Uchuu no Kishi Tekkaman Blade (1992) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

In the year 2300, Earth faces a devastating invasion by the Radam, insectoid beings intent on conquest. Emerging amidst this conflict is Blade, a mysterious figure wielding advanced technology and a determination to repel the invaders alongside the Space Knights. However, Blade’s origins remain shrouded in secrecy, hinting at a complex history and hidden motivations that gradually unfold throughout the narrative.

The series explores themes of identity and sacrifice as Blade grapples with his past while striving to protect humanity. Set against a backdrop of futuristic cityscapes and desolate battlefields, *Tekkaman Blade* presents a character-driven story centered on a lone warrior confronting overwhelming odds. The narrative balances action sequences with introspective moments, examining the human cost of war and the burden of responsibility carried by those who fight for survival.

Episodes:

Episode 1: Friend or Foe (The Sky-Soaring Super Man) (Aired: 02/18/1992)
Episode 2: Invasion (The Lonely Warrior) (Aired: 03/03/1992)
Episode 3: Power of the Space Knights (The Defense Army's Ambition) (Aired: 03/10/1992)
Episode 4: Falling Star (Senseless Desertion in the face of the enemy) (Aired: 03/17/1992)
Episode 5: Time's Up (Kill Me!) (Aired: 03/24/1992)
... and 44 more episodes

Characters:

Aiba, Takaya (Main) - Voice Actors: Morikawa, Toshiyuki, Bergen, Bob, Thomas, David A., Prata, Patrizio, Tua, Lionel, Roig Jr., Jorge
Kisaragi, Aki (Main) - Voice Actors: Hayashibara, Megumi, Goodson, Barbara, Jeong, Mi Sook, Aguirre, Rossy, Laurenti, Jasmine
Vereuse, Noal (Main) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Yasunori, Mahan, Kerrigan, Íñigo, Carlos
Aiba, Kengo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wakamoto, Norio, Scattorin, Maurizio
Aiba, Shinya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyasu, Takehito, García, René
Aiba, Kouza (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mugihito
Aiba, Miyuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lee, Wendee, Mizutani, Yuuko
Angela (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Doi, Mika
Asimov, Balzac (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horiuchi, Kenyuu, Bulen, Steve
Braun, Fritz von (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tobita, Nobuo, Vickery, John
Christophe (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kiyokawa, Motomu
Colbert (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootaki, Shinya, Reynolds, Mike
Gloria (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Honda, Chieko
Goddard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Epcar, Richard, Shimaka, Yuu, Bonino, Giorgio
Honda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Epcar, Richard, Iizuka, Shouzou
Lee, Feng (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yokoo, Mari
Levin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Devon, Mari, Nakahara, Shigeru
Lille (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsui, Naoko
Luis (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Asami, Junko
Milly (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yokoyama, Chisa, Maddalena, Julie
Molotov (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kosugi, Juurouta
O'Toole, Barnard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ikeda, Masaru, Cranston, Bryan
Sophia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Amano, Yuri
van Freeman, Heinrich (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuoki, Hirotaka, Forest, Michael
Vereuse, Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishimaru, Hiroya
Watts (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kanemaru, Junichi, Seth, Joshua
White, Anna (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuru, Hiromi

Staff:

Itabashi, Hidenori (Producer)
Ueda, Motoki (Producer)
Negishi, Hiroshi (Director)
Sawai, Kouji (Director)
Tanaka, Hideyuki (Sound Director)
Chiba, Daisuke (Episode Director)
Itano, Ichirou (Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director)
Matsuzono, Hiroshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Tomoda, Masaharu (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Yoshida, Hidetoshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Amiya, Masaharu (Script, Screenplay)
Kawasaki, Hiroyuki (Script)
Nakamura, Ryuutarou (Storyboard)
Nishiyama, Akihiko (Storyboard)
Sakata, Junichi (Storyboard)
Aizawa, Kagetsu (Key Animation)
Akahori, Satoru (Series Composition, Screenplay)
Chiba, Katsuhiko (Screenplay)
Gotou, Masami (Key Animation)
Hasebe, Atsushi (Key Animation)
Hayama, Kenji (Key Animation)
Iguchi, Chuuichi (Animation Director)
Itou, Naoyuki (Key Animation, Animation Director)
Iwami, Hideaki (Key Animation)
Jinbo, Daisuke (Sound Effects)
Kanesaka, Hideyuki (Key Animation)
Kano, Akira (Animation Director)
Kogawa, Tomonori (Character Design, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Koyama, Toshihisa (Background Art)
Kuhara, Shigeki (Animation Director, Key Animation)
Kuri, Ippei (Executive Producer)
Maesawa, Hiromi (Key Animation)
Miki, Sachiko (Editing)
Nakahara, Rei (Mechanical Design)
Nakamura, Yutaka (Key Animation)
Nakamura, Kazuyo (Key Animation)
Narushima, Kouki (Planning)
Nishida, Miyako (In-Between Animation)
Ogawa, Hiroshi (Mechanical Design)
Ogura, Kazuo (Background Art)
Oguro, Akira (Key Animation)
Oobari, Masami (Key Animation)
Oota, Noriyuki (Special Effects)
Ozone, Masami (Key Animation)
Saitou, Takuya (Key Animation)
Sano, Takashi (Production Manager)
Sayama, Yoshinori (Mechanical Design)
Sekijima, Mayori (Series Composition)
Shikishima, Hirohide (Animation Director, Key Animation)
Shimada, Toshihiko (Key Animation)
... and 7 more staff

Reviews:

User jmoriarty84 (Score: 9/10):
It is with great pleasure for me to tell you why I liked this anime. First off, it does have some flaws that do stand out such as a few too many recap episodes, which you can skip at your leisure, but other than that, it’s virtually near perfection. The first half of the story will be at a very fast pace and depending on how much time you have, you can probably watch a significant portion of this 49 episode series in one setting. But with the second half, it does get a little slow progressively until near the end, but it’s because ofcertain circumstantial reasons within the story of why it slows down, but when you get to the ending, it picks up again. nnBut the best quality of this anime is definitely its character development. Initially, there will be characters you will not be able to stand and you wish for them to get what’s coming to them for how they act and treat D-Boy. But as time goes on, the characters do grow on you and show significant maturity where your feelings of them drastically change. Another great point in which contributes to the development is of course the relationships between the characters. It’s about family, friendship and love. Initially the characters egos will be a driving force of internal conflicts, but as time goes on, they will unite and come to accept each other as family and support. nnBut despite these find qualities, the story overall is still dark and gritty and I felt it was a good foundation to build and develop the characters on. Certain parts of the story will really make you feel sad for D-Boy for what he has to go through throughout the series. Initially he’s this self-centered guy, but comes to learn that nobody can live alone. I feel a lot of the development of the characters and their relationships is a high point because I think everybody can relate to it. nnI have to say that the art and animation for an early 90s anime is top notch. I originally thought this anime shared the same character designer of Gundam 0083 because the style of those characters, looked like the characters of this anime, but despite my false assumption, the character designs are done by Kogawa Tomonori, the designer of another personal favorite of mine, Tomino Yoshiyuki’s Aura Battler Dunbine. When I compared the heavy clothing of lets say Aki and D-Boy to Sho’s, I could see the resemblance of how he approaches such things and I have to say the 10 year gap between both series shows a significant bounds of evolution with his art style. I’ll admit the character designs aren’t exactly state of the art with wicked hairstyles, but the art is still complex by exhibiting a lot of the emotion this anime caries with the postures, ways of walking, and facial expressions. nnThe designs and transformations of the Tekkaman in this installment are of…
User Arancil (Score: 10/10):
I use the following system to calculate the final score: In each of the five categories (Story, Art, Sound, Character(s), Enjoyment), a score can get 2, 4, 8 or 10. 2 for something I find truly bad, 4 for something that just isn't good enough, 8 for fairly good and 10 for outstanding. The sum of the score is divided by 5 and the score is rounded to the nearest integer (More than or equal to .5 rounds it up, less than .5 rounds it down). STORY (10): A tragic main character, forced to fight. Military men with lots of ambition. Aliens and plants. Romance. A bit of amnesia.Mecha! Sounds like this series doesn't lack a single thing, right? The story is presented in a typical, episodic monster-of-the-week format, and is one of the better shows using this format. nnART (8):nThe animation in this series is very inconsistent. Sometimes, it's brilliant, sometimes, it's bad. When it's good, it's really good, and the designs are exquisite. If you like mecha in the form of power armor, these designs should have you drooling, but the inconsistency hurts a lot.nnSOUND (10):nBoth opening tracks to this series are great, the same goes for tension music and sound effects. One of my favourite voice actors voices the main character, D-Boy. Many will know his voice as Sephiroth's, while others will recognise him from roles such as Kyosuke Nanbu or Ryu from Street Fighter. Either way, his voice is great.nnCHARACTERS (10):nD-Boy truly is an angsty main character, but rightfully so. And he doesn't run around whining about it. The main cast, the antagonists and the interactions within and between these groups are well written. nAnyone who didn't cry oily tears over a certain event towards the end of the series has a heart of stone.nnENJOYMENT (10):nExcellent fights, a captivating story and great mecha designs, not to mention the Vol Tekker, which was later turned into a Pokémon attack exclusive to Pichu's chain of evolution. I enjoyed the heck out of this show.nnFINAL SCORE:n48 * 0.2 = 9.6, rounded up to 10.nnRECOMMENDATION:nThis is something for people who like action shows with some angst and drama. Though there is romance, it's not the focus. nIt's a bit more than your run-of-the-mill shounen, though it runs in the same vein, or very close to it. You should also be aware that with this being a rather long shows, it has some slower arcs that may put some viewers off, not to mention dated animation, which some people can't stand these days.
User Teknometalman (Score: 10/10):
Tekkaman. Yeah what here to say, the anime best for me. when I saw series having 12 years, I knew that it was this title who will win my heart. What can he boast about? He has beauties line, music of extraordinary beauty, sensational projects of heroes, especially Tekkamans. After examining the next stretch, impatiently we expect what will be happening in consecutive. There is no speech about boredom, every minute is drawing. Tekkaman simply needs to know, and one should watch. Frankly I recommend! Alone I examined series several times and I will certainly watch the no one time. (sorry by mistakes in spelling, ifrom poland and i have problems with this language)
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Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mecha, Military, Romance, Sci-Fi, Space
Themes: Mecha, Military, Space
Studios: Tatsunoko Production
Producers: Sotsu
Licensors: Media Blasters
Rating: 7.43 / 10
Rank: #2297
Popularity: #5450
Users Listed: 18,413
Users Scored: 6,177
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 11/23/2022
Aired: February 18, 1992 – February 2, 1993 (Winter)
Type: tv
Source: original
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 49

Uchuu no Kishi Tekkaman Blade