Gad Guard
Japanese title: ガドガード
Type: TV
Source: Original
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 16, 2003 to Sep 25, 2003
Broadcast: Thursdays at 02:58 (JST)
Duration: 23 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Gonzo
Producers: HAL Film Maker, Media Factory, Imagica, Amber Film Works, Imagine
Licensors: Funimation, Geneon Entertainment USA
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Themes: Mecha

Several hundred years in the future, the resources of the Earth runs out, and the progression of the human race has stagnated. The world is now divided into "Units." A boy named Hajiki Sanada lives with his mother and sister in Unit 74, in a place called "Night Town," in which all electricity is shut down at midnight. The key in this story is an object called the GAD. GADs have the ability to reconstruct materials while reacting to feelings of an organic life. The size and shape of the resulting product seem to be different depending on the kinds of feelings that the life possesses. When Hajiki comes in contact with one by accident, it transforms into a huge robot—a Tekkoudo, or "Iron Giant"—which Hajiki names Lightning. And soon he realizes that he isn't the only one with a Tekkoudo, and must find out how to deal with those others who he feels are the "same" as himself.

(Source: ANN)