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General Information:

Star Driver (Japanese: 輝きのタクト) is a Japanese anime television series created and animated by Studio Bones.
Star Driver is directed by the one and only Takuya Igarashi, the man behind stellar animes like Soul Eater, Captain Earth and Sailor Moon.
Star Driver is a mix of action, meccha and a tidbit of romance.
Star Driver is written by Yoji Enokido and produced by Masahiko Monami.
Star Driver quickly got licensed by Madman Entertainment and Aniplex of America which premiered on the English network, C31 Melbourne.
Star Driver started broadcasting on October 2010 and ended its brief run on April 2011 of the following year with 25 adrenaline-packed episodes.

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Plot:

Star Driver takes place on the fictional and remote Southern Cross Isle, a lush green island to the South of Japan.
Takuto Tsunashi washes up on shore swimming from the mainland. He later enrolls in the Southern Cross High School and makes new friends with his bright and positive personality.
Unbeknownst to everyone else, sleeping giant mobile suits lay hidden under the school called “Cybodies”.
These so-called Cybodies can only be controlled by humans in an alternate dimension later known as the Zero Time.


Takuto soon finds himself dragged into fighting against the “Glittering Crux Brigade”, a secret organization determined to reactivate the Cybodies that have been sealed several ages ago.
On their way to total world domination, the Glittering Crux Brigade hunts for the four shrine maidens and break the seal which prevents the Cybodies from functioning.
Takuto joins the fight in hopes of saving his friend, Wako Agemaki, the girl who saved his life who turns out to be one of the four shrine maidens protecting the seal of the Cybodies.


Characters:

Takuto Tsunashi is the main protagonist of the series and a member of the so-called Midnight Flight Drama Club. He pilots the Cybody Tauburn and wields two of the legendary Twelve Star Swords: the Emeraude and Sapphire.


Wako Agemaki is also a member of the Midnight Flight Drama Club like Takuto. She is later revealed to be one of the four shrine maidens protecting the seal of the Cybodies which prevents it from functioning.


Sugata Shindo is also a member of the Midnight Flight Drama Club and good friends with Takuto and Wako. Generally calm, intelligent and emotionally reserved, Sugata can be oftentimes hasty and reckless especially when his friends are in danger. He pilots the King Cybody, Samekh.

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Update:

Star Driver has just been made into a movie which was directed by Takuya Igarashi, the same man who worked on the original series.
Star Driver: The Movie was written by Yoji Enokido and produced by Studio Bones. Star Driver: The Movie premiered on February 2013.


In the meccha industry, nothing beats the good old Gundam franchise and would highly recommend you check them out. If you liked Star Driver then you might also like to check out Revolutionary Girl Utena, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Needless and Aquarian Evol, all of which are anime shows that share the same theme and concept as Star Driver.


source: Zerochan; written by carllustre87

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