"Gate Keepers" (2001) TV series

Genre:

Animation | Fantasy | Adventure | Action

Cast

Wendee Lee	...	Ruriko Ikusawa (voice)
Sherry Lynn	...	Saemi Ukiya (voice) (as Katie Ashley)
Barbara Goodson	...	Shun's Mother (voice)
Dave Mallow	...	Shun's Father (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jane Alan	...	Saemi Ikeda, Frightened Girl, Voice Mail (Season 2) (voice: English version)
Jones Allen	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Roger Allen	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kinryû Arimoto	...	Commander (voice: Japanese version)
Matthew Austin	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Arlene Banas	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Olivia Bardeau	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Richard Barnes	...	Baron Akamasu (voice: English version)
Jack Bartok	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Catherine Battistone	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Catherine Luciani)
Steve Blum	...	Jim Skylark (voice: English version) (as David Lucas)
Johnny Yong Bosch	...	Reiji
Emily Brown	...	Student (voice: English version)
Frank Buck	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Tina Carlisi	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Cathy Cathcart	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bambi Darro	...	Barako Ogawa, Dorm Student, Train Passenger (voice: English version)
Johnny DeAnda	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Marie Downing	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Peter Doyle	...	Train Announcer, Helicopter Pilot (voice: English version)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Mother (voice: English version) (as Midge Mayes)
Shandel Elka	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Doug Erholtz	...	Sailor (voice: English version)
Melissa Fahn	...	Specs (voice: English version) (as Melissa Charles)
Lynn Fischer	...	Yuurei Shoujo, Ghost Girl, PA Recording (Season 2) (voice: English version)
Michael Forest	...	Grandfather (voice: English version) (as Russell Thor)
Rebecca Forstadt	...	Ayane Isuzu (Season 2) (voice: English version) (as Riva West)
Gianfranco Freipier	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Gianfranco Freyling	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Eddie Frierson	...	Gang Leader / Student (voice: English version) (as Christy Mathewson)
Jessica Gee	...	Ruriko's Mother (voice: English version)
Steven Glee	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Dougary Grant	...	Invader Voice, Ruriko's Father, Yasutaka Fukuoka, Hippie (voice: English version) (as Bodean Chubb)
Stephanie Greene	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kim Mai Guest	...	Teacher, Student (voice: English version) (as Kim Mai Nguyen)
Alyss Henderson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bridget Hoffman	...	Fen Feiring (2001) (voice: English version) (as Ruby Marlowe)
John C. Hyke	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mayumi Iizuka	...	Reiko Asagiri (voice: Japanese version)
Patricia Ja Lee	...	Megumi Kurogane, Misao Sakimori (voice: English version) (as Pajama Lee)
Tara Jayne	...	Classmate (voice: English version)
Bob Johnson	...	Ooka Captain, Hippie (voice: English version)
Naomi Jones	...	Nosey Neighbor (voice: English version)
Joe Josophinioro	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ayako Kawasumi	...	Ruriko Ikusawa (voice: Japanese version)
Takehito Koyasu	...	Choutarou Banba (voice: Japanese version)
Etsuko Kozakura	...	Megane (voice: Japanese version)
Steve Kramer	...	Man A, Rescue Worker (voice: English version)
Peter Lee	...	Pit Crewman (voice: English version)
Robert Machemer	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Julie Maddalena	...	Kazu (voice: English version)
Hilary Manor	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Mona Marshall	...	Young Shun (voice: English version)
Jake Martin	...	Inspector Daisuke Hashimoto (Season 2) (voice: English version)
Owen Mayo	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Buck McCarter	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Buck McCarthy)
Nick McCarthy	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Michael McCarty	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Devon Michaels)
Michael McConnohie	...	Teacher, Count Akuma (Season 2) (voice: English version)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	...	June Thunders (voice: English version) (as Melissa Williamson)
Noelle Michaels	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Matt K. Miller	...	Creditor (voice: English version) (as Kermit Beachwood)
Susan Myers	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Miki Nagasawa	...	Keiko Ochiai (voice: Japanese version)
Chinami Nishimura	...	Fen Feiling (voice: Japanese version)
Daran Norris	...	Fiance (voice: English version) (as James Penrod)
Susan Nowak	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Tony Oliver	...	Guitar Hippie, Train Passenger (voice: English version)
Richard Plantagenet	...	Mr. Matsuda (voice: English version)
Jamieson Price	...	Commander (voice: English version) (as James Lyon)
Ron Ray	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Elliot Reynolds	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
David Richardson	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Joe Romersa	...	Hippie (voice: English version) (as Joseph Romersa)
Debbie Rothstein	...	Student (voice: English version)
Jessica Rubinstein	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Michelle Ruff	...	Kaoru Konoe (English dub) (as Georgette Rose)
Takahiro Sakurai	...	Shun Ukiya (voice: Japanese version)
Lia Sargent	...	Yukino (English dub)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Reiji Kageyama (voice: Japanese version)
Evan Shell	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Brianne Siddall	...	Hideki (voice: English version) (as Ian Hawk)
Steve Staley	...	Teenage Commander (voice: English version) (as Steve Cannon)
Barry Stigler	...	Yam Vendor (voice: English version) (as Gil Starberry)
Masami Suzuki	...	Yukino Houjou (voice: Japanese version)
Jim Taggert	...	Shun Ukiya (English dub) (voice) (as Sean Mitchell)
Naoko Takano	...	Kaoru Konoe (voice: Japanese version)
Julie Ann Taylor	...	Reiko Asagiri (voice: English version) (as Julie Pickering)
Kirk Thornton	...	Big Boss (English dub) (as Sparky Thornton)
Mark Vaslowe	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Miu Manazuru (Season 2) (voice: English version) (as Kay Jensen)
Lance Weatherwax	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Amy Wetherbee	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Adriana Wilbur	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Bo Williams	...	Train Passenger (voice: English version)
Jamie Wisehaupt	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Dave Wittenberg	...	Train Passenger, Yuji Mitsuoka (voice: English version) (as Dave Lelyveld)
Dan Woren	...	Mr. Nishiya (voice: English version) (as Jackson Daniels)
Tom Wyner	...	Teacher, Kaiser Kikai, Taxi Driver (Season 2) (voice: English version) (as Abe Lasser)
Lenore Zann	...	Satoko Takanashi (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

Gate Keepers 21 (USA) (second season title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:PG

Company:

Gonzo

Goofs:

Continuity: In Season 2 (GateKeepers 21) Episode 6, Reiji Kageyama's right leg is blasted apart by blasts from Invaders, yet later in the episode he is standing up with both legs intact.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Shun Ukiya: Vacuum missile!
[repeated line]
Various characters: Gate Open!

teen superheroes in 1960s Japan

I saw this series at one of the Toronto anime clubs and found it pretty cool. It takes place in the Japan of the 1960s when the economy was booming and the future looked so bright. Unknown to the world's general population Earth has been invaded by aliens who can take human form. To combat this menace is an international secret agency called A.E.G.I.S. (Alien Exterminating Global Intercept System). One of their hidden bases is under Tategami High School. Their special agents have the "Gate" power, the ability to open a doorway to another dimension to gain a super ability. One of them is high school girl Ruriko who has the the unfortunate nickname of Rurippe which means runny-nose. The story generally has a monster-of-the-week and we usually see something that was very new in the 1960s like the bullet train in each episode. Ruri is the star of the show but we pick up new team members as the series progresses. The series is good because the writers take the time to explore the background of the various individuals involved. There is even one episode where we learn the sad story about one of the Invaders.

Nice character designs. Interesting concept. If you like super-spies and super-gadgets it is definitely worth checking out.