The Worst Episodes of Captain Earth

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   6.7/10(9 votes)

   #1 - Earth Engine Open Fire

   S1:E14/6/2014

   One night right before summer vacation, Daichi Manatsu, a second-year in high school, sees a weird round rainbow floating in the sky above Seed Island (Shuushi/Tane Island) and ventures there alone. He has seen this rainbow before. With the memories of his father's mysterious death and an encounter of a mysterious boy and girl, Daiji arrives on the island while the alarm of a building labeled "Earth Engine" is going off. Someone asks him "Are you a captain?" just as robotic intruders from Uranus called "Kiltgang" arrive. The battle around the shining stars is about to begin.

   Director:Takuya Igarashi

   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   7.8/10(6 votes)

   #2 - Kivotos Plan

   S1:E65/11/2014

   Tippei's "father" has gone missing after the incident on the Tenkaidou. The "ark" faction seeks to allow a few chosen people to escape from Earth to avoid the Kiltgang. They try to steal Hana, because she is the key to their plans. Reito, who has been assigned as an observer to the Tanegashima base, tries to kidnap hana but is interrupted by Daichi, who stops him with his boomerang.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   7.8/10(6 votes)

   #3 - Through the Window of Setsuna

   S1:E116/15/2014

   Akari and Hana befriend a young girl called Setsuna, unaware that she is one of the missing Design Children. Amara and Moco attempt to contact Setsuna, but stumble into a confrontation with Daichi and Teppei instead, while Setsuna learns the shocking truth behind the experiments made on her by her caretaker.

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   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   8.2/10(7 votes)

   #4 - Onslaught Through the Wilderness

   S1:E188/10/2014

   Daichi, Hana and Teppei board a shuttle to return to Earth, but during reentry, an unexpected change of course leaves them stranded in the middle of Australia. Knowing that they were victims of sabotage, the three battle some enemy forces in the middle of the desert in order to protect Hana from being captured by them.

   Director:Takuya Igarashi

   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   8.2/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Satellitejack

   S1:E208/17/2014

   To defeat the Planetary Gears once and for all, the Midsummer's Knights prepare to depart for Uranus in order to destroy the enemy spaceship and render them powerless as part of their master plan, the "Operation Summer". However, Ai, disguised as a model on a PR event, infiltrates the Tenkaido space station to stop them, and the situation gets even more hectic when Salty Dog makes their move as well.

   Director:Tomoyuki Kurokawa

   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   Director:Tomoyuki Kurokawa

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   8.2/10(7 votes)

   #6 - The Operation Summer

   S1:E228/31/2014

   After averting the previous crisis, Daichi and the others are ready to begin the Operation Summer, but Salty Dog activates their most powerful weapon in order to stop them. Meanwhile, the Planetary Gears succeed to gather enough energy to launch a full scale attack.

   Director:Takuya Igarashi

   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   Director:Takuya Igarashi

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   8.5/10(7 votes)

   #7 - Your Smile Means Everything

   S1:E198/17/2014

   After hijacking a transport to return home, Daichi and the others are pursued by an unmanned Impacter from Salty Dog, who is determined to capture Hana at all costs for the sake of their plans, but seeing her friends in danger, she takes a drastic measure to save them.

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   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   8.5/10(7 votes)

   #8 - The Meaning of a Captain

   S1:E218/24/2014

   Hana is kidnapped by Salty Dog, but Daichi and the others are too busy dealing with a shower of debris that threaten the space station. When Teppei's impacter is damaged and unable to move, Daichi is forced to choose between sacrificing his friend or allow the Tenkaido to be destroyed.

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   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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   8.5/10(7 votes)

   #9 - A Midsummer Night's Dream

   S1:E239/7/2014

   On their way to Uranus, Daichi has a strange dream where he meets the Planetary Gears who tempt him to keep living with him in a dream world, but manages to escape thanks to the memories of his friends inside his heart.

   Director:Takuya Igarashi

   Writer:Yoji Enokido

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    8.5/10(7 votes)

    #10 - Captain Earth

    S1:E259/21/2014

    Puck takes control of Blume while possessing Hana's body and leaves to consume all life on Earth. With the Planetary Gears defeated, Daichi is the only one left on Puck's way, fighting with all his forces to stop it and rescue Hana.

    Director:Takuya Igarashi

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    8.6/10(6 votes)

    #11 - The Rainbow of Albion

    S1:E34/20/2014

    Yomatsuri Akari who is the only daughter of the Globe commander - Nishikubo - applied to the new team, they're enjoying the full summer of Tanegashima. In front of such four, a new enemy -Amarok- appears. Plateau with shaking off the restraint of Nishikubo,

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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    9.2/10(7 votes)

    #12 - The Name of the Gun Is Livlaster

    S1:E24/13/2014

    Daichi was successful to unite the Earth Engine Impactor base formation. With a mysterious girl claiming to be "magical girl", he repel the Kil-T-Gang Morukin. Daichi's father was a Globe member once, he came back to the earth, knowing that it's organization protecting the earth from the invasion of aliens.

    Director:Takuya Igarashi

    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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    9.2/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Let's Fight, Boys

    S1:E126/22/2014

    The Midsummer's Knights infiltrate an underground ring in search for Baku, the last of the missing Design Children, who is being forced to fight illegal matches for the Yakuza. Amara breaks into the ring and confronts Baku in an attempt to have him remember his past, but is surprised when he refuses. However, neither Amara nor his other companions intend to give up so easily on drawing him back to their side.

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    9.2/10(7 votes)

    #14 - A Maiden's Tear That Sparkled Through the Night

    S1:E147/6/2014

    With no missions to perform in the next days, Daichi and his friends are given a few days of R&R. In the occasion, Hana reveals that she loves Daichi, but fears what he may think of her if she reveals her true self to him. Meanwhile, Amara and Moco take control of a massive asteroid and drop it on Southern Japan with the intention of destroying the Tanegashima Base.

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    9.3/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Starry Sky's Picture Book

    S1:E55/4/2014

    There are two factions divided over how to deal with the Kiltgang: the interception faction that wants to fight them and the ark faction that wants to send out a new humanity to escape. Commander Nishikubo, a member of the Interception faction, sends Teppei to rescue Eiji, the man who gave him his genes, aboard the orbital space station Tenkaidou.

    Director:Takuya Igarashi

    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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    9.3/10(6 votes)

    #16 - The Midsummer's Knights

    S1:E75/18/2014

    Just like Hana predicted, the Kiltgang appear inside defensive zone 1. Daichi is pinned between them and almost defeated, but Teppei and his Kiltgang Albion save him. Teppei destroys his own ego block, and with his help, Amarock and Moko are defeated. And after this success, Nishikubo authorizes the creation of a new intereception team, the Midsummer Knights, and names Daichi their captain.

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    9.4/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Auberon

    S1:E249/14/2014

    At last the Midsummer's Knights reach the Planetary Gears mothership, Auberon. The enemies attempt to halt their advance, but soon after, Puck appears and takes control of Auberon's systems, betraying the Planetary Gears and declaring his intention to take over the entire galaxy.

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    9.5/10(6 votes)

    #18 - Assault of the Planetary Gear

    S1:E44/27/2014

    Amarok and Moco from Planetary Gear commencing an assault on Globe base.

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    9.5/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Sign From the Dark

    S1:E85/25/2014

    After failing to attack Earth by themselves, Amara and Moco decide to awaken the other members of their race that are scattered to assist them. The first member they contact is Zin, the avatar of the robot Zimbalt and to confront him, Globe dispatches their newest unit composed of Daichi and his friends, the "Midsummer's Knights".

    Director:Takuya Igarashi

    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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20. 

    9.5/10(6 votes)

    #20 - Magical Girl Akari

    S1:E96/1/2014

    Ai, the avatar of the robot Aiatar is the second Design Child contacted by Amara and Moco, and to increase their chances of success, they kidnap Akari and force her to infiltrate mankind's orbital defense systems while Daichi confronts Ai with serious disadvantages.

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    9.5/10(6 votes)

    #21 - On the Windy Planet

    S1:E106/8/2014

    Amara and Moco awaken Lin, the third of their companions and the Avatar of the Kill-T-Gang Liebam. Daichi confronts Lin and defeats her, but fails to prevent her from summoning Liebam and it's up to Teppei to stop her, piloting his own machine, the "Nebula Engine".

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    9.5/10(6 votes)

    #22 - Baku's Time

    S1:E136/29/2014

    Baku refuses to join the other Planetary Gears out of his attachment to Kumiko, the daughter of the local Yakuza. But this changes when the truth about Kumiko comes to surface and Baku decides to take revenge on Earth by helping destroy it.

    Director:Takuya Igarashi

    Writer:Yoji Enokido

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    9.6/10(6 votes)

    #23 - True Self

    S1:E157/13/2014

    Running away from her friends, Hana meets Setsuna again, and the two end up pursued by Amara and Moco, while Puck, the AI built by Macbeth Enterprises, lays a trap to the CEO and snatches his body. Once Daichi and Hana finally reunite, he reconciles with her, just before the Planetary Gears attack them.

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    9.6/10(6 votes)

    #24 - Her Flare

    S1:E167/20/2014

    Now finally assembled, the Planetary Gears get the full support of Macbeth Enterprises in their endeavors, unaware of Puck's true intentions. Meanwhile, with Daichi and Teppei still recovering from the last battle, Hana pilots her own machine, the "Flare Engine" to counter another enemy attack.

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    9.6/10(6 votes)

    #25 - Knights of Midsummer

    S1:E177/27/2014

    An inspector from Salty Dog arrives at the Tanegashima Base and questions the merits of the Midsummer's Knights so far. Meanwhile, Moco and Zin launch another attack on Earth, and with Hana's Engine still under repairs, Daichi and Teppei are dispatched to stop them. Salty Dog sends their new remote controlled interceptors to the fight as well, but Daichi and Teppei get themselves in a pinch when Moco takes control of the machines to fight for her.

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