Crush Gear Turbo

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Crush Gear Turbo
Logo from the opening of Crush Gear Turbo
クラッシュギア (Kurasshugia)
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 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by	Hisashi Matsumoto
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	Comic BomBom
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	October 2001 – January 2003
Volumes	4 (List of volumes)
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 (List of episodes)

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.