Zegapain

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Zegapain
Screenshot of the logo from the anime series
ゼーガペイン (Zēgapein)
Genre	Mecha, romance, action
Created by	Hajime Yatate, Takehiko Itō
Anime television series
Directed by	Masami Shimoda
Produced by	Yoshikazu Beniya Norio Yamakawa Fumikuni Furusawa Shintarō Kogake
Written by	Mayori Sekijima
Music by	Ayako Ōtsuka
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment NA: Sentai Filmworks
Original network	TV Tokyo, BS Japan, AT-X
Original run	April 6, 2006 – September 28, 2006
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Video game
Zegapain XOR
Developer	Cavia
Publisher	Bandai Namco Games
Genre	Action
Platform	Xbox 360
Released	JP: July 27, 2006
Video game
Zegapain NOT
Developer	Cavia
Publisher	Bandai Namco Games
Genre	Action
Platform	Xbox 360
Released	JP: December 6, 2006
Anime film
Zegapain Adaptation
Directed by	Masami Shimoda
Written by	Masami Shimoda
Music by	Ayako Otsuka
Studio	Sunrise
Released	October 15, 2016 (2016-10-15)
Runtime	117 minutes
Anime film
Zegapain STA
Directed by	Masami Shimoda
Written by	Katsuhiko Takayama
Music by	Ayako Ōtsuka
Studio	Sunrise
Released	August 16, 2024 (2024-08-16)
Runtime	90 minutes

Zegapain (ゼーガペイン, Zēgapein) is a Japanese anime television series created by Sunrise staff and manga artist Takehiko Itō.^[1] Produced by Sunrise, TV Tokyo and Dentsu, it is directed by Masami Shimoda, with Mayori Sekijima handling series scripts, Takehiko Itō and Akihiko Yamashita designing the characters and Ayako Ōtsuka composing the music. The series premiered in Japan on April 6, 2006 on TV Tokyo and later BS Japan and AT-X. On October 2, 2007, Bandai Entertainment released the first Region 1 volume of Zegapain with the last volume released on August 5, 2008. Following the 2012 closure of Bandai Entertainment, Sunrise announced at Otakon 2013, that Sentai Filmworks has rescued Zegapain, along with a handful of other former BEI titles.^[2] As part of the 10th anniversary of the series, a compilation theatrical film with new scenes, titled Zegapain Adaptation (ゼーガペインADP), was released in Japanese theaters by Shochiku on October 15, 2016. A sequel film, titled Zegapain STA, was released by Sunrise's parent company, Bandai Namco Filmworks, on August 16, 2024.