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''Gasaraki'' was produced by [[Sunrise]], directed by Ryosuke Takahashi of ''[[Armored Trooper VOTOMS]]'' fame and originally aired in 1998. [[ADV Films]] released a translated version. It is a bit notable for more recent anime fans as the first big "series-wide" directoral job a certain Goro Taniguchi had - he was "assistant director" for the entire show and helped to make it (somewhat) comprehensible. His work here would lead to him being allowed to fully write, direct and produce ''[[Planetes]]'' (which could not possibly be more different from this show) and ''[[Code Geass]]'' (which, on some level, might be seen as ''Gasaraki'''s spiritual successor - it takes on a lot of the same fundamental themes as ''Gasaraki'', just [[Byronic Hero|from a different viewpoint]]).

 

* [[Abnormal Ammo]] (the Plastic Rounds used in the TA's 25mm machine guns for riot suppression, the gun is also switched to single shot when using them, {{spoiler|and the HESH rounds used by the US Navy Fakes during their assault on the gowa building, HESH rounds are a [[Truth in Television]] however.}})

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: The TA squad does this once to rescue Yushiro; Yushiro also attempts this a few times -- it rarely works.

* [[Big Fancy House]]: Which has [[The Thing That Goes Doink]], naturally.

* [[Bishonen]]

* [[Bond Creatures]]: The Kugai.

* [[Follow the Leader]] (The entire show's been accused of ripping roughly a good three-quarters of its concepts and plot directly from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Exactly how much this is true has been [[Flame War|hotly debated]] over the years; while there are some ''very'' obvious similarities (the clear comparisons between [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness|SEELE and SYMBOL]], the dysfunctional-family-exploiting-a-son-as-a-pilot dynamic, Miharu's apparent similarities to Rei Ayanami, and {{spoiler|the "divine" origins of the key systems of the mecha}}) the show does take a fairly different direction in the end, with somewhat different messages about the meaning of family and honor and a take on love that ''wholly'' contradicts some of ''Eva'''s [[Freud Was Right|Freudian]] assertions.)

* [[Foreign Language Theme]] (The opening theme, "Message #9")

* [[Generation Xerox]] (as the flashback shows, {{spoiler|Kazukito's actions mimmic those of the Watanabe clan member Tsuna}})

* [[Genre Savvy]] (Miharu is very aware that Symbol (and by extension Gowa) views her and Yushiro as a means to an end)

* [[A God Am I]] ( {{spoiler|Kazukiyo}})

* [[Good Samaritan]] ( {{spoiler|Wan}})

* [[Heroic BSOD]] (Miharu has one 2/3rds into the series; {{spoiler|Yushiro eventually snaps her out of it at the end. TA pilots Takayama and Kitazawa also have one inside their TA's during a riot.}})

* [[Heroic Bystander]] (when first introduced, Wan appears to be one of these {{spoiler|then its revealed that actually one of Symbols former field agents}})

** Also the idea of using unmanned flying/gliding drones for reconnaissance.

*** And the US being almost crippled by an economic collapse.

* [[The Ojou]]: Misuzu.

* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: {{spoiler|In episode 10, the Kugai gets its arm blown off by a mecha mounted grenade launcher. Its response? Jump onto said mecha, knock it to the ground, tear mecha's limbs off with its remaining arm, and pummel it into scrap metal}}.

* [[Real Robot]]

* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Yushiro, Miharu, and Phantom}}

* [[Screw Destiny]]: {{spoiler|Yushiro}}.

* [[Senseless Sacrifice]] ( {{spoiler|Yeah, Wan, trying to take on several armed Navy SEALS with a pistol on the open deck of a cargo ship with no cover was probably not one of your brightest moves.}})

** Miharu wears one of the female-style masks, probably the Ko-omote (young woman). There are seven or so variations of this mask with different names. The difference between most of them is the styling of the hairline.

** The Kai-summoned units have faces patterned after the Hannya masks.

* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]] (the test pilots for the Type 17I suffer nasty side effects from the [[Psycho Serum]] they're given in the cockpit.)

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Teal Hair]] (Miharu)