Galerians: Rion
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Galerians: Rion is a 2003 computer animated movie based on the PlayStation video game Galerians. As it is a Japanese production, it is considered anime[citation needed]. Originally released by Enterbrain as a 3 part OVA in Japan, Galerians: Rion was licensed for the US by Image Entertainment, combined into a single feature, and broadcast on MTV2.
Galerians: Rion is set in the 26th century, and the human residents of Earth are under attack from a supercomputer called Dorothy. Intent on eliminating the human race, Dorothy faces some stiff competition from Rion Steiner, a teenager with superhuman powers.
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[edit] Plot
A 16-year-old boy, named Rion one day wakes up in a hospital observation room. Having no memories of his past or how he got there, a mysterious voice of a girl begs him to save her. While he is trying to escape, he discovers he has psychic powers.
Using this ability he kills of the staff and hospital security. He finds out he needs to take drugs for not losing control, using different drugs gives Rion a different ability. Rion discovers that in the hospital, they're having human experiments, named `G Project`, related to his powers. He also finds out information about himself.
Having finally escaped, he goes home, memories coming back to him, but interrupted by G Project experiments/monsters and a Galerian named Birdman. He soon finds the girl who called out to him is a childhood friend named Lilia, who is also the daughter of Dr. Pascalle, a colleague of Rion's father, who wants to help Rion destroy an artificial intelligence named Dorothy. Dorothy was a super computer program made to serve humans. However, she started to wonder why she should help humanity. One of her creators, Dr. Steiner, told Dorothy about the existence of God and how humans must serve there creator as she must serve humans. Dorothy repond to this by starting a secret program to create super-humans` named Galerians, plotting to use them to kill off humanity and rule Earth being served by her Galerians. Throughout the story, the Galerians are also after Lilia, as she has a virus program implanted in her brain as a safeguard against Dorothy.
Dorothy sends her Galerians after Rion and Lilia. Its up to Rion to kill the Galerians, destroy Dorothy and save humanity. Rion comes face-to-face to the last Galerian Cain, who is a clone of the real Rion, and he finds out the horrible truth: he himself is a Galerian-a clone of the real Rion who died a while ago. Killing off Cain, Rion confronts and battles Dorothy and uses all his powers to destroy her.
Lying in Lilia's arms, Rion says his last words and dies. In the end, the scene chances. In a completely white area, Rion is seen sitting down with his head low and finally disappears into thin air, symbolizing his death.
However the story continues in the playstation 2 video game sequel: Galerians: Ash
[edit] Soundtrack
The North American DVD release of Galerians: Rion features an English language version re-scored with songs from bands such as Slipknot, Skinny Puppy, Adema, Godhead, Sevendust, Fear Factory, and Andy Hunter.
Songs include:
- Co-Dependent (Adema)
- The Hate in Me (GodHead)
- T.O.A.B. (Seven Dust)
- The Unseen Tears of the Albacore (Evil Remix) (Vandals)
- Gently (Slipknot)
- Archetype Remix (Fear Factory)
- Go (Andy Hunter)
- Lust (Balligomingo)
- Spasmolytic (Deftones Remix) (Skinny Puppy)
- The Mountain (Devildriver)
- Heaven (Opiate for the masses)
- Beautiful Misery (Freakhouse)
- Hey Kid (The Ataris)
- Elevate (Balligomingo).
[edit] English Staff
Dave WittenbergKari WahlgrenJim TaggertLaura Coyle Steve Areno Michael McConnohieDave MallowLia Sargent
[edit] Japanese staff
| Rion Steiner | |
| Lilia, Elsa Steiner | |
| Birdman | |
| Dorothy | |
| unammed drug dealer | |
| Dr. Rem and Dr. Steiner | |
| Rainheart, Dr. Pascalle | |
| Rita | |
| Akira Ishida | Rion Steiner |
|---|---|
| Shiho Kikuchi | Lilia |
| Takehito Koyasu | Birdman |
| Yuka Imai | Rita |
| Kenichi Suzumura | Rainheart |
| Ryoko Kinomiya | Dorothy
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