History Manga / Spriggan

* MegaCorp: ARCAM and Trident are described as this at various points in the manga seris.

* ShoutOut: The way the YAMA virus makes threats to send the world into a nuclear war is [[{{Franchise/Terminator}} similar to what [=SkyNet=] would do.]]

* ShoutOut: The way the YAMA virus makes threats to send the world into a nuclear war is [[Franchise/Terminator similar to what SkyNet would do.]]

* ChildSoldiers: Villain Colonel [=McDougal=] is a young child who has been experimented on by the Machiner's Platoon (Machine Corp. in the OVA) and cybernetically enhanced since birth, having been trained to harness unmatched psychic power. Another example is [[spoiler: Yu himself, who was kidnapped at a young age and placed into a black ops unit of child soldiers known as "COSMOS" after his parents were killed during an archaeological expedition in Iran by American commandos.]]

!!The series (film and manga) contain examples of:

* ExpandedUniverse: The chapters "First Mission" and "Gold Rush".

* ChildSoldiers: Villain Colonel [=McDougal=] is a young child who has been experimented on by the Machiner's Platoon (Machine Corp. in the OVA) and cybernetically enhanced since birth, having been trained to harness unmatched psychic power. Another example is [[spoiler: Yu himself, who was kidnapped at a young age and placed into a black ops unit of child soldiers known as "COSMOS" after his parents were killed during an archaeological expedition in Iran by unknown assassins.]]

* InferredHolocaust: [[spoiler: Yu defeats Colonel [=McDougal=], but not before the boy activated Noah's Ark to cause a rapid increase to the planets global warming cycle, causing tidal waves and hurricanes to spawn all around the globe. When the camera pans up in the finale, the earth is shown to be completely reshaped by the massive flooding.]]

** ARCAM could be possibly an allusion to [[Creator/HPLovecraft Arkham]]. According to [[
http://www.webcitation.org/6FrRNxFBb this article, it's potentially possible that the creators of Spriggan made the spelling intentional, while having some Lovecraft inspiration.]]

* Foreshadowing: Numerous bad guys, ranging from Iwao Akatsuki to [=ARCAM=] personnel (most of them former) that someone in the company's trying to amass power to take control of the company with disastrous results. [[spoiler:Turns out that they're right and this makes Yu reluctant to continue Spriggan missons since he can't tell if the majority of ARCAM are bad guys or good guys.]]

* ShoutOut: Maj. Fatman and Little Boy are named after the two [[{{WWII}} nuclear bombs dropped on Japan]]. ARCAM could be possibly an allusion to [[Creator/HPLovecraft Arkham]]. According to [[http://io9.com/#!5439408/the-long-tentacle-of-hp-lovecraft-in-manga-nsfw this article, it's potentially possible that the creators of Spriggan made the spelling intentional, while having some Lovecraft inspiration.]]
* TitleDrop: Several times the title is mentioned.

* Foreshadowing: Numerous bad guys, ranging from Iwao Akatsuki to [=ARCAM=] personnel (most of them former) that someone in the company's trying to amass power to take control of the company with disastrous results. [[spoilers:Turns out that they're right and this makes Yu reluctant to continue Spriggan missons since he can't tell if the majority of ARCAM are bad guys or good guys.]]

* MadeOfIron: Yu Ominae

* EnemyMine: Near the end, Yu and Jean (with the rest of the anti-Larry Markson and anti-Henry Garnum ARCAM personnel) team up with ex-Trident Corporation commando Iwao Akatsuki and ex-Neo Nazi and ninja-trained Bo Brantze to stop the destruction of the Earth by Larry's hands from trying to harness Gaia's power for a hostile ARCAM. It's interesting [[spoiler:considering that ARCAM security forces including the Spriggans had once marked the two as their enemies.]] In the beginning, Spetsnaz officer Victor Shutrov (or Stolov, based on the Singaporean English translation) tries to kill Japanese KGB agent Koichi Moroha when he learns of his plan to dominate the world via the Fire Shrine and not on behalf of the USSR, helping Yu somewhat. He's killed later, not being able to stop the renegade agent. This is also part of EvenEvilHasStandards.

* {{Ninja}}: Yu and Yoshino face off against Koga-trained ninjas led by a PSIA agent named Kenzo Nakano to seize the [[spoiler:Philosopher's Stone.]]

* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler: Col. [=McDougal=] plans to wipe the humans of the face of the planet to help the Earth re-flourish.]]

An anime film directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki, adapting the Noah's Ark chapter with the same title written by Hiroshi Takashige. The film was originally released in Japan by Studio 4°C, and later received a North American release in 2002 by ADVFilms. As for the manga, the original 11 volume series was complete with another 8 done in bunkoban, twice. However, it didn't finish its serialization in North America, France, Malaysia and Spain. It did complete serialization in Indonesia, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore and in Taiwan.

Aside from the manga series and the OVA, there was also a [[Game/{{Spriggan}} video game adaptation]] released by From Software for the Playstation. In it, players take the role of a Japanese Spriggan agent named Tashiki Oshiki with appearances by Yu and Jean Jacquemonde.

Aside from the manga series and the OVA, there was also a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Game/Spriggan video game adaptation]] released by From Software for the Playstation. In it, players take the role of a Japanese Spriggan agent named Tashiki Oshiki with appearances by Yu and Jean Jacquemonde.

* ShoutOut: Maj. Fatman and Little Boy are named after the two [[{{WWII}} nuclear bombs dropped on Japan]]. ARCAM could be possibly an allusion to [[HPLovecraft Arkham]]. According to [[http://io9.com/#!5439408/the-long-tentacle-of-hp-lovecraft-in-manga-nsfw this article, it's potentially possible that the creators of Spriggan made the spelling intentional, while having some Lovecraft inspiration.]]

-->'''Fat Man''': FINALLY, YOU BEGIN TO FIGHT!

* NoExportForYou: The Spriggan manga series was not finished completely in different parts of the globe. In some parts of the world where Spriggan was serialized in different languages, certain chapters were censored for either political/religious reasons, the former having portrayed the American military as being hostile for translations released in North America.

* SameFaceDifferentName: When Spriggan was released in Canada and in the US, France, Spain, it was known as '''Striker'''. This was probably since the translators made the change from '''Spriggan''' as they said the former was the meaning of the latter in English. In some parts of the world where Spriggan was serialized in different languages, certain chapters were censored for either political/religious reasons, the former having portrayed the American military as being hostile for translations released in North America. Aside from the censorship of any American military involvement in hunting down [=OOPArts=], the North American translation changed names from the Machiner's Platoon to the MJ-12.

* ChildSoldiers: Villain Colonel [=McDougal=] is a young child who has been experimented on by the Machiner's Platoon (Machine Corp. in the OVA) and cybernetically enhanced since birth, having been trained to harness unmatched psychic power. Another example is [[spoiler: Yu himself, who was kidnapped at a young age and placed into a black ops unit of child soldiers known as "COSMOS" after his parents were killed during an archaeological expedition in Iran by unknown assassins.]].

* [[spoiler: AGodAmI: Col. [=McDougal=] after the activation of the Ark]].

* PlayingAgainstType: SpikeSpencer in the English dub, who is best known for his infamous role as [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]], was almost unrecognizable in his role as the voice for the cybernetically enhanced crazed lunatic Little Boy.

An anime film directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki, adapting the Noah's Ark chapter with the same title written by Hiroshi Takashige. The film was originally released in Japan by Studio 4°C, and later received a North American release in 2002 by ADVFilms.

Ancient artifacts that predate mankind have uncovered in locations all around the world. These artifacts are made from materials previously unknown to the Earth, and were clearly designed by a civilization far more technologically advanced than our own. An organization called ARCAM has been formed to study these sites and uncover the true nature of what lies within them. One of the messages inscribed in a message plate mentioned that if their inventions cannot be used for good, then it should be destroyed at all costs. A unit of elite agents trained to protect the ARCAM scientists and the artifacts, known as Out-of-place artifacts, are known as "Spriggan".

One such Spriggan is a 16 year-old Japanese high school student by the name of Yu Ominae. He began his ARCAM Spriggan duty after an old friend of his was being hunted down by the Soviet and American militaries in the hope of using an OOPART located in the Mt. Fuji region of Japan known as the Orb, an artifact that can control flaming snakes from the volcanic depths of the Earth.

* SameFaceDifferentName: When Spriggan was released in Canada and in the US, France, Spain, it was known as '''Striker'''. This was probably since the translators made the change from '''Spriggan''' as they said the former was the meaning of the latter in English. In some parts of the world where Spriggan was serialized in different languages, certain chapters were censored for either political/religious reasons, the former having portrayed the American military as being hostile for translations released in North America. Aside from the censorship of any American military involvement in hunting down [=OOPARTs=], the North American translation changed names from the Machiner's Platoon to the MJ-12.