Synonyms:

Burn Up! X

Burn Up! Excess

Type:

TV

Aired:

December 12, 1997 to July 1, 1998

Source:

Original

Genres:

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Ecchi, Police, Sci-Fi, Shounen

Synopsis:

Follows the exploits of Team Warrior, a special anti-terror wing of the Neo-Tokyo Police force. Team Warrior is comprised of the habitually broke Rio, gun-crazy Maya, computer specialist Lillica, tech-expert Nanvel, piliot/voyeur Yuji, and is led by the enigmatic Maki. The team faces a number of missions, ranging from bodyguard duty, breaking up robbery and arms rackets, and providing security for a very powerful tank. Rio and company continually thwart the terrorist aims of Ruby, an operative for a shadowy cabal of powerful men. Before the final showdown, the circumstances behind the formation of Team Warrior, how the precocious Rio came to join it, and Maki's painful past will be revealed.

Characters and Voice Actors:

- Main:

Nanvel Candlestick

Lilica isn't the only one good with her hands. Nanvel (an American) has an obsession for invention. She's in a constant search for new and more explosive devices (which suits the gun-happy Maya just fine). Turn her loose at a machine and she'll figure out how it works. And she can whip out just about anything for you, although sometimes she just doesn't know when to stop.

She makes a signature with all her creations: like the clothes she wears, they're always pink and purple. Just be careful when trying out one of her creations. She doesn't always get out all the bugs in them.

- Keith, Allison (English)

- Amino, Yuri (Japanese)

- Ward, Monica (Italian)

- Bulara, Fernanda (Brazilian)

- Ugarte, Gaby (Spanish)

- Amerson, Carol (English)

Lilica Ebett

Lilica is the youngest member of Team Warrior, but as indispensable as anyone else. She's their resident hacker and computer expert, a Japanese-American who joined the team mostly for the thrill of it (more than likely, she was bored with life with her parents). Computers are like toys to her, and she'll happily plug herself into any computer-oriented problem you throw at her. She doesn't look like she's a computer expert because she doesn't look serious most of the time, but that's just because she loves her job.

- Tange, Sakura (Japanese)

- Latini, Ilaria (Italian)

- Martiñón, Isabel (Spanish)

- Yates, Kimberly (English)

- Almeida, Rita (Brazilian)

Maya Jingu

Team Warrior's green haired gun-toting maniac. Maya is about the same height as Rio with relatively the same body measurements. She is Team Warrior's primary sniper and gun user. She mainly joined to shoot as much as she wanted, which causes problems because she doesn't get to shoot that much... which in many cases leads her to feeling something akin to sexual frustration. To her, the bigger the gun the better, no matter whatever gun she uses she'll find some satisfaction (sexual or otherwise). Many times Maya is overheard saying that if she doesn't get to shoot more, she'll quit the police and become a mercenary.

Maya is mostly paired up with Rio on missions and covers her back on most occasions. In Burn Up eXcess, it is revealed that Maya's father is the head of a crime syndicate in Osaka and because of this she is considered to be the black sheep because of her choice to be a police officer.

- Okamoto, Maya (Japanese)

- Concepcion, Priscilla (Brazilian)

- Foresman, Renee (English)

Maki Kawasaki

Maki Kawasaki is the head of Team Warrior. She received the cases from the top brass and deploys the rest of the team. Maki is serious most of the time (don't cross her when she's serious), but she does have a sense of humor, too. She also seems to have a way of pushing the right buttons. At least, Team Warrior doesn't seem to have much of a problem when it comes to favors (especially money).

Maki has a past about which the rest of the team knows almost nothing. Some years back, she has been saved from an attacker by a policeman named Masato. Falling in love with him, she decided to become a cop herself, and the two married after she graduated from the police academy. However, Masato disappeared soon after they married while he was pursuing a case involving black diamonds. She wanted to pursue the case, but the chief of police said she was needed to head up a crack SWAT team to take on the toughest of cases: Team Warrior. Thus, the issue of the black diamonds was put aside, at least for the moment (however, the case will come back into focus in Excess). Maki cut her hair and donned the glasses when she became captain of Team Warrior.

Note: Maki Kawazaki does not appear to be in any way related to the Maki from the original Burn Up!

- Grant, Tiffany (English)

- Kingetsu, Mami (Japanese)

- Shibata, Yumiko (Japanese)

- Villasenor, Monica (Spanish)

- Romano, Laura (Italian)

Rio "Stephanie" Kinezono

This busty blonde is the main character of the series. She's trained in martial arts and is always the person leading an attack. She likes to look good and loves buying pretty things. Unfortunately, her spending habits keep her in eternal debt, so she's always looking for good-paying jobs to support her lifestyle. She has a desk job working for the police in Policetown and counts on work with Team Warrior to pay her bills. Always trying to find the easy way out, she tries to hook up with any rich guy she can find in the hopes that he'll be able to buy her all the pretty things she desires.

- Imai, Yuka (Japanese)

- Lee, Amanda Winn (English)

- Cenciarelli, Maura (Italian)

- Aguirre, Rossy (Spanish)

- Marinho, Raquel (Brazilian)

- Vallée, Dominique (French)

Ruby

- Shinohara, Emi (Japanese)

- Tiso, Paula (English)

- Supporting:

Abisham

- Naka, Hiroshi (Japanese)

- Gallant, Jim (English)

Bob

- Wittenberg, Dave (English)

- Mizuuchi, Kiyomitsu (Japanese)

Captain

- Yanada, Kiyoyuki (Japanese)

- Gallant, Jim (English)

Chief

- Wakamoto, Norio (Japanese)

- Gallant, Jim (English)

Chiimama

A transvestite.

- Mercier, Paul (English)

- Bosco, Mauro (Italian)

Miyuki Fujidera

- Shiraishi, Ayako (Japanese)

General

- Rye, Douglas (English)

Gondo

- Chafurin (Japanese)

Governor Tateyama

- Not found

Harry "Masato"

- Seki, Toshihiko (Japanese)

Hassan

- Miki, Shinichiro (Japanese)

Genjiro Jingu

- Utsumi, Kenji (Japanese)

Kan

- Suyama, Akio (Japanese)

Anna Kitagawa

- Nishimura, Chinami (Japanese)

Yuji Naruo

Ask the girls of Warrior, and they'll tell you that Yuji Naruo is a pervert, a peeping tom, and then some. He's always on the lookout for a risqué look at pretty girls, and he always keeps his video camera handy to record his exploits. Though he, like any man, loves a sexy figure, he's a consummate legman. And he's always trying to hit on the oh-so-beautiful Rio (Rio likes his fixation, since it allows her to push his buttons), but he always tends to take it too far, and he usually gets beaten up. If it isn't Rio slugging him for looking up her skirt, it's the rest of Team Warrior for sneaking into the girl's locker.

That aside, he worked his way up from the traffic squad and is skilled in all the vehicles in the police arsenal, be it land or air. This is why he's in Team Warrior. He's the best driver and pilot on the force and serious when it counts.

- Okiayu, Ryotaro (Japanese)

- Conforti, Corrado (Italian)

- Lee, Jason C. (English)

- Daayán, Irwin (Spanish)

- Corsetti, Sérgio (Brazilian)

- Cerdal, Frédéric (French)

Restaurant Owner

- Wakamoto, Norio (Japanese)

Restaurant Owner's Wife

- Kotani, Tomoko (Japanese)

- Tiso, Paula (English)

Supervisor

- Rye, Douglas (English)

Tome

- Hirose, Masashi (Japanese)

Shigeru Tonoyama

- Raider-Wexler, Victor (English)

Underwear Thief

- Wittenberg, Dave (English)

- Sakurai, Toshiharu (Japanese)

Yamada

- Not found

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