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Tekkōki Mikazuki (2000)

Tekkōki Mikazuki poster
Original title
鉄甲機ミカヅキ
Genre
tokusatsu
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rating
8.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Giant robots fight monsters that are born from human trauma. The series follows multiple groups who pilot these machines.

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What happens

Tekkōki Mikazuki (鉄甲機ミカヅキ; lit. "Ironclad Machine Mikazuki") is a 2000 Japanese tokusatsu television series created and directed by Keita Amemiya, written by Toshiki Inoue, and distributed by Media Factory. The series aired on Fuji TV from October 23, 2000, to March 24, 2001, although only for six episodes, and has since been released in a DVD box set on February 5, 2010. The series features several groups utilizing giant robots, including the titular Mikazuki (lit. "crescent moon" (三日月, mikazuki)), to fight monsters born of human trauma known as Idom (イドム, Idomu). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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