K-tai Investigator 7

Plot

Characters

Under Anchor

• Keita Amishima: A high school freshman who preferred not to make new friends in school, but becomes buddies with Seven after meeting his predecessor Takimoto when he was to meet a friend of his at Mt. Fuji, and becomes an Under Anchor agent in training, eventually becoming full-fledged after passing the "Last Day on Earth" simulation. He and Seven were later abducted by Magira and Zero-One with Keita tested with Seven's life on the line by going to every place to every major event he's been to since being Seven's partner, playing in Magira's plan to induce another Parallel Decentralized Link. Though chained up, Keita manages to convince Zero-One to spare Seven. As a result, Keita initially attempts to take Zero-One under his care, only for the Phone Braver to suddenly leave him with a text message revealing a possible mole within Anchor. Regardless, Zero-One has taken Keita up on his offer and visits his house on occasion for recharges and also to cause general mischief.
• Daiki Kirihara: Buddied with Third, Kirihara comes off strong and hard on others, especially Keita. He is a former police officer. Although he hates technology, he joins Under Anchor to be proven wrong about his feelings towards it. Kirihara was banned from missions for one month after the Parallel Decentralized Link incident, after which he was reinstated. His parents and younger brother were killed 13 years ago by phantom killer named Akatsuki. He is a secret fan of Hitomi Shimatani, and is jealous when he sees Seven receive a kiss from her.
• Sōsuke Takimoto: Seven's original buddy, a level-headed investigator with feelings for Chigusa. He is mortally wounded when attempting to save Keita during a case. Seeing something of himself in Keita, he hands Seven over to him before dying due to his injuries. Keita eventually joins Under Anchor after the incident, seeing Sōsuke as his initial inspiration.
• Chigusa Mimasaka: Head of the special investigation team of Under Anchor and former buddy of Phone Braver 2 until she is scrapped by 01. Chigusa is very serious with her missions and work. When Tada resurfaced, Mimasaka is forced to team up 01 to stop save Keita, making her peace with him as a result.
• Tōko Asano: An agent of Under Anchor, a lively girl who is Phone Braver 4's Buddy and oversaw Keita when he was a trainee. Tōko is also a romantic type, although she seems to jinx everyone around her whenever she's in love and gets them involved in her affairs.
• Gannosuke Blackbird: Appeared in Sōsuke Takimoto Case File. Buddied with Roku, an agent who belongs to the overseas branch of Under Anchor and is active mainly in Europe. He is a big man topping 2m, but he is stoop-shouldered and looks unreliable. He is a former member of the SAS.
• Kōhei Mito: Head of the development team of Under Anchor, in charge of repairing damaged Phone Bravers. Usually friendlily called "Goinkyo" by members of Anchor, Mito was the man who brought Date and Sōda together and played a part in the Phone Braver concept when inspired by a girl named Yuuri. He is also the one who created the alien invasion-like training exercise called "The Last Day on Earth" as a means to initiate new agents. He is a fan of Hitomi Shimatani.
• Mayuko Hasekura: A member of the development team of Under Anchor. She is a very cheerful and upbeat girl who helps keep the Phone Bravers well-maintained.
• Mutsuki Sakaki: A member of the development team of Under Anchor Tech. She seems to have shown an interest in Hirofumi.
• Sayaka Kisaragi: A member of the development team of Under Anchor Tech.
• Yayoi Kageyama: A member of the development team of Under Anchor Tech.
• Hirofumi Morishita: A member of the development team of Under Anchor, usually called "Kikai-kun" by fellow Under Anchor members. Formerly an asocial tech-whiz who was found by Mito at a Nation High School Robot Contest and a fan of the superhero manga Silverman, Kikai-kun is the one who built the Boost Phones, their abilities based on the manga. Though he saw the Phone Bravers as mere machines, his meeting with Keita changes his views and he wishes to understand Keita. He was also involved in an incident in which he was framed for stealing copies of some rare Silverman manga, when in reality, it was another man who dressed up as Hirofumi and used face-modeling technology to doctor the surveillance video to make him look like he did it. He was able to clear his name with Keita and Seven's help, and also seems to have shared a mutual interest with Mutsuki Sakaki.
• Sōichirō Hasumi: An operator of Under Anchor.
• Shūhei Tsujikaze: An operator of Under Anchor.
• Shinichi Mitarai: An operator of Under Anchor.
• Kaori Amane: An operator of Under Anchor.
• Sakura Mochizuki: An operator of Under Anchor.
• Kyōko Fujimiya: An operator of Under Anchor.
• Yūto Date: Advisor of Anchor, he was the one who set up the robotics concept of the Phone Bravers. He was installed as the CEO as the successor to Sōda. He betrays Under Anchor by helping to develop Gene alongside Magira but was deceived by Magira.
• Masayoshi Sōda: CEO of Anchor, providing the AI system used by the Phone Braves. Taking the blame of the event caused by Magira and Zero-One, he resigned as Anchor's CEO, but would retain his duty as leader of Under Anchor.

  Phone Bravers

• Phone Braver 7: Called "Seven", a "by the book" sort and latest Phone Braver to be created, colored silver. His model number is PB-CMP-TEST07. Originally buddied with Takimoto, Seven gains a new buddy in Keita Amishima and makes it his duty not to have Keita suffer the same fate as Takimoto. His biggest pet peeve is being thrown into the air, usually yelling "Cell phones are not for throwing!". In some Internet circles, he is known as "Angel-K", a walking cellphone thought to ward off the supposed curse brought on by Zero-One. Seven is strong enough to take down four grown men on his own, as was demonstrated when he was angry at being thrown around like a toy by members of the Kantō Denryūkai.
• Phone Braver 6: Appeared in Sōsuke Takimoto Case File. Called "Roku" and buddied with Blackbird, colored green with an arabesque design. He is a character like an Edokko. He is the only Phone Braver who is actively working while not officially registered yet. He is the same model as Seven, and his model number is PB-CMP-TEST06.
• Phone Braver 5: Called "Five", colored brown. Its model number is PB-CMP-TEST05. Although it was under development as a mass-produced type Phone Braver a year ago, it was broken by Zero-One when he took its Lambda Chip, tied to the Lambda Abstract, but it was developed as Gene with the same structure as Five by Magira and Date.
• Phone Braver 4: Called "Fourth" and buddied with Tōko, colored pink and model number PB-CMP-TEST04. She is of the same model as Third and similar to her partner in personality, only more flighty. While attempting to stop the Under Anchor hacking a year ago, her program was frozen by Zero-One's virus, shutting her down and leaving her in Maintenance since.
• Phone Braver 3: Called "Third" and buddied with Kirihara, colored blue, model number is PB-CMP-TEST03. He is a kind, caring character compared to his Buddy. A year ago, while attempting to undo the virus caused by Zero-One, he fearfully refused to support Second out of fear of being corrupted by Zero-One's attack. He eventually overcame his fear to be more active in stopping Zero-One, ending up in Maintenance for a short time after executing a flawed Parallel Decentralized Link with Seven. He later pulled off the same stunt to trace Seven, linking with Zero-One in the process. Another incident with Third occurred when he had suddenly forgotten Keita, who was forced to obtain e-mail addresses of all of his acquaintances in order to restore his memory. In reality, it was Magira who caused the incident and took Keita out of Third's memory as a test.
• Phone Braver 2: Called "Second", the first test model and buddied with Chigusa, colored gold and model number PB-CMP-TEST02. She was rolled out with Zero-One on the same day, her mobility damaged when he ran off. Though she attempted to protect the Under Anchor network, Second was broken in two by Zero-One. Her body was returned to Chigusa a year after the incident.
• Phone Braver 01: Called "Zero-One", he is the prototype Phone Braver whose model number is PB-CMP-PROT01. Zero-One become a rogue after failing to take the pain of losing three partners changed him, causing him to bitterly run off, injuring Second in the process. Two months later, Zero-One attempts to hack the Under Anchor facilities in order to find a human to answer his reason for existing, damaging three Phone Bravers before running off. After using hi-tech criminals for his own affairs to understand why he exists, often abandoning them when they fail to answer him, he manages to find an almost ideal Buddy in Magira, though the Magira is more of a benefactor that he turns too if damaged or they formulate a plan together. The actions of Zero-One were spoken of in some Internet circles, gaining the name of "Devil-K", who, according to urban legend, brings about a lethal curse to any who witnessed him. However, Zero-One develops an obsession with Seven and Keita, wanting to understand their concept of a Buddy. After meeting a blind girl named Junko Kakeuchi whose story made him curious to understand her forgiving nature towards the man who caused her blindness and the concept of "time" she gave him, Zero-One aided Magira in abducting Seven to use him in a scheme to hack Eliza again and cause a massive blackout worldwide. However, after seeing how far Keita would go for Seven, Zero-One gives up and frees Seven. Though he was offered to live with him, Zero-One leaves Keita while revealing the true enemy is within Anchor itself. Overtime, 01's change of heart is noticed by Under Anchor, explaining it because of Keita and Seven, vowing to protect should Magira take his schemes too far.
• Phone Braver Next: Called "Next". He appears in the sequel series K-tai Investigation 7: Next. His model number is PB-S-NEXT-0# and was created by Under Anchor's Space organization called Answer for their space project.

  Boost Phones

• Boost Phone Seeker: A video camera-phone, allowing a Phone Braver to have a wide range of vision and see through objects. Seven usually uses Seeker. On its own it can produce strong flashes of light and be used as a remote camera that sends its feed to Seven. Its model number is BST-P001.
• Boost Phone Speaker: Allows a Phone Braver to listen to sound waves and use defensive sound wave attacks. Third usually uses Speaker until Seven gained use of it. On its own it can record and play many sounds for various reasons. Its model number is BST-P002.
• Boost Phone Analyzer: Gives a Phone Braver high network capabilities, only Zero-One uses it. It can do the physical work such as electrical wiring using a manipulator. Its model number is BST-P003. It is considered abandoned by Under Anchor now.
• Boost Phone Demolition: Gives a Phone Braver a chainsaw-like weapon, only Zero-One uses it. Its model number is BST-P004. It is considered abandoned by Under Anchor now.
• Boost Phone Medic: Gives a Phone Braver the ability to create computer vaccines, and a tolerance to computer viruses. Its model number is BST-P005.
• Boost Phone Grinder: Gives a Phone Braver the ability to deconstruct surface matter like walls. First used by Seven, though Grinder was still not fully perfected for Phone Bravers to use until later. On its own it can create small quakes. It created by Hirofumi, using the Silverman manga as an inspiration. Its model number is BST-P006.
• Boost PC Solid Driver: A mini laptop computer that can be used as a kind of power suit for Seven. It can attach two Boost Phones. Its model number is BST-P007.
• Boost Phone Observer: A Boost Phone that appears in the sequel and acts as an observer to investigations and how to judge them. Its model number is BST-C002.

  Axeldevices

• Searcher: A flashlight for the Phone Bravers to use in dark areas. Its model number is AD-S001.
• Detector: A tool used to detect objects and people with a range on 3 square kilometers. Its model number is AD-S002.
• Chrono: A communication device for the Buddy and an extra power source or the Phone Braver. Its model number is AD-S003.

  Police

• Katsuhiko Shimura: A senior detective who refuses to believe the existence of "walking cellphones." His views change after learning about the existence of the Under Anchor and the Phone Bravers through Keita. He advises Keita not to overdo it and to leave the more dangerous jobs "to the adults". His belief is to only arrest villains and no one else.
• Shūgo Kaito: Shimura's young partner, he believes wholeheartedly in the existence of the "walking cellphones," once believing that they were a by-product of alien technology. He starts a website similar to Karen's.

  Amishima family

• Kentaro Amishima: Keita's father, a laid back guy. Sensing that his family was drifting apart at one time, he tries to enter the world of politics when he puts himself in the running for ward councilman, however, the rest of his family does not agree at first, as he had failed to ask them what they thought. He apologizes and considers quitting, however, his family encourages him to continue. He would eventually lose the ward councilman spot by 5% of the votes. Regardless, his family throws a consolation party for him, causing him to break into tears of joy.
• Harumi Amishima: Keita's mother; she worries about whatever trouble her son gets himself into. A literature fan.
• Karen Amishima: Keita's sister, who keeps up with the Internet rumors about "walking cellphones". She starts a website for people to share stories about the "walking cellphones", while posing as a middle-aged man and a female counselor..

  Meiyō High School

• Yūri Midō: She tries to get Keita to open up, having feelings for him. After the Devil-K incident, Yūri starts to writes her own Cellphone Stories
• Satoshi Serizawa: He usually calls Keita "Kūki-kun", due to his supposed empty-headedness and coldness towards other classmates, especially Yūri. As Keita becomes more responsible as a result of his continuing work with Under Anchor, Yūri notes how Satoshi and others have stopped calling him such.
• Yōko Igarashi: Yūri's friend. She has a great-grandmother who lives in the country, and a great-grandfather, Seiichi Oootaki, who served in World War II. He had originally died, but with help from a mysterious call from the future, he lived on, causing an unexpected time change of which only Keita is aware of. After Seiichi meets Keita in person, he thanks him for giving him the courage to live on.
• Kenta of Jersey: The physical-education teacher who is always shown wearing a sports jersey.

  People concerned with Under Anchor

• Kurando Magira: Ex-agent of Under Anchor who was to become Phone Braver 5's Buddy until it was destroyed, Magira left the organization and was believed to have died. However, Magira hates Anchor and wants to mellow out the Phone Braver Project by setting out a chain of events leading to Parallel Decentralized Link between Seven and Third. Soon after, Magira sets up a meeting with Keita and Seven, revealing the nature behind his attack and having Zero-One show off the full brutality of a Phone Braver's power. He understands Zero-One's temperament and knows that if he fails, Zero-One will leave him only to come back later. He later reveals himself when he blocks Kirihara from Keita's aid in an attempt to win his aid before being hand cuffed. However, Magira escaped before the authorities arrived. He was installed as the president of Flanet Corporation and put Gene on the market.
• Akira Karasaki: A talented programmer around Keita's age and daughter of the president of the Software Company "Net Guardian". She doesn't go to school anymore, because of her high intellect and abilities, and works at "Net Guardian" instead. Since she got to know about Anchor through the Net Guardian Incident, she wants to join the organization. Because she also hinted that she quit school because she didn't get along with the "idiots" and has a pretty short friend list in her phone, she is kind of lonely. Though she seems to be more cheerful around Amishima, and gives him her number. Akira later recruits the aid of Keita and Yūri to investigate the Happy Picnic Land amusement park to uncover the illegal activity involving the use of a wave to manipulating people's emotions.
• Hidehiko Motomiya: The secretary of the member of the Diet connected with Anchor. He is also one of Magira's conspirators.

  Others

• Kantō Denryūkai: The net gang which is composed of the boss and three gangsters.
• Tatsurō Ōe: Keita's best friend before moving to Tokyo.
• Toshiki Tada: A cracker who remained an enigma while robbing banks until was arrested by Takimoto and Chiasa, vowing to get them back. After getting out of jail, he hijacks Eliza after kidnaping Keita and Seven with the intent on exposing Under Anchor to the world. However, he is arrested again.

  Episodes

1. A Walking Cellphone!?/Connection Bonds
2. Black Cellphone
3. An Agent's Job
4. Solo Mission
5. City Legend Devil-K
6. Escaping Love
7. Literature Scolding
8. Trap Building
9. Buddy System
10. Counter Attack!
11. Thank You Blitzkrieg
12. * K-tai Mecha Great Gathering!
13. Last Day on Earth
14. Earthquake! Grinder
15. Seven's Lullaby
16. Friendly Magic
17. Seven vs. Zero-One!
18. The Distant Summer Sky
19. URL
20. Out of Range Woman: Part 1
21. Out of Range Woman: Part 2
22. Dark Past
23. Heart's Light
24. K-tai Dies
25. * K-tai Talk
26. Amishima Family's Greatest Crisis
27. The Amusement Park Where the Angel Falls
28. What Ninja!
29. Probability of Unrequited Love
30. The Day when the K-tai was Born
31. Start! Solid
32. Net Live Defense Command
33. Zero-One, Runs
34. Space Virus
35. Love Love ♥ Great Operation
36. * Doki ♥ X'mas Investigator
37. Targeted Third
38. Keita's Hatsuyume
39. Friend
40. Keita and Tatsurō
41. Someone was Watching
42. Unescapable Love
43. Kirihara and Third
44. Seven's Dream
45. Wake-up Gene
46. True Enemy
47. Zero-One's Explanation
48. Future Tomorrow: To the Adults of the Coming Era

    Novel

Cast

• Keita Amishima: Masataka Kubota
• Daiki Kirihara: Satoshi Matsuda
• Sōsuke Takimoto: Kanji Tsuda
• Chigusa Mimasaka: Yuko Ito
• Tōko Asano: Yoko Mitsuya
• Kōhei Mito: Mickey Curtis
• Mayuko Hasekura: Nao Nagasawa
• Mutsuki Sakaki: Mizuho Hata
• Yayoi Kageyama: Natsuko Tatsumi
• Sayaka Kisaragi: Natsumi Kamata
• Hirofumi Morishita: Naoyuki Morita
• Sōichirō Hasumi: Daisuke Sano
• Shūhei Tsujikaze: Daisuke Satō
• Shinichi Mitarai: Hidekazu Asari
• Kaori Amane: Eri Hayama
• Sakura Mochizuki: Mai Amano
• Kyōko Fujimiya: Rieko Ankyū
• Yūto Date: Ikkei Watanabe
• Masayoshi Sōda: Toru Masuoka
• Phone Braver 7 : Kunihiro Kawamoto
• Phone Braver 4 : Saori Gotō
• Phone Braver 3 : Tokuyoshi Kawashima
• Phone Braver 2 : Masako Katsuki
• Phone Braver 01 : Tomohiro Tsuboi
• Gene : Ai Haruna
• Katsuhiko Shimura: Hiroshi Katsuno
• Shūgo Kaito: Yosuke Katsuno
• Kentaro Amishima: Hiromasa Taguchi
• Harumi Amishima: Noriko Watanabe
• Karen Amishima: Reiko Igarashi
• Yūri Midō: Natsuki Okamoto
• Satoshi Serizawa: Mikiya
• Yōko Igarashi: Nana Akiyama
• Kurando Magira: Hassei Takano
• Akira Karasaki: Rin Asuka
• Hidehiko Motomiya: Masaya Kikawada
• Kenta of Jersey: Seiji Chihara
• Tatsurō Ōe: Kazuma Sano
• Newscaster: Erika Mine
• Opening narration: Oki

  Songs

• "Wake You Up"
• *Lyrics: Shin Furuya
• *Composition & Arrangement: Yasushi Sasamoto
• *Artist: Hitomi Shimatani

• "Sands of time"
• *Artist, Composition, & Arrangement: Back-On
• *Lyrics: Teeda & Kenji03
• *Episodes: 1-13
• "Rain"
• *Lyrics: Olivia & Masumi Kawamura
• *Composition: Olivia & Rui
• *Arrangement: Rui & Kansei
• *Artist: Olivia
• *Episodes: 14-35
• "Yumemiru.."
• *Lyrics: Nanase Aikawa & Tetsuro Oda
• *Composition: Atsuhiro Watanabe & Tetsuro Oda
• *Arrangement: Wall 5
• *Artist: Nanase Aikawa
• *Episodes: 36-45

• "Himitsu no Uta"
• *Lyrics: Masato Tanno
• *Composition & Arrangement: Yoshihiro Ike
• *Artist: Keiko
• *Episodes: 14
• "Oshichi no Komoriuta"
• *Lyrics: Shūji Terayama
• *Composition & Arrangement: Kenji Kawai
• *Artist: Oshichi
• *Episodes: 20
• "Nakitai Nara"
• *Lyrics: Gorō Matsui
• *Composition: Kaname Nemoto
• *Arrangement: Yūta Nakano
• *Artist: Hitomi Shimatani
• *Episodes: 30
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• *Composition: Akihito
• *Supervision: Mitsuo Aida Museum
• *Artist: Hitomi Shimatani
• *Episodes: 30

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