Kiba

***Kiba*** (牙-KIBA-, meaning fang, or if divided into Ki-Ba, a spiritual place), a Japanese anime series produced by Madhouse and Aniplex, began broadcasting on TV Tokyo on April 5, 2006. The series is directed by Hiroshi Kōjina with Upper Deck Japan, a trading card game company, as the main sponsor. The anime has been licensed by Upper Deck USA and produced by ADV Films for North American distribution.

The series is more violent than other trading-card-game-tie-in animations with many characters being killed. According to an interview with the March 2006 issue of *Animage*, Hiroshi Kōjina, the director, noted that the show "absolutely will not have any plot elements that carry favor to children". The producer also commented that *Kiba* is not the type of show to put "human drama" on the back burner while concentrating on promotional tie-ins. *Kiba* aired on Toonami Jetstream from July 14, 2008 to January 21, 2009.

## Synopsis

In a dystopian future, two friends dream of freedom... and gain more than they bargain for! Hothead Zed is on the run from the authorities, while his brainy pal Noah struggles with his own battered body. Both find a magical world that seems to offer escape and power undreamed. Join Zed and his powerful, rebellious spirit, Amir Gaul, on their search for the ultimate power. It's a force that can save the world—or destroy life as we know it. This is the world of KIBA! Where you must harness the power within and fight with all you got!

(Source: RightStuf)

## TV Anime

This is the list of episodes of the anime *Kiba*. The anime aired on TV Tokyo from April 5 to March 27, 2007.

* 【Animation time】:
	+ Animation production: MADHOUSE
* 【Supervisor】: Shinshina Hiroshi
* 【Series Composition】: Toshiki Inoue
* 【Character setting】: Takahiro Yoshimatsu
* 【Chief Painting Supervisor】: Daisuke Yoshida
* 【Art Director】: Empire Boys
* 【Color Design】: Horikawa Yoshinori
* 【Photography Director】: Koji Takahashi
* 【Editor】: Satoshi Terauchi
* 【Audio Supervision】：Honda Paulo
* 【Sound Effects】: Junichi Sasaki
* 【Music】: Jun Miyake
* 【Original project planning cooperation】: Matsushita Jin · team fang
* 【Production Cooperation】: Stage Live

### Music

The slogan of "Ya-KIBA" is: "Your own destiny is your own choice."

## Zed

### Affiliation:

Country of Templer
The Savior's

### Allied:

Roya (friend)
Miki (friend)
Jiko (friend)
Sebastian (mentor)

## 「Biographical Information」

### Relatives:

Unnamed Father (†)
Sara (mother) (†)
Noah (Bestfriend)

### Occupation:

Student (former)
Savior [Seth Master]

## 「Voice Actor」

### English VA:

Leraldo Anzaldua

Zed is a 15-year-old boy originally from Calm, a city where the wind doesn't blow. While in Calm, Zed has a somewhat unusual habit: breaking doors and gates. He claims that by doing this he "feels that he can go anywhere". While on the run from the police of Calm, he encounters a space-time crevasse that leads him to the land of Templar, where he meets the sage, Zico and his disciple, Roya. He draws his Shards from a set of three crystals on his left arm. The blade he wields is red, requiring three Shards to form. His Spirit, Amil Gaoul, appears to be a wind-based entity that uses two large, white-feathered wings as weapons. These wings have proven capable of slicing through other Spirits, as well as humans. In the beginning, Zed is teleported in the middle of a battle between Zico and a Tuskan warrior. He is very bewildered and after Zico wins, Zed faints from shock. Later he is arrested for assaulting Dumas and Templar officers. During his battle with Dumas is when he first encounters Amil Gaoul. At first, he is unable to control it. Later he settles in with Dumas for training, but Dumas doesn't do much but plant. Dumas then tells him, ”you must build physical strength before you learn to control your Spirit.” When he enters the Joust in place of Mikey, he fights well, beating his opponents. When he faces Robès, he is asked to unleash his Spirit. Since Zed didn't know how he fought with his shard sword. Robes put down his shard sword and claimed not to use a single shard. He fought well at first but as Zed pinned him down he used an electric shard to knock Zed back. Then he released his Spirit and knocked Zed out of the ring.

At the end of the anime he was told he was Tusker by Tusker's power. In the last episode, Zed wants to fight Amil Gaoul, so he can find out who he really is. He is about to strike Amil Gaoul, when a portal opens up and he falls through it. It then shows him on a rooftop in Calm, where the wind has been restored, with Amil Gaoul's blue eyes, except he has no pupils. He then says "Let's go, Amil Gaoul." Then he jumps off the roof. There is a flash of light and Zed appears flying with Amil Gaoul's wings.

***Personality***

* A young man who has a brave and a rebellious nature. He is 15-years old and originally from Calm, a land where no wind blows. He is shown to be a delinquent and a rebel at school. Because he has a tendency to break down doors and gates, he has been on the run from the police and his school teachers. It was shown that Zed once took on some older kids all by himself when he saw Noa was being bullied by them. Zed tends to be cold to others, and he speaks quite harshly at times even to people older than him, like Elder Jiko and Sebastian. Zed possesses a strong will, and openly defies things that are useless in his perspective. He would rather sacrifice something for the greater good, to save many lives and people who are important to him.
* He is a good and loyal friend, and comforts Roya and Sagiri when they are in pain throughout the series.
* He can be described as an impatient person and a hothead, and can sometimes be naive. His reckless behavior and personality can also be seen in his battles, where he charges and fights against an enemy Spirit on many occasions with only his Shard sword. He is shown to be adept at battle, and has defeated many powerful foes throughout the story. However, he does not fight and kill people without reason, with the exception if they are enemies. He dislikes bloodshed, and he desires to stop all the warring so no more innocent people can be killed by the greed for power.
* At first, Zed wishes to become stronger, but as the story progresses, he doubts that only being strong is enough for him. He thinks only becoming stronger is somewhat lacking on its own, which contradicts his behavior earlier in the story where he vigorously searches for power.
* Despite his behavior, Zed has been chosen by the strongest Key Spirit ever known, which is Amir Gaoul. What Zed and his Spirit, Amir Gaoul have in common, is that they are both rebellious by nature, and that they both possess great power. Zed wishes to end bloodshed, and Amir Gaoul seems to share his opinion, with the both of them working together to stop all the useless fighting.

### Abilities

『*Mark of Seth*』 There is a special mark somewhere on each setter's body, through which a "magic crystal" can be generated to release magic attacks or generate shield defense. Most imprints consist of a central gem-like crystal surrounded by golden (brass-colored) stripes. Each Seth division has a different mark shape and location in the case of Zed the mark was place on the left arm.

One of the 6 core spiritual bodies, known as the strongest core spiritual body, will choose its own master. If it is not owned by the person it recognizes, it will feel like an ant-eaten pain. The crystallization of Amergar's spiritual body was originally placed on the statue of Amergar in Tenpra. The teacher Ji Ke didn't want him to exist only as a statue but as a power, so he looked for suitable holders of Amirgar, but all those who received Amirgar's spiritual crystallization were severely rejected and suffered unbearable pain. One day the image of "Sarah Pregnant on the Bench in Cam City" appeared above the statue of "Amirgal", the teacher Jekyll and the sage Sebas mistakenly thought that Sarah was the one chosen by Amirgal, so they Go to Kam and force Sarah to Tianpura, let her receive the crystallization of Amirgar's spiritual body, the miracle is that she does not have a painful rejection reaction. However, during the training days, Sarah was still unable to summon Amirgar. It was not until one time when his life was in danger that Amirgar appeared to repel the enemy, but then flew to the sky instead of returning to Sarah's body.
* Wind Lance
* First Form
* Second Form
* Third Form
1/4* At the moment when Zedu came to Tianpura and was attacked by the spirit body, Amirgar appeared for the first time from Zedu's left hand, and the accompanying violent wind knocked down the enemy. Jekyll and Sebastian also came to the truth after seeing it. Amirgar's instruction was not Sarah, but the child Zedu in Sarah's belly. Zedu was chosen by Amirgar as the Master's Seth division.
* When confronting the runaway artificial spirit body, Amirgar responded to Zedu, transformed into a bird and beast form, sealed the artificial spirit body's ability and stopped its runaway. In the final decisive battle with Xiu in Chapter 39, the summoned Amirgar transformed from the form of a bird and beast into a human form wearing armor, opened his eyes, and fully awakened. Be one with it.
* Weapons/Abilities - Amir Gaul possesses two weapons in particular.
	+ *Wing Blade*: Amir Gaul has a wing blade for each hand. These blades are able to cut through anything, and this is supported by the several examples of Amir Gaul defeating other spirits by chopping them in two. Amir Gaul possesses the blades in his 1st form and his 3rd and final form.
	+ *Wind Lance*: In addition to the wing blades, Amir Gaul also has a lance. The lance is used towards the end of the series and is also a very strong weapon. Amir Gaul has the lance in only his 3rd form.
	+ *Tornado*: Amir Gaul can whip up a tornado and this plays a valuable role throughout the series.
	+ *Feather Arrows*: An attack Amir Gaul only used once, at the end of the Zymot/Neotopian war. After creating a tornado, Amir Gaul shot several feathers into Pronimo, piercing her in several locations, after which she returned to orb form.
* Form (Morph)
	+ First Form: In this form, Amir Gaul has a human body with some armor and uses the wing blades as weapons. Amir Gaul is practically nude and has his eyes completely shut in this form.
	+ Second Form: This next form is a phoenix, and it is used to represent or symbolize rebirth. Amir Gaul turns into a fire-bird/phoenix in this form. Zeds arm is sleeping when this form was revealed. Amir Gaoul did not stay in this form long, just as long as Zeds arm was resting.
 ***Rambos*** (ランボス)Rambos is Zed's second spirit. Zed first acquires it when Elda took him to a swamp where there was a legend that said he could get more powerful and stronger to go save Princess Rebecca, who was captured and forced into her marriage. Zed manages to obtain Rambos after defeating the monster that had been trapping an old man's spirit the whole time. Besides getting Rambos, Zed received a new Shard sword.
* Rambos can breath out powerful fire attacks and uses strong kicks and punches to defeat enemies.

## External Link

* *TV Anime "牙-KIBA-"* Official Site (in Japanese)
* *牙-KIBA-* ─ Kiba Blog at Aniplex [WAYBACK Machine] (in Japanese)
* *牙-KIBA-* ─ Wikipedia (in English)