BBK/BRNK

BBK/BRNK, also known as Bubuki/Buranki (ブブキ・ブランキ), is a Japanese anime television series created by Sanzigen to celebrate their 10th anniversary. It aired from January 2016 to March 2016. The opening theme is "Beat your Heart" by Konomi Suzuki and the ending theme is "Anger/Anger" by Myth & Roid.[2] The series is available for streaming on Crunchyroll.[3]

A second season announced at the end of the first season's final episode,[4] subtitled The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy (星の巨人) aired from October 2016[5] to December 2016. The opening theme is "Reirō taru Junketsu wa 'Kōen' no Kairai o Hayarase, Gyōten ni Kirameku Akashi o Kizamu" by Megumi Han, and the ending theme is "so beautiful ;- )" by Mikako Komatsu.[6]

Characters

Oubu

is a powerful Buranki once owned by Migiwa Kazuki. When the Buranki on Treasure Island started to awaken ten years prior to the series, she had her husband and two children sent down to Earth with it, crash landing into Japan's shores and causing much destruction in its wake. At some point, its limbs were reverted into Bubukis and returned to their owners, and all that remains is its skeletal husk stored in an underground Buranki Jail. In the present day, Oubu's Bubuki has been inherited by the children of their owners, now working with Migiwa's son Azuma, who has inherited its Heart, to reawaken Oubu and travel back to Treasure Island to find out the truth behind the Burankis.

Azuma Kazuki (一希東)
, (junior)
A kindhearted young boy with a strong sense of justice, he returns to Japan at the start of the series only to be arrested by the Bubuki Police while clueless to what a Bubuki is, as he has lived his childhood on Treasure Island full of full-sized Burankis and has never seen one split into its Bubuki parts. After Kogane rescues him and he meets the other Bubuki-users, he awakens his own Bubuki while trying to protect Righty:, which he unknowingly had inherited from his mother. As a Heart-user, Azuma is able to awaken and assemble Oubu, as well as act as one with it as its main controller, though as such, when Oubu takes damage, he would also feel the pain, and Oubu's performance also depends on his emotional and physical condition.
Kogane Asabuki (朝吹黄金)
A young girl who is Azuma's childhood best friend. Her Bubuki is, a completely sentient glove that is able to move around and act on its own, which she nicknames . Her Bubuki forms Oubu's right arm.
Hiiragi Nono (野々柊)
An arrogant young boy who desires to seek revenge on Reoko Banryū for her tyranny, and self-proclaimed leader of Oubu's team. His Bubuki is, a spear that is able to fly around to assist his attacks. His Bubuki forms Oubu's left leg.
Kinoa Ōgi (扇木乃亜)
A brazen young girl who wears glasses. Her Bubuki is a pair of swords named and that are able to fly, and they form Oubu's left arm. Years before the story, the very thought of using her bubuki terrified her. However, Soya, pretending to be a government agent, convinced her to trust them, seducing her in the process.
Shizuru Taneomi (種臣静流)
A quiet girl who goofed around, though she is not really as she seems. Her Bubuki is, a rifle that is able to fire bullets that can curve to hit their targets, and forms Oubu's right leg.

Entei

is a Buranki owned by Reoko Banryū, rivalling Oubu in terms of power. 24 years prior to the series, a battle between the two Buranki ended up with Entei's limbs being permanently torn apart and destroyed, while Reoko mysteriously gained immortality as an outcome of the conflict. Since then, Entei uses a pair of pseudo tentacle-like limbs to battle, with Reoko constantly on the hunt for spare Hearts and parts strong enough to withstand Entei's power to once again complete Entei and exact her revenge on Oubu and Migiwa. Her comrades, dubbed the, however, now having lost their original Bubuki, use their own substitute Bubuki they won off from other users through battle, and continue to support Reoko till current day, even though their current weapons are not strong enough to form up Entei anymore.

Reoko Banryū (万流礼央子)
A young woman who once wielded, she and Migiwa were best friends back in high school. When she was told she only had three years left to live, she decided to make Entei and the other Buranki known to the world, but Migiwa interfered in this to save her: Destroying Entei's limbs with Oubu, Migiwa crushed Entei's Heart, causing a new Core to painfully manifest within Reoko, turning her into Entei's new Heart and granting her immortality as a result. Following the years, having been locked up in Migiwa's mansion, Reoko becomes conflicted about her unchanging appearance despite the many years that has passed and starts to feel hatred and repulse towards Migiwa. Released upon Migiwa's departure to Treasure Island, Reoko reunites with her comrades as they overthrow the government that has been killing Bubuki-users, creating a new one that serves as her puppet for her plans to exact revenge against Migiwa for what she has done to her.
Being Entei's Heart herself, her powers are similar to Azuma's, though with every time she controls Entei she brings fatal damage onto herself, and despite her body being able to revive and restore itself to a near-perfect condition, the brain-damage she receives cannot recover, her memories eventually being eaten away every time she dies.

United States

A team of Bubuki-users from America, representing their Buranki. Due to their Buranki being rendered unusable as a result of Migiwa releasing an energy wave that deactivates all Buranki Hearts on Earth, they have been sent to Japan by a mysterious benefactor to fight Oubu's and Entei's teams for their working Hearts. Their Bubuki are named after film directors.

Epizo Evans (エピゾ・エヴァンズ)
The big-hearted plus-sized leader of the United States' Buranki team and user of, though because he is so airheaded his comrades rarely listen to him nor treat him of much use since his Heart is unusable.
Luis Garcia (リュイス・ガルシア)
User of the Bubuki, which forms Megalara's right arm.
Farrah Umlauf (ファラー・ウムラウフ)
User of the Bubuki, which forms Megalara's left arm.
Waglula Hara (ワグルラ・ハラ)
User of the Bubuki, a tommy gun which forms Megalara's left foot.
Domina Dorsey (ドミナ・ドーシ)
User of the Bubuki, a mace which forms Megalara's right foot.

Russia

The last of a clan of assassins, the Bubuki-users from Russia represent their Buranki. However, just like the United States' team, their Heart was deactivated by Migiwa, and are thus sent by the same mysterious benefactor to Japan retrieve functioning Hearts from Oubu's and Entei's teams, although using more rough and violent methods to achieve their goal.

Maxim Arsenyevich Balakirev (マクシム・アルセー二エヴィチ・バラキレフ)
The cruel genius leader of the Russian Buranki team and user of . Due to being born and raised of an elite status, he harbors a superiority complex, often treating his leg Bubuki-users like dirty rats due to their lack of a home or status, and will not hesitate to sacrifice others to achieve his goals.
Lyudmila Arsenyevna Balakireva (リュドミラ・アルセー二エヴナ・バラキレヴァ)
Maxim's younger sister and Diana's older twin sister. She and her sister often target Shizuru due to also having been mentored by Akihito. She uses the Bubuki, a scythe which forms Zanpaza's right arm.
Diana Arsenyevna Balakireva (ジアーナ・アルセー二エヴナ・バラキレヴァ)
Maxim's younger sister and Lyudmila's younger twin sister. She and her sister often target Shizuru due to also having been mentored by Akihito. She uses the Bubuki, a hammer which forms Zanpaza's left arm.
Ignat Bosporus (イグナート・ボスボロス)
A young man who remains faithfully loyal to the Arsenyevna twins despite how cruel their brother treats him and Dersu for being homeless street rats. He uses the Bubuki, a saw which forms Zanpaza's left leg.

type	tv series
title	BBK/BRNK 2: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy
director	Daizen Komatsuda
writer	Jirō Ishii Yukinori Kitajima
music	Masaru Yokoyama
studio	Sanzigen
network	AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS, TV Aichi, Sun TV, BS11
first	October 1, 2016
last	December 17, 2016
episodes	12
episode list	#BBK/BRNK: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy

Plot

Characters

Oubu

Entei

United States

Russia

Episode list

BBK/BRNK

BBK/BRNK: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy

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