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    Haken Browning 
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Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama

The protagonist of Endless Frontier, 23-year old Haken Browning is captain of the dimension-traveling vehicle Zeit Krokodil (German for "Time Crocodile") and a Bounty Hunter throughout the "Endless Frontier", a set of small, multiple worlds inter-dimensionally connected via "Cross Gates". He is faithfully followed by his Sidekick Aschen Brodel. Haken fancies himself as a ladies' man, complimenting everyone of the fairer sex, with a very easy-going personality. Despite having a color scheme akin to Sanger Zonvolt and the surname to Excellen Browning, Haken is an Expy of Kyosuke Nanbu, taking on the role of the calm, cool leader with a gambling habit, even naming most of his attacks after gambling stints ("Texas Hold'em", "High Low Draw", etc.).

Following the events of Endless Frontier EXCEED, Haken has a run-in with Sanger, who winds up in the Endless Frontier from the Super Robot Wars: Original Generation universe during the events of Project × Zone. Along with Kaguya Nanbu, they reunite with their old allies Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu since their adventures in the Endless Frontier, resolving to help the latter and their crisis.

Sometime after Project X Zone, Haken and Aschen show Sanger the way home, using the same transporter he appeared from in the Endless Frontier, but a malfunction accidentally send him and Aschen into the Original Generation universe with Sanger, just as the world of the New A.D. finds itself in conflict with the Fury, Gadisword, and the remnants forces of Dark Brain. Without a functional Cross Gate around to return to the Endless Frontier, Haken relegates staying with the "Steel Dragon Battle Group" temporarily. Fortunately, he is put to good use as Doctor Marion Radom by chance had already completed a custom Gespenst using salvaged blueprints from the "Shadow-Mirror", giving it to Haken for use.

In his Endless Frontier and Project X Zone appearances, Haken carries two weapons with him at all times: the "Night Fowl" assault rifle and the "Longtomb Special" revolver. In The Moon Dwellers, he becomes the primary pilot of the "Gespenst Haken", complete with weapons similar to the Night Fowl.



  • The Atoner: Played with - while he doesn't act like the usual example, it's made clear Haken's primary motivation in Endless Frontier EXCEED is to find his lost friends and help avert the current attempt at world destruction, both of which he's indirectly responsible for.
  • Ascended Fanboy: Vice Chief Lee Ly of the Zeit Krokodil often mocks his cowboy costume.
  • Bayonet Ya: The Night Fowl has a switchblade bayonet in the stock. Where a regular bayonet should be, he has a Pile Bunker.
  • BFG: The Longtomb Special can disassemble itself into this; in EXCEED, it doubles as a portable Wave-Motion Gun.
  • Berserk Button: Messing with his friends and his W-Numbers family; Irony ensues when the people who've really pushed the button are Pete Pain and Gagun Laos, who are also W-Numbers.
    Haken: "W03, Pete Pain...The price for messing with my family is very high. I'll make sure you pay until the last dime."
  • Bodyguard Crush: For Kaguya Nanbu; it takes the end of Endless Frontier to make it official between them.
  • Call-Back: The choreography for the Gespenst Haken's Night Fowl attack animation in The Moon Dwellers is the same as Haken's Texas Hold'em attack in the Endless Frontier games.
  • Casanova Wannabe: Subverted at first, as he flirts with every girl and gets turned down, but eventually wins Kaguya's heart.
  • Chivalrous Pervert: It's hard to blame him considering how ridiculous the boobage in the games are. In The Moon Dwellers, Haken points out that Aqua Centrum wouldn't be out of place in the Endless Frontier upon seeing what she wears when piloting, even nicknaming her "High Leg Celeb".
  • Combination Attack: "Phantom Hold 'Em" with the Gespenst Phantom and "Rampage Specter", although the latter plays with this since it's simply Haken summoning the Alt Eisen Nacht and Weiss Ritter Abend to do it.
  • Critical Hit: His character specialty - Haken carries a "Spirit Command" that increases critical hit rate for the whole team and his personal weapon increases his critical hit chance, while in EXCEED, pairing him with the Gespenst Phantom increases critical hit rate. In the first game, it's possible for Haken to achieve a 100% critical hit rate set up.
  • Death Dealer: Uses explosive cards in some of his attacks in Endless Frontier and Project X Zone.
  • Disc-One Nuke: In EXCEED, Haken acquires the Gespenst Phantom at the end of his introductory chapter, learns the "Co-Op" note  and "Morale" note  Spirit Commands early and learns the attack "Seven Stud", an S+ ranked attack at a point in the game where an A+ ranked attack is still rare. Unlike most instances of this trope, Haken averts it by being much better statistically later in the game thanks to new attack "Quad Solitaire".
  • Deuteragonist: Despite not being the protagonist of EXCEED, much of the plot still revolves around Haken's atonement and the W-Numbers, thereby making this an (un)intended case of Spotlight-Stealing Squad.
  • Eye-Obscuring Hat: Oddly enough, this is how his hat is when his character portrait displays him as melancholic and sad. Notably, his hat has a notch cut out that, as shown in his Super Move Portrait Attack, allow him to do this and still aim.
  • Gameplay and Story Integration: Haken's Chivalrous Pervert trait turns into a game-play mechanic in The Moon Dwellers - acquiring his "Ace Bonus" and he deals 5% more damage per female member paired in a "Twin Unit" with him.
  • Generation Xerox: Played with - although Haken isn't John Moses's biological son, John mistakes Kaguya for a call-in escort the first time they meet. No wonder Haken's such a Lovable Sex Maniac; a less notable one involves his nicknaming habit being derived from Aschen, who is his Parental Substitute.
  • Gratuitous English: A lot, such as "OK!", "Jackpot!", "Bingo!" and "Last showdown!". As of The Moon Dwellers, he could give Terry Bogard a run for his money.
  • Gratuitous Spanish: Played with - he does say "Adios!" often in his attacks.
  • The Gunslinger: Haken combines being "The Trick Shot" and "The Woo" with Guns Akimbo, with bits of "The Vaporizer"; due to the configuration of his Swiss-Army Gun, Gun Kata is also occasionally used in some attacks.
  • Happily Adopted: He's well-aware that he's not John Moses's biological son. Even when he finds out he's a Test Tube Baby is doesn't matter. John Moses is his dad.
  • Heroic BSoD: Averted; Haken's upset when he learns he's W-00, but he knows screaming about it won't help.
  • I Take Offense to That Last One: Lampshaded
    Henne Valkyria: "Looks like her report was right on. 'Dumbass poser wearing a black trenchcoat, black hat, red bandana, and fingerless gloves'."
    Haken: "What...!? What's wrong with my gloves!?"
  • Late-Arrival Spoiler: The fact he is W-00 is surprising for newcomers in EXCEED, to which it's revealed extremely late in the Sequel; the same can't be said for players who have gone through the first game. In The Moon Dwellers, Haken's true identity is never revealed, yet a few characters instantly connect the dots and determine his origins are linked to the Shadow-Mirror. Those who have never played Endless Frontier are unlikely to catch the reference.
  • Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Haken's second introduction in EXCEED.
    "My name's Haken Browning. They call me..."
    CHAPTER 2: THE WANDERING BOUNTY HUNTER
  • Leitmotif: "All Right!"
  • Like Brother and Sister: Him and Aschen, which is funny considering the latter is practically a mother to him. At one point, he calls her "Sister 07" after he finds out he's W-00. Similarly, when he meets Lamia Loveless in The Moon Dwellers, he address her as "Sister 17".
  • Named After Someone Famous: Shares the surname of John Moses Browning, a certain Mormon gunsmith...
  • Nerf: Of the returning cast in EXCEED, Haken gets hit the most by lowering the effectiveness of the 100% critical setup and the attack "Jackpot". He also loses having the highest support count from the first game, his "Canfield" Special Skill note  uses up the "Frontier Gauge" instead of Spirit Points and Rampage Specter is decreased in power. Averted as a whole, considering his Disc-One Nuke status, since he averts that, too.
  • The Nicknamer: Every single person he meets; he even nicknames plenty of the Vysaga's Japanese-named attacks into English for The Moon Dwellers (e.g: Fuujinsen -> "Wind Blade Slash"; Koujinsen -> "Light Blade Slash").
  • Pile Bunker: Mounted on the Night Fowl as a bayonet, which he uses to launch enemies into the far wall in battle. On the field, it can be used to jackhammer boulders and crystal formations.
  • Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: Haken lives for these.
    "Welcome to 'Lost Herencia'. Let me run the welcome wagon right over your ugly ass!"
  • Red Baron: Inherited John's "Wandering Bounty Hunter" title. This become a small Plot Point in EXCEED when Neige Hausen suspects him to be a fake.
  • Theme Naming: "Haken" is German for "Hook." His ship, Zeit Krokodil, is German for "Time Crocodile". He's Captain Hook. Appropriately one of his enemies is based on Peter Pan.
  • The Reveal: Haken is "W-00", the Super Prototype of the Artificial Human "W-Numbers" created by Lemon Browning. The majority of the W-Numbers are Androids and mostly-machine Cyborgs rather than the extremely enhanced human like Haken is because the Shadow-Mirror decided it took too long to wait for him to grow up. Furthermore, it's implied because Lemon used her blood to create Haken, he's her Opposite-Sex Clone (though Haken implies that Axel Almer is his birth father).
  • Swiss-Army Gun: The Night Fowl's a custom assault rifle that fires normal, solid rounds with an underslung Pile Bunker below the rifle's barrel and a fold-out bayonet in the stock.
  • Theme Naming: All of his attacks in Endless Frontier are related in some way to Poker - Texas Hold 'Em, High Low Draw, "Best Flush", "Five Card Stud", Jackpot, "Last Showdown"
  • Trapped in Another World: Due to the climax of The Moon Dwellers regarding the destruction of the only Cross Gate available, Haken is effectively stranded in the Original Generation universe.
  • Wave-Motion Gun
    • His Longtomb Special's most powerful mode is this, seen during Phantom Hold'em, Last Showdown and Quad Solitaire. Played straight in EXCEED when Haken can use it to hit multiple enemies as part of the "Phantom Hold'em Frontier MAX".
    • In The Moon Dwellers the Gespenst Haken with its "Neutron Cannon" functions as this.

    Kaguya Nanbu 
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Voiced by: Yukana

The young princess of the Nanbu Clan in the world of Kagura Amahara, Kaguya's the heiress of the sword-fighting style Jinraku Tengen. In her first meeting with Haken, she unknowingly hires him and Aschen to escort her on her pilgrimage. Throughout her travels in the Endless Frontier, her relationship with Haken grows more forward. Although she carries Kyosuke's surname, Kaguya is more of a loose Expy of Excellen, since her personality is similar to her: innocent, playful and the one to provide the most Fanservice (not that she tries to invoke it, unlike Excellen). She also has more Sanger references than Haken, starting from her sword Goushiki Zankantou ("Type-5 Colossal Blade") to her styling herself as "The Sword That Cleaves Evil", including Sanger's trademark CHEESTOOOOOO!!!.

Kaguya reappears in Project X Zone as Haken's partner for the game.



  • Buxom Beauty Standard: She has an ample bust and the cleavage of her outfit puts a lot of emphasis on them, and other characters like Aschen and Suzuka take notice of her size. Her breasts have garnered her so much attention that they actually become the subject of many of the game's sexual innuendos and have earned her nicknames such as "Dairy Princess" and "Princess Bounciful".
  • Combat Medic: In the first game, Kaguya's attack stat is the lowest in the party and her attacks are weak, in general, but she carries the Special Skill Nanbu Reijutsu Tukimi Zake, a party-wide heal, and she has the "Love" Spirit Commandnote . However, another Special Skill Nanbu Ittoryuu Teppou hits all enemies and with the right equipment, can shred them to pieces. Of note is her "Miracle" Spirit Command note  grants her nearly every Status Buff in the game.
  • Dance Battler: Her attacks look like a dance and it resembles Princess Suzuka's movements, which make sense since Suzuka is teaching her how to dance. In Project X Zone, she even uses some of Suzuka's fan-dance moves.
  • Disc-One Nuke: In EXCEED, Kaguya's the strongest character in the early parts of the game thanks to her attack Hinezumi no Koromo. By late-game, her damage output tapers off, unless players use her "Miracle" Spirit Commandnote .
  • In-Series Nickname: A boatload of them; take "Dairy Cow Princess", for example - dresses in black and white, has large "milk-producing" body parts.
  • Fuuma Shuriken: The "Moon cutters" her sword launches are head-sized blades shaped like a crescent moon. They're very much like huge batarangs.
  • Genki Girl: Her signature smiling pose makes it obvious.
  • Gratuitous Japanese: Atlus decided to keep her entire movelist in Japanese for the localization.
  • Impossibly Cool Weapon: A BFS that doubles as a Whip Sword with detachable chakram rings on the back of the blade she can fling around like Precision Guided Boomerangs.
  • Innocent Innuendo: From the first game after hiring Haken.
    Kaguya: Yeah, take me now!
    Haken: Err...I'll escort you.
  • Impossible Hourglass Figure: 100cm bustline and wide hips.
  • Impossibly-Low Neckline: That dress of hers somehow doesn't cause her to have a Wardrobe Malfunction every few seconds, especially when she's fighting.
  • Innocent Fanservice Girl: That skimpy, tight, semi-transparent mini-dress with a Zettai Ryouiki to boot? It's formal wear; to Kaguya, it's no more than wearing her Sunday best. Every so often she has a fit of modesty and turns away from the screen to cover her bosom with her arms, all while screeching in an outraged manner and glaring at the player over her shoulder. However, this gives players a great view of her very well-drawn backside.
  • Leitmotif: "Flawless Full Moon"
  • Magitek: Her sword can launch a storm of Precision Guided Boomerangs, making it act as a sort of ersatz machine gun.
  • Ms. Fanservice
    • Ooh, boy: not only is her outfit too revealing, but her cleavage is definitely bigger than Aschen's, who is the Lamia Expy, to which the latter has the largest ones in the main installments. It's implied Kaguya beats Lamia in that department, too.
    • Lampshaded in Project X Zone: when Frank West snaps a photograph of her, the resulting score is a "Perfect: Erotica". For emphasis, any time Frank meets a Fanservice-inducing character, he takes a photo of them; when Kaguya appears? He takes multiple shots of her in various gravure-like poses.
  • Nice Girl: One of the friendliest characters of the cast, who's also the easiest to forgive enemies-turned-allies.
  • Running Gag: Almost every character, even villains, after their introduction mistake her as a "cow" or "werecow". Judging by how she dresses up and her huge "tracts of land", this is Justified. There's also the incident where Saya's bull henchman Dokugozu proposes marriage to her everytime they meet, even in the middle of being Brainwashed. The kicker? Kaguya's flattered by the proposal.
  • Stripperiffic: Her clothes are simply too tight and it reveals her ample bosom and shoulders.
  • Theme Naming: After Princess Kaguya of the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, her skills are all named after the Impossible Tasks.
  • Whip Sword: Goushiki Zankantou can extend like one.

    Aschen Brodel 
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"I will write something insulting on that billboard you call a chest."
Voiced by: Kaori Shimizu

Haken's loyal and devoted Robot Girl Sidekick, Aschen Brodel's a green-haired combat Cyborg capable of emitting human-like emotions. At first, one would think she's a blatant Expy of Lamia Loveless, but it's justified: Aschen's, in fact, her predecessor (to a lesser extent, "older sister") codenamed "W-07". She and Lemon's other W-Numbers 01 through 10 were the first to be sent to the Original Generation universe during an attack by Beowulf, but they were put in the first batch of the teleportation device the Shadow-Mirror had built, namely the unstable ones. Aschen stumbled into the Endless Frontier and has been there for the past twenty-three years.

Unlike Lamia who's mostly The Stoic by default, Aschen has a sharp tongue and at times flings insults, especially regarding Haken's womanizing attitude, and invents other derisive In Series Nicknames like "Dairy Cow Princess" or "Princess Flat" (for Suzuka). Aschen's also installed with "Code: DTD" (Dust-to-Dust), but instead of it being a Chekhov's Gun with regards to Lamia, she uses it for full advantage as a Super Mode, but with a side-effect of turning her personality into a Genki Girl.

Being a combat Cyborg, she doesn't need a weapon: she fights with bare hands and feet (although the rest of her body carries an assortment of weapons like disk cutters, missiles and shotguns mounted to her heels). Aschen doesn't appear anywhere else except her home series; however, she and Haken are pulled into Sanger's dimension following a transporter malfunction for The Moon Dwellers. Although she doesn't get her own Humongous Mecha like Haken does, Aschen provides combat support as the designated co-pilot of the Gespenst Haken.



  • Foil: To Lamia - Aschen is made for direct melee-combat with an in-your-face, rambunctious style, whereas Lamia is tailored for piloting Humongous Mecha through careful calculations and graceful movements who prefers ranged-combat.
  • The Four Gods: Her moveset incorporates attacks called "Tigress Bite", "Genbu Spike" and "Dragon Scale", while her "Overdrive" is aptly named "Phantasm Phoenix".
  • Gratuitous English: Similar to Haken, there's a lot, like "Fire!", "Striking!" and "Yes, I do!"
  • Leitmotif: "Ash to Ash (ver. EF)"
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Aschen is responsible for sending herself and Haken into the Original Generation universe because she entered Code: DTD to kick-start the inter-dimensional transporter to bring Sanger home, overloading it and sending all them into his world.
  • The Nicknamer: In The Moon Dwellers, she has a nickname for everyone who pilots the Gespenst Haken - many of them insulting, many of them In-Universe references.
  • Oneesama: How Lamia addresses her in The Moon Dwellers.
  • Parental Substitute: Aschen is the one who acts as the maternal figure to Haken.
  • Perpetual Frowner: Her normal appearance; turns into the exact opposite via Code: DTD.
  • Pintsized Powerhouse: Relatively speaking - in The Moon Dwellers, she'll leap out of the Gespenst Haken during its strongest attack to beat down enemy targets five times her size. Justified since she's a Cyborg.
  • Rocket Punch: She uses a wired variant for Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs in many of her attacks.
  • Servile Snarker: Aschen counts towards Haken - it helps she's been with him for the past 23 years; even one of her character portraits in-game has her bowing servilely.
  • Split Personality: Whenever she activates Code: DTD or if she overheats, switching between Deadpan Snarker and Genki Girl.
  • Stripperific: Her Overdrive "sheds" the green parts of her body, revealing an ample bosom like Kaguya's and thighs.
  • Theme Naming: Her name "Cinderella" in German.
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's the tomboy to Lamia's girly-girl, given Aschen prefers close-combat and, due to Code: DTD, will act foul-mouthed and hyperactive.
  • Trapped in Another World: Like Haken, at the end of The Moon Dwellers, Aschen is stuck in the Original Generation universe until they can find a way back to the Endless Frontier.
  • Unknown Rival
    • Seems to think of KOS-MOS as her rival, even challenging her to a fight during their first meeting, but KOS-MOS ignores this completely.
    • In EXCEED, during her introduction, Aschen claims to be more beautiful, smarter, and funnier than KOS-MOS.

    Princess Suzuka 
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Voiced by: Mamiko Noto

A "Shiki-Oni" princess from Kagura Amahara, Princess Suzuka is Kaguya's Childhood Friend and is betrothed to another Oni named Shuten, bumping into Haken and his party and joining them in their endeavors throughout the Endless Frontier. Suzuka uses an unusual style of dance for combat that lets her command a mecha (just about as tall as the other mecha found in the game) called the "Jyaki-GUN-Oh" (Devil Gun King). As far as beauty goes, Haken calls her a "Midriff Beauty", but Aschen dubs her "Princess Flat" (with good reason).



  • A-Cup Angst: Subverted; while she does get teased by Aschen constantly, Suzuka doesn't seem to mind. The subversion comes when Kaguya (who has a Buxom Beauty Standard figure) reveals she drinks lots of milk, and Suzuka decides to buy some, suggesting she does want larger breasts.
  • Beta Couple: With Shuten in the first game, then joined by Haken/Kaguya in EXCEED.
  • Boring, but Practical: In the first game, by repeatedly Cancelling one of her attacks, players can exchange her turn doing damage for an 80% increase to the Frontier Gauge, which more than makes up for it. By timing it right, it's possible to deal enough damage and charge the gauge to activate Suzuka's Overdrive immediately.
  • Deadpan Snarker: More often than not, Suzuka has Snark-to-Snark Combat with Aschen.
  • Fragile Speedster: The fastest party member, allowing her to take her turn first, and has a high hit count alongside her attack list being able to fill the Frontier Gauge more easily, yet has the weakest defensive stat of the party.
  • Gratuitous Disco Sequence: Her Overdrive and Special Skills, complete with disco ball.
  • Hand Puppet: According to the localized website for Endless Frontier, the Jyaki-GUN-Oh's actually a puppet on strings, made to resemble a mecha.
  • Healing Shiv: In EXCEED, one of Suzuka's Special Skills is healing the entire party with bullets, but Subverted when closer inspection reveals they're really confetti and party poppers.
  • High-Class Fan: She wields a pair of folding fans that reflect on her status as a Shiki-Oni princess, and they are also her weapon of choice as she uses them in combat to control her Jyaki-GUN-Oh through puppetry and dancing.
  • Hypocritical Humor: Makes fun of Neige for showing her belly button when they first meet despite it being Suzuka's primary form of fanservice.
  • Leitmotif: "Dance It Out!" and "Dance It Out! (Hyper Remix)"
  • Magikarp Power: Low damage output and relatively fragile, but she can fill the Frontier Gauge to maximum by herself through move-cancelling in the first game. In EXCEED, once she learns "Ghost Dance", she becomes a juggernaut.
  • Mundane Made Awesome: She can make the Jyaki-GUN-Oh wail on an enemy with DISCO complete with disco ball and multicolored lights.
  • Paper Fan of Doom: Dual Wields both, to which she can control the Jyaki-GUN-Oh via strings from the fans.
  • Puppet Fighter: Suzuka controls her Jyaki-GUN-Oh through puppetry from the wires in her fans as well as dancing.
  • The Ojou: Portrays this slightly better than Kaguya; exemplified by having a Noblewoman's Laugh, instead.
  • The Tease: While she doesn't actively do this, she does act like this toward Shuten in the ending.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue oni (both literally and metaphorically) to Kaguya's red - compared to the latter and the rest of the party, Suzuka is often the Only Sane Man, though is edged out once Reiji joins the party.
  • Theme Naming: After Suzuka Gozen, the Oni Princess who joined the hero in her story.
  • Youkai: Obviously themed after the traditional, blue, one-horned Oni, but she's a subversion of this character's archetypal tropes - rather than a brute physical fighter, she's a dance puppeteer.

    Aledy Naash 
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Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki

Protagonist for the sequel Endless Frontier EXCEED, Aledy Naash's a warrior of the "Shura" sent by his mentor Cindy Bird to investigate the new emergence of "Mild Kiel" crystals in the newly reformed Endless Frontier, as well as the missing machine "Ark-On". He's assisted by the lost princess of Elfetale Neige Hausen.

Despite being a Shura and a practioner of Kishin Ken, there is no establishing link between Aledy and the Shura who appear in Original Generation Gaiden. Coupled with the surname "Naash", neither is there any indication he's related to Alkaid Nassh.



  • Butt-Monkey: His tendency to completely miss the point in a lot of situations makes him a perfect target of ridicule by his allies and enemies alike.
  • Combination Attack: Haou Maretsu Ken with the Ark-On.
  • Crippling Overspecialization: In-Universe, Aledy's Haki sealing technique is developed as a means to defeat Rasetsu-Ki like the Ark-On but it has no effect on anything that's alive. On the other hand, the technique is useful against the body-stealing Big Bad currently in possession of an android body.
  • Disc-One Nuke: Most of Aledy's attacks early in the game can cause guard break and potentially stun enemies, rendering them immobile for one turn. He also learns the "Training" Spirit Commandnote , allowing him to level early in EXCEED.
  • Fish out of Water: A bit worse than Folka from Original Generation Gaiden since Aledy's more clueless about the opposite sex. In fact, he doesn't even know what "handsome" means. Played for Laughs with Katze Kotolnos.
  • Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: His fighting style relies on his fists and martial arts while Neige carries a BFG.
  • Ki Manipulation: Shoots dragon-shaped ki projectiles at the enemy in his regular moves and Overdrive.
  • Leitmotif: "Crimson Ashura" and "Roar, O One Who Breaks Supremacy"
  • Lightning Bruiser: Fast, hits hard and pretty sturdy, Aledy later comes packing with the "Soul" Spirit Command.
  • Male Gaze: Neige notices where Aledy's looking at upon meeting Kaguya and proceeds to berate him.
  • Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: A staple of Kishin-Ken practitioners; also includes rapid-fire kicks.
  • Spanner in the Works: The Big Bad of EXCEED would've succeeded had Aledy followed Shura ideaology to a T, had Aledy not have the ability to seal Haki access from a Rasetsu-Ki.
  • Spell My Name With An S: Is it "Aledy" or "Alady"?
  • The Stoic: Unless he's yelling his Kiai, Aledy's a pretty reserved guy.
  • Take a Third Option: Shura ideaology states there are only two paths in life - win and crush the enemy or lose and die; Aledy chooses neither.
  • Teen Genius: One of the most skilled Shura with an outrageous amount of Haki (according to Hamelin Silbato) at the age of 14. By the time EXCEED occurs, Aledy's more skilled, making Hamelin wonder whether Cindy is that good of a mentor or if Aledy's just that good himself.

    Neige Hausen 
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Voiced by: Nana Mizuki

Female protagonist of EXCEED, Neige Hausen's a 117-year old princess of the fairies in the Elfetale Kingdom, which was destroyed sometime before the first Endless Frontier, now accompanying Aledy in his quest.



    Orchestral Army 
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Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu (Katze), Tetsu Inada (Ezel), Mayumi Iizuka (Kyon), Natsuko Kuwatani (Henne)
From left to right: Katze, Ezel, Kyon and Henne

The elite unit of "Formido Heim", the world that invaded Elfetale and caused the "Ten Year War" which ended once they offered a ceasefire, members of the Orchestral Army include Token Mini-Moe/Tagalong Kid Black Magician Girl Kyon Feulion, black-winged Valkyrie Ladyof War Henne Valkyria and skull-headed axe-wielding leader Ezel Granada . Utilizing various hi-tech equipment like Laser Blades and combat robots, they roam around Elfetale and cause the Cross Gates that connects between worlds to be unstable.

In EXCEED, they aid the main party as support members. Aschen, having been given an offer to join by Henne at the end of the first game, is one of its members.



  • A Father to His Men: Ezel; in EXCEED, when Gerda Miroir's magic mirror creates a reflection of the most important person in his heart, it produces the remaining members of the Orchestral Army.
  • Attack Drone: Kyon's Overdrive, complete with Shoot 'Em Up style.
  • Camp Gay
    • Katze Kotolnos; to hammer the point home, he uses the feminine-only "atashi".
    • Katze still keeps making passes at the guys in EXCEED, prompting Haken to tell him to "not fall for him" when he praises him excessively. Made funnier by the fact Haken uses the same phrase a lot during combat when he's busy beating down Mooks, although with a more mocking intent.
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: As camp as Katze is, he holds off the entire party by himself at one point in Endless Frontier.
  • Cute Clumsy Girl: The first two encounters with Kyon in the first game has her trapped and "helped" by the party. Bonus points for the fact that she, as Henne points out, carries a teleporter. In EXCEED, Alady finds her trapped under one of the rocks he needs to break to proceed.
  • Emoticon: Kyon frequently uses this.
    Henne (reading from a report): "Bad-tempered robot (I hate this one the most >XD)."
  • Extremity Extremist: All of Katze's techniques are used only by his legs, including his Overdrive.
  • Heroic BSoD: Ezel's been emotionally down since the end of the Ten Year War; it isn't until the end of the first game he finally lets go of his past.
  • I'll Never Tell You What I'm Telling You!: Kyon's prone to doing this. It carries over to EXCEED, where multiple party members get angry over it whenever she does it.
  • Late-Arrival Spoiler: The fact they are supporting characters in EXCEED spoils The Reveal they are not the main antagonists of the first game. Furthermore, EXCEED also spoils that Formido Heim was manipulated by the Einst who possessed their king, which triggered the Ten Year War, and the cause of the ceasefire.
  • Leitmotif: "Orchestral Army"

Elfetale

    In General 
The denizens of the world of "Elfetale" are largely comprised of talking animals, elves and fairies. They were the primary targets during the Ten Year War with Formido Heim and thus, were hit the hardest. A majority of the elves fled the onslaught, taking refuge with the Shura.

    Dorothy Mistral 
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Voiced by: Natsuko Kuwatani



    Rubor Cucullus 
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Voiced by: Ryōtarō Okiayu


    Cleo Gretel 
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An Egyptian-themed lamia, Cleo operates a bakery called "Fatty Hansel" with a noticeable sweet tooth who bakes delicious sweets. Although she makes her debut in EXCEED, she was in the background of the first game: apparently, Cleo resides under the Cross Gate lying deep within the "Dulces Tomb".



  • Belly Dancer: Does a bellydance before using her Overdrive.

Varna Kanai

    The Sirena Pirates 
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Anne Sirena (left), Bonny Maxmad (right)


Kagura Amahara

    In General 
The people of the world of "Kagura Amahara" live primarily in three places: under the World Tree "Fujisakura", in the frontier town of "Ryugu Island" and in the Oni-occupied "Megi Castle". During the Ten Year War, they secluded themselves from Elfetale by closing the Cross Gates that allow access to their world.

    Sanuki Nanbu 
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  • Big Good: In the first game; he is the king of Kagura Amahara, after all.
  • Good Hair, Evil Hair: Has an exceptionally neat, full beard with red tips, much like Kaguya's hair.
  • Pervert Dad: Implied after an incident regarding a fake Kaguya running around and Brainwashing people.
    Sanuki : "Ah, but those curves...There's no mistaking them! You're my daughter!"
    Kaguya: "Father, can't you think of a better way to recognize me?"

    Otone 
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    Koma 
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Voiced by: Natsuko Kuwatani


    Shirou 
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    Shuten, King of the Shiki-Oni 
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Voiced by: Tetsu Inada


  • Brainwashed and Crazy: In the first game, which is easy thanks to his Pride as an Oni.
  • Heel Realization: Defeating him for a second time in the first game and Shuten realizes he can't overcome the Einst's Mind Control like he believes since he's already being played by them, thus there was never a need for them to control him.
  • Meaningful Name: His name's derived from Shutendouji, the giant ruler of Oni in Japanese folklore.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: As Suzuka is already the figurative and literal blue oni, Shuten is the red - the rambunctious, prideful Oni who prefers action over dialogue.

Shura

    In General 
The Shura are a fight happy Proud Warrior Race who originated from a world they called "Hakoku", nicknamed "The Land of Waves". They were in the middle of a war with another race until their sudden transfer to the Endless Frontier. Shura politics are one of the three guiding forces moving the story in Endless Frontier EXCEED.

    Cindy Bird 
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    Hamelin Sibalto 
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Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita


  • Extremity Extremist: Aside from a musical pipe, Hamelin will perform a few kick-based techniques.

    Gerda Miroir 
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Agrado Heim

    In General 
One of the driving forces behind the events of EXCEED and the main antagonists of the game, the world of "Agrado Heim" were at war with the Shura of Hakoku, with several of their members being familiar with Aledy or one of the other Shura generals. Though they share similarities with the denizens of Formido Heim, Agrado Heim itself looks like a giant Space Station.

    Gagun Laos 
Voiced by: Kenichi Ono


  • For the Evulz: The entire plot of EXCEED, as well as the motivation of Agrado Heim, revolves around trying to gather enough restless souls to power their own World Tree to cross to another dimension. This is the reason why they made war with the Shura, but also the reason why they seek the surviving Einst, bringing chaoas across the Endless Frontier and attempt to corrupt the Fujisakura. Were they to succeed, they plan to start the process all over again.
  • Meaningful Name: His real name, "Gymnos Basileus" means "naked king" in Greek; having no body of it own, Gymnos hijacks Gagun's body to use.
  • Not Quite Dead: Gymnos' soul is currently possessing W-05's body.
  • One-Winged Angel: When Gymnos gathers enough souls, he transforms into the "Svaiser".
  • Thanatos Gambit: Members of Agrado Heim include themselves among the restless souls to harvest in their plan should they fail to win.

    Lok Eye 
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  • Summon Magic: When confronted by the party, he attempts to summon something across the dimensions. Out pops Xiaomu, instead.
  • Too Many Belts: Variation with chains, as Lok Eye's attire is overloaded with these in place of belts.

    Hild Brun 

    Rig The Guard 
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  • Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Almost killed Aledy and Neige in the past until Cindy arrived to help.
  • The Rival: Another one for Cindy; after his fight with her, he began to incorporate many Shura techniques into his style.

    The Gand Siblings 

Its members include Vanar Gand, Hela Gand, Jorm Gand. How they classify as "siblings" despite being entirely different species is a mystery.



  • The Rival: Vanar fought Aledy during the Agrado Heim-Shura war when the latter was still a child. Apparently, the young Aledy left quite an impression on him.
  • Sacrificial Lion: All three sacrifice their souls to empower Gymnos, who transforms into the Svaiser.

Shadow-Mirror

    In General 
One of the driving forces behind both games, they are the same-named faction from the main series. One of the Shadow-Mirror's Neverland-class battleships broke in two during a dimensional jump, with the front and rear parts landing in Formido Heim and Lost Herencia, respectively. Their commander androids, the W-Numbers, are key characters in all games.

Of the eleven W-Numbers that are known in Endless Frontier, five are still unaccounted for.

    W- 03 "Pete Pain" 
Voiced by: Yūichi Nakamura

Pete Pain is a W-Number designed to eliminate other W-Numbers, tasked with "clean up" and ensure any sensitive information does not fall into enemy hands. He uses a unique command "Code: PTP" (Play The Puppet) that overrides the programming of other W-Numbers. Throughout EXCEED, Pete rebuilds various mecha destroyed from the first game to help him with his mission.



  • The Atoner: Knowing he has failed to kill the party for the last time in EXCEED, Pete activates his Self Destuct Mechanism to allow them access into Agrado Heim. It turns out to have been orders implemented by Lemon. In case the mission can't be achieved, Help W-00 achieve his goals.
  • Casanova Wannabe: Unintentionally Invoked at one point when he has Aschen and Cardia Basirissa flanking him due to the effects of Code: PTP.
  • Marionette Master: What the affects of Code: PTP does to fellow W-Numbers. At one point in EXCEED, Pete manages to gain control of Aschen and Cardia. He orders the latter to self-destruct at a specific point, and intends to kill Haken by ordering Aschen to do the same. A timely intervention and quick-thinking by Axel activates Aschen's Code: DTD, which overrides Code: PTP.
  • Status Effects: Appropriately, as he's not really a "fighting" android and more of a "command"-type.

    W- 06 "Cardia Basirissa" 
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Voiced by: Mariko Suzuki


Lost Herencia

    John Moses 
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  • Asskicking Leads to Leadership: After retiring from his bounty hunting days, the people made him the mayor of Lost Herencia.
  • Big Good: In the first game alongside Sanuki, and Ezel in EXCEED.
  • Dirty Old Man
    • To hit this home, ths is John's initial greeting to Kaguya:
    "Eh? Who's this? I don't think I asked for one today, but I won't say no..."
    • In EXCEED, the first thing he does when the party meets him is to ask Kaguya and Neige to stand next to him. The girls oblige but aren't aware of the implications. Axel stands in awe at the sight of two girls flanking the old man, while Aledy's blushing for some reason he can't define. On the other hands, Neige catches on to the implications, as her dialogue after being called to stand by John's side is this:
    "Daddy, can I have a new handbag?"

    Crew of the Zeit Krokodil 
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Marion Sumii (left), Lee Ly (right)


  • I Am a Humanitarian: Invoked when it's hard to tell if Vice Chief Lee Ly's comments about how "scrumptious" people he meets should be taken seriously.

Endless Frontier Mecha

    In General 
The party's prescence throughout the Endless Frontier has attracted a number of beings similar to "Personal Troopers", only double a human's size. These turn out to be Gespensts of the Shadow-Mirror organization, modified in the Endless Frontier by the Orchestral Army to resemble the blueprints of the much larger Shadow-Mirror mecha.

    Alt Eisen Nacht 
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  • Combination Attack: "Rampage Specter" with the Weiss Ritter Abend, triggered only by Haken.
  • Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better: Like its namesake, the Nacht uses no energy-based weapons and is armed only with solid-based weaponry.
  • More Dakka: While the Nacht carries the exact loadout of the Riese, its Pile Bunker features an additional mini-claymore launcher that fires the same kind of titanium ball bearings as its normal variant on its Shoulders of Doom.
  • Pile Bunker: This version of the Nacht's primary weapon is called the "Revolving Breaker".
  • Turns Red: By default, the Nacht is blue, but once it enters into "rage mode", the blue coloring throughout its chassis turns to red, mirroring the Riese.

    Ark-On 
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  • Evil Twin: In the form of the ice-based Rasetsu-Ki and the stronger Arc-Ontes, both of which are mass-produced versions created by Gerda for her army.

    Arkgain 
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One of the four robots created by Formido Heim, the Arkgain has been wandering throughout the Endless Frontier. Since its construction is more similar to an android than other mecha, Haken believes it is W-00.



  • Back from the Dead: The Arkgain reappears in EXCEED, having been rebuilt and reprogrammed by Pete Pain.
  • The Reveal: The Arkgain is W-10; the one the party encounters in the first game is a mere replica. Upon stealing the Soulgain from the "Tesla-Leicht Institute" in her home dimension, Lemon realized the Soulgain's artificial exoskeleton and musculature can be used and mass-produced for Androids. The W-10 was based on the Soulgain, but unlike the rest of the W-Numbers, it had neither a human-like appearance or personality and was made purely for combat, but without its ability to blend in with humanoids.

    Fee-Kleid 
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    Gespenst Phantom 
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Usually just called "Phantom", this is another of the four robots created by Formido Heim. Using data found in the "Tinkerbell" supercomputer of the Neverland battleship, Cardia restores the Phantom's original programming after encountering it, assigning it to work alongside her. After being defeated by Haken (whom the Phantom designates as its primary user), it forcibly shuts itself down, allowing the party to capture it. When the Nacht and Abend malfunction following an encounter with Haken's party in Varna Kanai, the Phantom automatically inserts its programming into them, converting both machines to serve Haken and his allies. The Phantom follows Haken faithfully and by the start of EXCEED, is the only robot that still accompanies him (whereas the Nacht and Abend have mysteriously disappeared).



  • BFS: Phantom's Grand Plasma Cutter
  • Foreshadowing: The fact the Phantom recognizes Haken as its "master" is the first indication of who Haken really is.
  • Given Name Reveal: The machine is based on the "Gespenst Haken", the personal unit of W-00.
  • Older than You Think: In-Universe, the Phantom was built by Formido Heim after the Ten Year War, created to hunt down the Nacht, Abend and Arkgain.
  • Robot Buddy: Once the Phantom joins the group, it is totally loyal to Haken. While it cannot talk back to him, Haken repeatedly shows gratitude towards it.

    Jyaki-GUN-Oh 
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A karakuri used by Suzuka as a weapon, unlike the other robots listed here, it is more or less a puppet controlled by strings attached to Suzuka's Paper Fan of Doom, thus not a true robot, despite its Super Robot design. Notably, the Jyaki-GUN-Oh is designated as a Choukijin ("Super Mechanical God"), the same classification of machines as the "RyuKoOh"/"KoRyuOh".



  • Gatling Good: A minimum of eight minigun cannons throughout its body from its shoulders, elbows, hands, waist and knees.
  • Healing Shiv: In EXCEED during one of Suzuka's Special Skills, what the Jyaki-GUN-Oh fires is confetti rather than bullets.
  • Macross Missile Massacre: Some of its attacks are littered with missiles from an undisclosed battery on its body.
  • More Dakka: Seen more evidently whenever Suzuka uses her Overdrive as the Jyaki-GUN-Oh unleashes every minigun cannon as a final attack.

    Svaiser 


    Weiss Ritter Abend 
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  • BFG: Abend's "Partisan Launcher" can fire solid-rounds but also energy shots, including a Wave-Motion Gun.
  • Turns Blue: Like the Nacht, once it enters "rage mode", the orange-colored parts of its armor becomes blue to further its references to the Weiss Ritter.

Other

    The Walking Spoilers 

Due to the nature of the following character(s), spoilers are unmarked to avoid redundancy.

Einst

The true Big Bad of the first game, the Einst are the same entities from the main series, the source of all conflict that occurred in the Endless Frontier. When the overambitious king of Formido Heim attempted to explore a recently opened Cross Gate, he returned possessed by the Einst; this impostor started the Ten Year War of genocide with Elfetale. The Einst also possessed three machines that accompanied him: the Nacht, the Abend and the Arkgain.



  • A God Am I: The "Wahrschein Lichkeit" compares itself to "a Creator" with its last words in sharp constrast to their "father" the "Neue Regisseur". Irony abounds when it did, in fact, create the Endless Frontier.
  • Not Quite Dead: Think that's the last of the Wahrschein Lichkeit? Hah!
  • Superboss: Ezel was unable to vanquish the Einst who impersonated the Formido Heim king, but the best he could do was seal it. It is considered the strongest boss in EXCEED if players decide to fight it.
  • There's No Place Like Home: Their desire to return home is their reason for committing their acts in the series. They opened a large number of Cross Gates when they landed in the Endless Frontier, eventually separating them, leading to the state they are during the first game.
  • The Virus: The Mild Kiel crystals scattered throughout the Endless Frontier are a benign variant in that they don't change its infectees into something grotesque, but rather slowly Brainwash them.

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