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Crush Gear Turbo | |
![]() Logo from the opening of Crush Gear Turbo | |
クラッシュギア (Kurasshugia) | |
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Created by | Hajime Yatate |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Shūji Iuchi |
Produced by | Naotake Furusato Shun Hiraguchi Hirokazu Honmyo |
Written by | Fuyunori Gobu Hiroaki Kitajima |
Music by | Kenichi Sudo Yogo Kono JAM Project |
Studio | Sunrise |
Original network | ANN (Nagoya TV, TV Asahi) |
Original run | October 7, 2001 – January 26, 2003 |
Episodes | 68 |
Manga | |
Written by | Hisashi Matsumoto |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Comic BomBom |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | October 2001 – January 2003 |
Volumes | 4 |
Anime film | |
Crush Gear Turbo the Movie: Kaiservern's Ultimate Challenge | |
Directed by | Nobuhiro Kondo |
Written by | Hiroaki Kitajima |
Music by | Kenichi Sudo Yogo Kono JAM Project |
Studio | Sunrise |
Released | July 20, 2002 |
Anime television series | |
Crush Gear Nitro | |
Directed by | Tetsuro Amino |
Written by | Ryōta Yamaguchi |
Music by | Takayuki Negishi |
Studio | Sunrise |
Original network | ANN (Nagoya TV, TV Asahi) |
Original run | February 2, 2003 – January 25, 2004 |
Episodes | 50 |
Crush Gear, known in Japan as Gekitou! Crush Gear Turbo (Japanese: 激闘!クラッシュギアTURBO, Hepburn: Gekitō! Kurasshugia Tābo), is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. It aired from October 2001 to January 2003, with 68 episodes. The series is about people throwing mechanical vehicles called "Gears" into a large ring to fight and "crush" one another. The story centers on Kouya Marino, a young boy who loves Crush Gear and dreams of becoming the world champion.
A standalone sequel, titled Crush Gear Nitro, aired from February 2003 to January 2004.