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Removal of untrue rumors: Tomino worked with Nagano on designs for ZZ and Char's Counterattack that were rejected by staff, and a cancelled 90's Aura Battler project. Tomino attended Nagano's marriage ceremony in 1991.
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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
The series mostly follows the adventures of Yuu Isami, a renegade Reclaimer seeking freedom from Orphan's oppressive environment and his family's aloofness, and Hime Utsumiya, an orphaned girl who accidentally stumbles upon a Plate under Revival process and finds her own Brain Powerd, which she almost immediately makes friends with. After their first encounter results in a battle, the two teenagers find themselves reunited when Yuu escapes Orphan and a group of Reclaimers gunning for his blood; this is only the start of an adventure rife with surprising reveals, well-developed characters and government conspiracies, which will allow Yuu and Hime to understand more about themselves, the world around them and the complexities of human feelings and mutual relationships.
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''Brain Powerd'' focuses quite a bit more on [[Character Development]] than [[Humongous Mecha]] action compared to many other anime of this genre.
The series is also notable for being [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] & [[Mamoru Nagano]]'s first completed collaboration in over a decade
The show is basically Tomino's take on ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
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* [[Ineffectual Loner]] (Yuu at the beginning)
* [[Jerkass]] (Jonathan)
* [[Jerk
* [[Karma Houdini]] (Debatable. {{spoiler|Jonathan doesn't really get a tangible comeuppance by the heroes, but... when in the end he discovers that Baron Maximillian, the person he respected the most in the world, is actually the mother he hated so much, his whole world crumbles.}})
* [[Kick the Dog]] (We ''did'' say Jonathan is a jerkass, right?)
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* [[Official Couple]] (Quite a few. {{spoiler|Yuu and Hime, Kanan and Lasse, Higgins and the Kimerias commanding officer, possibly Nanga and Komodo}})
* [[Parental Abandonment]] (Pretty much this anime's breath, bread and water!)
* [[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
* [[Rousseau Was Right]]
* [[Screw Destiny]] ("We make our own fate!", says Sheila to Higgins.)
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* [[The Social Darwinist]] (the Reclaimers)
* [[Super Robot Wars]] (Has appeared in [[Super Robot Wars Judgment|J]] and [[Super Robot Wars Alpha|Alpha 2]])
** [[Another
* (Pre)-[[Teen Genius]] (Kant)
* [[The End of the World
* [[The Messiah]] (Both Hime and Nelly)
* [[The Power of Friendship]]
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