Axel Manning

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**Axel Manning** is the leader of the Alpha Team and the main character of the series. When Alexander Paine breaks out of prison Axel goes after him to take revenge for his deceased father Sebastian Manning. Later Axel learns that Paine did not kill his father and finds out that Sebastian is still alive. His main goal is to find out what really happened ten years ago and where his father is now.

## Appearance

Axel is an extremely handsome young man of approximately 1,85m height with short dark brown hair and gray eyes. He is very tan. He has a small gap in his right eyebrow. He is very muscular and well-trained because of his Jo-Lan training. He has large biceps, thick pecs, and washbord abs. His jumpsuit in season 1 is black with orange and white details. In season 2 he wears a similar suit with more white and orange parts on the jacket.

His casual wear consists of a black t-shirt with orange details, a white long-sleeve underneath and

blue jeans with black and white sneakers. He is sometimes seen wearing a red top with a white t-shirt underneath, white wristbands and blue jeans. Axel is also very well endowed.

## Personality

As the leader of the team Axel is courageous and good at coming up with battle strategies. While he is sometimes closed up and thoughtful he can be quite a hot-head, too, ignoring any reason and acting in a irresponsible and hasty fashion, especially when his father is mentioned.

He is very loyal towards his friends and feels guilty if he puts them in any kind of danger. He has a good knowledge of people and knows when to be critical towards the people he does not know. He does not talk very much about his past, but often mentions his father. There is no mentioning of any extended family.

When someone who he trusts betrays him (e.g. Lee in season 2 ), he finds it hard to forgive them. He is constantly thriving to become better at Jo-Lan, although he has already surpassed his father's skills by the end of season 2. Also, he is very modest and never shows off with his martial art skills.

His deepest fear is failing to stop Lee from taking over the world.

## Relationships

**Sebastian Manning** - Axel's father who presumably died in an explosion when Axel was eight years old. They had a very strong father and son relationship and Sebastian taught him everything he knows about Jo-Lan. Axel admired him deeply. After his death Axel was devastated and unable to move on, haunted by the incident. He is still searching for his father after all these years, now that he got a hint that Sebastian may not be dead after all.

**King -** He is the closest friend Axel has on the team. Their brotherly relationship often surfaces in difficult situations. Whenever something troubles Axel, King is the person most likely he will go and talk

    to.

**Lioness** - She is very dear to him as he is often seen rescuing her from dangerous situations. She is a great support for him and would comfort him when he feels down. He is most likely in love with her, although it is never clearly stated in the show. There are many hints, though, such as occasionally holding hands, hugging and always staying close to one another.

**Shark** - He never openly shows his concern for Axel, but will always try to cheer him up with his laid-back attitude. Axel gets along with him very well and trusts him a lot, even going so far as to transfer the leadership onto him when he is unable to do it himself (cf. "The Big Sleep" - season 1, episode 22).

Hawk - Axel has great faith in him whenever he is certain that a task within his capability, because Hawk tends to act irresponsibly and often gets distracted by himself or a pretty woman. Their relationship is based on the companionship in the team and Hawk is not the person Axel would consult with if anything is troubling him.

## Abilities

### Jo-Lan

Axel has been trained in the ancient martial arts called Jo-Lan by his father. After his father's supposed death Axel trained on his own. In the beginning of the series Axel is able to use energy waves to blast away his enemies. His spiritual power would become visible in his eyes in the colour of light-blue.

During season 1 his main attacks are:

* Jo-Lan Choubatsu (meaning *Jo-Lan Super Strike, similar to Hadoken*) - as the name suggests he releases an energy wave from the palms to blast his enemy away.
* Uzumaki Jo-Lan Kick (meaning *Whirlpool Jo-Lan Kick, similar to Tatsumaki Senpuukyaky*) - a spinning kick.

At the end of season 1 Axel reaches the next level of Jo-Lan. His spiritual energy turns red and resembles lightnings. He uses a technique called *Super Jo-Lan (similar to Metsu Hadoken)*, which is a blast 10 times stronger than his usual energy waves, to defeat Paine.
In season 2 Axel continues using this elevated level of Jo-Lan and comes up with a new technique, called:

* Jo-Lan Ryuuseiken (meaning *Jo-Lan Dragon Spirit Fist, similar to Shoryuken*) - a spinning uppercut.

At the end of season 2 Axel achieves the next level, which allows him to teleport and shoot energy bombs out of his palms.

Apparently there are even more levels that a Jo-Lan warrior can reach and allow him to move objects with his mind and create a shield around himself.

### Other

Axel also excels at driving any kind of vehicle. He's also very good at any sort of sports being physically well-trained.

## Personal Equipment

In this regard, a champion of Axel - from the team he had the most equipment.

Basic "wheel" season 1 - XT-9000 aka Lambo-Jet (car), Turboboard (reactive board) and Thunderbike 3000 (motorcycle).

In the second season he preobrel Air-Jet ("Or as I call it: Axel Manning Dream"), Dragbike 5000 (bike with a very low-slung) and Jet-Mech (folding three-wheeled bike).

Of those that barely / not survive even the first meeting with Axel can be called Mecha Speeder, Protojet-5000 and 7 Nitrobike XT-.

Of course, this is only what there was in the animated series: as the protagonist and introduce the brand Actionman, Axel toy is still a lot of all sorts of extras like meho-wings, slider, mechanical dog and an eagle, and much more.

* Костюм Акселя в режиме Night Ops Mode (невидимости)
* Протоджет 5000
* Дрэгбайк 5000
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## Trivia

* Axel hates cyborgs.
* Favorite color: Red