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K-tai Investigator 7

is a 2008 Japanese television drama. It is a joint collaboration between WIZ and Production I.G. directed by Takashi Miike. It airs on TV Tokyo Network Wednesdays at 19:00 JST. It is described as a science fiction tokusatsu action drama.

Plot

Keita Amishima is a high school freshman who gets involved in Under ANCHOR, an organization formed to bring criminals using advanced technology to bring evil to justice. Taking the place of a previous Under ANCHOR agent, Keita is paired up with Phone Braver 7, a cellphone robot. Together, the two track down the high-tech criminals as well as their benefactor, the renegade Phone Braver 01.

Characters

Under ANCHOR

is a branch of ANCHOR, a major cellular telephone service provider, that carries out investigative field missions related to data and technology crimes. It created and maintains the Phone Bravers.

: A high school freshman who preferred not to make new friends in school, but becomes buddies with Seven after meeting his predecessor Takimoto when he was to meet a friend of his at Mt. Fuji, and eventually becomes an Under ANCHOR agent in training, eventually becoming full-fledged after passing the "Last Day on Earth" simulation. Though he is nervous around the agents and arrogant with his friends and Seven, Keita has a sense of responsibility and the "kindness" Takimoto saw in him that will make him an ideal Under ANCHOR agent.
: Buddied with Third, Kirihara comes off strong and hard on others, especially Keita. Though he hates technology, he joins Under ANCHOR to be proven wrong about his feelings towards it. Banned from missions for six months after the Parallel Link incident.
: Formerly Seven's buddy with feelings for Chigusa, he was mortally injured in a mission when saving Keita, making the boy his successor before he died.
: Head of Under ANCHOR and Buddied with Phone Braver 2, a very serious woman with her missions and work.
: An agent of Under ANCHOR, a lively girl who is Phone Braver 4's Buddy and oversees Keita's training. Though a romantic type, Tōko seems to jinx everyone around her whenever she's in love and gets them involved in her affairs.
: Head of Under ANCHOR Tech, in charge of repairing damaged Phone Bravers. Usually friendlily called by members of ANCHOR.
: A member of Under ANCHOR Tech.
: A member of Under ANCHOR Tech.
: A member of Under ANCHOR Tech.
: A member of Under ANCHOR Tech.
: A member of Under ANCHOR tech, usually called by fellow Under ANCHOR members. Formerly an asocial tech-whiz who was found by Mito at a Nation High School Robot Contest and a fan of the superhero manga Silverman, Kikai-kun is the one who built the Boost Phones, their abilities based on the manga. Though he saw the Phone Bravers as mere machines, his meeting with Keita changes his views and wishes to understand Keita.
: Adviser of ANCHOR, he was the one who set up the concept of the Phone Bravers.
: CEO of ANCHOR.

Phone Bravers

The are small robots created by Under ANCHOR, able to transform into cellphones and link up to anything from machines to the Internet. Only seven have been made and given a human who protects the Phone Bravers while in a defenseless position. The reason for the small number of Bravers is due to their ability to "Parallel Link", which is considered a dangerous but powerful ability, as it can combine the Phone Bravers' AI and possibly turn the combined 'entity' against humanity.

: Called , a "by the book" sort and latest Phone Braver to be created, colored silver. His model number is PB-CMP-TEST07. Originally buddied with Takimoto, Seven gains a new buddy in Keita Amishima and makes it his duty not to have Keita suffer the same fate as Takimoto. His biggest pet peeve is being thrown into the air, getting over it when needed. In some Internet circles, he is known as "Angel-K", a walking cellphone thought to ward off the supposed curse brought on by Zero-One.
: Called , colored red, yet to appear. Its model number is PB-CMP-TEST06, the same model as Seven.
: Called , colored green. Its model number is PB-CMP-TEST05. Although it was under development as a mass-produced type a year ago, it was broken by Zero-One when he took its Lambda Chip, placing Five in maintenance.
: Called and Buddied with Tōko, colored pink and model number PB-CMP-TEST04. She is of the same model as Third and similar to her partner in personality, only more flighty. While attempting to stop the Under ANCHOR hacking, her program is frozen by Zero-One's virus a year ago, shutting her down and leaving her in Maintenance since.
: Called and Buddied with Kirihara, colored blue, model number is PB-CMP-TEST03. He is a kind, caring character compared to his Buddy. A year ago, while attempting to undo the virus caused by Zero-One, he fearfully refused to support Second out of fear of being corrupted by Zero-One's attack. He eventually overcame his fear to be more active in stopping Zero-One, ending up in Maintenance for a short time after executing a flawed Parallel Link with Seven.
: Called , the first test model and buddied with Chigusa, colored gold and model number PB-CMP-TEST02. She was rolled out with Zero-One on the same day, her mobility damaged when he ran off. Though she attempted to protect the Under ANCHOR network, Second was broken in two by Zero-One. Her body was returned to Chigusa a year after the incident.
: Called , he is the prototype Phone Braver whose model number is PB-CMP-PROT01. Zero-One is the major antagonist, as his failure to take the pain of losing three partners changed him, causing him to bitterly run off, injuring Second in the process. Two months later, 01 attempts to hack the Under ANCHOR facilities in order to find a human to answer his reason for existing, damaging three Phone Bravers before running off. After using hi-tech criminals for his own affairs to understand why he exists, often abandoning them when they fail to answer him, he manages to find an almost ideal Buddy in Magira, though the two go their separate ways after a plan they cooked up together fails. However, 01 develops an obsession with Seven and Keita, wanting to understand their concept of a Buddy. In some Internet circles, he is known as "Devil-K", who, according to urban legend, brings about a lethal curse to any who witnessed him.

Boost Phones

The are attachment robots created by Hirofumi, using the Silverman manga as an inspiration. The Phone Bravers can attach the Boost Phones unto themselves to increase their abilities depending on the crisis at hand as well as the ability needed. The Boost Phones may also be used independently of a Phone Braver for some functions.

: A video camera-phone, allowing a Phone Braver to have a wide range of vision and see through objects. Seven usually uses Seeker. On its own it can produce strong flashes of light and be used as a remote camera that sends its feed to Seven.
: Allows a Phone Braver to listen to sound waves and use defensive sound wave attacks. Third usually uses Speaker until Seven gained use of it. On its own it can record and play many sounds for various reasons.
: Gives a Phone Braver a chainsaw-like weapon, only Zero-One uses it. It is considered abandoned by Under ANCHOR now.
: Gives a Phone Braver the ability to deconstruct surface matter like walls. First used by Seven, though Grinder was still not fully perfected for Phone Bravers to use until later. On its own it can create small quakes.
: Gives a Phone Braver the ability to create computer vaccines, and a tolerance to computer viruses.
: Gives a Phone Braver high network capabilities, only Zero-One uses it. It can do the physical work such as electrical wiring using a manipulator. It is considered abandoned by Under ANCHOR now.
: A mini laptop computer that can be used as a kind of power suit for Seven.

Amishima Family

: Keita's father, a laid back guy.
: Keita's mother; she worries about whatever trouble her son gets himself into. A literature fan.
: Keita's sister, who keeps up with the Internet rumors about "walking cellphones". She starts a website for people to share stories about the "walking cellphones", while posing as a middle-aged man.

Keita's classmates

: She tries to get Keita to open up, having feelings for him. After the Devil-K incident, Yuri starts to writes her own Cellphone Stories
: Another student in Keita's class. He usually calls Keita "Airhead," due to his supposed empty-headedness and coldness towards other classmates, especially Yuri.

Investigation Dept 7

The branch of the Police who are investigating the events relating to the "walking cellphones."

: A senior detective who refuses to believe the existence of "walking cellphones."
: Katsuhiko's partner, he believes wholeheartedly in the existence of the "walking cellphones," once believing that they were a by-product of alien technology. He starts a website similar to Karen's.

Others

: Ex-agent of Under ANCHOR who was due to become Phone Braver 5's Buddy, Magira was originally thought to have died. On again off again Buddy to Zero-One, Magira hates ANCHOR and wants to mellow out the Phone Braver Project by setting out a chain of events leading to Parallel Link between Seven and Third. Soon after, Magira sets up a meeting with Keita and Seven, revealing the nature behind his attack and having Zero-One show off the full brutality of a Phone Braver's power. He understands Zero-One's temperament and knows that if he fails, Zero-One will leave him only to come back later.
: A talented programmer around Keita's age and daughter of the president of the Software Company "Net Guardian". She doesn't go to school anymore, because of her high intellect and abilities, and works at "Net Guardian" instead. Since she got to know about ANCHOR through the Net Guardian Incident, she wants to join the organization. Because she also hinted that she quit school because she didn't get along with the "idiots" and has a pretty short friend list in her phone, she is kind of lonely. Though she seems to be more cheerful around Amishima, and gives him her number. It's interesting to notice, that she also calls him by his first name with no honorifics later, unlike most of the others.