Kishin Corps

Kishin Corps (機神兵団, Kishin Heidan), also called Alien Defender Geo-Armor: Kishin Corps, is a series of Japanese light novels written and illustrated by Masaki Yamada. The series was published in 10 volumes between 1990 and 1994. It is a work of alternate history, taking place in 1941 during World War II. An alien race invades the earth and their forces ally themselves with the Axis powers. To combat these aliens an elite allied unit called the Kishin Corps is created, using alien technology. The story deals with the main character Taishi, who obtains a secret alien device from his father, which the Germans are after to build their own robots.

Kishin Corps
機神兵団
(Kishin Heidan)
GenreAction, Military, Mecha, Science fiction, Alternate history
Light novel
Written byMasaki Yamada
Published byChuokoron-sha
Original run1990 – 1994
Volumes10
Original video animation
Alien Defender Geo-Armor: Kishin Corps
Directed byTakaaki Ishiyama
Kazunori Mizuno
Music byKaoru Wada
StudioAIC
Pioneer LDC
Licensed by
Released March 24, 1993 – August 25, 1994
Runtime30 minutes per episode
Episodes7
Manga
Written byMasaki Yamada
Illustrated byShohei Oka
Published byTokuma Shoten
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Captain
DemographicShōnen
Original run1994 – 1995
Volumes3

In 1995, Kishin Corps won the Seiun Award for "Best Japanese Novel of the Year".[1] An original video animation titled Alien Defender Geo-Armor: Kishin Corps was produced by Geneon, co-directed by Takaaki Ishiyama and Kazunori Mizuno, and released in Japan between March 24, 1993, and August 25, 1994.

See also

References
  1. "日本SFファングループ連合会議：星雲賞リスト" [Japan Union Conference SF fan group: Nebula Award List] (in Japanese). SF-Fan. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
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