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((Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = [[File:Detonator Orgun DVD Cover.jpeg]]
| caption         = Cover of American ''Detonator Orgun'' DVD.
| ja_kanji        = デトネイター・オーガン
| ja_romaji       = Detoneitā Ōgan
| genre           = [[Adventure film|Adventure]], [[Mecha]]
))
((Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| director        = [[Masami Ōbari]]
| producer        = Noburo Ishida<br>Satoshi Koizumi<br>Takanori Yaegaki
| writer          = ((ill|Hideki Kakinuma|ja|柿沼秀樹))
| music           = [[Susumu Hirasawa]]
| studio          = [[Anime International Company|AIC]], [[Artmic]]
| licensee        = ((English anime licensee|UK=[[Manga Entertainment]] (expired)|NA=[[Central Park Media|U.S. Manga Corps]] (expired)))
| first           = 25 July 1991
| last            = 25 March 1992
| runtime         = 50–60 minutes (each)
| episodes        = 3
))
((Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = light novel
| author          = Hideki Kakinuma
| publisher       = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
| imprint         = [[Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko]]
| demographic     = Male
| first           = August 1991
| last            = March 1992
| volumes         = 3
))
((Infobox animanga/Game
| developer       = Hot B
| publisher       = Hot B
| genre           = [[Adventure game|Adventure]]
| platforms       = [[Sega CD|Mega-CD]]
| released        = 31 July 1992
))
((Infobox animanga/Footer))

((nihongo|'''''Detonator Orgun'''''|デトネイター・オーガン|Detoneitā Ōgan|lead=yes)) is a 1991 Japanese [[original video animation]] series by [[Anime International Company|AIC]] and [[Artmic]],<ref>((Cite web |date=2014-04-28 |title=制作作品リスト |url=https://www.anime-int.com/works |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Anime International Company |language=ja))</ref> directed by [[Masami Ōbari]]<ref name="FBES">((Cite web |last=Barder |first=Ollie |title='Bang Bravern' Has More In Common With 'Detonator Orgun' Than The 'Braves' Series |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2024/01/15/bang-bravern-has-more-in-common-with-detonator-orgun-than-the-braves-series/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Forbes |language=en))</ref> with character designs by [[Kia Asamiya]].<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.tron.co.jp/kikuchi/kikuchi.htm |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=www.tron.co.jp))</ref><ref name="FBES"/>

==Plot==
===Part 1 – The trinity===
Tomoru Shindo is a college student from City 5. He sleeps with a device that helps him explore frequencies similar to those emitted by the brain during sleep. Thereby he can record his own and other peoples thoughts and dreams by its amplifying capabilities during sleep. He picks up bits and pieces of information from an unspecified source that is slowly building into a dream of different nuances. Each night it evolves around a woman suppressed by hostile actors in various dimensions and for every scenario the two of them always stumble upon each other and barely slip out of harms way. Puzzled and stricken each morning by the magnitude of the dreams, Tomoru tries to sync his hardware with the beacon. What he doesn´t know when diving deeper and deeper is that the emitter is the fallen champion fighter Orgun that was intercepted and subsequently assassinated on Earth´s Moon on the way to Earth. Pushed out of options and deadly injured after the confrontation the actor as a last resort sent the signals of which some of them Tomoru for time has been exploring. Another thing Tomoru doesn´t know is that he isn´t alone in linking with the resilient back noise of signals. Earth Defense Force (EDF) employee Professor Michi Kanzaki receives signals from the Moon. With the help of the super computer ISAC she tries to compile the information in the data. She is aware she doesn´t manage to lock on all the feed in the signal but its enough for her to understand its content - its a blueprint of an alien body! What she sees frightens her and hesitant to continue the work she reluctantly gives way for the military's wishes.

Tomoru is steadily accessing deeper nuances of the compelling dream that comes together as Orgun - an alien madman that reveal to Tomoru parts of his life experiences. Frightened by what the feelings and memories from the fallen warrior show him, Tomoru is dragged into a psychosis. Slowly he is losing grip of his own reality overburdened by the pain and torment from those that once belonged to Orgun. Still the latter is urging Tomoru as an entity in his mind that has taken hold to dive deeper which sends Tomoru on the run. Tomoru is sinking deeper in the recesses of organ´s memories and his urgent message to his spokesperson on earth. Slowly a trinity is taking hold between Tomoru, Professor Kanzaki and memories of Orgun held by Tomoru. What every party ask themselves is why Orgun from such a superior race sat his course to earth... Professor Kanzaki believes she doesn´t want to know the answer to that question. Although if her employer wants to get their way the key to all their questions lies with a plain civilian - a young man that seem to have roamed in and just stole her tall project.

===Part 2 – ''Pursuit''===
The EDF create robotic suits based on Orgun in order to defend Earth. Orgun and Tomoru meet two of the Evoluder: Leave, who dies protecting Orgun, and Rang, who battles Orgun in anger for his treason. It is revealed that the Evoluder are the descendants of a crewed space mission Earth sent to the [[Cygnus (constellation)|Cygnus constellation]] 200 years earlier, whose crew evolved into mechanical lifeforms due to experiencing millions of years of [[time dilation]] during the journey. Some of the Evoluder are telepathically linked to certain humans, such as Tomoru with Orgun and Kumi with the Evoluder's leader, Mhiku.

===Part 3 – ''Showdown''===
Using their robotic suits, the EDF repels the Evoluder's invasion force. Kumi uses her telekinetic powers to move the Sun so Orgun can save the Earth. Zoa, the Evoluder's military commander, fires the antimatter cannon. Orgun uses his Grand Cross attack to kill Zoa and destroy the cannon. Orgun crashes onto a beach and dies while Tomoru survives. Mhiku resumes ruling the Evoluder, who peacefully leave Earth. Tomoru and Kanzaki walk off into the sunset while Orgun's remains are displayed in a museum.

==Characters==
*'''Tomoru Shindo / ((nihongo|Orgun|オーガン))'''
**((Voiced by|[[Kōichi Yamadera]] / [[Ted Lewis (voice actor)|Ted Lewis]] (US) / Roger May (UK)))
*'''Yohko Mitsurugi'''
**((Voiced by|[[Emi Shinohara]] / Katherine Devaney (US) / Sara Williams (UK)))
*'''I-Zack'''
**((Voiced by|Nobuo Tanaka / Justin Thompson (US)))
*'''Professor Michi Kanzaki'''
**((Voiced by|[[Yumi Tōma]] / Angela Parks (US) / Joanna MacInnes (UK)))
*'''Bannings'''
**((Voiced by|Bōya Ueda / Robert Chase (UK)))
*'''Kumi Jefferson / Miku'''
**((Voiced by|[[Hiroko Kasahara]] / [[Jessica Calvello]] (US) / Sarah Wateridge <small>(Kumi)</small> Elizabeth Pearce <small>(Mhiku)</small> (UK)))
*'''Commander Zoa'''
**((Voiced by|[[Kenji Utsumi]] / Matthew Bray (US) / William Roberts (UK)))
*'''Virgil'''
**((Voiced by|[[Masashi Ebara]]))
*'''Lang'''
**((Voiced by|[[Norio Wakamoto]] / [[Wayne Grayson|Vinnie Penna]] (US)))
*'''Simmons'''
**((Voiced by|Norio Wakamoto))
*'''((nihongo|Foreston|フォレストン))'''
**((Voiced by|[[Takkō Ishimori]] / Jeffrey Gimble (US) / Stephen Lyons (UK)))
*'''Nokku'''
**((Voiced by|[[Toshihiko Seki]] / Corey Carthew (US) / Daniel Marinker (UK)))

==Media==

===Anime===
The series was released on [[DVD]] in 2001 by [[Central Park Media]] in the United States, in 2002 by [[Happinet|Happinet Pictures]] in Japan, and in 1997 by [[Manga Entertainment]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>((cite web|title=Detonator Orgun|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/detonator-orgun|website=British Board of Film Classification|access-date=18 June 2018|language=en|date=4 July 1997))</ref>

===Music===
((Multiple issues|section=yes|
((More citations needed|section|date=October 2016))
((Overly detailed|section|date=May 2018))
))
((Infobox album
| name       = Detonator Orgun<br>ORIGINAL VIDEO ANIME SOUNDTRACK
| type       = Soundtrack
| artist     = [[Susumu Hirasawa]]
| cover      = Detonator Orgun 1.gif
| alt        =
| released   = ((start date|df=yes|1991|7|25)) <small>(1)</small><br>((start date|df=yes|1991|10|25)) <small>(2)</small><br>((start date|df=yes|1992|3|25)) <small>(3)</small>
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = ((hlist|[[Film score|Score]]|[[Electronic music|electronic]]|[[progressive rock]]|[[symphonic rock]]|[[Ambient music|ambient]]|[[World music|world]]|[[Synthpop|technopop]]|[[New-age music|new-age]]|[[Sound collage|collage]]))
| length     =
| label      = [[Polydor Records|Polydor K.K.]]
| producer   = ((hlist|Susumu Hirasawa|Yūichi Kenjo <small>(Executive)</small>))
| chronology = Susumu Hirasawa [[Susumu Hirasawa#Soundtracks|soundtrack]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = Glory Wars
| next_year  = 1993
| misc       = ((Singles
 | name        = Detonator Orgun 1
 | type        = Soundtrack
 | single1     = Bandeira Travellers [Physical Navigation Version]
 | single1date = 25 June 1991 <small>PODH-1045</small>
))((Extra album cover
 | header  = Following episodes
 | type    = Soundtrack
 | cover   = Detonator Orgun 2.gif
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = Detonator Orgun 2
))((Extra album cover
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 | type    = Soundtrack
 | cover   = Detonator Orgun 3.gif
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = Detonator Orgun 3
))
))

[[Polydor Records|Polydor K.K.]], a member of the series' production committee, recommended [[Susumu Hirasawa]], an artist from their roster, to compose music for the series.<ref>((cite web|url=https://twitter.com/kissyouji_kaito/status/213938634078945280|title=吉祥寺怪人 on Twitter: "【オーガンと音楽：２】 '90年、P社から音楽は平沢さんはどうかと推薦され、さっそく本社で会議。作品の世界観をひととおりご説明すると「なにもそこまで!?…という感じでよいのですね」という平沢さんの発言で会議は無事終了した。"|publisher=Twitter|date=16 June 2012|access-date=14 October 2015))</ref> Hirasawa took the role because of a wish to work with producer Satoshi Koizumi, whose personality drew Hirasawa in after requesting him to dispel the image that anime soundtracks had.<ref name=intro2>((cite web|last=Hirasawa|first=Susumu|title=introduction/self-interview text version 平沢ソロのできるまで – introduction No. 2 エンジニアリング|url=http://8760.chaosunion.com/modules/docs/intro-t.html|website=The Aggregated Past KANGENSHUGI 8760 HOURS|language=ja|publisher=Chaos Union|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306071058/http://8760.chaosunion.com/modules/docs/intro-t.html|url-status=dead))</ref> The composer was asked to write the anime's main theme first, and it was presented to Koizumi and director [[Masami Ōbari]] in late 1990, before animation had started.<ref>((cite web|url=https://twitter.com/kissyouji_kaito/status/213943421142962176|title=吉祥寺怪人 on Twitter: "【オーガンと音楽：３】 まずテーマ曲を先行して作曲していただくことになった。 '90年の年末近く、山中湖のスタジオで『DETONATOR ORGUN』を聴かせていただいた。 「平沢さん…なにもそこまで…！」と思わず言ってしまいそうになるほどの躍動に震えた。"|publisher=Twitter|date=16 June 2012|access-date=14 October 2015))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://twitter.com/kissyouji_kaito/status/213947851007459328|title=吉祥寺怪人 on Twitter: "【オーガンと音楽：４】 興奮のまま帰社した私は大張監督に電話をかけ、テープを再生しスピーカーに受話器を押し当て試聴してもらった。 電話の向こうで監督は本作の勝利を確信したという。 まだ１カットも動く画面のない状況下、平沢さんの曲の中には、既にオーガンが躍動していたからである。"|publisher=Twitter|date=16 June 2012|access-date=14 October 2015))</ref>

Hirasawa wrote and performed all the music for the OVA, in his film score composer debut (previous soundtrack work amounted to commercial jingles and pro wrestling entrance themes). Similarly to his solo albums ''[[Water in Time and Space]]'', ''[[The Ghost in Science]]'' and ''[[Virtual Rabbit]]'', Hirasawa mixed together electronic and symphonic sounds, using elements across a broad range of music styles, with a large focus on [[classical music]]. At the time, Hirasawa thought of anime and movie soundtracks only as enhancements and not as standalone works, and made the soundtracks considering it as "a job" and "entertainment", employing an epic tone and dramatic exaggeration in his composing.<ref name=HD>((cite AV media notes|last=Nakano|first=Yasuhiro|date=29 February 2012|chapter=Disc 08－16|title=[[Haldyn Dome]]|type=PDF file included on Data Disc|language=ja|publisher=Chaos Union, TESLAKITE|page=2|id=CHTE-0061))</ref> He drew songwriting elements from his solo albums throughout the soundtrack, and used already-made songs from them as ending themes and insert songs. The first soundtrack was made simultaneously with ''Virtual Rabbit'', and was made by Hirasawa basing himself on production materials.<ref>((cite magazine|title="何をそこまで"がキーワード。やるだけやったヒューマンなテクノ音楽|trans-title="What is 'Too Much'?” is the Keyword. I Only Made Human Techno Music|department=NEWS & NEWTYPE – Music|magazine=[[Newtype]] – THE MOVING PICTURES MAGAZINE|language=ja|volume=7|issue=9|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|date=10 August 1991|page=165))</ref> ''Detonator Orgun 3'' was entirely recorded on Hirasawa's private Studio Wireself.<ref>((cite magazine|title=P-Model Recording Report|magazine=Sound & Recording Magazine|language=ja|issue=3|publisher=Rittor Music|date=March 1992|page=53|issn=1344-6398))</ref>

Hirasawa eventually got tired of working on the series, and considered ''Detonator Orgun 3'' to be the worst album of his solo career, yet also considers the experience helpful in making later soundtracks, in particular the music for the ''[[Berserk (manga)|Berserk]]'' series,<ref name=RB>((cite web|title=RocketBaby's interview w/Susumu Hirasawa|url=http://rocketbaby.net/interviews_hirasawa_1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010303074111/http://rocketbaby.net/interviews_hirasawa_1.html|archive-date=3 March 2001|work=RocketBaby|publisher=Neo Cosmic Industries|access-date=3 March 2001))</ref> and regards the "grand and delicate" technique for orchestral tones he developed through this soundtrack as guidance for his later works in general.<ref name=intro2/><ref name=HD/> Series writer ((ill|Hideki Kakinuma|ja|柿沼秀樹)) enjoyed the soundtrack, later commissioning Hirasawa to compose for his fantasy manga ''Glory Wars''; this music was later released as an [[Image song|image]] [[Extended play|mini-album]] of the same name.<ref name=RB/>

To promote the album, the remix of "Bandeira Travellers" (used as the ending theme of episode 1) was released a month ahead as a single and a sampler [[Mini CD single|Mini CD]], while the opening and ending themes of episode 1 were distributed to interested parties.((Citation needed|date=November 2015)) In addition to the episode soundtracks, a drama CD was also released, containing select music from the soundtracks and audio from the series itself.((Citation needed|date=November 2015))

The series' main theme was included on the 2007 compilation ''Music For Movies: World of Susumu Hirasawa Soundtracks''. Hirasawa had the soundtracks remastered for the 2012 boxset ''[[Haldyn Dome]]''; his former record label did the same for the 2014 compilation ''Symphonic Code'' (since those were catalog-wide projects, songs that were also present on other albums were omitted to avoid duplication, being either included on earlier discs of the boxset or on the ''[[Archetype (Susumu Hirasawa album)|Archetype]]'' compilation). ''Glory Wars'' was bundled together with the soundtracks for these reissues.

Hirasawa has seldom brought up his soundtracks for the series in his overall career.((Citation needed|date=November 2015)) Some ''[[P-Model (album)|P-Model]]'' material originated out of the soundtrack. In his 1994 shows, the title theme was played over the PA system before they began; Hirasawa usually opened his shows with "Frozen Beach '94", a rearrangement of "YOHKO Mitsurugi" with the lyrics of "Frozen Beach". A studio recording of this version, simply titled "FROZEN BEACH", was released a year later on the ''[[Scuba (P-Model album)#Scuba Recycle|Scuba Recycle]]'' album.((Citation needed|date=November 2015))

((Track listing|headline=Detonator Orgun 1|all_writing=[[Susumu Hirasawa]]. "Bandeira Travellers" and "SUNSET" have string and choral arrangements by Hirasawa and Kayo "Kokubo" Matsumoto. "Root of Spirit" titled by Toshiaki Minejima with string arrangement by [[Jun Miyake]]
|title1=DETONATOR ORGUN
|length1=4:12
|title2=KUMI Jefferson
|length2=3:38
|title3=E.D.F.
|length3=3:04
|title4=YOHKO Mitsurugi
|length4=2:45
|title5=EVOLUDERS
|length5=3:08
|title6=City-No.5
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|title7=MICHI Kanzaki
|length7=2:12
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|title9=PROPAGANDA of E.D.F.
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|title10=MUSEUM
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|title11=FÜHRER MEEK
|length11=3:40
|title12=[[Virtual Rabbit|Bandeira Travellers]] (Physical Navigation Version)
|note12=((Nihongo2|バンディリア旅行団)) ''Bandiria Ryōkōdan''
|length12=5:01))
((Track listing|headline=Detonator Orgun 2
|title1=SUNRISE
|length1=1:11
|title2=Clear Mountain Top
|note2=((Nihongo2|山頂晴れて)) ''Sanchō Harete''
|length2=4:08
|title3=DETONATOR ORGUN
|length3=4:12
|title4=LEAVE
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|title5=NIGHTMARE
|length5=4:44
|title6=TERROR
|length6=1:05
|title7=YOHKO & TOMORU
|length7=1:16
|title8=ORGUN & TOMORU
|length8=0:59
|title9=Venus
|note9=((Nihongo2|金星)) ''Kinsei''
|length9=3:16
|title10=LUNGE
|length10=4:33
|title11=SUNSET
|length11=4:54))
((Track listing|headline=Detonator Orgun 3
|title1=DETONATOR ORGUN
|length1=4:12
|title2=PROPAGANDA of E.D.F. II
|length2=0:32
|title3=DREAM QUEST
|length3=3:30
|title4=DUAL MIND
|length4=1:03
|title5=TOMORU & MICHI
|length5=1:12
|title6=Water in Time and Space (Full Size)
|note6=((Nihongo2|時空の水)) ''Jikū no Mizu''
|length6=4:01
|title7=ZORMA
|length7=0:42
|title8=SPACE FORCE
|length8=1:11
|title9=CLIMAX
|length9=5:05
|title10=HOPE
|length10=0:32
|title11=[[Root of Spirit]]
|note11=((Nihongo2|魂のふる里)) ''Tamashii no Furusato''
|length11=5:43))

==Development==
Planning for the series started in 1989,<ref>((cite web|url=https://twitter.com/kissyouji_kaito/status/213935712582631424|title=吉祥寺怪人 on Twitter: "【オーガンと音楽：１】 OVAとして'89年から企画され、最初は玩具メーカーで発売予定だったが色々あって音楽メーカーP社に決定。色々なかったら平沢さんとの出会いもなかったことになる。 いや、出会いとかを越え、オーガンの音楽はすでにそこにあった…そんな感覚が正しいかも。"|publisher=Twitter|date=16 June 2012|access-date=14 October 2015))</ref> but the animation process did not start until 1991. 

==Other appearances==
Orgun later appeared in ''[[Super Robot Wars W]]''.<ref>((Cite web |title=バンプレスト、スパロボ年間イメージキャラクタが中川翔子さんに決定。しょこたん、DS「スーパーロボット大戦W」に夢中 |url=https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20070208/suparobo.htm |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=game.watch.impress.co.jp))</ref>

==Reception==
''Detonator Orgun'' has received mostly mixed reception. Ben Carlton of ''Manga Mania'' praised the series' art: "Tomoru lives in a future world which is bright, clean, and scarily antiseptic. The military look like plastic toys in their chunky armour and craft. [...] skies are as rich and beautiful as any in ''[[Macross Plus]]''". He also noted that: "Tomoru's world is also sharp and crisp as only anime can make it, with every edge and colour defined, giving more tension to the robot battles and dream sequences, where with every major change or impact the image loses definition in a sudden blur of brightness or shadow." On the other hand, Carlton criticized the UK dub's mixing, describing it as "sadly, disappointing, with uneven levels and what sounds like some nice music almost drowned out."<ref>((cite magazine|last=Carlton|first=Ben|title=Postmortem|journal=Manga Mania|date=1997|issue=42|page=83|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]|location=London|issn=0968-9575))</ref>

[[Helen McCarthy]] in ''500 Essential Anime Movies'' called the anime an "intriguingly fresh take on the traditions of giant robot shows", noting that three "hour-long episodes allow plenty of time to develop concepts and characters".<ref>((cite book|last=McCarthy|first=Helen|author-link=Helen McCarthy|date=2008|title=500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide|location=New York|publisher=[[HarperCollins|Collins Design]]|page=55|isbn=9780061474507))</ref>

Paul Thomas Chapman, writing retrospectively for ''[[Otaku USA]]'', criticized the series, stating that "it starts off dull, proceeds to take an interesting twist and mangle it beyond recognition, and concludes in a manner that can only be described as complete and utter nonsense, even by anime standards". When he talks about a scene where Kumi moves the sun with telekinetic powers, Chapman states "I don't have enough exclamations points to describe how ridiculous that is." Comparing the series to other works by its staff, he notes that "it's no surprise that the themes explored in ''Detonator Orgun''—trans-humanism, the loneliness of space, the cyclical nature of history, and the sense of futility experienced by cultures consumed by war—are so similar to those explored in ''[[Gall Force]]'' [...] But whereas ''Gall Force'' felt like a sincere work of popular science-fiction, ''Orgun'' feels like [Hideki] Kakinuma repeating himself, chewing over an idea he's already examined more thoroughly and with greater skill. As for future utopias and transformation as a metaphor for self-actualization, I've seen this kind of imagery from Masami Obari before and since," comparing the series to ''[[Angel Blade]]''.<ref>((cite news|last1=Chapman|first1=Paul Thomas|title=The Vault of Error: Detonator Orgun|url=http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Anime/News1/The-Vault-of-Error-Detonator-Orgun-5563.aspx|access-date=28 October 2016|work=[[Otaku USA]]|publisher=Sovereign Media|date=24 March 2014))</ref>

==References==
((Unreliable sources|section|date=December 2015))
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==External links==
* ((anime News Network|anime|15))
* ((IMDb title|0101718))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200741/http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/245.php AnimeOnDVD review]

((Anime International Company|state=collapsed))
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