Tomica Kizuna Gattai Earth Granner


Tomica Kizuna Gattai Earth Granner is a Japanese anime television series produced and animated by OLM, Inc., based on the long running Tomica series of die-cast metal cars created by Takara Tomy and released for the franchise's 50th anniversary. It is directed by Shinji Ushiro and written by Yuka Yamada with character designs done by Yuko Inoue. It began airing on all TXN stations in Japan on April 5, 2020.

Plot

Raiga and Kuuga Kudou are twin brothers who like animals and sometimes help their mother in the zoo where she works. However one day, an alien gang known as Dark Spinner appeared on Earth, aiming to obtain the Earth Energy from the Earth's rotation and started to wreak havoc on the planet by summoning huge monsters known as Spingers. In the midst of chaos and the attack on their town, Raiga and Kuga heard voices calling to them, leading them to encounter the defense group Earth Granner. Raiga and Kuuga both became pilots of special machines called Gao Granners, and assume a secret identity. These machines can combine with sub-machines in order to become powerful super robots, as humanity's trump card to protect the planet from the threat of Dark Spinner.

Characters

Granners

;Raiga Kudou / Granner R
;Kuuga Kudou / Granner K
;Kakeru Kumaneko / Granner X
;Joe Pachero / Granner J

Gao Granners

;Gao Granner Leo
;Gao Granner Eagle
;Gao Granner Saber
;Gao Granner Buffalo

Earth Granner

;Bariki Kudou
;Ikuzou Kumaneko
;Rin Kumaneko
;Gyron
;Go Mach

Jono Zoo Staff

;Steve
;Madoka Kudou

Dark Spinner

;Brake
;Chamber
;Clutch
;Oiler
;Puffpuff

Production

Earth Granner was created for the Tomica franchise's 50th anniversary and follows a similar concept of combining mecha as that of its previous series Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head Kidō Kyūkyū Keisatsu . An official live stream in February 2020 outlined the basic concept of the upcoming anime as well as the toys, which were first released in April 2020.
Exhibition for the upcoming toyline and anime was meant to be held at the 2020 Anime Japan Expo on March 21, 2020, but the event was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and information was instead later revealed online.

Media

Anime

The series began airing in Japan in all TXN affiliated stations in Japan on April 5, 2020. The opening theme song is titled "Sekai ga Kimi o Hitsuyou to Suru Toki ga Kitanda" by Masayoshi Ōishi while the ending theme is titled "Bokura ga Hero" by Da Vinci Poriot. The series' music is composed by Noriyuki Asakura
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Video Games

Characters and units from the series were featured in the arcade crossover game Omocha ga Ataru! Roboca Battle alongside Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion and the Transformers franchises.

Merchandise

The official toys based on the series were released by Takara Tomy under the Tomica brand, including interactive role-play toys.