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Brain Powered
ブレンパワード (Brain Powered)
Genre	mecha
TV anime
Directed by	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Studio	Sunrise
Network	Bandai, WOWOW
Original run	8 April 1998 – November 1998
No. of episodes	26

Brain Powered is a 26-episode anime series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino. It aired on Japanese television from April to November 1998. The show features mecha designs by Mamoru Nagano, character designs by Mutsumi Inomata, and music by Yoko Kanno.

Brain Powered breaks many conventions of traditional mecha anime, an approach that permeates the series from organic mechanical designs to dialogue-driven episodes.

A manga version was later created; it was published in Japan]by Kadokawa Shoten and in the United States in English by TOKYOPOP.

Plot

The world has been ravaged by flooding caused by the ascension of a giant organic alien vessel, "Orphan," from deep beneath the sea. In the aftermath, two sides emerge in a battle for the future of humanity. There are those who wish for Orphan's success in leaving the planet, and those who opposed them. If Orphan takes off, it will steal away all of the organic energy from Earth, annilihating all life except for those on the ship itself.

Orphan's supporters, the Reclaimers, use the living mecha called Antibodies. Those who fight against the Reclaimers operate the battleship known as Novis Noah, and pilot the Antibodies known as the Brain Powered. The anime follows the story of an ex-Reclaimer called Yuu Isami and a girl named Hime Utsumiya as they fight with their Brain Powered's to prevent the extinction of mankind and discover what the true purpose of Orphan is.

Production Values

Brain Powered is an unusual blend of cell animation borrowed from twenty years earlier and some occasional computer graphics. With the exception of the CG, everything about Brain Powered's animation (colors, designs, even animation quality) suggest a series closer to the late 1980s.

The expressions and nuances of each character are well articulated. Repeated use of the second person creates some unintentionally humorous moments.

Yoko Kanno's music is exceptional, though at times it feels like the animation and music function independently. Kanno had “no idea” what the show was when she was composing, and Tomino had a difficult time fitting the music into the episodes.

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