Gate Keepers: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Set in an alternative 1969 Japan, a special group of teenagers has been gathered together under a secret government operation known as Aegis, to fight an enemy trying to take over the earth... called simply, "Invader". The Invader can turn ordinary citizens into zombies under their control, and only the Aegis agents, called the Gate Keepers, have the special ability to open the "Gate" separating the Invader's dimension and our own, and be able to eradicate them. The show opens with ordinary high school student Ukiya Shun witnessing an Invader attack, and quickly realizing that he is one of those with special power, is indoctrinated into Aegis. Each agent has a different ability and method of attack, everything from magic arrows to hallucinogenic piano music! Also crucial to story is young Ruriko, an experienced member of Aegis who has to work hard to prove her worth after the obviously powerful Shun joins the team.

Series details

• Title: Gate Keepers
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Anime, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2000-04-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2003-01-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 23662
• IMDb ID: tt0305596
• TVDB ID: 78918

Cast and credited roles

• Ayako Kawasumi — Ruriko Ikusawa
• Takahiro Sakurai — Shun Ukiya
• Chinami Nishimura — Fen Feilin
• Etsuko Kozakura — Meguro Kanetake (Megane)
• Kikuko Inoue — Jun Sanders
• Mayumi Iizuka — Reiko Asagiri
• Miki Nagasawa — Keiko Ochiai
• Naoko Takano — Kaoru Konoe
• Takehito Koyasu — Banba Choutarou

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-04-03; final listed air date 2000-09-18; episode order: 24.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-04-24; final listed air date 2003-01-08; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Gate Keepers on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.