Crush Gear Turbo: Difference between revisions

A 56-episode anime produced by Sunrise, ''[[Crush Gear Turbo]]'' seem to be a run-of-the-mill [[Merchandise-Driven]] show, involving mechanical vehicles being thrown to a ring to fight other machines called Crush Gears, which according to some detractors, looked like ''[[Beyblade|Beyblades]]'' in steroids. But deep inside, this involves a considerable degree of drama; the protagonist of the story, Kouya Marino, was the brother of the deceased Crush Gear champion, who wants to follow up to his brother's legacy. Problem is, he is just one of the few members of a fledgling Crush Gear club whose sole claim to glory is that it was once his brother's club. However, he is helped by few friends and some Crush Gear players who defect to Kouya's team.

 

Crush Gear Turbo also spawned a sequel called Crush Gear Nitro, but it wasn't as popular as the original.

 

 

* [[Ancestral Weapon]]: Kouya uses his brother's Garuda Eagle at first, until it breaks.

* [[Conspicuous CG]]: Most of the fight scenes in the anime.

* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Big Brother]] {{spoiler|Yuya Marino}}

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: How the team came together.

* [[Dynamic Entry]]: The main method of deployment of the Gears in both the manga and the anime, which could be rather problematic when people start thinking that this is the correct way to use the tie-in toys.

* [[Five-Man Band]]

** [[The Hero]] - Kouya Marino

** [[The Chick|The Chicks]] - Shared by Lilica the Manager and Kaoru the Assistant Manager. {{spoiler|Their function, however, is only applicable outside the Gearfighting Arena.}}

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Kyousuke.

* [[Merchandise-Driven]] - played straight.

** The merchandise is almost as hard to find as the TV show, though.

* [[The Phoenix]]: Not so surprisingly, Garuda Phoenix.

* [[The Rival]] - Takeshi Manganji

* [[Rule of Cool]]

* [[Serious Business]]

* [[Spoiled Brat]]: Takeshi.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]] - Jiro and his thing for red bean buns.

 

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