi reveals to the remaining pilots all she knows about the battles, and how she and her brother got themselves involved on them.
Episode 21: Truth
While Kanji fights the Twelfth enemy, the real objective of the masterminds is revealed. Later, Jun receives a proposal from Dung Beetle that may save his life if he accepts.
Episode 22: Distance
Jun takes Kana to her father's house, having Machi traveling with them. On the way, he reminisces about his infancy days, and later, he asks Machi's help to protect Kana from Dung Beetle's intentions.
Episode 23: Snowscape
The human armies decide to intervene during the thirteenth battle, while Machi betrays Dung Beetle and becomes the next pilot in Kana's place.
Episode 24: Story
Jun declines Seki's offer and becomes the pilot for the final round. During the long battle, he reminisces about his fallen comrades while struggling to save the Earth once and for all.
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