World of Braves

The Brave Series (勇者シリーズ Yūsha shirīzu) toy and animation franchise began after the toy company Takara ended the animated "Generation One" storyline of Transformers in Japan. Following a decline in the series' popularity that led to the cancellation of the OVA series Transformers: Zone, Takara struck a cooperative deal with the animation studio Sunrise (known for its mecha series, most notably Gundam) to develop a new franchise and set of toy lines, which became the Brave series. This franchise would help reintroduce the Super Robot genre to the Japanese mainstream in the 1990s.

History

In 2001, a band of energy-based intergalactic space pirates, the Space Pirate Geisters, make their way to Earth and dwell in giant robotic dinosaur bodies in order to commit crimes and steal what they deem "treasure." However, they are chased after by Exkizer, along with his team, who are members of the peacekeeping Space Police Kaisers. The Kaisers take form and dwell within Earth-based vehicles, with Exkizer taking over the family car of a young third-grade boy called Kouta Hoshikawa.

In 2010, an evil Minus-Energy Lifeform called Draias has made his way to Earth, and allies himself with an evil scientist known as Dr Jango to create chaos and ruin the planet. A unit dispatched from the peacekeeping Space Police Force follows him to Earth, and their leader Fighbird inhabits the body of an advanced android built by Dr.Hiroshi Amano, becoming Yuutarou Katori. Katori and his team, inhabiting various Earth vehicles and accompanied by Dr. Amano's grandchildren Kenta and Haruka, fight against Draias's forces while adapting to life on Earth.

Sixth-grader Seiji Takasugi obtains a jewel called "Aurin" from a temple along with a "Brave Stone" when a mysterious alien robot attacks his town. When used in conjunction with each other, the Aurin awakens the Brave Warrior Da-Garn who was sleeping within the stone and he does battle with the robot, destroying it. Seiji has been chosen by the Earth itself as the commander of the Brave Warriors, ten robots who serve as defenders of the Earth. The Brave Warriors are sleeping in many parts of the world as "Brave Stones, which become super robots by fusing with modern machines once Seiji awakens them. Seiji must locate and awaken all of them while fighting off alien invaders and keeping everything a secret from his family and friends. They fight against Lord OhBoss and his minions, invaders who aim to steal the planet's energy and use it for evil means.

Maito Senpūji is a billionaire crime-fighting teenager, taking up his father's company and assets at the age of only 15. Taking control of the Might Gaine team of robots that his late father created, Senpūji and his free-thinking robot teams take on the crime lords that plague Neo Tokyo City.

While the 21st century has seen great advances in technology, there has also been a rise in criminals using robots and incidents involving biomonsters, as well as other previously unheard-of disasters. To better deal with these threats, the police department decided to embark on the Brave Police project-building high tech robot detectives to counter these threats. One day, a fourth grader called Yuuta Tomonaga stumbles upon the police's new project, a sentient police robot called Deckerd. Soon after he visits Deckerd several times and teaches him various things about life, Deckerd's AI becomes self-aware and he begins to develop a "heart". But the day comes when he is to be sent into action, and the police prepare to wipe his memory, which includes his friendship with Yuuta. Yuuta tries to stop the wipe but is unsuccessful. A criminal piloting a large robot attacks the police parade transporting Deckerd in order to steal him. Deckerd is dormant inside a truck but hears Yuuta's voice and reactivates, saving the city and defeating the robot. The police decide to hire Yuuta as the boss of the new "Brave Police" division, an elite force of robot detectives, of which Deckerd is the first. More robot detectives join the force as time passes, and they and Yuuta face off against a variety of foes.

A trio of boys, Takuya, Kazuki, and Dai, find a mysterious jewel called a "Power Stone". They awaken Dran, a robot warrior from the planet Legendra, but are attacked by Prince Walter Walzac, who wants the Power Stones and control of the Braves inside for himself. A battle ensues, and then the boys join Dran as they search for the Stones containing the seven other sleeping Braves before Walter can get ahold of them. In the second half of the series, they search for the way to the mysterious planet of Legendra.

Floating in space many light years from Earth is a penal colony that holds some of the worst criminals in this part of the galaxy. These criminals were captured by the Dagwon Interstellar Police Force (a Green Lantern style agency) and jailed. However, the inmates took over the jail and began to strike back at their captors by attacking the nearest planet: Earth. After the first attack, 5 high school students - En Daidouji, Kai Hirose, Shin Sawamura, Yoku Kazamatsuri and Ryuu Hashiba - are given the power to use their wrist morphers called the Dag-Commander and summon powerful battle armor known as the Dagtector. They are later joined by 3rd-year high-schooler Geki Kuroiwa and young Jinrai planet native Rai Utsumi as the 6th and 7th Dagwon members respectively. In time of crisis they can mentally and physically become one with their respective vehicles and assume a more powerful robot mode. When necessary several of the human/robot hybrids can gattai (or combine) into larger robots with powerful attacks. These 'Brave High School Warriors' now attempt to juggle school, love, and saving the planet on a daily basis.

Here, evil forces want to conquer the game's alternate Brave multiverse. Astral (the leader of the Brave Saints) and Grandark (the leader of Brave Saga's villains) are the holy and unholy souls of this universe whose consciousnesses are bound to its very forces, so both will die if great harm is brought to one of them. Astral sends her Brave Saints, digital spirits, to Earth to possess toy robot fighters and stop the forces of evil, one of whom, known as Burn, befriends 5th grader Shunpei Serizawa because Shunpei possesses what is believed to be a "holy heart".

Protectors

There are many groups operating in this world, though most of them do not operate at the same point in the timeline, all of them coexist in this world. These are the Braves, the heroes that oppose criminals, invaders and villainy of all types.

Extraterrestrial Protectors

Highjissa

Space Police Force

The Space Police Force (宇宙警備隊 - Uchuu Keibitai) are composed of aliens who are committed to combatting evil in the universe. The team on Earth is led by Fighbird, known by his human name as Katori Yuutarou. Their main nemesis is Draias.

Luna	Yuutaro Katori

Space Police Kaisers

The Space Police Kaisers (宇宙警察カイザーズ Uchū Keisatsu Kaizāzu) are the protagonist faction of The Brave Fighter Exkizer television series. They are mechanical energy beings from the planet Kaiser Star, and as all of them has a strong sense of courage and justice, they became the policemen of space. It seems that Exkizer's team alone doesn't form the entire force, as other Kaisers have visited Earth before and left behind several powerful artifacts for the next generation of Kaisers' use (which includes a Kizer Sword and an Energy Lifeform Capturing Device). Exkizer's team came to Earth and battled the Space Pirate Geisters during 2001-2002.

It seems that they can switch between 2 vehicle modes through shapeshifting - an exotic, mecha-like mode which is for transformation/combat situations (which is also how their toys' vehicle mode looks like), and another mode which acts like a camouflage, making the vehicles look exactly the same as their Earth vehicle counterparts.

Exkizer	Blue Raicer	Green Raicer	Dash Max	Drill Max

Sky Max

Braves of Legend

The Braves of Legend (伝説の勇者) - Densetsu no Yuusha) are the protagonist faction of The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn television series. They are spirits created by planets that bear life to protect it against invaders and outside threats. They hibernate in forms called "Brave Stones" until they are needed, when they will possess a body, typically a mechanical one. The Earth Braves is commanded by Seiji Takasugi while the Brave of the planet Wilder is commanded by the planet's prince, Yanchar Wilder the 14th. The Braves of Legend rose up to defend Earth during 1994-1995.

Brave Commander Masked Captain	Brave Commander Masked Captain	Da-Garn	Ga-Orn	Seven Changer

Big Lander	Drill Lander	Mach Lander	Turbo Lander	Hawk Saber

Jet Saber	Jumbo Saber	Shuttle Saber

Dagwon Team

Floating in space many light years from Earth is a penal colony that holds some of the worst criminals in this part of the galaxy. These criminals were captured by the Dagwon Interstellar Police Force (a Green Lantern style agency) and jailed. However, the inmates took over the jail and began to strike back at their captors by attacking the nearest planet: Earth. After the first attack, 5 high school students - En Daidouji, Kai Hirose, Shin Sawamura, Yoku Kazamatsuri and Ryuu Hashiba - are given the power to use their wrist morphers called the Dag-Commander and summon powerful battle armor known as the Dagtector. They are later joined by 3rd-year high-schooler Geki Kuroiwa and young Jinrai planet native Rai Utsumi as the 6th and 7th Dagwon members respectively. In time of crisis they can mentally and physically become one with their respective vehicles and assume a more powerful robot mode. When necessary several of the human/robot hybrids can gattai (or combine) into larger robots with powerful attacks. These 'Brave High School Warriors' now attempt to juggle school, love, and saving the planet on a daily basis.

Fire En	Armor Shin	Drill Geki	Turbo Kai	Wing Yoku

Shadow Ryuu	Thunder Rai

Legendra Braves

The Legendra Braves (レジェンドラの勇者) are the protagonist faction from The Brave of Gold Goldran television series. They are aliens from the planet Legendra who are created by the ruler Lady Licca the Legendra to escort their masters to Legendra so that Licca could find a successor, who could rebuild the entire universe as how they like. After reaching Legendra in the show's final episode however, due to the main characters and their friends declining on the offer as they wished to embark on more adventures, the Brave robots ended up following them as everyone set course for more adventures to come.

In their stone form, they are a fist-sized, gem-like indestructible stone called a Power Stone, and can only be activated when an incantation is spoken. If they are destroyed or their master is killed, they revert the Stone form and can only be reactivated if the incantation is spoken. They are also capable of regenerating from most all damage if not fighting.

Dran	Drill Silver	Fire Silver	Jet Silver	Star Silver

Advenger	Captain Shark	Sorakage

Terran Protectors

Senpuuji Concern & Brave Express Team

Batman Inc. but with train robots. The Brave Express Team (勇者特急隊- Yuusha Tokkyuu Tai) are the protagonist faction of The Brave Express Might Gaine TV series. They are a series of train-themed AI-equipped robots built by the Senpuuji Corporation and commandeered by the company's CEO, Maito Senpuuji, who is also the team's main pilot.

Maito Senpuuji	Keiichiro Aoki	Jiro Osaka	Izumi Matsubara	Gaine

Black Gaine	Drill Diver	Fire Diver	Jet Diver	Police Diver

Bird Bomber	Dino Bomber	Horn Bomber	Lio Bomber

Brave Police

The Brave Police (ブレイブポリス) are the protagonist faction of The Brave Police J-Decker television series. They're a group of robot detectives that have been programmed with "Super AI", allowing them to have emotions. They are commandeered by the 8-year old boy Yuuta Tomonaga and managed by Commissioner Juuzo Saejima.

Juzo Saejima	Kazuto Asuma	Shunsuke Todo	Yuta Tomonaga	Regina Argine

Deckerd	Shadow-Maru	Kagero	Gunmax	Duke

McCrane	Power Joe	Dumpson	Drill Boy

Civilians

In the World of Braves, the Civilians are often staunch allies and necessary for the Success of the Braves fighting to save the world. However, some are just friends, which often are the source of bravery. For the sake of this setting, 'Civilians' will often include conventional military officers who are friends but not necessarily part of the Braves' immediate circles.

En Daidouji	Shin Sawamura	Geki Kuroiwa	Kai Hirose	Yoku Kazamatsuri

Ryuu Hashiba	Rai Utsumi	Maria Tobe	Yukari Fujii	Ayako Kimizuka

Azuki Tomonaga	Kurumi Tomonaga	Emiri Aihara	Kikumaro Takano	Masaki Kitagawa

Masaya Kashiwazaki	Colonel Seia Onoue	Mitsuko Hamada	Joe Raibaru	Sally Yoshinaga

Masaya Kashiwazaki	Officer Tadashi Nemoto	Seiji Takasugi	Detective Osamu Tokuda	Kaneari Takumi

Jinichi Hoshikawa	Youko Hoshikawa	Kouta Hoshikawa	Fuuko Hoshikawa	Mario

Kotomi Tsukiyama	Hiroshi Amano	Akiko Amano	Kenta Amano	Haruka Amano

Yoshiko Kunieda	Sharanla Sheathluh	Takuya Harashima	Maria Robot	Iida Etak

Enemies

Space Pirate Geisters

The Space Pirate Geister (宇宙海賊ガイスターズ) are the main antagonist force of The Brave Fighter Exkizer TV series. Similar to the Space Police Kaisers, the Geisters are also energy lifeforms, but are evil in nature. During the show, the Geisters came to Earth in order to steal it's "treasures" and sell them to a space black market merchant known as Trader, with the Kaisers giving chase to them. Since then, both sides clash on a daily basis, with the Geisters always being the ones to retreat. Their discovery of the Energy Lifeform Capture Device still did not managed to change the tables for them, as with the help of a human friend, the Kaisers retook the Device, defeated and soundly captured the Geisters, save for their leader, Dino Geist, who committed suicide by plunging himself into the Sun in order to evade capture.

Dino Geist	Armor Geist	Horn Geist

Draias Army

Draias is a Minus Energy Lifeform, who feeds on the pain and suffering of other beings, especially from Plus Energy Lifeforms (which includes the entire Space Police Force). Because of this, sometimes Draias rejects Dr. Jango's plans of massacre, as Draias wanted slaves to feed him negative emotions. Despite that, he still sometimes worries about his subordinates, Shura and Zol, as evidenced in the final battle when he shared his Minus Energy to Shura and Zol's robots, allowing them to become stronger.

In terms of technical specifications, Draias boasts a considerably larger size and power compared to the members of the Space Police Force, defeating Thunder Baron and Super Guardion with ease. He can also transform into the Draias Jet for fast travel, his maximum speed outperforms the Fire Jet and Fire Shuttle. His abilities were further enhanced in his Organic form, with an even larger size and strength, breaking the Great Flame Sword with his bare hands and severely damaging Great Fighbird. It was only when the Space Police Force combined their strength into the Triple Fire Cross that Draias was finally defeated.

Draias	Shura	Zol	Dr. Jango Tarantino

Ohboss Army

Criminals with Robots.

Redlone	Lady Pinky	Ringmaster Butcho	Green Demon Debutcho	Violecche

Walzac Empire

Evil Empire.

Walter Walzac	Serious Walzac

Excellent Inc.

Unknown Enemy	Tony Crusader Neuber Fahrzurg	Victim O'Rand	Ken Shinjo	Doktor Gauss

Kagero Defected.	Chieftain 1	Chieftain 2	Black Chieftain	Armored Chieftain

Other Enemies

Various other enemies of humanity and the forces of Good.

Black Noire	Prof. Wolfgang	Purple	Shogun Mifune	Chinja Rosu

Catherine Vuitton	Audrey	Exev	Hoikowlow	Kocho

Alien Barak

Technology

There is a lot of different levels of technology in this world. The existence of the Legendra Braves has influenced the development of Super AI and the technology used by various factions in this world. However, the general public tends to operate on a mostly 'normal' level of technology for the 2010s.

• Brave World Mecha

Trivia

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