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The brave express might gaine 27? Brave series 23? Impact frames 5? Character acting 2? The Brave Express Might Gaine takes these newly crafted themes to their logical conclusion. Here the robots are no longer 'spirits,' but have personalities granted by advanced Artificial Intelligence. These robots were designed and built from the ground up by the late father of the main character: billionaire crime-fighting teenager.

This article is about the franchise that uses designs from Transformers. For the Car Robots character, see Emissary (RID).

Brave (勇者 Yūsha) is a non-Transformersfranchise that Takara and Sunrise created after the Generation 1 anime ran its course in Japan. The Brave Series consists of eight individual series that were released one after the other from 1990 to 1998 with corresponding TV shows in Japan. The last show in the series received a follow-up OVA beginning in 2000. Although none of the series storylines are connected to one another,^[1] the basic format of each series is similar. Usually a kid befriends/creates/becomes a sentient robot, and together they fight a great evil threatening the Earth. The main robots combine with other vehicles and robots to become larger robots, and additional teams of sentient robots combine amongst themselves to form larger robots as well. This structure had been established in Victory and would be reproduced almost beat-for-beat in every Brave series. The Brave franchise has been described as a cross between Transformers and the Super Robot genre of the late '70s and early '80s.

The Brave series consisted of:

• 1990: Brave Exkaiser
• 1991: The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird
• 1992: The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn
• 1993: The Brave Express Might Gaine
• 1994: Brave Police J-Decker
• 1995: The Brave of Gold Goldran
• 1996: Brave Command Dagwon
  • 1997: Brave Command Dagwon - The Boy with Crystal Eyes
• 1997: The King of Braves GaoGaiGar
  • 1999: The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL
• The Saint Of The Braves Baan Gaan (cancelled, later made into a video game.)

Toys for these robots were created in two sizes: DX ('deluxe') versions that contained more gimmicks and more complicated transformations, and STD ('standard') versions that contained fewer gimmicks and more limited transformations (often resorting to partsforming), but often also higher accuracy in reproducing the look of the robot from the anime series. Generally, the toys were created by Takara's Takashi Kunihiro and Sunrise's Kunio Okawara, doing engineering and design work respectively. The duo had already collaborated in the creation of Star Saber from the aforementioned Transformers Victory. The toys not engineered by Kunihiro are believed to be engineered by Hisashi Yuki.

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Relationship to Transformers

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The initial concept designs for Brave Exkaiser, the first Brave series, were intended to be Transformers designs. While the Brave robot Ultra Raker was very far along at this stage, the Max team and King Exkaiser bore little resemblance to their final designs.

The Brave toys also have design elements similar to Generation 2 and Beast Wars Transformers, which were released around the same time as the Brave toys. For example, many of the Brave of Legend toys have light-piped eyes thanks to transparent pieces of plastic in their heads, a design element which many Generation 2 Transformers share. The Goldran DX toyline contains many projectile launchers, something Generation 2 shared as well. In particular, the Goldran toy 'Advenger' contains a rotor-launching gimmick identical to that of the Rotor Force from Generation 2, and the 'Captain Shark' figure has a Gatling-gun style launcher, the same as Generation 2Dreadwing. Lastly, the elbows of Leon from DX Leonkyzer contain ball joints, a design element that gained much broader use during Generation 2 and even more so during the Beast Wars toyline. In addition, Might Gunner's shoulders have twin barreled cannons on them, in the same manner that Scorponok does, due to Kunio Okawara co-designing both characters.

The Brave Series also reused character designs and toys from previous Transformers series. It was not uncommon for the recycled designs to appear in a Brave TV show, but not in toy form. These designs were often significantly augmented to distinguish them from their Transformers counterparts. For example, the four Geister henchmen in Exkaiser use character models of four of the five Dinobots (minus Grimlock), but with all-new faces, body detail and color schemes. Of the designs that did appear in toy form, some of them were retooled to reflect these changes, whereas others were simple recolors. (A complete listing of the reuses follows in the section below.)

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One striking difference between the Brave and Transformers toy lines is that very few villain robots were released in the Brave series. This is in sharp contrast to most of the Transformers series, in which heroes and villains are released in relatively equal numbers (with the exception of Zone and Return of Convoy). Generally speaking, the lack of villain toys is more the norm for such toylines in Japan, with the various Transformers lines (save for the aforementioned two) being the exception.

Despite the Brave series's reuse of many Transformers molds and character designs, Brave toys have never been reused in a Transformers toy line. This is likely because the characters that the toys represent are owned by Sunrise. That said, a Brave mold was finally reused in 2008, when Might Kaiser's trailer was modified and included in TakaraTomy's Tomica Hero: Rescue Force as part of the toy Zero Fire. Although Hasbro never released Brave toys in the West, they apparently did receive samples from Takara on at least one occasion.

Influence on Transformers

Similar to Brave being influenced by Transformers, subsequent Transformers lines have also been influenced by the Brave Series. The Japanese Mini-ConKingbolt's coloration and characterization are homages to the Brave series Exkaiser. The Cybertron cartoon featured many homages to the Brave series, most notably the way Optimus Prime combines with Leobreaker and Wing Saber, which is similar to the way GaoGaiGar combines with Goldymarg and Stealth Gao respectively. As well, Hot Shot's transformation scheme is almost identical to various car robots from the Brave series, those being Dran, Dag Fire, and Volfogg. The battle between Optimus Prime and Galvatron contains several visual references to the final showdown between Great Exkaiser and Dinogeist from the anime series Brave Exkaiser. The Animated characters Jetfire and Jetstorm are similar to Enryū and Hyōryū from GaoGaiGar, both with respect to their elemental motifs and method of combination. Animated also has a brief cameo appearance by Dagwon's Dag Base. Shattered GlassEsmeral's color scheme is based on Red Geist, a redeco of her Victory counterpart's husband. Brave Police J-Decker mecha Duke Fire and Shadowmaru inspired the Autobot drone Duke Fire and Decepticon Greatsix. Meanwhile, the human police superintendent Juzo Saejima also inspired the Generation 1 human Saejima.

Toys and character designs recycled from Transformers

(Italicized names are non-toy characters.)

Exkaiser

• Green Raker and Blue Raker — Originally designed with Transformers in mind but released under the Brave banner.
• Armor Geist — Snarl
• Horn Geist — Slag
• Ptera Geist — Swoop
• Thunder Geist — Sludge

Da Garn

• Red Geist with Red Breaster — Deathsaurus and Tigerbreast (no Eaglebreast)

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• Atlas Epsilon — Dai Atlas
• Atlas Mk.II — Dai Atlas
• Gōryū with Ōwashi — Dai Atlas and Speeder
• Hiryū with Hayabusa — Sonic Bomber and Sonic
• Mega Sonic 8823 — Sonic Bomber

J-Decker

• Kagerō — Sixshot
• Shadowmaru — Sixshot (featured a new head, chest, chest fins, beast head, and entirely new set of weaponry to incorporate a ninja motif; also has slightly more articulation since the bar connecting the lower legs to each other was removed)
• The Micromaster Stations (sans Micromasters and including non-transformable Brave Police figures; never appeared in the show)

It was originally assumed that Duke Fire from Brave Police J-Decker was a homage to New Rodimus. However, following a discussion with Duke Fire's designer, this proved to be a coincidence.^[2]

Goldran

• Death Garry Gun with Missile Gear — Sky Garry and Shotbomber (cannibalized trailer launchers)
• Revibaron — Sonic Bomber with parts from Deathsaurus and Dai Atlas
• Zazorigun — Scorponok

Dagwon

• Dag Base — Grandus (significant retooling, cannot combine with Star Convoy)
• Thunder Dagwon — Galaxy Shuttle (significant retooling, including an additional motorcycle/robot that combines for the shuttle's robot mode)

Fiction

Ask Vector Prime

Vector Prime was asked whether or not Brave was a part of the Transformersmultiverse. Unfortunately, the Prime seemed to have misinterpreted the question. He did, however, express a fondness for the adventures of Princess Merida and Queen Elinor.

The events of the Brave anime were later established to take place in the Cymond Cluster, which bordered the Megaverse and only possessed a tangential connection to the goings-on elsewhere in the Transformers multiverse. Ask Vector Prime

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Notes

• Transformers: Bravemasters was an unrealized proposal by Hayato Sakamoto. Art of it shown at BotCon 2015 revealed that it would have utilized several offscreen toys from the Movie-related toyline (such as Breacher, whose toy would have been used for the main character) and would have been strongly influenced by the Brave franchise.^[3]

References

1. ↑ There are some small connections between the series. For example, the reason Fighbird joined the Space Guards is that he admires Exkaiser. (This connection is stated in the Encyclopedia of Fighbird, published by Keibunsha.) Also, there are some small cameos of human characters between shows, and some character models, such as Draias and Guard Diver, are reused in subsequent series. Lastly, the Brave Saga video games retcon the storylines of the shows so that they link up.

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External links

• Brave series at Wikipedia
• The GaoGaiGar-Betterman Wiki.

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Brave Express Might Gaine was the fourth Brave Series installment produced by Sunrise. Might Gaine aired in Japan in 1993, with a total of 47 episodes. Unlike prior shows in the Brave Series, the robots were created by humans, as opposed to having more extraterrestrial or supernatural origins.

Might Gaine is set in the near future of year 2050^note when the world's reserves of fossil fuel have nearly run out; commercial planes can't fly anymore, cars are powered with rechargeable electric batteries, and long distance trade are handled purely by surface ships such as trains. Also made possible are the widespread use of affordable Mecha made for consumer convenience, in which a good portion of them became an underground trade used for criminal ends.

Opposing them is the Brave Express Team, lead by by the teenage industrialist Might Senpuuji. Given life by an advanced AI program, he is assisted by his own team of transforming mecha. The episodes are fairly stand-alone for the first part of the series; it isn't until Might's rival, Joe, shows up that there is really any connecting thread between the episodes. The main enemy isn't even hinted at until further on.

Best known as the otherBrave Series entry with Nobuyuki Hiyama voicing the Hero Protagonist.

Tropes used for this series:

• Always in Class One: Might and Hamada are freshmens of the same high school, and enrolled together in Class 1-A.
• Arbitrarily Large Bank Account: The Senpuuji Concern is an example of a Mega-Corp that is actually benevolent instead of being a negative figure.
  • Big Fancy House: The Senpuujis owns approximately 1/3rd of Tokyo Bay solely to themselves and has a personal mansion that's built right on bay waters complete with island space big enough to be called 'a district.'
  • Super Toughness: And so The Pink Cats was daring enough to break into Might's mansion and rob his arbitrarily large bank vault. What they didn't expect is the vault is as large as The Senpuuji Mansion itself, with its weight and toughness beyond measurable; just using a full sized super robot ain't gonna let you fly far. However, The Pink Cats were smart enough to use the vault as a weapon to curb-stomp Great Might Gaine to their advantage. Not that Mr. CEO cares. Might just casually orders Might Gunner to blast the vault open to let Miss Catherine Vuitton panic and finish her off; turning the savings in that vault of his to complete dust.
  Butler Aoki: 'Shall I calculate the losses, master?'
  Butler Aoki: *Beat* 'No, not at all, sir.'
• Bland-Name Product: 'SUNRICE Meals.'
• Calling Your Attacks: GAINE SHOT! ICHIMONJI-GIRI!
• Central Theme: 'Justice.'
• Cool Train: MIGHT GAINEEEEE! Also, the Bombers and the Divers. Oh, and Might Gunner and Might Kaiser.
  • To explain just how much Cool Train the Brave Express team is packing: Might Gaine is comprised of 3 trains, 2 of which can be stored within the larger. Might Kaiser and Might Gunner are 1 each. The Bombers and Divers are 4 trains each, which can combine into 2 larger trains. That's thirteen trains total, capable of combining into five larger ones. Oh, and those 5 can lock together to pull off their ultimate Finishing Move: Joint Dragon Fire. (Yes, their ultimate attack involves the opponent getting run over by thirteen Cool Trains.)
• Combining Mecha: Duh.
• Cowboy Episode: In episode 13, Might received a case to take out bad guys located within a western theme park in The United States, which he stayed a bit longer afterwards sporting a full Cowboy gear to enjoy the atmosphere.
• Fate Drives Us Together: Our commoner heroine, Sally Yoshinaga being from a low-income family technically would never have any chance to cross paths with the high-and-above all Might Senpuuji. But her courageous confrontation with an enemy one night changes the gears for her, as Might would take her to safety. Ever since that night, due to her Running Gag of switching jobs and engulfed in-between battles, Sally and Might get to know each other little-by-little during each encounter. Eventually, the two fall in love.
• Humongous Mecha: Great Might Gaine.
• Improbable Age: 15 year-old teenagers, Might can pilot a jet, while Hamada is allowed to drive a car without any adult supervision. ^note Realistically speaking, where as Might most likely can get away with it, having Hamada with privileges like that makes people wonder whether the age consent was overall looser in their world setting.
• Masquerade Ball: Episode 44 has The Senpuuji Concern host a masquerade/costume Christmas Eve party opened to the public. Which gave Might the opportunity to officially offer Sally his hand for a Dance of Romance. Of course, this also attracted the money thieves, Shogun Mifune and The Pink Cats into the mansion.
• Not Quite Dead: Several of sympathetic one-shot characters that seemingly died throughout the series turns out alive and well to attend Might and Sally's wedding in the end of the series, including Kiyomaru Kujou and Kochou/Luna Naitou. Unlike those two, however, Black Might Gaine stayed dead. Also, turns out that Joe survived his suicide run against Exeve, since he's also seen in the wedding.
• Primary-Color Champion:
  • Might Gaine
  • Might's battle uniform are composed with dark, teal blue inner garments ^note and a bright red vest. With his hair color as a bonus.
• Railroad Employee Roundhouse: Since the story revolves around the planet's largest railroad company, expect various employees of the Senpuuji Concern pop up for time to time.
• Recap Episode: Episode 39 is a full TV-show segment featuring (CEO) Might Senpuuji as one of six invited guests to have a panel discussion on topics regarding The Brave Express Team.
• Recycled Soundtrack: The 2nd ending theme, 'Black Diamond' is a rearrangement of 'Ame no Highway' from Idol Densetsu Eriko, both songs were composed by Nobuhiko Kashiwara.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After Guard Diver is destroyed, Might and Might Gaine go on one of these against Purple. Battle Bomber is then destroyed. Maito and Great Might Gaine respond by bisecting the robot that did it, then killing Purple by blowing his battleship and army into oblivion with the Perfect Cannon. This probably extends to Exeve and Black Noir as well.
• Shout-Out: A little boy from a ridiculously wealthy family witnessed his parents' death at a young age, brought up by his butler, swears to fight to protect his city in the name of justice and revenge on whoever plotted his parents' death, and so, teamed up with his butler in using his mansion to build machines to fight against their enemies, does that even freaking remind you of somebody?
  • Word of God confirms Might's surname and the name of Might Gaine were based on the 1959-60s Japanese movie series Ginza Senpuuji (The Whirlwind Kid of Ginza).
  • In the episode featuring the Evil Twin, Black Might Gaine, its transformation sequence finishes off with the villain docking with it a la Mazinger Z.
  • Targeting method and working of internal mechanisms of Perfect Cannon show it to be not just a Wave-Motion Gun but TheWave Motion Gun.
  • The jewel thief Pink Cat has, at least once, used the alias 'Marilyn Monroe'.
  • Sonic the Hedgehog makes a cameo in episode 19 as a key chain figurine.
• Theme Music Power-Up: Whenever Might Gaine is about to commence asskicking, an instrumental version of the opening, Arashi no Hero, starts up.
• Three Successful Generations: The Senpuuji Clan.
  • First generation Yuujiro Senpuuji foresaw the extinction of fossil fuel and invested in the railroad production business. His business started slow due to his determination on emphasizing the safety and sturdiness of his products. Which in the long run, made his company the top selling brand for train products world wide.
  • Second generation Akira Senpuuji took over his father, Yuujiro's railroad production line, and expands on international trades that went beyond railroad products. He also invested and merged in large amounts of high-tech electron technologies, communication, and finance firms as a way to secretly launch his Brave Express project underneath his father's nose.
  • Third generation Might Senpuuji merges both his father and grandfather's businesses under one roof, then proceeded in earning his concern a whopping 200% increase of profit income by his first year as CEO.
• 'On the Next Episode of...' Catch-Phrase: 'The power of justice will summon a storm.'
• Tournament Play: Might Gaine is one of the first anime series to introduce the cultural concept of the now popular eSports. Episode 15 has a 'CG Robot Championship' where the contestants showcase their customized virtual robots by competing against each other in a 3D arena battle. The championship is large enough to take place in a public sports dome, and Might was an invited VIP to watch the competition with Hamada, Aoki and Izumi.
• Transformation Is a Free Action: Played with in episode 42, where the Villain of the Week managed to succeed to prevent the combination of the individual Braves using robots Raijin and Jinrai, by firing an anti-combine magnet from a satellite base and having Raijin and Jinrai surround it to disrupt the combination. Luckily Might Gunner ended it by firing at the ship's antenna which provided the anti-combination mechanism, and the villain gets it. See Cool Train above on how the good guys payed him back.
• Transformation Name Announcement
  Might Gaine: 'Carrying the hopes on silver wings, this green light signals for peace! The Brave Express Might Gaine, arriving on scene just in time!'
• Transforming Mecha: Do we really have to say it?
• Biting-the-Hand Humor / Take That!: The twist ending is commonly thought of as pushback by Sunrise against Takara over conflicts during the making of its predecessor. The sheer over-the-top degree to which villainous robots combine and transform, often for no reason and far in excess of how often they do so in other Brave Series shows, might be an extended example against the excesses of Merchandise-Driven shows in general, though of course Might Gaine is such a show itself.
  • In particular, Exev's Treasure Robotics (TR) company, is believed to be a reference to Takara, especially since Takara means 'treasure' in Japanese.
  • Director Takamatsu confirms this execution. See the Brave Series trivia's Central Theme for the whole picture.
• The Worf Effect: Gaine is a pretty effective combatant in the first episode... and then after that he starts getting kicked around, having to hold out until the Locomoriser shows up to form Might Gaine. The same could be said for both Guard Diver and Tri-Bomber/Battle Bomber as well.