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| Crush Gear Turbo | |
 Logo from the opening of Crush Gear Turbo | |
| クラッシュギア (Kurasshugia) | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Hajime Yatate |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shūji Iuchi |
| Produced by | Naotake Furusato Shun Hiraguchi Hirokazu Honmyo |
| Written by | Fuyunori Gobu Hiroaki Kitajima |
| Music by | Kenichi Sudo Yogo Kono JAM Project |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Original network | ANN (Nagoya TV, TV Asahi) |
| Original run | October 7, 2001 – January 26, 2003 |
| Episodes | 68 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hisashi Matsumoto |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Magazine | Comic BomBom |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | October 2001 – January 2003 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| Anime film | |
| Crush Gear Turbo the Movie: Kaiservern's Ultimate Challenge | |
| Directed by | Nobuhiro Kondo |
| Written by | Hiroaki Kitajima |
| Music by | Kenichi Sudo Yogo Kono JAM Project |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | July 20, 2002 |
| Anime television series | |
| Crush Gear Nitro | |
| Directed by | Tetsurō Amino |
| Written by | Ryōta Yamaguchi |
| Music by | Takayuki Negishi |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Original network | ANN (Nagoya TV, TV Asahi) |
| Original run | February 2, 2003 – January 25, 2004 |
| Episodes | 50 |
Crush Gear, known in Japan as Gekitou! Crush Gear Turbo (Japanese: 激闘!クラッシュギアTURBO, Hepburn: Gekitō! Kurasshugia Tābo), is a Japanese anime television series created by Sunrise. It aired from October 2001 to January 2003, with 68 episodes. The series is about people throwing mechanical vehicles called "Gears" into a large ring to fight and "crush" one another. The story centers on Kouya Marino, a young boy who loves to play Crush Gear and dreams of becoming the world champion.
A standalone sequel titled Crush Gear Nitro (クラッシュギアNitro, Kurasshugia Naitoro) aired from February 2003 to January 2004.