History Anime / GadGuard

* EmpathicWeapon: The Techodes are able to move and react according to their masters' emotions and personal wishes, as well as their innermost characters. [[spoiler: This explains why it seems that Thunderbolt goes berserk on Messerschmidt; although Takumi has nothing against Aiko, it seems he harbors a somewhat wrathful spirit along with his rather black-and-white desire for justice]]
** [[spoiler: The scarred man seems to have an attachment to Lightning, as his movements are also it's own. It is revealed that the nature of the Techode was split, and when they become one again, Lightning seems to get the ability to talk and sentience, as it seems.]]

* [[spoiler:ReunionKiss: Arashi and Hajiki shared one of these in the last episode.]]

* GenderBenderName: Arashi. She was named so by her father because he expected a boy and only prepared boy names. Another option he had thought up was Hayate, which is the name Arashi gives her Techode.

* GaiasLament
* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives: Many ''many'' times.
* HumongousMecha: Notably, of the retro Anime/{{Gigantor}} mold, as opposed the much more popular piloted type.

''Gad Guard'' is a TV {{Anime}} from studio {{Gonzo}} directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori. With an original run between April and September 2003, the series culminates in 26 episodes. A LightNovel was adapted from the {{anime}} with illustrations by Izuna Yoshitsune and published by Media Factory in 4 volumes.

** YukoSato and Creator/JulieAnnTaylor: Takumi

It NeedsMoreLove.

** MasayoKurata and Creator/MichelleRuff: Aiko

** YukoSato and JulieAnnTaylor: Takumi

** Creator/KenichiSuzumura and TonyOliver: Hajiki
** Creator/JunichiSuwabe and DaveWittenberg: Katana

** FumikoOrikasa and Creator/KariWahlgren: Arashi

* MrFanservice: Katana, the [[TheStoic cool]], [[IneffectualLoner brooding]], [[TallDarkAndHandsome handsome]] guy in the BadassLongcoat who also [[TheGunslinger kicks ass]], has a HiddenHeartOfGold and is voiced by JunichiSuwabe.

** JunichiSuwabe and DaveWittenberg: Katana

** KenichiSuzumura and TonyOliver: Hajiki

** FumikoOrikasa and KariWahlgren: Arashi

** MasayoKurata and MichelleRuff: Aiko

* AfterTheEnd

* [[spoiler:ReunionKiss: Arashi and Hajiki shared one of these.]]

* HumongousMecha: Notably, of the retro {{Gigantor}} mold, as opposed the much more popular piloted type.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Takumi looks about 10, but he's in his mid-teens.
* {{Ojou}}: Aiko, though she doesn't have the personality.

* {{Tsundere}}: Arashi.

* TomboyishName: Arashi, specifically because her father wanted a boy.

!!Tropes:

''Gad Guard'' is a TV {{Anime}} from studio Gonzo directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori. With an original run between April and September 2003, the series culminates in 26 episodes. A LightNovel was adapted from the {{anime}} with illustrations by Izuna Yoshitsune and published by Media Factory in 4 volumes.

!!This series contains examples of:

* TomboyishName: Arashi

* DisappearedDad: Hajiki's dad was an astronaut who died when Hajiki was young.

* FoeYay: Katana and Hajiki

This series contains examples of:

* CrapsackWorld: Things aren't too bad living in good parts of the city like Day Town, but poorer areas and those outside the cities just get grimmer and grimmer.

The story takes place several hundred years in the future, the resources of the Earth having run out, the progression of the human race stagnated and the world divided into "Units". Hajiki Sanada lives with his mother and sister in Unit 74, in a place called "Night Town", and often skips school to work as a courier earning money for his struggling family. After a chance encounter with a [=GAD=], a robotic device with the ability to reconstruct materials while reacting to feelings of an organic life, Hajiki soon sets off on a journey of personal discovery to locate the other [=GAD=]s and their owners, who may be friend or foe alike.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Katana towards Hajiki, after Hajiki destroyed the [=GAD=] Katana built himself.

The story takes place several hundred years in the future, the resources of the Earth having run out, the progression of the human race stagnated and the world divided into "Units". Hajiki Sanada lives with his mother and sister in Unit 74, in a place called "Night Town", and often skips school to work as a courier earning money for his struggling family. After a chance encounter with a [=GAD=], with the ability to reconstruct materials while reacting to feelings of an organic life, Hajiki soon sets off on a journey of personal discovery to locate the other [=GAD=]s and their owners, who may be friend or foe alike.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Katana

* MagicSkirt: Arashi, considering it's tiny and she fights with kicks.

''Gad Guard'' is a TV {{Anime}} from studio Gonzo directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori and originally airing on the Animax and Fuji TV networks. With an original run between April 2003 and September 2003 the series culminates in 26 episodes. A LightNovel was adapted from the {{Anime}} with illustration by Izuna Yoshitsune and published by Media Factory in 2003 with a total of 4 volumes.

The story of ''GadGuard'' occurs several hundred years in the future, the resources of the Earth having run out, and the progression of the human race stagnated and the world divided into "Units". Hajiki Sanada lives with his mother and sister in Unit 74, in a place called "Night Town". Hajiki soon sets off to find GADS, devices with the ability to reconstruct materials while reacting to feelings of an organic life.

Tropes found in ''GadGuard'' include:

* CrapsackWorld

* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives

* MoralityPet: Sayuri to Katana.

* {{Ojou}}: Aiko

* [[TsunDere Tsundere]]: Arashi.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Katana towards Hajiki.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Takumi. Just. Takumi.

* IKnowKungFu: Arashi