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DETAILS:
Title: 黄金騎士牙狼 / 牙狼-GARO- (Season One)
Title (romaji): Ougon Kishi GARO
Title (English): Golden Knight Fanged Wolf
Genre: Action, fantasy, horror
Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
Episodes: 25 + 1 GAIDEN + 2 SPECIALS
Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-7 to 2006-Mar-3
Theme songs:
Opening #1 - Theme of GARO
Opening #2 - "Savior in the Dark" by JAM Project
Ending #1 - "Boku ga Ai o Tsutaeteyuku" ("I'll Keep Sending You My Love") by Masaki Kyomoto
Second version by GARO Project (Konishi Ryosei, Hijii Mika, Fujita Rei, Masaki Kyomoto)
Ending #2 - "Boku wa Mada Koi o Shite wa Ikenai" ("I Can't Fall In Love Yet") by Masaki Kyomoto
Second version by GARO Project (Konishi Ryosei, Hijii Mika, Fujita Rei, Masaki Kyomoto)
Movie: GARO RED REQUIEM (2010) + KIBA GAIDEN (2011)
INFORMATION:
"GARO" is not your typical Japanese tokusatsu television show, since it directs at a more matured audience. This is due to its violence and darker contents. Thus makes this your non-so-typical tokusatsu that we are used to.
PLOT:
Garo focuses on the life of Saejima Kouga, who has assumed the title of Makai Knight to protect humanity against the dark demonic manifestations called "Horrors". In his quest to purge them, he encounters a young girl named Mitsuki Kaoru whom he saves from a Horror. However, due to an accident during the battle she's stained with the demonic blood, thus according to the rule she must be cut down. Moreover, those that have been stained by the demonic blood of a Horror only have 100 days left to live, as well as they will attract more Horrors as they are their favourite food. Kouga decides to spare Kaoru, intended to use her as bait in order to make his hunt easier.
The storyline focuses mainly on Kouga developing a relationship with Kaoru and his stand in his duty as a Makai Knight. Through the eyes of Kaoru we will get to know this world of GARO.
CAST:
Konishi Ryosei as Saejima Koga/Golden Fang GARO
Hijii Mika as Mitsuki Kaoru
Kageyama Hironobu as the voice of Zaruba
Fujita Rei as Suzumura Rei/Silver Fang ZERO
Hotaru Yukijiro as Gonza
Kyomoto Masaki as Ryuzaki Karuni/Barago/Dark Fang KIBA
Sato Yasue as Japi the Makai Priest
CREDITS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garo_%28TV_series%29 (Everything you need to know regarding the show.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realm_of_Garo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Garo_characters
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ougon_Kishi_GARO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garo_Sp...e_Midnight_Sun
http://mitra-water.blogspot.com/2008...roduction.html (SPOILERS and DEEPER ANALYZE of the storyline and characters.)
SOME PHOTOS OF THE SHOW:
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SAEJIMA KOUGA:
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MITSUKI KAORU:
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KOUGA & KAORU:
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KONISHI RYOSEI:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Konishi_Ryosei
http://asianmediawiki.com/Ryosei_Konishi
http://official.stardust.co.jp/konishi/ (Ryosei Konishi Official Web Site)
HIJII MIKA:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hijii_Mika
http://asianmediawiki.com/Mika_Hijii
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1856057/
http://ameblo.jp/mikaringojuice/ (Official blog) - She keeps a lovely photo diary of herself.
PHOTO CREDITS GO TO ALL THE FANS AROUND THE WEB
WHERE TO GET:
You can download the show with English subs at following sites:
http://gomenrider.blogspot.com/2010/...t-sun-dtv.html (has the best translated version according to myself)
http://tvnihon.com/forums/
MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS:
I don't usually watch Japanese tokusatsu shows. However, for some unknown reason "GARO" caught my eyes and stirred my interest, perhaps because I'm kind of an action person, I guess. Furthermore, I think due to the fight sequences and how they're choregraphied in the show that pulled me in and caught me in the first place. Because to tell the truth, I really like how they designed the fights in this serial, very beautiful in my eyes. Moreover, the creator, Mr. Keita Amemiya, has requested that the fights would be performed by the actors themselves. Thus the main actors must perform their own stunts during the fighting scenes, even the female ones. Thus make the fights seem more "real" and sincere, I guess.
SOME NEWS:
Second season of this serial; GARO - MAKAISENKI will be airing on 06.10.2011
SOME FAN STUFFS:
I've collected some fanmade mvs and put them in this playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MistyWor...138D660116EFFE
FACEBOOK FAN GROUPS:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/Garo.ourdrugs/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/ryoseikonishi/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/130396903638129/