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''Juusenshi Gulkeeva'' (Japanese: 獣戦士ガルキーバ; also known as ''Juu Senshi Garukiba'', ''Wild Knights Gulkeeva'' or ''Beast Warriors Gulkeeva'') is a 26-episode anime series produced by Creator/{{Sunrise}} that premiered in 1995 on Creator/TVTokyo. The main furry characters are the "beast guardians" Greyfus the wolf, Beakwood the eagle, and Garriel the gorilla, who fight along with the human Touya Shinjou to protect Earth from an enemy known as the Darknoids.

The series also has an accompanying manga and set of novels that further explains the world of the Gulkeeva characters, as well as gives a proper conclusion to the series.

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!!''Wild Knights Gulkeeva'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* BeastMan: The Animanoids are anthropomorphic animal warriors clad in armor. Some of the Darknoids are also walking, talking animal-like soldiers in clothing and/or armor.
%%* BigBad: Prince Zaza, the leader of the Darknoid empire.
%%* BigBadWannabe: Gil
%%* BigBrotherInstinct: Garriel, who became Mayu and Naoki's surrogate guardian after their mother was killed. He's even referred to as such by them.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Sure, Earth is saved, but Kira had to sacrifice himself due to Touya's recklessness. Prince Zaza's spirit is still alive, [[KarmaHoudini Lem got away with only a few scratches]], and judging by the end credits, [[AndTheAdventureContinues it looks like Touya and the Beast Warriors are travelling to Eternalia for another battle]]. This story was to continue into the second season, however due to insufficient funds, the project was scrapped. Feeling bad for inadvertently creating a cliffhanger story, the author then penned the two novels that is more of reinvention of the story rather than cannon for the anime series. The two differ in many ways]].
* CurbStompBattle: It's safe to say that if you're a Darknoid and the Animanoid you're fighting [[TransformingMecha transforms into a giant animal-mecha]], you're gonna get promptly killed. [[spoiler:Unless, you're Yun. Though, considering the [[IdentityAmnesia end result]]...]]
%%* DeathByMaterialism
%%** Subverted with Zayaka.
%%** Played straight with Jentu, who might've survived if he hadn't hesitated when he dropped his bag of jewels.
* DeathOfAChild:
** "Arist and Unite, Fresh Fighting Spirit!" shows a community center getting blown to smithereens. It's mentioned that twenty or so kids and elderly civilians were inside, and when Kira investigates the wreckage, he finds a child's bloody shoe.
** "The Howl Through My Fangs" features [[spoiler:Shiori, an ill girl who can't leave the hospital, dying shortly after a Darknoid attacked the hospital she resided in]].
* DecoyProtagonist: It turns out that [[spoiler:Touya is ''not'' TheChosenOne; Kira is. However, shortly after Kira attains Gulkeeva, Touya is killed and Kira [[SubvertedTrope sacrifices himself]] to bring Touya back to life.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Yun. She will go to ''great lengths'' to prove her strength to Lem.
%%* TheDragon: Liam.
%%* DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted with [[spoiler:Dora Yoma]].
%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The episode "The Nightmare in the Morning" centers around this.
%%* EvenEvilHasStandards: None of the Darknoids are happy to hear that [[spoiler:Dancer activated the Devil's Core, which is a giant meteor-sized weapon capable of obliterating Earth]].
* ForgottenFallenFriend: If you're not a main character, Touya and the Beast Warriors aren't gonna remember you after you die. Just ask [[spoiler:Onimaru and Shiori]], whose deaths are forgotten ''immediately'' after the episode they die in ends.
%%* GenkiGirl: Melody.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Yun]]
* HeroicSacrifice
** [[spoiler:Onimaru]] sacrifices himself to destroy the Devil's Core.
** In the finale, [[spoiler:Kira sacrifices his life to resurrect Touya after he had been killed]].
%%* HumongousMecha: The Darknoids' primary method of attack.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Touya.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:After getting stabbed by Dora Yoma, Gil pathetically crawls over to his gun and clutches it in his hands. Suddenly, a bunch of soldiers show up and see Gil holding the gun with a pile of dead bodies in front of him. The soldiers assume Gil killed them, and waste no time gunning him down.]]
* LaughablyEvil: Dancer, a wacky, bouncy Darknoid who giggles and finds humor in everything. He also [[spoiler:came very close to obliterating the entire world just for shits and giggles]].
%%* LeeroyJenkins: Touya in the last few episodes.
* LittleBitBeastly: Some of the Darknoids, like Olbaru, Ryuuta, and the rat-like mercenary from "The Distant Heart" have animal ears, skin, or even a tail. But they're not full-on [[BeastMan Beast Men]] like the Animanoids are.
%%* LoveTriangle: Between Touya, Kira, and Konoha.
* MassOhCrap: ''Everyone'', including the Darknoids, start freaking out in "The Nightmare in the Morning" when [[spoiler:Dancer]] activates the Devil's Core, a weapon capable of annihilating Earth]].
* MrFanservice
** Tedium. To the [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]], anyway. Doesn't help that Tedium wears less clothing than other characters in the show...
** A lot of the main cast seems to be this, human and furry alike, including the Darknoids.
%%* MsFanservice: Yuri, who [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} just so happens to resemble another]] MsFanservice.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Thanks, [[spoiler:Touya, for charging into the Darknoid fortress ''by yourself'', getting captured and subsequently killed, and forcing Kira to sacrifice his life just to save your ass]].
* PrecisionFStrike: Touya drops a ''huge'' one after [[spoiler:Onimaru sacrificed himself to destroy the Devil's Core]].
* RefusalOfTheCall: Touya initially rejected becoming a knight several times oover, but eventually gave in after realizing the Darknoids wouldn't stop attacking unless he stopped them with the animanoids.
* RunningGag: If Greyfus is holding an object or touching an object (hell, even ''standing'' near an object) he's unfamiliar with, he ''will'' break it.
%%* {{Satan}}: [[spoiler:Prince Zaza's goal was to become the Devil. And he succeeds... for only a few minutes]].
* ScreamingWarrior: Touya becomes this when [[spoiler: Kira dies and he takes up his axe]].
%%* SmugSnake: Giru
* TookALevelInKindness: Tedium, who starts off as a hot-headed MightMakesRight soldier, but gradually evolves into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who cared for his teammates and learned to show his softer, vulnerable side.
%%* TrueCompanions: Touya, Kira, and Konoha. Also Greyfus, Beakwood, and Gariel. Melody proves herself as one over time.
* VillainOfTheWeek: From episode 12 onwards, the Animanoids typically fight and defeat a Darknoid mercenary per episode, whereas earlier episodes consisted of [[ArcVillain Arc Villains]].
%%* VomitDiscretionShot: Kira after he finds a dead child's bloody shoe.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to Lem's girlfriend? She showed up for about thirty seconds, said nothing, and then disappeared from the entire show. [[spoiler:Note: Lem has no girlfriend. He only wanted to make Yun jealous, thereby making her powerful enough with her anger/sorrow to trigger the last point.]]
%%* WhatTheHellHero: Sometimes Touya should just keep his mouth shut...
* WouldHurtAChild: Many of the Darknoids are not above putting children in danger or threatening to kill them just to emotionally hurt the heroes. There's even a few occasions where they succeed in ''killing'' children.

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