Unit Blue Mecha

Unit Blue Mecha were the various mecha that appeared in the 2003 anime series *Gad Guard*. Unit Blue, also called Unit 74 and Port Town, was the location used by the various mecha throughout the series.

## Gads

**Gads** (ガド) were a type of stone that fell from outer space, each one having strange abilities and could take shape into a number of things depending on the personality and thoughts of the owner. These creations were composed of three groups: Techodes, A-Techodes and Gadrians. Upon a Gad's transformation into something all nearby metal and most other material around it are violently absorbed and used as a base for the final form of the machine. The activation of a Gad comes from the user's emotions being concentrated, used as an activation. However, upon activation the Gad is considered lost or useless. In the final episode it is revealed that Gads were formed a combination of people's dreams and a space graveyard in Earth's lower orbit that would occasionally fall down to the Earth.

### Techodes

**Techodes** (鉄鋼人) were one of the three things that sprout from a Gad, often mistaken for Gadrians. Each one usually takes the form of a large, humanoid robot roughly 6.1 meters tall that was fueled by the emotional bond between the robot and the owner. These robots are created after contact with the Gad's owner while they're having an intense emotion in an area occupied by a lot of metal. Only a Techode's 'owner' is capable of controlling it and for regeneration it could absorb metals at the cost of easily becoming berserk. All five Techodes that appeared in the series were named after fighter planes from World War II.

* **Lightning**: Hajiki Sanada's blue Techode capable of high jumping, using a turbine in the left knee, smoke from both ends of the scarf-like exhaust tubes, and used a laser cannon in episode 8. It eventually dissolved in the final episode after escort Hajiki through the space junk graveyard.
* **Messerschmitt**: Aiko Mary Harmony's gold Techode capable of high jumping and swimming. In episode 17 it was heavily damaged when Thunderbolt went rogue.
* **Zero**: Katana's black Techode capable of high jumping and a revolver cannon for the left arm.
* **Thunderbolt**: Takumi Kisaragi's red Techode capable of emitting electric bolts from the palms, high jumping, dual arm blades after going berserk in episode 16, and releasing ear lightning before dissolving in episode 17.
* **Hayate**: Arashi Shinozuka's black Techode capable of flight using propeller-like head with dual blades on the chin.

### Gadrians

**Gadrians** were formed when negative feelings of hate or greed completely consume the owner of a Gad, and likewise, the Gad itself. This usually ends up killing the owner of the Gad and creating an organic monster with technological modification. Unlike Techodes, Gadrians were made of both inorganic and organic matter.

* **Gadrian Wanda**: Appears in episode 5. Upon absorbing Wanda it intended to assimilate with nearby junk.
* **Gadrian Train**: Appears in episode 6. It assimilated a train and resembled a dragon head. It was quickly dissolved in salt water
* **Gadrian Hawk**: Appears in episode 8. It assimilated a truck to have a brown and bird-like form. It was quickly destroyed by Raphael and Issa.
* **Gadrian Cobalt**: Appears in episode 8. Aside from having a purple energy based body little is known about it as it destroyed Unit Cobalt in a flashback.
* **Gadrian Metz**: Appears in episode 11. It assimilated with Inspector Metz to dismantle a gang war's smuggling routes, turning him into a brown humanoid with treads for each foot and a chainsaw for the left arm.
* **Gadrian Flamer**: Appears in episode 14. It was a black snake-like Gadrian that spawned flames and used its whip-like body to attack.

### A-Techodes

**A-Techodes** are a manifestation of dark feeling being highly independent creations. An A-Techode's creation can also be the result of a Gad falling into the hands of someone without any kind of strong or impacting emotions or intentions. In the series only two such entities existed, both human-like in appearance. In episode 12 an assassin A-Techode appeared with his hands able to manipulate metal objects to form junk gadrians and activate vehicles like trains and he could use teleportation. In episode 22 a glass-like A-Techode was formed from the emotions of a teenage girl that died from a car running her over, her body was made of glass except for the head and hands until she crumbled months after forming.

## Heavy Metals

**Heavy Metals** (通信手段) were a series of outdated robots that primarily acted as construction equipment although were more used by criminals during the events of the story. Notably all of them ran on gasoline to the point of being inefficient to too costly for most people to maintain.

* **Heavy Metal Seven**: A blue Heavy Metal that appears in episodes 1 and 2 used by Katana. Powers include burrowing, high body temperature, stick-like arms from body ring ideal for bludgeoning and spinning like a propeller to glide, high jumping, and three wheels in each foot.
* **Heavy Metal Crab**: A red Heavy Metal that appears in episode 1. Its only known power is having spear-like legs.
* **Heavy Metal Crane**: A pair of green Heavy Metals that appear in episodes 3 and 15. Powers include having three legs, giant crane claw, and a searchlight on the cockpit.
* **Heavy Metal Drill**: A brown Heavy Metal that appears in episode 4. Powers include having four legs and an underside drill for burrowing and attacking.
* **Unit Cobalt Heavy Metals**: Appear in episode 8 and both had a wheel in each foot.
	+ **Heavy Metal Tank**: A gray Heavy Metal with a torso cannon, used by Raphael.
	+ **Heavy Metal Supplier**: A red Heavy Metal with a club-rifle hybrid weapon, used by Issa.
* **Heavy Metal Claw**: A purple Heavy Metal that appears in episode 16. Powers include five machine gun turrets, a 6-tube missile launcher, and three claws.