Z-Mind

{{Short description|1999 Japanese OVA series}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Z-Mind

| image =

| caption =

| ja_kanji = 思春期美少女合体ロボ ジーマイン

| ja_romaji = Shishunki Bishōjo Gattai Robo Z-MIND

| genre = Mecha, Action, Science fiction

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = ova

| director = Yashuhiro Matsumura

| producer = Ken Matsumoto
Toru Hasegawa

| writer = Fuyunori Gobu

| music = Kazuo Nobuta

| studio = Sunrise
Imagin

| licensee = {{English anime licensee

| NA = Sentai Filmworks

}}

| first = February 25, 1999

| last = July 25, 1999

| episodes = 6

| episode_list =

| runtime =

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|Z-Mind|思春期美少女合体ロボ ジーマイン|Shishunki Bishōjo Gattai Robo Z-MIND|lit. The Union of The Adolescent Beauties Z-Mind also subtitled The Battling Days of The Shimatachi Virgins}} is a six-episode OVA series produced by Sunrise and Bandai Visual, released from February 25, 1999 to July 25, 1999. The OVA series was initially released in North America on DVD in 2002 by Bandai Entertainment.{{cite web|title=Bandai Release Dates|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-10-24/bandai-release-dates|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=31 January 2014|archive-date=2014-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224114411/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-10-24/bandai-release-dates|url-status=live}} At Otakon 2013, the OVAs, along with a bunch of other former Bandai Entertainment properties were rescued by Sentai Filmworks.{{cite web|title=Sentai Filmworks Adds Sacred Seven, Big O, Kurokami and More|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-10/sentai-filmworks-adds-sacred-seven-big-o-kurokami-more|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=31 January 2014|archive-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924220043/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-10/sentai-filmworks-adds-sacred-seven-big-o-kurokami-more|url-status=live}}

Plot

In 1976, an alien species known as the Orgapiens invades Earth. To combat them, the Japanese and American military forces have collaborated on a giant robot known as Z-Mind. Z-Mind is piloted by three sisters: Ayame, Renge and Sumire.

Characters

;{{nihongo|Ayame Hanakawado|花川戸あやめ}}

:{{anime voices|Yuri Amano|Kelly Sheridan}}

;{{nihongo|Renge Hanakawado|花川戸れんげ}}

:{{anime voices|Mayumi Asano|Maggie Blue O'Hara}}

;{{nihongo|Sumire Hanakawado|花川戸すみれ}}

:{{anime voices|Urara Miura|Jocelyne Loewen}}

;{{nihongo|Satsuki Hanakawado|花川戸さつき}}

:{{anime voices|Emiko Itō|Tabitha St. Germain}}

;{{nihongo|Akira|あきら}}

:{{anime voices|Akira Ishida|Kirby Morrow}}

;{{nihongo|Tatsunosuke|辰之助}}

:{{anime voices|Kenichi Ogata|Colin Murdock}}

;{{nihongo|Koto Hanakawado|花川戸琴}}

:{{anime voices|Atsuko Mine|Ellen Kennedy}}

;{{nihongo|Jim Pekinpah|ジム・ペキンパー}}

:{{anime voices|Seizō Katō|Ron Hadler}}

;{{nihongo|Koji|甲児}}

:{{anime voices|Kentarō Itō|Brent Miller}}

Episode list

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Metal Life-form in the Cherry Blossom Sky

| AltTitle = Sakura Sora Kōtetsu no Seimei Tai Shutsugen

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|さくら空 鋼鉄の生命体出現}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|2|25}}

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = FF5F5F

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Family Love, the Battle of the 12th Year

| AltTitle = Kazoku Ai, 12 Nen Me no Tatakai

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|家族愛 12年目の戦い}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|3|25}}

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = FF5F5F

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = A Mother's Prayer, Satsuki in an Electromagnetic Cage

| AltTitle = Haha no Inori, Denji Ori no Satsuki

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|母の祈り 電磁檻のさつき}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|4|25}}

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = FF5F5F

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = The Discovery of the Mysterious Fourth Cockpit

| AltTitle = Hakken Nazo no Dai 4 Kokkupitto

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|発見 謎の第4コックピット}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|5|25}}

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = FF5F5F

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Z-Mind's Amazing, Maximum Power

| AltTitle = Kyōji Jīman, MAX Pawā

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|驚異 ジーマインMAXパワー}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|6|25}}

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = FF5F5F

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Tragedy, People Strewn About a Vacant Sky

| AltTitle = Aisetsu Kokū ni Chiriyuku Hito

| RAltTitle =  ({{Nihongo2|哀切 虚空に散りゆくひと}})

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1999|7|25}}

| ShortSummary =

| LineColor = FF5F5F

}}

}}

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