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BBK/BRNK, also known as Bubuki/Buranki (ブブキ・ブランキ), is a Japanese anime television series created by Sanzigen to celebrate their 10th anniversary. It aired from January 2016 to March 2016. The opening theme is "Beat your Heart" by Konomi Suzuki and the ending theme is "Anger/Anger" by Myth & Roid.[2] The series is available for streaming on Crunchyroll.[3]
| BBK/BRNK | |
Promotional poster | |
| ブブキ・ブランキ | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Mecha |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Daizen Komatsuda |
| Written by |
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| Music by | Masaru Yokoyama |
| Studio | Sanzigen |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, AT-X, KBS, TV Aichi, BS11, Sun TV |
| Original run | January 9, 2016 – March 26, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| BBK/BRNK 2: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy | |
| Directed by | Daizen Komatsuda |
| Written by |
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| Music by | Masaru Yokoyama |
| Studio | Sanzigen |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS, TV Aichi, Sun TV, BS11 |
| Original run | October 1, 2016 – December 17, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
A second season announced at the end of the first season's final episode,[4] subtitled The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy (星の巨人, Hoshi no Kyojin) aired from October 2016[5] to December 2016. The opening theme is "Reirō taru Junketsu wa 'Kōen' no Kairai o Hayarase, Gyōten ni Kirameku Akashi o Kizamu" by Megumi Han, and the ending theme is "so beautiful ;- )" by Mikako Komatsu.[6]
Azuma Kazuki is a young boy living with his family on Treasure Island (宝島), a floating island several thousand feet above Earth that is inhabited by giant sentient robots called Buranki (ブランキ), all of which are "sleeping". However, several of the Buranki are killed to wake up, forcing Migiwa Kazuki, his mother, to send Azuma, his identical twin sister Kaoruko, and their father down to Earth and is killed in a Buranki named Oubu for safety, leaving her behind.
Ten years later, Azuma, returning to a post-apocalyptic Shinjuku is captured by the authorities, but was saved by his childhood friend Kogane Asabuki, a user of a sentient weapon known as Bubuki (ブブキ), which also forms a Buranki's limbs. Discovering he is a Bubuki-user himself with the Heart of Oubu, Azuma and Kogane unite with three other Bubuki-users: Hiiragi Nono, Kinoa Ōgi and Shizuru Taneomi, to work together to seek and revive the lost Oubu, and discover the hidden truths behind the Buranki and the mysterious Reoko Banryū's tyranny over the post-apocalyptic Japan with her own Buranki: Entei.
Oubu (王舞, Ōbu) is a powerful Buranki once owned by Migiwa Kazuki. When the Buranki on Treasure Island started to awaken ten years prior to the series, she had her husband and two children sent down to Earth with it, crash landing into Japan's shores and causing much destruction in its wake. At some point, its limbs were reverted into Bubukis and returned to their owners, and all that remains is its skeletal husk stored in an underground Buranki Jail. In the present day, Oubu's Bubuki has been inherited by the children of their owners, now working with Migiwa's son Azuma, who has inherited its Heart, to reawaken Oubu and travel back to Treasure Island to find out the truth behind the Burankis.
Entei (炎帝) is a Buranki owned by Reoko Banryū, rivalling Oubu in terms of power. 24 years prior to the series, a battle between the two Buranki ended up with Entei's limbs being permanently torn apart and destroyed, while Reoko mysteriously gained immortality as an outcome of the conflict. Since then, Entei uses a pair of pseudo tentacle-like limbs to battle, with Reoko constantly on the hunt for spare Hearts and parts strong enough to withstand Entei's power to once again complete Entei and exact her revenge on Oubu and Migiwa. Her comrades, dubbed the Four Heavenly Kings (四天王, shitenou), however, now having lost their original Bubuki, use their own substitute Bubuki they won off from other users through battle, and continue to support Reoko till current day, even though their current weapons are not strong enough to form up Entei anymore.
A team of Bubuki-users from America, representing their Buranki Megalara (メガララ, Megarara). Due to their Buranki being rendered unusable as a result of Migiwa releasing an energy wave that deactivates all Buranki Hearts on Earth, they have been sent to Japan by a mysterious benefactor to fight Oubu's and Entei's teams for their working Hearts. Their Bubuki are named after film directors.
The last of a clan of assassins, the Bubuki-users from Russia represent their Buranki Zanpaza (ザンパザ). However, just like the United States' team, their Heart was deactivated by Migiwa, and are thus sent by the same mysterious benefactor to Japan retrieve functioning Hearts from Oubu's and Entei's teams, although using more rough and violent methods to achieve their goal.
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Witch's Son" "Majo no musuko" (Japanese: 魔女の息子) | January 9, 2016 |
| 2 | "Fire titan" "Honō no kyojin" (Japanese: 炎の巨人) | January 16, 2016 |
| 3 | "The heart and limbs" "Shinzō to teashi" (Japanese: 心臓と手足) | January 23, 2016 |
| 4 | "Right hand and a pistol" "Migite to kenjuu" (Japanese: 右手と拳銃) | January 30, 2016 |
| 5 | "2 swords and 8 rings" "Ken to Yubiwa" (Japanese: 剣と指輪) | February 6, 2016 |
| 6 | "The Gray Jewel" "Haiiro no Hōseki" (Japanese: 灰色の宝石) | February 13, 2016 |
| 7 | "The Headless Titan" "Kubinashi Kyojin" (Japanese: 首なし巨人) | February 20, 2016 |
| 8 | "The Stopped Heart" "Tomatta shinzō" (Japanese: 止まった心臓) | February 27, 2016 |
| 9 | "Fist and Fist" "Kobushi to kobushi" (Japanese: 拳と拳) | March 5, 2016 |
| 10 | "The Shattered Heart" "Kudakareru shinzō" (Japanese: 砕かれる心臓) | March 12, 2016 |
| 11 | "The Immortal Girl" "Fushi no shōjo" (Japanese: 不死の少女) | March 20, 2016 |
| 12 | "The Boy from Treasure Island" "Takarajima no shōnen" (Japanese: 宝島の少年) | March 27, 2016 |
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Black Oubu" "Kuro Oubu" (Japanese: 黒) | October 1, 2016 |
| 2 | "The False Hope" "Soradanomi" (Japanese: 空頼み) | October 8, 2016 |
| 3 | "The Right Hand's Scar" "Migite no kizu" (Japanese: 右手の傷) | October 15, 2016 |
| 4 | "The Hunter's Bullet" "Hantaa no dangan" (Japanese: ハンターの弾丸) | October 22, 2016 |
| 5 | "The Island Fortress" "Eigo no Yousai" (Japanese: 英語の要塞) | October 29, 2016 |
| 6 | "The Butterfly and the Gallows" "Chouto koushudai" (Japanese: 蝶と絞首台) | November 5, 2016 |
| 7 | "Older Brother and Younger Sister" "Ani to imouto" (Japanese: あにといもうと) | November 12, 2016 |
| 8 | "The Rebellious Limb" "Hankou tekina teashi" (Japanese: 反抗的な手足) | November 19, 2016 |
| 9 | "Swan Song" "Hakuchou no uta" (Japanese: はくちょうのうた) | November 28, 2016 |
| 10 | "The Comet Opens Its Eyes" "Suisei no me wo hiraki" (Japanese: 彗星の目を開き) | December 4, 2016 |
| 11 | "The Gentle Giants Of The Galaxy" "Ginga no yasashii kyojin" (Japanese: ぎんがのやさしいきょじん) | December 11, 2016 |
| 12 | "Three Shining Stars" "Mittsu no kagayaku hoshi" (Japanese: 三つの輝く星) | December 17, 2016 |
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