The Gear Powers

****The Gear Powers**** is a future animated series. However, unlike the other animated series related to Mega Man, this one is not for children, because vulgar language stands out here, where most of the characters say swear words although it's not very evident or excessive like many animated series exclusively for adults are. Starting with the second season, some episodes contain dark humor, although robots and reploids are made up of red oily liquid to make it look like blood, and very disturbing and chilling scenes. For those reasons, The Gear Powers will be listed as a series for both adults and puberty.

One fact to note is that the series is considered to be the male version of *My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic*, despite the fact that the two series have very different plots.

## Sypnosis

The series is starred by a Tutankhamun-like Robot Master, named Pharaoh Man, one of eight robots created by Russian scientist Dr. Mikhail Cossack and the only one who have survived during Mega Man X's birth and Sigma's death. Later, since he doesn't want more criminal problems in his native country, he decided to move to Tokyo, Japan. There, he meets eight Robot Masters who belong to the third group of Light Numbers (Mega Man 11), the Gear Powers; They are: Fuse Man, Block Man, Blast Man, Acid Man, Tundra Man, Torch Man, Impact Man and Bounce Man. Together, they go on adventures, solve various problems, learn life lessons and also, must protect planet Earth from the evil clutches of their arch enemy, Queen Marysalis Shimmer and her creations, the Shimmer Numbers.

### The Gear Powers' allies

 **Kasai Hikari** |  | Kasai Hikari is a humanoid scientist reploid that appears for the first time in "*Looks Are Deceiving*". At first, he was misjudged by everyone (except Pharaoh Man) when they believed he was an evil sorcerer or one of Marysalis Shimmer's minions, but thanks to Pharaoh Man and Mega Man he manages to befriend the other Robot Masters and Reploids and often help them with his knowledge of robot diseases. Despite being built in Japan, he has an African accent and when speaking he does it in rhymed couplets, although this is not very evident in the first season.

### Villains and antagonists

#### Main ones

 **Baku Ginga** |  | Baku Ginga is one of the main villains in the series and also sometimes helps Marysalis Shimmer conquer the world. He's a grumpy, aggressive space robot and an expert in making strategic plans to destroy the Gear Powers and Astrodroids (who are his greatest enemies) once and for all, although he very often fails. Many antagonists in the series, including the Shimmer Numbers, are afraid of him for his immense power to kill his opponents.

#### Shimmer Numbers

 **Heartless Woman** |  | Heartless Woman is a devil-like robot and one of the two female Shimmer Numbers along with Stormbat Woman. Despite her name, Heartless is the most emotional of Marysalis' four creations and often has several childish traits such as a bad temper and a tantrum, but she can also be quite distracted, mischievous, cheerful and naive. Still, she never forgets the evil plans that her creator plans. Like Stormbat, she is very flirtatious towards male characters and can also seduce them or use her hypnosis to control their minds. While she may not be the most powerful of the Shimmer Numbers, she is nonetheless the most violent and the one who suits the more to break friendships and spread confusion among the good characters in the series. Her Special Weapon is the Heartless Trident.

## Episodes

So far, The Gear Powers is only composed of two seasons with thirty episodes each lasting 22 minutes, including movies in one or two hours.

*See: Episodes list*