The Wings of Rean

The Wings of Rean (リーンの翼, Rīn no Tsubasa) is a light novel series by Yoshiyuki Tomino published from 1983 to 1986, and a six-episode ONA, broadcast by Bandai Channel online beginning on December 12, 2005, with the final episode starting on August 18, 2006. It is an alternate story to another series, Aura Battler Dunbine, and is set in modern Japan and Byston Well in a timeline of its own. The characters were designed by Masashi Kudo.

Overview
It is one of a series of works set in the different world "Byston Well", which is Tomino's life work, and shares the world setting with the TV anime "Aura Battler Dunbine" and the novel "Aura Battler Senki". It is said to be a parallel world that has nothing to do with other works. In addition, the web anime version is roughly set about 70 years after the novel version, and although it is related, it is set as a world after the death of some characters drawn at the end of the novel version from the beginning. It is supposed to be a parallel world.

"Lean's Wings" are the wings of light that appear in the legendary heroes that appear in the story. A hero with "Wings of Rean" existed before the main character of this work, and it is said that he appeared many times when the world of Byston Well was in turmoil from 6500 years ago, and saved the world each time. In the work, "wings" appear on the feet (shoes), but it seems that some people have them on their backs, and the location varies depending on the person. Legend has it that the oldest hero in Wings of Lean was a 13-year-old boy named Zenorah.

Synopsis
Because his friends fired a rocket into the US Army camp, Suzuki was wanted by the US Army and the police. While he was running away the sea surface suddenly rose, and when a brilliant light appeared he saw a strange looking battleship flying in the air. He was dumped into the sea and when he crawled onto the battleship there was a beautiful girl standing there. She said her name was Lyx, the princess of another world, and added, "My Father is Japanese, Shinjiro Sakomizu. Please help me, Suzuki."

Based on the novel series by the Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino.

(Source: AnimeNfo)

Novel
At the same time as the TV broadcast of "Aura Battler Dunbine", it was serialized in the magazine "Yosei Jidai" by Yoshiyuki Tomino himself, and a total of 6 volumes were released by Kadokawa Novels of Kadokawa Shoten. Illustrated by Tomoken Kogawa. It was later republishes in Sneaker Bunko, but both are now out of print.


 * 1) Released date September 1, 1986 (Same date published) - ISBN 978-4041663035
 * 2) Released date September 1, 1986 (Same date published) - ISBN 978-4041663042
 * 3) Released date September 1, 1986 (Same date published) - ISBN 978-4041663059
 * 4) Released date October 1, 1986 (Same date published) - ISBN 978-4041663066
 * 5) Released date October 1, 1986 (Same date published) - ISBN 978-4041663073
 * 6) Released date October 1, 1986 (Same date published) - ISBN 978-4041663080

Manga
Illustrated by Kozo Omori. It was serialized in "Monthly Gundam Ace" (Kadokawa Shoten) from December 2005 to March 2007. (3 volumes in total.) Web animation version comicalization. The characters and story are almost the same as the web anime version. According to Volume 1, it was made according to Tomino's request, "Do not add anything extra, and stay true to the storyboard." There are many points.


 * 1) Released date February 25, 2006 - ISBN 978-4047137950
 * 2) Released date September 21, 2006 - ISBN 978-4047138612
 * 3) Released date February 26, 2007 - ISBN 978-4047139008

Character
In present-day Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Asap Suzuki, who was being chased by a terrorist act caused by a friend, was sent to another world by the Wing shoes of Rean brought by Luxe Sakomizu, a girl who was on a battleship that appeared from the sea and summoned to Byston Well.


 * The main character of this work. A part-time jobber who lives in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. He is half Japanese mother and half American father. he is 19 years old. A new holy knight who summoned the Wings of Rean to the Earth World, triggered by the terrorist incident caused by Morito and Kanemoto.
 * There are many things about his upbringing, especially with his father, Alex, who has a depressed feeling that he can't open up to, and because of that, he has the strength to wish from the bottom of his heart that he wants wings to go to a different world.
 * Boarding the Aura Battler Nanajin, which no one had a rider, Sakomizu recognized the handling of the Aura Battler, and Lux's son-in-law also recognized it.
 * When he returned to the Earth World, he learned about his birth, which was shown by the wings of Lean, and realized what he should do.
 * After passing through the re-opened Aura Road and returning to present-day Tokyo Bay with Sakomizu, Asap struggles to stop the invasion of Sakomizu and Houjou who are trying to destroy Japan.
 * After the war in Tokyo Bay is over, he visits Sakomizu's hometown with Luxe to visit his grave.
 * In the manga version, there are more places to play than in the complete novel and OVA version, and there are more highlights such as cutting off the left arm of Oukao who has become hyper.

Instead of being named Asap Gorem, he uses his mom's surname Suzuki, possibly due his own issues with his dad. The blond hair he inherited from his American father is proof of him being biracial. Being born of an affair between his mother Tokiko and his father Alex doesn't stop him from being heroic.

Sakomizu redeems himself by preventing Tokyo from being nuked, the surface world and Byston Well are separated from each other once again, and Asap appears to have a future with Lyukusu... Until she fades into nothingness for seemingly no reason other than because True Art Is Angsty.

Abilities
Since there was no one who could handle it properly, it was stored in the Aura Battler hangar in Hip Crene Castle, Sakomizu's castle, and was activated by Asap, who was looking for a means of escape. His compatibility with Asap is the best, and it can be seen from the fact that he, who was originally an ordinary person, became able to perform as an ace-class in a short period of time.

In his first match, he was defeated because his opponent was Oukao + Sakomizu, but after that, following the increase in Asap's aura power, he demonstrated performance that overwhelmed other aura battlers. After passing through the aura road guided by wings of rean, its body color changes to red (it seems to reflect Asap's aura power, which has increased by being on the ground), and this state is called "Ackananajin". (However, it has never been called in the work, it is a setting name). As being a Holy Knight, Asap learned how to pilot the Nanajin to help the Rebel Army. The Nanajin changes colors inexplicably from green to red following the Time Travel sequence. This mirrors the fact that the previous series had the Billbine, which inexplicably changed colors from red to green amidst the Climactic Battle Resurrection at that series' climax. The Red Nanajin is also faster and more powerful, which is a reference to anything red being this, per by Char Aznable's legacy of the original Gundam.

TV Anime
Rean no Tsubasa won the Packaged Work Award at the 2006 Animation Kobe Awards. The Ending theme "MY FATE"


 * Staff:
 * Original work, General director, Storyboard - Yoshiyuki Tomino
 * Screenplay - Jiro Takayama, Yoshiyuki Tomino
 * Directed - Tatsuya Igarashi
 * Visual Conceptor - Okama
 * Animation Director / Character Design - Masashi Kudo
 * Mechanical Design - Tamotsu Shinohara, Takumi Sakura
 * Art Director - Shigemi Ikeda
 * Color design - Sayoko Yokoyama
 * Cinematographer - Yoichi Ogami
 * Offline editing - Kumiko Sakamoto
 * Music - Yasuo Higuchi
 * Sound Director - Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
 * Producers - Yoshitaka Kawaguchi, Jun Yukawa, Masato Utsunomiya
 * Production - Sunrise
 * Production - Sunrise, Bandai Visual, Bandai Channel

DVD
Released from Bandai Visual (now Bandai Namco Arts).


 * 1) Released on April 26, 2006, BCBA2469
 * 2) Released on July 28, 2006, BCBA2470
 * 3) Released September 22, 2006, BCBA2471
 * 4) Released October 27, 2006, BCBA2472
 * 5) Released November 24, 2006, BCBA2473
 * 6) Released December 22, 2006, BCBA2474

COMPLETE, released on January 27, 2010, BCBA3762 - 2 disc set

Book

 * Analysis setting materials collection (First Edition published in January 2007, Ichijinsha) - ISBN 978-4-7580-1068-9
 * Official Guide Road To Byston Well (First Edition published in March 2007, Hobby Japan) - ISBN 978-4-89425-522-7

External Link

 * TV Anime "The Wings of Rean" ─ Official Website (in Japanese)
 * The Wings of Rean ─ Sunrise Official Website (in Japanese)
 * The Wings of Rean ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
 * The Wings of Rean ─ Wikipedia (in English)

Trivia

 * Asap's name references the infamous acronym standing for "As Soon As Possible".
 * The Nanajin's name references both the Seven Lucky Gods, as well as the Japanese name of the Carausius morosus (Walkingstick) insect it resembles.

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