Changes: Gate Keepers

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Gate Keepers (ゲートキーパーズ, Gēto Kīpāzu^?) started as a role-playing game for the PlayStation. The game was then adapted into an anime series, and first aired on April 3, 2000. The anime was licensed by Geneon Entertainment USA.

Plot

The story is set in 1969, a period of time in which Japan is experiencing intense economic and social development after the end of World War II in 1945. Unbeknownst to humans, interdimensional aliens have emerged with plans to take over the world by sending numerous agents to wreak havoc in cities, turning people into robotic minions. They are referred to as "Invaders".

In an attempt to confront the Invaders and defend the planet; an elite but highly secret organization of peace-keepers called the Alien Exterminating Global Intercept System (or A.E.G.I.S.), was set up with funding from the government. They rely on the ability of "Gate Keepers", who have the power to open dimensional "Gates" of a paranormal energy that give them their superpowers. These superpowers are the only weapons that have any effect on Invaders.

The headquarters of the Far East branch of A.E.G.I.S. lies beneath Tategami High School, a façade created by the organization to mask the active recruitment of new Gate Keepers. Since many of the candidates were High School students, the location allowed the agents to be enrolled in school and be available for a mission at a moment's notice.

Characters

A.E.G.I.S. Members

The Commander

Keiko Ochiai

Kanetake Meguro

Shun Ukiya

Ruriko Ikusawa

Reiko Asagiri

Kaoru Konoe

Megumi Kurogane

Feng Fei Ling

Chotaro Banba

Episodes

Episode Guide

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 ==Plot==
-The story is set in 1969, a period of time in which Japan is experiencing intense economic and social development after the end of World War II in 1945. Unbeknownst to humans, interdimensional aleins have emerged with plans to take over the world by sending numerous agents to wreak havoc in cities, turning people into robotic minions. They are referred to as "Invaders".
+The story is set in 1969, a period of time in which Japan is experiencing intense economic and social development after the end of World War II in 1945. Unbeknownst to humans, interdimensional aliens have emerged with plans to take over the world by sending numerous [[Invader Soldier|agents]] to wreak havoc in cities, turning people into robotic minions. They are referred to as "[[Invader|Invaders]]".
-In an attempt to confront the Invaders and defend the planet; an elite but highly secret organization of peace-keepers called the Alien Exterminating Global Intercept System (or A.E.G.I.S.), was set up with funding from the government. They rely on the ability of "Gate Keepers", who have the power to open dimensional "gates" of a paranormal energy that give them their superpowers. These superpowers are the only weapons that have any effect on Invaders.
+In an attempt to confront the Invaders and defend the planet; an elite but highly secret organization of peace-keepers called the [[Aegis|Alien Exterminating Global Intercept System]] (or A.E.G.I.S.), was set up with funding from the government. They rely on the ability of "Gate Keepers", who have the power to open dimensional "[[Gate|Gates]]" of a paranormal energy that give them their superpowers. These superpowers are the only weapons that have any effect on Invaders.
+The headquarters of the Far East branch of A.E.G.I.S. lies beneath [[Tategami High School]], a façade created by the organization to mask the active recruitment of new Gate Keepers. Since many of the candidates were High School students, the location allowed the agents to be enrolled in school and be available for a mission at a moment's notice.
-The headquarters of the Far East branch of A.E.G.I.S. lies beneath Tategami High School, a facade created by the organization to mask the active recruitment of new Gate Keepers. Since many of the candidates were High School students, the location allowed the agents to be enrolled in school and be available for a mission at a moment's notice.
 ==Characters==
 <u>'''A.E.G.I.S. Members'''</u>
+;[[Tetsuya Tokiwatari|The Commander]]
-;Shun Ukiya,
-:Shun Ukiya, the focus of the first series, is a young schoolboy with a deep passion for kendo. Ukiya discovers that he has the ability to open the Gate of Gales in a chance encounter with an Invader attack near his hometown, where he meets fellow Gate Keeper and childhood friend, Ruriko Ikusawa. He is subsequently invited to join A.E.G.I.S. after discovering the existence of Invaders and of A.E.G.I.S. Skills he developed after discovering his Gate includes  his "Ultra Whirlwind Slash" and "Vacuum Missile". His Gate is considered to be among the most powerful Gates to have been discovered. He inherited the Gate from his father, and, as disclosed in ''Gate Keepers 21'' his daughter Ayane Isuzu inherited it in turn, although she avoids using it. His Gate color is blue.
 ;
+;[[Keiko Ochiai]]
-;Ruriko Ikusawa,
-:Ruriko is one of the first Gate Keepers recruited in Japan by A.E.G.I.S. and controls the Gate of Life.Viewed as a model student and an active participant in school activities, Ruriko only snaps when Ukiya uses her nickname in public. Her original ability involves a healing light and she utilizes it for combat through the materialization of a bow and arrow. She is kidnapped by Reiji Kageyama and is convinced to hate others, thus changing her Gate into the Minus Gate of Genocide. A gate Misao Sakimori, that should never be opened because of the devastation it brings. When she discovers that her secret love for Ukiya is reciprocated, her hatred fades and restores her Gate of Life. Her Gate color is yellow.
 ;
+;[[Kanetake Meguro]]
-;Reiji Kageyama,
-:At a young age by many tragedies in his family, his original Gate of Foresight was warped into the Jet-Black Gate of Darkness. The Gate of Darkness allows him to do many things. For example, he is able to transport objects, change his outfit and perform a variety of attacks. He possesses clairvoyance, which the Commander theorizes helped him open his gate initially by allowing him to 'Grasp a future beyond his reach'. A formidable enemy, Kageyama's secret identity is not discovered until it was too late, even though he had been befriended by Ukiya as a student of Tategami High School. In the anime, his real name is revealed to be Yuji Mitsuoka, the son of a rich man who was duped by one of his associates. He returns in Gate Keepers 21 as a middle-aged businessman working for A.E.G.I.S. Network, and is seen riding a blue TVR Tuscan. He is missing several body parts such as his arm, leg, and internal organs due to the overuse of his Gate. His Gate color is black.
 ;
+;[[Shun Ukiya]]
-;Yukino Houjou,
+;
-:She is the oldest Gate Keeper in Japan, having been born in 1169. However, she has stopped aging and appears in 1969 as a young girl in a white kimono (and again in Gate Keepers 21 without any trace of aging). Like her name Yukino suggests, she commands the Gate of Ice and Snow, being able to summon blizzards and hail. She is one of the most powerful Gate Keepers in both series, being referred to as a 'top-secret,  She does helps the A.E.G.I.S. members, despite being not an official member herself. She also has her pet ermine Hisame with her. She returns in Gate Keepers 21. She usually keeps her distance from the rest of the characters. Her Gate color is white.
+;[[Ruriko Ikusawa]]
-<u>'''Memebrs in Gate Keepers 21'''</u>
+;
+;[[Reiko Asagiri]]
-'''Ayane Isuzu-''Ukiya'''''
+;
+;[[Kaoru Konoe]]
-An intelligent student, Ayane is ranked third-highest of her entire class at Tategami High School. Ayane's classmates consider her to be a geek and more than a little strange, not only because she is seldom seen without her computer, but also because of her introverted attitude and near-hostility to social situations. When Ayane battles Invaders, she prefers to use pre-programmed imitation Gates that are triggered by specially designed cellular phones. She often uses her computer to strategically time the deployment of the imitation Gates, and also uses various tracking programs to detect and home in on Invader activity.She and her mother were left to fend for themselves when her father, Shun Ukiya, dies battling Invaders. Because of this she resents using UP-15 and her inherited Gate of Wind. The only thing she treasures is a tiny bell, one of the few happy memories she has from her childhood, which she keeps on the lid of her laptop computer.
+;
+;[[Megumi Kurogane]]
-'''Miu Manazuru'''
+;
+;[[Feng Fei Ling]]
-Miu is a cheerful, clumsy and often clueless student in Ayane's class at Tategami High. She has few wants or desires apart from spending time with her friends, going on dates, and managing the school's soccer team. Miu's Gate power manifests itself when she attempts to escape from the excessive attentions of one of her dates—and that is when Ayane discovers her as well, and recruits her to the AEGIS.
+;
+;[[Chotaro Banba]]
-After being recruited by Ayane, Miu starts to hang out with her. When Miu is in Ayane's presence, she asks if she can actually do anything useful at all, but Ayane either ignores her or just tells her how worthless she is. Miu, upon being asked by Ayane what she is fighting for, answers that she wants to make everyone happy and is just curious. Dispite the flying power her Gate gives her, she often refers to it as "hoping" rather than actual flight.
-'''Satoka Tachikawa'''
-Tachikawa's first appearance is in episode 3, where she rescues Miu and her friends when the Invaders attack a Karaoke Bar. Her combat tactics generally revolve around frontal assaults using her gate to materialize a variety of swords and knives.
-Summoned to the region by Reiji Kageyama, she arrives as reinforcements for the Top-Ranked hunter, Ayane Isuzu. Unlike Ayane, she does her job with zeal and seems to relish making money from her ventures. The differences in their personalities also fuels the one sided rivalry that she has with Ayane. Ayane is shown to generally ignore her and walks away even during the middle of conversations. This dismissive attitude only serves to frustrate Satoka even more. However she does have a softer side, when she had to kill Miu's friends she did not take the jems left behind.
+==Episodes==
+[[Episode Guide]]
+==Other==
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+* [[Gatekeepers (game)]]
+* [[Gate Keepers 1985]]
+* [[Gatekeepers (soundtrack)]]
+[[Category:Media]]