Sentai Filmworks have announced their acquisition of the sci-fi mecha series Captain Earth (キャプテン・アース). This direct-to-anime franchise features animation by the studio Bones and is currently being aired within Japan as part of the Spring 2014 line-up. Currently Captain Earth is only available via digital streaming channels, however a physical home video release is planned in the future.
This series features direction by Takuya Igarashi (Sailor Moon Sailor Stars, Star Driver ), series composition by Yuji Enokido (Revolutionary Girl Utena, Ouran High School Host Club) and Character design by Satoshi Ishino (Excel Saga, No. 6).
“When I opened the door called truth, my childhood ended. It was a summer I could never forget.”
The night before his summer vacation, second-year high school student Daichi Manatsu’s life as he once knew it would be forever changed. An unusual round rainbow appears floating in the sky above and he knows he must follow it. With memories of his father’s inexplicable death haunting him and a previous encounter of a mysterious boy and girl, Daichi follows the rainbow – one he has seen in his past – and travels to Tanegashima Island to investigate. Arriving on the island with mixed emotions, the home of Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center, Daichi runs into a 17-year-old boy named Teppei Arashi who asks why Daichi has returned to this island. While he may not know or fully understand his fate, Daichi knows he’s returned there to fulfill a promise. Now, with panic alarms sounding and an unruly force known as the Kill-T-Gang quickly approaching to attack, Daichi must suit up for the invasion in the mecha battle to end all mecha battles in CAPTAIN EARTH!
