Cannon God Exaxxion
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| 砲神エグザクソン (Hojin Exaxxion) |
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| Genre | Comedy, Mecha, Science Fiction | ||
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| Authored by | Kenichi Sonoda | ||
| Publisher |  Kodansha |
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| Serialized in | Afternoon | ||
| Original run | 1998 – 2004 | ||
| No. of volumes | 7 | ||
Cannon God Exaxxion is a seven volume manga by Kenichi Sonoda that deals with Earth's fight against alien colonization with the help of giant robots and super powered battle suits.
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[edit] Story
Hoichi Kano, the Grandson (revealed in stage three to be son) of world famous inventor Hosuke Kano, is a student at Howa High School in Musashino City, Japan. At the tenth anniversary of first contact with the Riofaldians, an alien race, the unveiling of an Elevator Ship, designed for orbital transport to and from the Riofaldian home world and Earth, is about to take place. However, this was just a ploy to take control of the Earth, using their advanced technology and large Riofaldian work force on Earth to their advantage. It is now up to Hoichi, with the help of Hosuke, his school friend Akane, and Isaka, who recently transferred to Howa High School, to stop them and save Earth.
The series is currently being published in North America by Dark Horse Comics.
[edit] Characters
Hoichi Kano
The main character of the series, Hoichi's life is turned upside down when the Riofaldians take over the Earth by force. Hohci is called 'Gun' by his friends, which is a joke on his name. He is called this due to the fact that the kanji symbol for 'Ho' in his name means Gun in Japanese. On the day of the tenth anniversary of first contact with the Riofaldians Hoichi meets Isaka, a beautiful, not to mention 'well-stacked', young high school girl who claims to be dating Hoichi. She turns out to be a creation of Hosuke Kano, and gives Hoichi the Gunner Suit Glove, which allows Hoichi to change his clothes into a power suit. After fighting off Riofaldian robots, Hoichi is taken to the XXX Unit, Exaxxion.
Akane Hino
Akane is, like Hoichi, a Howa High School Student, and a member of the school's media club. Akane has a long-standing crush on Hoichi and is a budding young journalist who wants to interview Hoichi's grandfather for the tenth anniversary of first contact. However, when the Riofaldians take over, Akane, because of her love for Hoichi, is launched into the fight to save humankind.
Isaka Minagata
Hosuke Kano created Isaka to be Hoichi's private assistant in the war against the Riofaldians. She is a humanoid colony of nanites capable of a number of tasks including, but not limited to, providing Hoichi with vital information, transforming into an air bike, interfacing with computers, and defense against nanotech viruses.
Hosuke Kano
Hosuke Kano is an old scientist who was made famous by his anti-Riofaldian stance. When the Riofaldians take over, Hosuke is prepared, and has reverse-engineered the Riofaldian technology to use against them. He is expedient and willing to sacrifice about anyone to gain victory over the Riofaldians, and also a sexist who keeps himself a private harem consisting of his daughter-in-law and his lab assistants.
Ambassador Zobrozaphka
The Riofaldian governor on Earth and one of the main antagonists on the aliens' side. He's been a puppet of the Riofaldian Earth Committee until Exaxxion appeared. Callous and scheming, he has used both the council and Dr. Housake to make him the chief of Earth's Riofaldian population.
Kin'ba sensei
A young and beautiful Riofaldian teacher at Hoichi's school who quickly becomes an innocent target of hostilities by her pupils when the war breaks out. A total pacifist, she is appalled by the council's takeover, the wrath of most of her students (for whom she genuinely cares), and the horrifying methods the Riofaldians use (such as the slaughter of humans for animal food processing). She finds an ally and romantic interest in her pupil Murata, and eventually becomes engaged to him after the war is over.
Murata
A classmate of Hoichi. Brash and outgoing, he can also be sensitive and caring, as he reveals when he defends his teacher Kin'ba from the attacks of his agitated fellow students. When some of them even go as far as raping her, he confesses that he is actually in love with her, and with the help of Dr. Housake Kano and Hochi, manages to protect her until after the war, at which point they become betrothed.
[edit] Mecha
An XXX Unit is a giant robot that uses antimatter to work.
XXX Units could be described as giant walking battle tanks, as their main use is for battle. XXX Units, or, in Riofaldian, Ra'un Meta'ar (Ra'un meaning three, Meta'ar meaning X), come in many difference makes, but the most famous one is Exaxxion.
[edit] Exaxxion
Exaxxion is the main XXX Unit from Cannon God Exaxxion. It was found by Hosuke Kano during excavation for what was believed to be a meteorite. It dates back over 2000 years, was created by the Riofaldians, and is the most powerful XXX Unit in the series, due to its large antimatter power plant, able not only to store antimatter, but also create new reserves.
- Weapons
Exaxxion is equipped not only with strong robotic arms and legs, but also with very powerful guns. In its right arm, Exaxxion holds a 88mm Cannon Gun, in its left is a 460mm chain gun.
Exaxxion's main weapon is the Exa-Cannon. It is a 12 caliber gun with a muzzle diameter of 4096mm and a barrel length of 49.2 meters. The Exa-Cannon is located in Exaxxion's chest.
[edit] Publication
Cannon God Exaxxion appeared in Dark Horse's long-running anthology, Super Manga Blast!, which is currently discontinued. The English version of the manga is published by Dark Horse Comics.
- Cannon God Exaxxion 1 TPB (2002/12) ISBN 1-56971-745-1
- Cannon God Exaxxion 2 TPB (2003/08) ISBN 1-56971-966-7
- Cannon God Exaxxion 3 TPB (2004/05) ISBN 1-59307-087-X
- Cannon God Exaxxion 4 TPB (2005/07) ISBN 1-59307-338-0
- Cannon God Exaxxion 5 TPB (2006/06) ISBN 1-59307-571-5
[edit] Trivia
- The majority of the female characters appearing in the series have names which have been adapted from famous guns and their manufacturers. This stems from Sonoda's love of firearms, which he has already demonstrated in his previous series Gunsmith Cats.
