Crush Gear Turbo (2001)
Ended | 2001-10-07 | Animation-Drama-Comedy-Family-Action & Adventure-Kids-Sci-Fi & Fantasy | 24m | 4/10
Shuuji Iuchi (Director) | Akiko Nagashima (Animation Director) | Atsuo Tobe (Character Designer) | Mitsuru Owa (Mechanical Designer) | Kenichi Sudo (Original Music Composer) | Kunio Okawara (Mechanical Designer) | Shinji Aramaki (Mechanical Designer) | Susumu Imaishi (Mechanical Designer) | Hiroaki Kitajima (Series Composition) | Kimitoshi Yamane (Mechanical Designer) | Yoshitake Suzuki (Series Composition) |
Crush Gear Turbo, also known just as Crush Gear, is an anime and manga series. The anime series, produced by Sunrise, spanned 68 episodes, aired across Japan on the anime television network Animax, from October 7, 2001 to January 26, 2003. It was followed on by a sequel, Crush Gear Nitro, which has also been aired across Japan by Animax. Crush Gear Turbo was about people who threw mechanical vehicles into a large ring to fight and "crush" each other. Magna Pacific released Crush Gear Turbo in English in Australia. Cartoon Network Philippines, ABS-CBN, Studio 23 and Hero TV also released Crush Gear Turbo in the Philippines.
Megumi Matsumoto (Kouya Marino (voice)) | Akemi Kanda (Kaoru Hanano (voice)) | Akira Sasanuma (Takeshi Manganji (voice)) | Chika Sakamoto (Kyousuke Jin (voice)) | Michael Shitanda (Jirou Oriza (voice)) | Naomi Shindo (Kuroudo Marume (voice)) | Akiko Nakagawa (Gina Firestein (voice)) | Asami Okamoto (Mrs. Manganji (voice)) | Asami Sanada (Michael Steiner) | Ayaka Yamashita (Crusher Kane (voice)) | Bin Shimada (Gear Daren (voice)) | Chiharu Tezuka (Marimo Marino (voice)) | Daisuke Ishikawa (Kurosaki (voice)) | Hiroaki Ishikawa (Alex Borg (voice)) | Kenji Nojima (Yuya Marino (voice)) | Michiko Neya (Lilika Tobita (voice)) | Yumi Kakazu (Mitsuke Ohmori (voice)) | Aida Sayaka (Wang Hu (voice)) | Kousuke Okano (Eddie Kobayashi (voice)) | Yuu Asakawa (Taki Hiroomi (voice)) | Makiko Ohmoto (Kishin Ōkawa (voice)) | Omi Minami (Carlos "U-YA" Williams (voice)) | Tetsuya Iwanaga (Sean Firestone (voice)) | Sayaka Aida (Wang Hu (voice)) |