Kishin Taisen Gigantic Formula
Mechanical Gods' War Gigantic Formula, also known as Apo Mekhanes Theos Gigantic Formula, is a Japanese anime television series that aired on TV Tokyo from April 4, 2007, to September 26, 2007. A manga adaptation by Shōhei Oka was serialized concurrently in Dengeki Daioh.
Overview
The series is set in the year 2035 A.D. After the excavation of Regions around the World 12 gigantic heads resembling the Greek Gods were uncovered. So far in the series the following countries/regions have been confirmed as having obtained one of the heads, Italy Roma Republic, Empire of North America, Central China, Caribbean, Venezuela Republic, Original Greece, Great British Kingdom, France Union, East European Russia, Federated Egypt, Africa Arabia, Japan Republic, Unified German Deutsch, and Hindustania. Each of the heads give out powerful energy capable of destroying large areas. Shortly after the 12 heads excavation a large portion of Earth was engulfed in flames. The areas include most of Africa, South America, and the entire Middle East, this phenomenon was called the "Equatorial Winter". For a time after the disaster the Nations of the world were unable to contact or get Satellite feed of each other due to a large wall of energy separating them.Subsequently after each of the countries hired translators, who can speak to the heads and translate for them. The heads tell the countries to, Build them armor to fight with. So the countries each built large steel mechs with the heads as the power source to fight against other countries, To unify the World, and begins WWW.
Character histories and Gigantic Status
Japan Republic
- Japan Republic's X-Onyxs defeated Empire of North America's Jupiter-II.
- Japan Republic's Sxano-X defeated Japan Republic's X-Onyxs.
;Mana Kamishiro
;Utsumi Amano
;Katsumi Ohmi
;Tsutomu Oda
Central China
- Central China's Xuanwushan-III was defeated by Japan Republic's Sxano-X in their second battle.
;Chau-Yan Lee
East European Russia
- East European Russia was defeated by Japan Republic's Sxano-X in their third battle.
;Sergei Kulakovskii
;Tatyana Grigoriev
Federated Egypt Africa Arabia
- Nephthys-IX lost to East European Russia's Eunova-VIII within a few minutes of encounter.
;Isa Ali-Haddad
Original Greece
- Cheiron-V was defeated and destroyed by Federated Egypt Africa Arabia's Nephthys-IX. Both the pilot and translator died during the battle.
;Hasan Papas
;Christy Aurelian
Great British Kingdom
- Griffine-VI was lost from the misfire of Italy Roma Republic's Vulcanus-I and Unified German Deutsch's Minervas-XI's long range battle.
;Daniel Peterson
France Union
- Diane-VII was lost from the misfire of Italy Roma Republic's Vulcanus-I and Unified German Deutsch's Minervas-XI's long range battle.
;Sylvie Mirabeau
Italy Roma Republic
- Vulcanus-I lost the long range battle against Unified German Deutsch's Minervas-XI.
;Lucrezia Moretti
Appendix: Though the show leaves you thinking these two die in their battle with Minervas, they are shown in the last episode.
Unified German Deutsch
- Minervas-XI lost the battle against Empire of North America's Jupiter-II.
;Michael Schmidt
Empire of North America
- Jupiter-II lost the battle against Japan's X-Onyxs.
;Ray Aldridge
Caribbean Venezuela Republic
- Ceres-IV lost the battle against Hindustania's Isthar-XII.
;Amalia Lambert
Hindustania
- Isthar-XII lost the battle against East European Russia's Eunova-VIII.
;Raveena Khan
Gigantics
The countries and their mechas are:| Country: | Unified Nations | Italy Roma Republic | Empire of North America | Central China | Caribbean Venezuela Republic | Original Greece | Great British Kingdom | France Union | East European Russia | Federated Egypt Africa Arabia | Japan Republic | Unified German Deutsch | Hindustania | Japan Republic |
| Mecha: | Kronos-0 | Vulcanus-I | Jupiter-II | Xuanwushan-III | Ceres-IV | Cheiron-V | Griffine-VI | Diane-VII | Eunova-VIII | Nephthys-IX | Sxano-X | Minervas-XI | Isthar-XII | X-Onyxs |
| Registration: | N/A | GF-IRR-I | GF-ENA-II | GF-CCh-III | GF-CVR-IV | GF-OrG-V | GF-GBK-VI | GF-FrU-VII | GF-EER-VIII | GF-FEAA-IX | GF-JAR-X | GF-UGD-XI | GF-HIN-XII | GF-JAR-X |
| OXII: | N/A | Hephaestus | Zeus | Hermes / Mercurius | Demeter | Poseidon | Apollon | Artemis | Hera | Hestia | Ares | Athena | Aphrodite | Zeus Copy |
| Power: | N/A | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ? |
| Attack: | N/A | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | ? |
| Defense: | N/A | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ? |
| Speed: | N/A | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | ? |
| Pilot: | N/A | Leone Trussardi | Zion Aldridge | Wen-Yee Lee | Evita Lambert | Muhammad Dukakis | Cynthia Holbein | Olivier Mirabeau | Sergei Kulakovskii | Mariam Al-Atrash | Shingo Suwa | Eleonore Klein | Lily Luna | Masahito Ōguro |
| Translator: | N/A | Lucrezia Moretti | Ray Aldridge | Chau-Yan Lee | Amalia Lambert | Hasan Papas | Daniel Peterson | Sylvie Mirabeau | Tatyana Grigoriev | Isa Ali-Haddad | Mana Kamishiro | Michael Schmidt | Raveena Khan | Kana Kamishiro |
Staff
The show is produced by Bandai Visual and TV Tokyo with anime production by Brains Base. The show has been broadcast by: AT-X ; TV Aichi ; TV Hokkaido ; TV Osaka ; TV Setouchi ; TV Tokyo ; and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd..Director: Keiji Gotoh; Screenplay: Hidefumi Kimura