Firestorm (TV series)
Firestorm | |
ファイアーストーム | |
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Genre | Adventure, Mecha |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Kenji Terada |
Written by | Story: Gerry Anderson John Needham Screenplay: Kenji Terada Sukehiro Tomita |
Studio | Trans Arts |
Licensed by | Enoki Films |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | April 6, 2003 – September 28, 2003 |
Episodes | 26 |
Firestorm (ファイアーストーム) is a Japanese anime series created by Gerry Anderson and John Needham.[1] The series combines CGI animation for mecha and traditional 2D animation for characters. The series was not warmly received, and subsequently failed to gain a wider release.
Plot
By the year 2104, the nations of Earth have finally achieved world peace. However, that peace is threatened by a new worldwide terrorist organization called Black Orchid. To counter this threat, the United Nations has created a military peacekeeping force called Storm Force. Each Storm Force unit (8 total) acts independently, operating primarily from a large twin-hulled submarine. As the series opens, a new elite unit is formed called Storm Force 9, which is assigned a special mission; code-named "Firestorm."
Early in the series, the Firestorm team discover Black Orchid is secretly a front for a worldwide invasion of space aliens who can disguise themselves as humans. The aliens have developed a drug which will turn humans into their mindless slaves, and they plot to put the drug into the Earth's water supply.
Each episode focuses strongly on futuristic vehicles (
Characters
Storm Force 2
- Inuma (イヌマ): SF2 captain, and friend of Drew McAllister. He was killed in episode 26 when fighting alien spearhead units.
Storm Force 5
- Mai Teranishi (マイ・テラニシ): Japanese officer, and nuclear furnace expert.
Storm Force 9
All members of Storm Force 9 wear snug-fitting, futuristic blue wet suits. Males tend to wear a blue military jacket over the wet suit when not working underwater.
- Nagisa Kisaragi (ナギサ・キサラギ): Japanese, short black hair, mole under right eye. Arguably the central character. She is an "expert on nano-engineering." Nagisa set the world record in the 2096 Tokyo Olympics in the marathon and free-fall parachuting events. Her designation is 01.
- Sam Scott (サム・スコット): American, age 28, blue eyes, dark brown hair, Caucasian.
- Wesley Grant (ウェズリー・グラント): American, age 30, brown eyes, African-American, black beard.
- Laura Hope (ローラ・ホープ): Australian, age 25, Caucasian, green eyes, green hair. She is a bomb specialist and former Australian Navy commander.
- James Brady (ジェームス・ブレーディ): British, age 29, Caucasian, gray eyes, blond hair.
- Drew McAllister (ドリュー・マッキャリスター): SF9 captain (an older caucasian man with brown hair and a brown beard with white streaks).
- Chuck Morgan (チャック・モーガン)
- Geena (ジーナ)
- Lucy (ルーシー)
- Julia (ジュリア)
- Jack (ジャック)
- Yuri (ユーリ)
- Sophia (ソフィア)
- Hiroko (ヒロコ)
- Tatsu (タツ): SF9 mechanic.
- POP: The popcorn dispenser robot working for Chuck.
Other SF officers
- Duvalier? (デュバリエ)
- Valente? (ヴァレンテ)
Black Orchid
- Carlo Morelli (カルロ・モレーリ)
- Ruth Miller (ルース・ミラー)
- Petros Salo (ペトロス・サロ)
- Makalev? (マカレフ)
- Cosminov? (コズミノフ)
Vehicles
- Ocean Storm (オーシャン・ストーム): Storm Force nuclear submarine.
- Thunderbolt (サンダーボルト): Fighter aircraft designed to replace Thunder Laser.
- Tornado (トルネード): Aircraft carrying officers, Thunderbolt, Combatcruiser.
- Seashark (シーシャーク): Marine vehicle that also serves as submarine.
- Combatcruiser (コンバットクルーザー): Armoured van carrying officers in ground missions.
- Mountain Motorbike (マウンテン・モーターバイク): Armed motorcycle.
- Space Thunderbolt: A modified Thunderbolt designed to carry the Black Orchid beacon into space.
- Gargantua: A hydrogen carrier. The vehicle was hijacked by Black Orchid and later destroyed by SF9 using liquid explosives.
- Stargazer: Stealth telescope used by Storm Force to detect alien threats.
Reboot
This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: Needs current information on production of the proposed Firestorm series.(November 2022) |
In 2014
On 18 February 2016, Jamie Anderson announced to Kickstarter backers that the pilot would soon begin shooting.[5] Filming began on 29 February. It was released via YouTube on 27 October 2018.[6][7] A full series is in pre-production.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "FIRESTORM is GO!". Starburstmagazine.com. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "'Firestorm' aims to be 21st century 'Thunderbirds' with next-gen puppets". CNET. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Firestorm". Gerryanderson.co.uk. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Firestorm - Filmed in Ultramarionation". Kickstarter. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ Kickstarter: "Update #52 For backers only. Feb 18 2016 The shoot approaches!"
- ^ Pilot released
- ^ Firestorm | Exclusive FULL Minisode. YouTube. 2018.
External links
- TV Tokyo page
- Review by T.H.E.M. anime review