Keitai Investigator 7

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Keitai Investigator 7 (ケータイ捜査官7（セブン）, Kētai Sōsakan Sebun^?, Cellphone Investigator Seven) is a 2008 Japanese television drama. It is a joint collaboration between WIZ and Production I.G. directed by Takashi Miike. It airs on TV Tokyo Network Wednesdays at 19:00 JST. It is described as a science fiction tokusatsu action drama.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 2.1 Under ANCHOR 2.2 Phone Bravers 2.2.1 Boost Phones 2.3 Amishima Family 2.4 Keita's classmates 2.5 Investigation Dept 7 3 Episodes 4 Cast 5 Songs 6 Links

[edit] Plot

Keita Amishima is a highschool freshman who gets involved in ANCHOR, an organization formed to bring criminals using hi-tech for evil to justice. Taking the place of ANCHOR's previous agent, Keita is Buddied Up with to Phone Braver 07, a cellphone robot. Together, the two track down the hi-tech criminals as well as their benfactor, the renegade Phone Braver 01.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Under ANCHOR

Under ANCHOR (アンダーアンカー, Andā Ankā^?) is the branch of ANCHOR that carries out the field missions and handles the Phone Bravers.

• Keita Amishima (網島 ケイタ, Amishima Keita^?): A high school freshman who preferred not to make new friends until he becomes buddies with Seven after meeting his predecessor Takimoto when he was to meet a friend of his at Mt. Fuji, becomes an ANCHOR agent in training. Though he is nervous around the agents and arrogant with his friends and Seven, Keita has a sense of responsibility and the "Kindness" Takimoto sees in him that makes him an ideal ANCHOR agent in time.
• Daiki Kirihara (桐原 大貴, Kirihara Daiki^?): Buddied to Third, Daiki comes off strong and hard on others, especially Keita. Though he hates technology, he joins ANCHOR to be proven wrong about his feelings towards it.
• Sōsuke Takimoto (滝本 壮介, Takimoto Sōsuke^?): Formerly Seven's buddy with feelings for Chigusa, he was mortally injured in a mission when saving Keita, making the boy his sucessor before he died.
• Chigusa Mimasaga (美作 千草, Mimasaga Chigusa^?): Head of Under ANCHOR, very serious on her missions and work.
• Tōko Asano (麻野 瞳子, Asano Tōko^?): An agent of ANCHOR, a lively calm girl who is Phone Braver 4's Buddy. She, along with Phone Braver 7, oversees Keita's training.
• Kōhei Mito (水戸 幸平, Mito Kōhei^?): Under Anchor Tech, in charge of repairing injured Phone Bravers.
• Mayuko Hasekura (支倉 真由子, Hasekura Mayuko^?): Kōhei's Assistant.
• Mutsuki Sakaki (榊 睦月, Sakaki Mutsuki^?)

[edit] Phone Bravers

The Phone Bravers (フォンブレイバー, Fon Bureibā^?) are small Robots created by ANCHOR, able to transform into cellphones. Only seven have been made and given a human "Buddy" (バディ, Badi^?) who protect the Phone Braves while in a defenseless position.

• Phone Braver 7 (フォンブレイバー7（セブン）, Fon Bureibā Sebun^?): Called "Seven" (セブン, Sebun^?), a "by the book" sort and latest Phone Braver to be created, colored white. Originally buddied to Takimoro, Seven gains a new buddy in Keita Amishima. His biggest pet peeve is being thrown into the air. In some internet circles, he is known as "Angel K", a walking cellphone thought to ward off a supposed curse brought about by the "Devil K", aka Zero-One.
• Phone Braver 6: Colored red, yet to appear.
• Phone Braver 5: Colored green, yet to appear.
• Phone Braver 4 (フォンブレイバー4（フォース）, Fon Bureibā Fōsu^?): Called "Fourth" (フォース, Fōsu^?) and buddied to Tōko, colored pink. In Maintenance.
• Phone Braver 3 (フォンブレイバー3（サード）, Fon Bureibā Sādo^?): Called "'Third'" (サード, Sādo^?) and buddied to Daiki, colored blue. He is a kind, caring character compared to his Buddy.
• Phone Braver 2: The first Test Model and colored yellow, yet to appear.
• Phone Braver 01 (フォンブレイバー01（ゼロワン）, Fon Bureibā Zero Wan^?): Called "Zero-One" (ゼロワン, Zero Wan^?), he is the prototype Phone Braver. Zero One is the major antagonist as his failure to be in sync with his Buddy became the catalyst for his hatred of humans, using hi-tech criminals for his own evil schemes until the "Buddy" fails him and he abandons them. In some internet circles, he is known as "Devil K", the walking cellphone that brought about a curse of death to those who witnessed him.

[edit] Boost Phones

The Boost Phones (ブーストフォン, Būsuto Fon^?) are attachment robots that Phone Bravers use to increase their abilties depending on the crisis.

• Boost Phone Seeker (ブーストフォンシーカー, Būsuto Fon Shīkā^?): A video cameraphone, allowing a Phone Braver to have a wide range of vision and see through anything. Seven usually uses Seeker.
• Boost Phone Speaker (ブーストフォンスピーカー, Būsuto Fon Supīka^?): Allows a Phone Braver to listen to soundwaves and use defensive soundwave attacks. Third usually uses Speaker.
• Boost Phone Demolition (ブーストフォンデモリッション, Būsuto Fon Demorisshon^?)
• Boost Phone Grinder (ブーストフォングラインダー, Būsuto Fon Guraindā^?): Gives a Phone Braver a chainsaw-like weapon. Zero-One used Grinder in episode 2.
• Boost Phone Medic (ブーストフォンメディック, Būsuto Fon Medikku^?)

[edit] Amishima Family

• Kentaro Amishima (網島 健太郎, Amishima Kentarō^?): Keita's father, a laidback guy.
• Harumi Amishima (網島 春美, Amishima Harumi^?): Keita's mother, she worries for whatever her son got himself in.
• Karen Amishima (網島 可憐, Amishima Karen^?): Keita's sister.

[edit] Keita's classmates

• Yuri Midō (御堂 優璃, Midō Yuri^?): She tries to open Keita up, having feelings for him.
• Satoshi Serizawa (芹沢 智, Serizawa Satoshi^?): Another student in Keita's class. He usually calls Keita "Kuuki-kun" (lit. Airhead-kun), due to his supposed empty-headedness and coldness towards other classmates, especially Yuri.

[edit] Investigation Dept 7

The branch of the Police who are investigating the events relating to the "walking cellphones"

• Katsuhiko Shimura (志村克彦, Shimura Katsuhiko^?): Senior dectective who refuses to accept the cellphones' existence.
• Shūgo Kaito (怪盗修吾, Kaito Shūgo^?): Katushiko's partner, he believes in the existence of the "walking cellphones", once believing that they were a by-product of alien technology.

[edit] Episodes

1. A Walking Cellphone!?/Connection Bonds (ケータイ、歩く！？／つながる絆, Kētai Aruku!?/Tsunagaru Kizuna^?)
2. Black Cellphone (黒いケータイ, Kuroi Kētai^?)
3. An Agent's Job (エージェントの仕事, Ējento no Shigoto^?)
4. Solo Mission (ソロ・ミッション, Soro Misshon^?)
5. City Legend Devil-K (都市伝説デビルＫ, Toshi Densetsu Debiru Kei^?)
6. Escaping Love (逃げる恋, Nigerukoi^?)
7. Bungo Scolding (ブンゴー、怒る, Bungō, Ikaru^?)
8. Trap Building (トラップ・ビル, Torappu Biru^?)
9. Buddy System (バディシステム, Badi Shisutemu^?)

[edit] Cast

• Keita Amishima: Masataka Kubota (窪田 正孝, Kubota Masataka^?)
• Daiki Kirihara: Satoshi Matsuda (松田 悟志, Matsuda Satoshi^?)
• Sōsuke Takimoto: Kanji Tsuda (津田 寛治, Tsuda Kanji^?)
• Chigusa Mimasaga: Yūko Itō (伊藤 裕子, Itō Yūko^?)
• Tōko Asano: Yoko Mitsuya (三津谷 葉子, Mitsuya Yōko^?)
• Kōhei Mito: Mickey Curtis (ミッキー・カーチス, Mikkī Kāchisu^?)
• Mayuko Hasekura: Nao Nagasawa (長澤 奈央, Nagasawa Nao^?)
• Phone Braver 7 (Voice): Kunihiro Kawamoto (河本 邦弘, Kawamoto Kunihiro^?)
• Phone Braver 3 (Voice): Tokuyoshi Kawashima (川島 得愛, Kawashima Tokuyoshi^?)
• Phone Braver 01 (Voice): Tomohiro Tsuboi (坪井 智浩, Tsuboi Tomohiro^?)
• Katsuhiko Shimura: Hiroshi Katsuno (勝野 洋, Katsuno Hiroshi^?)
• Shūgo Kaito: Yōsuke Katsuno (勝野 洋輔, Katsuno Yōsuke^?)
• Kentaro Amishima: Hiromasa Taguchi (田口 浩正, Taguchi Hiromasa^?)
• Haruko Amishima: Noriko Watanabe (渡辺 典子, Watanabe Noriko^?)
• Karen Amishima: Noriko Igarashi (五十嵐 令子, Igarashi Noriko^?)
• Yuri Midō: Natsuki Okamoto (岡本 奈月, Okamoto Natsuki^?)
• Opening Narration: OKI

[edit] Songs

Opening theme

• "WAKE YOU UP"
  • Lyrics: Shin Furuya
  • Composition & Arrangement: Yasushi Sasamoto
  • Artist: Hitomi Shimatani

Ending themes

• "Sands of time"
  • Artist, Composition, & Arrangement: Back-On
  • Lyrics: TEEDA & KENJI03

[edit] Links

• TV Tokyo official site