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One of the most bizarre anime by [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]], ''Brain Powerd'' takes place in a future Earth ravaged by earthquakes and flood, all of which are the result of the activity of a mysterious sentient alien spacecraft called Orphan, buried in the depths of the Pacific Ocean and home to a group of scientists and researchers known to the world as Reclaimers. Orphan's true objective is to eventually rise from the ocean and start a new journey into space... which, however, would cause [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]], since Orphan needs to feed on the organic energy of all living beings to sustain itself in its journey. The Reclaimers do not seem to care much, though, and are willing to go through with Orphan's plans, seeing themselves as Orphan's chosen ones that will become the seeds of a new humanity. To fulfill their plans, Reclaimers make use of [[Empathic Weapon|Empathic Weapons]], living organic mechas known as Antibodies or Gran Chers, and endlessly search for the Plates from which they originate, in order to swell their numbers. However, not all is lost, since the Novice Noah, a group of Antibody pilots using the Brain Powerd, infant forms of Gran Cher, rises to stop the Reclaimers' plans.

The series is also notable for being [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] & [[Mamoru Nagano]]'s first completed collaboration in over a decade. They had allegedly had a falling out during the production of ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]'' over a woman, probably seiyuu Maria Kawamura who eventually became Nagano's wife.

* [[Anti -Villain]] (The Reclaimers aren't really bad guys, with the exception of Igor. They're mostly people with a tragic past who were drawn to Orphan in an attempt to find a place where they could belong and ease their suffering. Come to think of it, {{spoiler|Orphan ''itself''}} is very much an [[Anti -Villain]].

* [[Big Screwed -Up Family]] (The Isami and Glenn families. Not really that big, but most definitely screwed up.)

* [[Fake -Out Opening|Fake Out]] [[Spoiler Opening]]: (The opening animation is filled with naked girls and maybe three shots of the [[Humongous Mecha]], along with a song about a woman dreaming of endlessly being made love to. The series itself barely has shirtless ''males''. On the other hand, it ''does'' show all of the female pilots, regardless of when they appear in the series.)

* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]] (Nakki Guys. Some fans refer to him as "the anti-Jonathan")

* [[Kill 'Em All]] ({{spoiler|Averted, despite Tomino being in charge. Very few characters die.}})

* [[Nipple -and -Dimed]] (Pretty much the entire OP.)

* [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]] (Quincy is played by Watanabe Kumiko, who usually plays very mean characters if the said character is a girl (but usually good if the said character is boy). Don't believe it? Look at another bitch in Tomino's [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (Anime)|other work]])

* [[Shout -Out]] (mostly to ''[[Aura Battler Dunbine]]'', one of Tomino's earlier works)

** [[Another CenturysCentury's Episode]] (Appears in the first three games, but only gets plot in the first two.)

* [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]] (What will happen if Orphan leaves the atmosphere)

* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]] ({{spoiler|Gaybridge}})

* [[Wig, Dress, Accent]] (Taken to an extreme with {{spoiler|Baron Maximillian. Remember that Captain that fell off the boat some dozen episodes ago? Yeah. Same person. Between the mask, the extremely ''buff'' figure and voice synthesizer, it really does a good job at throwing the viewers off.}}