The Wings of Rean

***The Wings of Rean*** (リーンの翼, *Rīn no Tsubasa*) is a light novel series by Yoshiyuki Tomino published from 1983 to 1986, and a six-episode ONA, broadcast by Bandai Channel online beginning on December 12, 2005, with the final episode starting on August 18, 2006. It is an alternate story to another series, *Aura Battler Dunbine*, and is set in modern Japan and Byston Well in a timeline of its own. The characters were designed by Masashi Kudo.

## Overview

It is one of a series of works set in the different world "Byston Well", which is Tomino's life work, and shares the world setting with the TV anime "*Aura Battler Dunbine*" and the novel "*Aura Battler Senki*". It is said to be a parallel world that has nothing to do with other works. In addition, the web anime version is roughly set about 70 years after the novel version, and although it is related, it is set as a world after the death of some characters drawn at the end of the novel version from the beginning. It is supposed to be a parallel world.

"Lean's Wings" are the wings of light that appear in the legendary heroes that appear in the story. A hero with "*Wings of Rean*" existed before the main character of this work, and it is said that he appeared many times when the world of Byston Well was in turmoil from 6500 years ago, and saved the world each time. In the work, "wings" appear on the feet (shoes), but it seems that some people have them on their backs, and the location varies depending on the person. Legend has it that the oldest hero in Wings of Lean was a 13-year-old boy named Zenorah.

## Synopsis

Because his friends fired a rocket into the US Army camp, Suzuki was wanted by the US Army and the police. While he was running away the sea surface suddenly rose, and when a brilliant light appeared he saw a strange looking battleship flying in the air. He was dumped into the sea and when he crawled onto the battleship there was a beautiful girl standing there. She said her name was Lyx, the princess of another world, and added, "My Father is Japanese, Shinjiro Sakomizu. Please help me, Suzuki."

Based on the novel series by the Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino.

(Source: AnimeNfo)

## Bibliographic Information

### *Novel*

At the same time as the TV broadcast of "Aura Battler Dunbine", it was serialized in the magazine "Yosei Jidai" by Yoshiyuki Tomino himself, and a total of 6 volumes were released by Kadokawa Novels of Kadokawa Shoten. Illustrated by Tomoken Kogawa. It was later republishes in Sneaker Bunko, but both are now out of print.

 ***Full version**** The former novels / paperback version was reconfigured, including the newly written part, and summarized in 4,000 pages in all 4 volumes . The story eventually progresses to the present day, and includes the web animation version of the story described later  . When the full version was published, Tomino made a remark to the effect that "this work may be the final story of the Byston Well story." The synopsis is the same as the old novel version and web animation version, but some of the character settings and life and death are different. In addition, the setting is complemented in many ways, such as the founding of Hojo by Sakomizu.
 ***Mook**** In the mook book "*Byston Well Story*" published by Kadokawa Shoten after the TV series of "Dunbine" ended, many pages were devoted to this work that was being serialized in "Y*ose Jidai*". Starting with Tomino's commentary on the world view common to Dunbine and this work, "*Byston Well as Inner Space*", the synopsis from the start of the series to the January 1984 issue, a glossary, and a novel by Yuken Kogawa . It contains an illustration story "*The Story of Aura Battler: Shinjiro Sakomizu*" that visualizes the development up to the middle of the edition, and sketches of the main characters, making it a side reading of the novel version.

1. Released date September 1, 1986 (*Same date* *published*) - ISBN 978-4041663035
2. Released date September 1, 1986 (*Same date published*) - ISBN 978-4041663042
3. Released date September 1, 1986 (*Same date published*) - ISBN 978-4041663059
4. Released date October 1, 1986 (*Same date published*) - ISBN 978-4041663066
5. Released date October 1, 1986 (*Same date published*) - ISBN 978-4041663073
6. Released date October 1, 1986 (*Same date published*) - ISBN 978-4041663080

LN Vol. 1LN Vol. 2LN Vol. 3LN Vol. 4LN Vol. 5LN Vol. 6
In 2007, Tomino himself said that he was preparing to publish a reprinted edition with reorganization, and in March 2010, it was published as a "complete edition'' of all four volumes. See below for full details.

1. Released date March 19, 2010 (*Same date)* - ISBN 978-4-04874009-8
2. Released date March 19, 2010 (*Same date*) - ISBN 978-4-04874015-9
3. Released date March 19, 2010 (*Same date*) - ISBN 978-4-04874016-6
4. Released date March 19, 2010 (*Same date*) - ISBN 978-4-04874017-3

LN Vol. 1LN Vol. 2LN Vol. 3LN Vol. 4
### *Manga*

Illustrated by Kozo Omori. It was serialized in "Monthly Gundam Ace" (Kadokawa Shoten) from December 2005 to March 2007. (*3 volumes in total.*) Web animation version comicalization. The characters and story are almost the same as the web anime version. According to Volume 1, it was made according to Tomino's request, "*Do not add anything extra, and stay true to the storyboard.*" There are many points.

1. Released date February 25, 2006 - ISBN 978-4047137950
2. Released date September 21, 2006 - ISBN 978-4047138612
3. Released date February 26, 2007 - ISBN 978-4047139008

Manga Vol. 1Manga LN Vol. 2Manga Vol. 3

## Asap Suzuki

### Aliases:

* Asap Gorem *(Father Side)*
* The Crusader of the Wings of Rean

### Affiliation:

* Rebel Army (Resistance)
* Wings of Rean

### Allied:

* Shinjirō Sakomizu *(friends/foe)*
* Amalgam Rudol *(Comrade)*
* Elebos *(Comrade)*

## 「Biographical Information」

### Relatives:

* Alex Gorem *(Father)*
* Unnamed Mother
* Luxe Sakomizu *(Love Interest †)*

### Residence:

* Aprogene Battleship *(Temp.)*
* Japan *(Current)*

## 「Voice Actor」

### Japan VA:

Jun Fukuyama

In present-day Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Asap Suzuki, who was being chased by a terrorist act caused by a friend, was sent to another world by the Wing shoes of Rean brought by Luxe Sakomizu, a girl who was on a battleship that appeared from the sea and summoned to Byston Well.

* The main character of this work. A part-time jobber who lives in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. He is half Japanese mother and half American father. he is 19 years old. A new holy knight who summoned the Wings of Rean to the Earth World, triggered by the terrorist incident caused by Morito and Kanemoto.
* There are many things about his upbringing, especially with his father, Alex, who has a depressed feeling that he can't open up to, and because of that, he has the strength to wish from the bottom of his heart that he wants wings to go to a different world.
* Boarding the Aura Battler *Nanajin*, which no one had a rider, Sakomizu recognized the handling of the Aura Battler, and Lux's son-in-law also recognized it.
* When he returned to the Earth World, he learned about his birth, which was shown by the wings of Lean, and realized what he should do.
* After passing through the re-opened Aura Road and returning to present-day Tokyo Bay with Sakomizu, Asap struggles to stop the invasion of Sakomizu and Houjou who are trying to destroy Japan.
* After the war in Tokyo Bay is over, he visits Sakomizu's hometown with Luxe to visit his grave.
* In the manga version, there are more places to play than in the complete novel and OVA version, and there are more highlights such as cutting off the left arm of Oukao who has become hyper.

Instead of being named Asap Gorem, he uses his mom's surname Suzuki, possibly due his own issues with his dad. The blond hair he inherited from his American father is proof of him being biracial. Being born of an affair between his mother Tokiko and his father Alex doesn't stop him from being heroic.

Sakomizu redeems himself by preventing Tokyo from being nuked, the surface world and Byston Well are separated from each other once again, and Asap appears to have a future with Lyukusu... Until she fades into nothingness for seemingly no reason other than because True Art Is Angsty.

### Abilities

Since there was no one who could handle it properly, it was stored in the Aura Battler hangar in Hip Crene Castle, Sakomizu's castle, and was activated by Asap, who was looking for a means of escape. His compatibility with Asap is the best, and it can be seen from the fact that he, who was originally an ordinary person, became able to perform as an ace-class in a short period of time.

In his first match, he was defeated because his opponent was Oukao + Sakomizu, but after that, following the increase in Asap's aura power, he demonstrated performance that overwhelmed other aura battlers. After passing through the aura road guided by wings of rean, its body color changes to red (*it seems to reflect Asap's aura power, which has increased by being on the ground*), and this state is called "*Ackananajin*". (However, it has never been called in the work, it is a setting name). As being a Holy Knight, Asap learned how to pilot the Nanajin to help the Rebel Army.

* It is the bioenergy of humans and the power source of the aura machine. Those with strong aura power also exert their influence on others, and in some cases, bring about huge, unpredictable results. A good example of this is that when Ferrario rides on an aura machine, it exerts power beyond its performance, and the aura power of one individual, Luza Luft, deceived and toyed with the king of a country, such as Drake Luft and Bishot Hatta.
* The power exerted by the aura machine is greatly influenced by the pilot's aura power. This is because the aura machine's power source itself relies on the pilot's aura power. Therefore, even if the basic performance is inferior, if a holy warrior with strong aura power pilots it, it will demonstrate high performance, and conversely, even if it is a high performance, if the pilot's aura power is weak, it will not demonstrate its original performance. On the other hand, if you are swept away by negative emotions such as anger and hatred, your aura power will run out of control, and there is a danger of self-destruction at the end of "*hyper-growth*".
 「**Wings of Rean**」
* The boots of the Wings of Rean, allow their chosen (*The Chosen One*) wearer to open up the Aura power or boost the Aura power depending on their performance and it can travel between worlds and even can go back in a specific time or date the wearer chooses.
* When the boots have chosen a wearer as a new bearer and are will be labeled as a "Holy Warrior/Knight."

The Nanajin changes colors inexplicably from green to red following the Time Travel sequence. This mirrors the fact that the previous series had the Billbine, which inexplicably changed colors from red to green amidst the Climactic Battle Resurrection at that series' climax. The Red Nanajin is also faster and more powerful, which is a reference to anything red being this, per by Char Aznable's legacy of the original Gundam.

## Ending Theme

### ED Composer:

Ayumi Miyazaki

*Rean no Tsubasa* won the Packaged Work Award at the 2006 Animation Kobe Awards. The Ending theme "MY FATE"

* **Staff:**
	+ Original work, General director, Storyboard - Yoshiyuki Tomino
	+ Screenplay - Jiro Takayama, Yoshiyuki Tomino
	+ Directed - Tatsuya Igarashi
	+ Visual Conceptor - Okama
	+ Animation Director / Character Design - Masashi Kudo
	+ Mechanical Design - Tamotsu Shinohara, Takumi Sakura
	+ Art Director - Shigemi Ikeda
	+ Color design - Sayoko Yokoyama
	+ Cinematographer - Yoichi Ogami
	+ Offline editing - Kumiko Sakamoto
	+ Music - Yasuo Higuchi
	+ Sound Director - Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
	+ Producers - Yoshitaka Kawaguchi, Jun Yukawa, Masato Utsunomiya
	+ Production - Sunrise
	+ Production - Sunrise, Bandai Visual, Bandai Channel

### DVD

Released from Bandai Visual (now Bandai Namco Arts).

1. Released on April 26, 2006 , BCBA2469
2. Released on July 28, 2006 , BCBA2470
3. Released September 22, 2006 , BCBA2471
4. Released October 27, 2006 , BCBA2472
5. Released November 24, 2006 , BCBA2473
6. Released December 22, 2006 , BCBA2474

*COMPLETE*, released on January 27, 2010, BCBA3762 - 2 disc set

### Book

* Analysis setting materials collection (*First Edition published in January 2007, Ichijinsha*) - ISBN 978-4-7580-1068-9
* Official Guide Road To Byston Well (*First Edition published in March 2007, Hobby Japan*) - ISBN 978-4-89425-522-7

## Game

 ***Super Robot Wars UX**** SRPG for Nintendo 3DS released on March 14, 2013 from Bandai Namco Games (*Banpresto label*).
* Aura Battler, the character that appears in the web anime version, appears together with the character Aura Battler in "Aura Battler Dunbine", but Byston Well, who appears in "Wings Rean" and "Aura Battler Dunbine", is on the same time axis . It is treated more like a parallel world than a work. Sakomizu joins your army as a hidden element.
 ***Super Robot Taisen X-Ω**** A smartphone game application distributed by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
* Appeared as a limited-time participation work in December 2020.

## Notes

The 1996 novel and OVA series "*Gersey's Wings*" is one of the same "Byston Well stories", and there is also a depiction that the hero's aura power manifests as "*wings*" rather than through the aura battler. are the same. Also, in the Aura Battler Senki, the proper noun "Wings Rean" appears, but the details of that person are not mentioned.

## External Link

* *TV Anime "The Wings of Rean"* ─ Official Website (in Japanese)
* *The Wings of Rean* ─ Sunrise Official Website (in Japanese)
* *The Wings of Rean* ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
* *The Wings of Rean* ─ Wikipedia (in English)

## Trivia

* Asap's name references the infamous acronym standing for "As Soon As Possible".
* The Nanajin's name references both the Seven Lucky Gods, as well as the Japanese name of the Carausius morosus (Walkingstick) insect it resembles.