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From there, ''Gasaraki'' delves into the political, with the Gowa family and the mysterious organization called Symbol essentially using governments as proxies for the battles of the Tactical Armor units and Symbol's "Metal Fakes". ''Gasaraki'' also delves into the spiritual with the history of the Kai, who used the power of the summoned Gasaraki to essentially rule ancient Japan; the continued attempts to summon the Gasaraki; as well as the question of just what the "Gasaraki" are.
''Gasaraki'' was produced by [[Sunrise (company)|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]]).
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* [[Derivative Differentiation]]: It started out as a clone of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', but evolved into more of a spiritual predecessor to ''[[Code Geass]]''.
* [[Eagle Land]]. The darker, more sinister variety of Type 2 Eagleland. Though its aimed at its government rather than its entire society.
* [[Eva Fins]]: While not ''quite'' as prominent as the [[Trope Namer]], the Raiden/Shinden mechs do have rather notable shoulder fins that are especially prominent from the sides (which are, in-universe, the power batteries for the mechs); SYMBOL's Ishtar technically has fins as well, although they're quite small in comparison to the rest of the mech.
* [[Evolving Credits]]
* [[Expy]]: One of the biggest complaints thrown at Miharu is that she's a ''blatant'' copy of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Rei Ayanami]], in both appearance and character. In the first half of the show, this seems to hold a lot of water (she even has a [[People Jars|People Jar]] scene or two), but to the show's credit the arc of her development and story eventually go in a much different direction than Rei did.
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* [[Foreign Language Theme]] (The opening theme, "Message #9")
* [[For Science!]] (Kiyotsugu's MO)
* [[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}})
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* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: The Belgistan invasion is blatantly reminiscent of the first Iraq war -- "Desert Storm" -- and its coverage on CNN.
* [[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.}})
* [[Sergeant Rock]] (Major Takayama)
* [[Sexy Mentor]]
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