Tenkai Knights

Tenkai Knights / テンカイナイト
Tenkai Knights
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Kids, Mecha, Sci-Fi, Super Power
Themes: Mecha, Super Power
Demographics: Kids
Studios: Bones
Rating: 6.45 / 10
Rank: #7547
Popularity: #8536
Users Listed: 6,004
Users Scored: 2,633
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 06/04/2023
Aired: April 5, 2014 – March 28, 2015 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: original
Age Rating: G
Episodes: 52

Synopsis:

In 2034, a gateway to the distant world of Quarton opens, drawing four teenagers into a destiny they never imagined. Quarton was once home to the Tenkai, beings capable of manipulating their forms, but it suffered a devastating war between opposing factions. The tyrannical Vilius, driven by a desire for the planet's life force, sought ultimate power. Though defeated long ago, his influence lingers, and his forces have resurfaced with renewed strength.

The teenagers are chosen as successors to the legendary Tenkai Knights – protectors who safeguarded Quarton's balance. Thrust into a world of shifting landscapes and ancient conflicts, they must master their newfound abilities and confront Vilius’s growing threat. The series explores themes of responsibility, courage, and the burden of legacy as these individuals grapple with their roles in a conflict spanning dimensions.

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Episodes:

  • Episode 1: Two Worlds/ The Hero, Braven Appears (Aired: 04/05/2014)

Characters:

  • Jones, Ceylan (Main) - Voice Actors: Kanda, Akemi, Haberkorn, Todd, Di Benedetto, Massimo, Janssen, Sunke, Lladó, Carlos, Forest, Nayéli
  • Kameyama, Tokusa (Main) - Voice Actors: Diskin, Benjamin, Mizuma, Maki, Reinbold, Marco, Pozzi, Stefano, Trifol Segarra, Albert, Lambotte, Jessie
  • Mason, Chooki (Main) - Voice Actors: Papenbrook, Bryce, Taneda, Risa, Bourlé, Bastien, Käser, Daniel, Capra, Alessandro
  • Nash, Guren (Main) - Voice Actors: Bosch, Johnny Yong, Takahashi, Meguru, Stolz, Benjamin, Navarro, Jordi, Calatroni, Jacopo, Chemin, Pascale
  • Beni (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Asano, Masumi, Sorrentino, Katia, Potempa, Annette, Ambrós, Carmen, Combes, Caroline, Futterman, Nika
  • Inukai, Gen (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sawashiro, Miyuki, Lowenthal, Yuri, Saemann, Dennis, Sianes, Carlos, Laisné, Grégory
  • Kameyama, Wakame (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Julien, Gwenäelle, Takamori, Natsumi, Higgins, Kate

Staff:

  • Hongou, Mitsuru (Producer, Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
  • Negishi, Tomoya (Producer)
  • Oyabu, Yoshihiro (Producer)
  • Simone, Jamie (Producer)
  • Ikezoe, Takahiro (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard)
  • Kamanaka, Nobuharu (Episode Director, Storyboard)
  • Negishi, Hiroki (Episode Director)
  • Satou, Ikurou (Episode Director)
  • Tsukada, Takurou (Episode Director)
  • Yano, Takanori (Episode Director)
  • Fukushima, Naohiro (Script)
  • Mori, Takeshi (Storyboard)
  • Nanba, Hitoshi (Storyboard)
  • Oohara, Minoru (Storyboard)
  • Cyntia (Theme Song Performance)
  • Egami, Kotaro (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement)
  • Kimura, Atsushi (Theme Song Arrangement)
  • Pile (Theme Song Performance)
  • Sakai, Ryousuke (Theme Song Arrangement)
  • Shihori (Theme Song Composition)
  • Tadano, Natsumi (Theme Song Lyrics)
  • WEST GROUND (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
  • Yokoyama, Rurika (Theme Song Performance)
  • Aisaka, Naoki (Animation Director)
  • Andou, Masahiro (Animation Director)
  • Fujita, Shigeru (Character Design)
  • Hoashi, Keigo (Music)
  • Imamura, Ryou (Key Animation)
  • Izumo, Takaaki (Animation Director)
  • Katsuragi, An (Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation)
  • Kawamoto, Toshihiro (Character Design)
  • Kusakabe, Chizuko (Animation Director)
  • Laisné, Grégory (ADR Director)
  • MONACA (Music)
  • McGlynn, Mary Elizabeth (ADR Director)
  • Miki, Tatsuya (Key Animation)
  • Nagasaka, Tomoki (Editing)
  • Nagasaku, Tomokatsu (Animation Director)
  • Negishi, Hiroyuki (Animation Director, Assistant Animation Director)
  • Ogura, Kyouhei (Assistant Animation Director)
  • Sablon, Guillaume (Recording Engineer)
  • Saitou, Eiko (Animation Director)
  • Sugiura, Kouji (Chief Animation Director)
  • Takada, Ryuuichi (Music)
  • Tamaki, Keiko (Animation Director)
  • Yokoya, Kenta (Key Animation)

Reviews:

  • User Zanji (Score: 6/10):
    Tenkai Knights is a show that you would naturally expect from Studio Bones, something worth seeing and unexpectedly good. I didn't think I would ever get around to watching this series because of how it came off to me while on tv; fortunately it was being featured on a website I go to for cartoon watching as well as anime and I am looking to watch more things this year than rewatch. Anyways onto the brief (as well as I can) review of this series: Story: The story of this series is a basic good force vs evil force, evil force trying to rule all and goodforce trying to beat evil force and make everything peaceful. Though this is simple setup it has done better than most by having multiple things happen that you wouldn't expect unless the outright show it or you are good at guessing.nIt can get pretty heavy for it's demographic at times, but it's stays in it's rating.nnArt: Man this series looks good. If this series has anything really good about it it's the art; on the humans side the characters design looks different from one to the other, the lighting and mixing of colors is on point, and the design for characters is just right.nOn the Quarton side, it isn't meh. The cgi (I guess) is better than series that use it and can't make it work especially given the fact these are Lego Blocks they are using. The fights are incredible; immersive, fast, slow, strategic, head first, whatever it wants to be ep by ep it looks good. The transformations after the going into the Quarton one are cool and by the second part of the series it gets better.nnSound: In english it's not much to talk about as the intro is the cliche 30 sec op with meh lyrics, the ed is the same op with no vocals, and the BGM was unnoticed by me. I have looked up the op and ed in japanese and of course it's better. Why? Because they don't sacrifice quality for commercial time that everyone and their gilf grandma hates (I hope there are people who understand where I'm coming from using gilf for that one and get a luagh from it) and those are good.nnCharacters: The characters have their own defining personality; Guren being a leader type, having a heart of gold while being forgiving and sympathetic and but can be too caught up in something to notice whats up until someone else clues them in.nnCeylan is the chuckle head of the group usually the one to crack wise and slap stick, often enough he gets someone on him that sets him on track by words to get him to take things more seriously when needed.nnToxsa is the techie gamer usually making references to ones he's played and especially one that makes me hate him when he brings it up which is nearly all the time (I'm not fond of this one). He has his good…