Brave Bang Bravern!

Brave Bang Bravern! (勇気爆発バーンブレイバーン), also known as Bang Brave Bang Bravern, is an original Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Cygames, animated by CygamesPictures, and directed by Masami Ōbari, with series composition by Keigo Koyanagi, mechanical designs by MORUGA and Mizuki Sakura, and character designs by Kouichi Motomura based on Kamokamen's original designs.

It aired from January to March 2024 on TBS and its affiliates.

Story
Lewis Smith and Isami Ao meet each other in Oahu, Hawaii during joint American-Japanese military exercises under AD-RIMPAC when a mysterious enemy invades the island. When all hope seems lost, a mysterious talking robot named Bravern appears and asks Isami to pilot him into battle, revealing that the invaders are "Deathdrives", super robots who rely on the power of humans to pilot them.

After the first Deathdrive, Superbia, is destroyed, he ejects a young woman named Lulu, who Lewis cares for until she recovers. Upon awakening, she begins to develop both physically and mentally, learning to speak, eat, and walk.

Main characters

 * Isami Ao (イサミ・アオ)
 * A soldier in the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces. He is the only one who can pilot Bravern, as he only allows him to pilot him.
 * A soldier in the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces. He is the only one who can pilot Bravern, as he only allows him to pilot him.


 * Lewis Smith (ルイス・スミス)
 * A soldier in the US Marine Corps, who befriends Isami after Bravern arrives. He later dies during the battle against Vanitas, Pessimism, and Knuth, but is reborn as Bravern after his ghost merges with his Titanostrider and Knuth, with Knuth's power sending him back in time to the beginning of the Deathdrive invasion. He is resurrected following the final battle against Verum Vita.
 * A soldier in the US Marine Corps, who befriends Isami after Bravern arrives. He later dies during the battle against Vanitas, Pessimism, and Knuth, but is reborn as Bravern after his ghost merges with his Titanostrider and Knuth, with Knuth's power sending him back in time to the beginning of the Deathdrive invasion. He is resurrected following the final battle against Verum Vita.


 * Bravern (ブレイバーン)
 * A talking super robot who arrives to defend Earth from the Deathdrives. He seems to know Isami and will only let him pilot him. It is later revealed that he is Lewis, who was reborn after his ghost merged with his Titanostrider and Knuth, with Knuth's power sending him back in time to the beginning of the Deathdrive invasion.
 * A talking super robot who arrives to defend Earth from the Deathdrives. He seems to know Isami and will only let him pilot him. It is later revealed that he is Lewis, who was reborn after his ghost merged with his Titanostrider and Knuth, with Knuth's power sending him back in time to the beginning of the Deathdrive invasion.


 * Lulu (ルル)
 * A mysterious young woman who Lewis finds on the shore of Oahu and is Superbia's pilot.
 * A mysterious young woman who Lewis finds on the shore of Oahu and is Superbia's pilot.

Allied Task Force

 * Hibiki Rio (ヒビキ・リオウ)


 * Miyu Katō (ミユ・カトウ)


 * Honoka Suzunagi (ホノカ・スズナギ)


 * Karen Aldrin (カレン・オルドレン)


 * Nina Kowalski (ニーナ・コワルスキー)


 * Hal King (ハル・キング)


 * Thomas J. Prahmman (トーマス・J・プラムマン)


 * Isao Kawada (イサオ・カワダ)


 * Akira Mishima (アキラ・ミシマ)


 * Shelley Rolen (シェリー・ローレン)


 * Richard Haze (リチャード・ヘイズ)


 * Kazuki Tōdō (カズキ・トウドウ)


 * Joshua (ジョシュア)

Bundeswehr

 * Heidemarie Barrow (ハイデマリー・バロウ)

CIA

 * Bob Craib (ボブ・クレイブ)

Deathdrives

 * Superbia (スペルビア)


 * Cupiridas (クピリダス)


 * Knuth (クーヌス)


 * Vanitas (ヴァニタス)


 * Pessimism (ペシミズム)


 * Segnitis (セグニティス)


 * Ira (イーラ)


 * Popalchipum (ポーパルチープム)


 * Verum Vita (ヴェルム・ヴィータ)

Anime
The opening theme song is "Babān to Suizan! Bānbureibān" (ババーンと推参！バーンブレイバーン), performed by Kenichi Suzumura, while the ending theme song is "Sōen no Shōzō" (双炎の肖像), performed by Ryōta Suzuki and Yōhei Azakami.

An advance screening of the first two episodes was held at Toho Cinemas in Roppongi Hills on December 10, 2023.

Crunchyroll licenses and streams the series under the title Brave Bang Bravern!, which is also available in India. Aniplus Asia streamed the series in Southeast Asia.

Web radio
A web radio program hosted by Ryōta Suzuki and Yōhei Azakami began streaming via Cygames Anime's YouTube channel on January 17, 2024, under the title Original TV Anime “Yūki Bakuhatsu Bān Bureibān” Web Radio (オリジナルTVアニメ「勇気爆発バーンブレイバーン」Webレイディオ).

Video Games
Bravern will appear in Super Robot Wars DD.