Brain Powerd

ブレンパワード / Brain Powered

Genres: Action, Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi
Themes: Mecha
Studios: Sunrise
Producers: Audio Planning U, Bandai Visual, WOWOW
Licensors: Bandai Entertainment, Sentai Filmworks
Rating: 6.18 / 10
Rank: #9161
Popularity: #6350
Users Listed: 12,409
Users Scored: 3,529
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 07/30/2025
Aired: April 8, 1998 – November 11, 1998 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: original
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 26
Broadcast: Wednesday at 19:30 (JST)

Synopsis:

Decades after catastrophic geological events reshaped the world, humanity exists in a fractured landscape dominated by submerged ruins and unpredictable seismic activity. At the heart of this upheaval lies a enigmatic entity known as Orphan, whose motivations remain shrouded in mystery. Orphan’s current objective involves raising a colossal, hidden vessel from the depths, a feat that would necessitate the extinction of all humans except those aligned with its cause.

The search for artifacts – massive, airborne disks capable of devastating destruction – fuels conflict across the globe. These events inadvertently give rise to Brain Powerds, bio-mechanical entities distinct from Orphan’s Grand Cheres. Hime, a young woman marked by a near-fatal encounter with a falling disk, becomes the pilot of a newly manifested Brain Powerd. Joining an international organization dedicated to countering Orphan's plans, she navigates a world teetering on the brink, striving to protect humanity while grappling with the strange connection to her living machine.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: Departing from the Ocean Depths (Aired: 04/08/1998)
Episode 2: Fated Reunion (Aired: 04/15/1998)
Episode 3: Yuu's Battle (Aired: 04/22/1998)
Episode 4: The Hometown Flame (Aired: 04/29/1998)
Episode 5: Friend or Foe (Aired: 05/06/1998)

Characters:

Isami, Yuu (Main) - Voice Actors: Shiratori, Tetsu, Bourdon, Thierry, Quarta, Alessandro, Smith, Matt, Lladó, Carlos
Utsumiya, Hime (Main) - Voice Actors: Murata, Akino, Latini, Ilaria, O'Hara, Maggie Blue, Lindbjerg, Lalainia, Poulain, Marjolaine, Guillén, Maria Rosa
Akari (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Damasio, Emanuela, Sakura, Shouko, Strand, Chantal, Ambrós, Carmen
Brankan, Edgar (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Devall, Trevor, Nanba, Keiichi
Carrier, Irene (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Beley, Lisa Ann, Nagoshi, Shiho, Dubos, Mélody
Dean, K.D. (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Isshin
Geybridge, Winston (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Perry, Ward, Sako, Masato, Cappuccio, Emilio
Gimms, Kanan (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Park, Romi, Henderson, Saffron, Giménez, Ariadna, Brusa, Angela, Garcia, Gloria
Girl from Orphan (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootani, Ikue
Glass, Shiela (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Atsuko, Kennedy, Ellen, Damas, Susana
Green, Jonathan (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Morrow, Kirby, Aoba, Gou, Mora, Toni, Perry, Ward
Guys, Nakki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Touma, Yumi, Francis, Andrew, Albiac, Daniel
Isami, Midori (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oliver, Nicole, Kanoki, Shouko, Zaradic, Sylvia, Calò, Daniela, Damas, Susana
Isami, Kensaku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Brown, Don, Horibe, Ryuuichi, Stocchi, Roberto, Rocamora, Francesc
Isami, Naoko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kennedy, Ellen, Sugimoto, Rumi, Giannini, Antonella, Damas, Susana
Isami, Iiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Kumiko, Giorgino, Ilaria, Ambrós, Carmen, Michaels, Jillian
Kestner, Kant (Supporting) - Voice Actors: McKinnon, Danny, Sasaki, Run, Donati, Gemma, Giménez, Ariadna
Kim, Nelly (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takahagi, Haruko, Morales, Pilar, Burnett, Alaina
Kumazo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Kumiko, Weseluck, Cathy, Garcia, Gloria
Kuwabara (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakajima, Toshihiko
Laite (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakamura, Hidetoshi, Dobson, Paul, Mora, Toni
Lundberg, Lasse (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miki, Shinichiro, Brown, Don, Baldini, Oreste, Drummond, Brian, Redondo, Óscar
Mahama, Comodo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Musy, Stella, Sakura, Shouko, Ciccorelli, Deborah, Forgie, Jenn, Weseluck, Cathy
Maximillian, Baron (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Isobe, Masako, Henderson, Saffron
McComick, Anoa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Henderson, Saffron, Isobe, Masako
Minamotono, Mitsuo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Weseluck, Cathy, Hidaka, Narumi, D'Amico, Emanuela, Ambrós, Carmen
Mohammed (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shioya, Yoku, Drummond, Brian, Rocamora, Francesc
Novis Noah Executive Officer (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakajima, Toshihiko, Brown, Don, Redondo, Óscar
Saz, Higgins (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Weseluck, Cathy, Johnson, Willow, Kawamura, Maria, Damas, Susana
Silverly, Nanga (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuji, Shinpachi, Brown, Don, Belda, Francesc
Yukio (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Asakawa, Miya, Doduk, Alex

Staff:

Ikeguchi, Kazuhiko (Producer)
Kaifu, Masaki (Producer)
Tomino, Yoshiyuki (Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics, Original Creator)
Urakami, Yasuo (Sound Director)
Harada, Nana (Episode Director)
Iwasaki, Yoshiaki (Episode Director)
Kobayashi, Tomoki (Episode Director)
Mano, Akira (Episode Director)
Minami, Yasuhiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Mori, Kunihiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Nishimori, Akira (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Ochi, Koujin (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Watanabe, Tetsuya (Episode Director)
Asakawa, Miya (Script)
Omode, Akemi (Script)
Sumisawa, Katsuyuki (Script)
Takahashi, Tetsuko (Script)
Akane, Kazuki (Storyboard)
Dokite, Tsukasa (Storyboard)
Kagawa, Yutaka (Storyboard)
Kawase, Toshifumi (Storyboard)
Takenouchi, Kazuhisa (Storyboard)
Yamauchi, Shigeyasu (Storyboard)
KOKIA (Theme Song Performance)
Chiba, Takaaki (In-Between Animation)
Conte, Steve (Inserted Song Performance)
Enomoto, Katsunori (Key Animation)
Gotou, Junji (Key Animation)
Hasegawa, Toshio (Special Effects)
Henmi, Toshio (Editing)
Hirasawa, Akihiro (Background Art)
Inadome, Kazumi (In-Between Animation)
Inomata, Mutsumi (Original Character Design)
Ishikawa, Tetsuya (Key Animation)
Kanno, Yoko (Music)
Kase, Yuuki (Color Design, Color Setting)
Miyashita, Yuuji (Key Animation)
Nagano, Mamoru (Mechanical Design)
Nakada, Eiji (Key Animation, Animation Director)
Nakahara, Hisafumi (Key Animation)
Nakamura, Kazuyo (Key Animation)
Ogata, Naohiro (Production Assistant)
Oogami, Youichi (Director of Photography)
Saiki, Yasuhiro (Key Animation)
Sakamoto, Maaya (Inserted Song Performance)
Sakuma, Shinichi (Animation Director, Key Animation)
Satou, Masaru (Art Director)
Seo, Yasuhiro (Animation Director, Key Animation)
Shigeta, Atsushi (Key Animation, Character Design, Animation Director)
Shinbo, Takurou (Animation Director)
... and 6 more staff

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