Ginga Nagareboshi Gin Story
As Kohei Takeda is on the mountains hunting the bear named Akakabooto, he disapears. Because of a bad weather the searching is hard and he`s not found in a week, so his assumed dead. But the villagers want to find Takeda`s body so after the weather gets better they send a searchparty. 12 - years old boy Daisuki wants to come along, but his father denies it. So he leaves secretly, small, newborn, tigerstriped puppy, Silverfang with him. Daisuki wants that Silverfang`s father, Riki to see this puppy, but the problem is that Riki was along Kohei, and nobody knows their location...or are they even alive. Daisuki and Silverfang head to the swamp, where they think Kohei might be and they find Riki fighting, against terrifying Akakabooto bear. Daisuki falls from his snowmobile and then Kohei pulls him to safety in some hole, but Silverfang and Riki is left to Akakabooto`s mercy. Riki tries to protect Silverfang but it`s forces has almost ended...at the last moment it throws Silverfang to safety. It`s forces however are no depleted and Akakabooto throws Riki to a deep ravine. When the searchparty arrives Akakabooto is gone, and Kohei lies in the ground vowing that Riki`s death wasn`t in vain. Kohei starts to train Silverfang, as it is only a month old and a puppy as old as Silverfang the training is very hard. But because of Kohei Silverfang grows to be very strong puppy. However Kohei can`t anymore hunt himself the Akakabooto bear, because of the condition of his health, so Daisuki decides to kill the bear along with Silverfang. In the picture comes two new faces, Doctor Hidetoshi and his huntingdog, John. Hidetoshi also wants to kill Akakabooto, to revenge for his fathers death and then there comes hurry to Daisuki and Silverfang, if they theirselves want to avenge Riki`s death. However Silverfang leaves Daisuki and decides to join with herd of wilddogs, which also are willing to kill Akakabooto. But John doesn`t believe that the dogs can win the bears so he returns to his owner. Silverfang thinks the leader of wilddogs resembles his father and with saying this Silverfang causes confusion in the herd. Early in the morning the dogs divide to groups and head different directions of Japan. Silverfang devotes fully to his mission, to find a hero, which is needed to defeat the bears, he also must but his painful memories of his father to the past. The leader of the first squad Ben (leader of first squad), takes others to his old livinggrounds, where he knows to find dogs, who are willing to fight. They get with them the strong tigerbrothers (tigerstriped dogs). Before the brothers can leave the area they have something to be settled with a dog namer Moss. But there is a traitor in Ben`s team, Hyena...which is working under the command of herds officer, Sniper. Sniper wants to be the leader instead of the leader and he tries to sabotage Ben`s and Moss`s plans to ally, by killing one of moss`s emplyees and by injuring moss`s son, Jaguar. Moss finds his dead employee, but not his son and thinks that Ben must have done this. After the arrival of Ben and others, Ben is caught under rolling rocks and the dogs start to fight each other. Silverfang and Smith (leader of third squad) have got lost from the herd, escaping Sniper and Hyena, after seeing sniper attacking Jaguar. They arrive to tell what really happened, but after Silverfang saw what had happened to Ben nothing could stop the battle. Jaguar finds his way to Ben`s herd and to his father, telling what really happened, however Silverfang wants to avenge Ben`s death. But at that moment they here a familiar voice and a huge rock behind them starts to arise....Ben rises from underneath it. When Ben was injured beneath the rock he heard how Silverfang defended him and it increased Ben`s emotional strenght. After Ben won Moss in "battle" joins Moss and his troops to Ben`s herd and for this Sniper is furious. Next the wilddogs arrive to a area which is habitated by two different dog herds...mysterious, red dogs that can turn invisible and white Iga-dogs, whose leader is named Akame. Ben knows Akame from the past, when Ben with his owner captured Akame, but afterwards helped it escape. Akame had some important mission to perform and six puppies to take care of. Ben`s forces assume the red dogs are Iga-dogs and are shocked how these dogs eat dogmeat. The red Koga-dogs take advantage of this and tell that their leader lets them eat dogmeat. Ben and the others decide, that they have to bury the dead dog. Soon after this the Iga-dogs see Ben`s forces burying the corpse and assume these dogs to be part of Koga`s. The Iga-dogs capture Smith and Silverfang goes after them throught the tunnel, as others attack the house occupied by Iga-dogs. Iga-dogs however have set a trap, they have but poisoned thistles in the ground and the hole heard steps into them. One of the Iga-dogs lets water to the tunnel, where Silverfang is coming and like this cuts Silverfang`s way in. Akame tells to Ben`s herd that the thistles were poisoned and Ben wonders why Akame lets his dogs to eat dogmeat. Akame doesn`t recognize Ben, until this tells it`s Ben and the Akame knows they have fallen to Koga`s trap. Dogs must lie without moving or the poison fills their body and now Akame leaves to get the antidote. At the same time Silverfang has survived the tunnel and is negotianing with four Iga-dogs. At the start the Iga`s don`t believe Silverfang, but the truth clears to them when four Koga`s arrive, one of them being Koga`s leader. Two Iga- and Koga-dogs die, an because of this Silverfang goes after the fleeing Koga`s. It manages to injure one of them and then Akame arrives. Akame explaines Ben`s and others conditions seriousness, and that they have to go get the antidote. One of the Iga-Dogs makes a point that the antidote is in a lake that is at Koga`s territory. Yet Akame says it doesn`t matter, he must save Ben. So the dogs leave to get the antidote, however they don`t notice that the Koga-dog isn`t dead and it leaves to tell the Iga`s plan. Akame, Silverfang and two other Iga-dogs are surrounded to the lake, guarded by Koga-dogs. Akame tells the others to take the thistles to the village and attacks against superior enemy, so the other could escape. As the Koga`s little by little kill Akame Silverfang and the others run towards the village, moment later Silverfang says he`s going to help the leader, if the Iga`s take his thistles to the village. Silverfang rescues Akame from the Koga`s and arrives to the village, suprisingly all the other dogs seem fine, except Ben, who took the antidote too late...it let others take it first. Ben hallusinates and behaves oddly, yet Akame says Ben is in no danger...while thinking something else. The Iga-dogs and Ben`s herd plan to attack the Koga`s, at the same time Hyena explains to just arrived john what has happened. It`s going to win back Ben`s trust and is ready to fight the Koga`s if necessary. Then the Iga`s and Ben attack. The battle raging only Silverfang and Akame notice that the leader of the koga`s is fleeing. Silverfang wants to try to beat the Koga`s leader while Akame is saying it`s too strong for you. At that point Silverfang tells that he heard Ben`s and Akame`s conversation, which said that Ben is becoming blind and wants to decide the dog who will be the leader after him. And Ben had said to be ready to give the title of leader to Silverfang. Silverfang beats the leader of Koga`s but lets this leave when he notices that this has a puppy, the others have arrived also. John tries to defend Hyena which spied the enemy so the Iga`s would have a chance to avenge. At the same time they also notice that the Iga-village is in flames. As they get to the village, they see Akame standing next to the flames a burning stick in his mouth. Iga`s ask isn`t it against God`s will to burn the Iga-house, but Akame answers that the Iga-family doesn`t exist anymore, we must destroy everything that was part of it. At the same moment Koga`s leader runs to the place..... " Akame, you should be ashamed....you feared that I would take over the house so you decided to burn it". " Now you`re mistaken. " " Quiet...battledogs duty is to obey masters command " " But the master is dead, to this day we have obeyed our ancestors rules, now in my opinion we can end this useless struggle... " " Quiet! I don`t want to hear any further...the house is battledogs sacred, if it burns I burn with it. I become one with the sacred house. " Koga`s leader jumps into the flames and secons afterwards the left alive Koga`s follow and jump to the sea of flames. " Koga-dogs accomplish the mission even if it cost their lives...you accomplished you`re mission and I respect you for that...farewell " (Akame). Silverfang and the others arrive to the beach of a sea and Silverfang with small amount of dogs decides to swim to Shikoku, to get strong battledogs. Ben is sent to his owner to heal his eyesight and Moss leaves with the herd to defend the territorys northern section. In Shikoku Silverfang finds a battledogs strong champion, Musashi which then joins them, Silverfang also beats Sniper in a mountaintemple and a dopermann named Bill joins, and also a pack of battledogs. Musashi tell that in Shikoku there is also the worlds strongest dog...Silverfang decides to make a contact with that dog and battle himself against it. After making a strong impact to the worldstrongest dog Benitsakura, they leave to help Moss. Moss and the herd has been surrounded to a dead volcanos crater and half of the herd has died. Big herd of wilddogs surrounds the crater and tries to get Moss to join them. At the same moment comes Ben which has caught his eyesight back, soon afterwards Silverfang and his troops arrive also. Silverfang and the herd start to climb the craters straight walls up, to fight the wildbears and this makes a big impression to the other herd and so they join Silverfang`s herd. The wilddogs finally make to the area where Akakabooto is, to meet the great leader. As the dogs see how huge Akakabooto is, the dogs get terrified with horror, but Silverfang`s as mighty voice as the great leaders makes courage to the dogs and when the great leader doesn`t arrive the dogs decide to attack without it. After a while the leader does arrive and the battle continues even more furious. After killing Akakabooto`s all three allies is left only the final big battle....against the monster bear Akakabooto. The great leader and Silverfang decide to attack from behind against the bear and while telling Silverfang about the beardogs deadly strike it calls Silverfang to it`s son. It`s memory has returned and it members how Akakabooto striked it to the ravine, it remembers Kohei, Silverfang and it knows now it`s time to avenge. After Riki and Silverfang have done the deadly strikes (Zetsu Tenrou-Battogas), everybody cheers that Akakabooto is dead. But at the sametime the bear rises to it`s legs, while it should be dead. As the battle raged Smith had bringed Kohei, so that the oldman could shoot Akakabooto. Kohei loads his weapon and shoots. For a moment Akakabooto stands at it`s legs, but finally falls ground dead. " It`s over...everything is now over " says Kohei relieved and hugs Silverfang and Riki. Daisuki too has arrived and looks Silverfang tears in his eyes. When Daisuki tries to come near Silverfang the other dogs stand in the way to defend it. Kohei tells that Silverfang ain`t the same dog anymore, it collected the wilddogs to one herd and now when Akakabooto is dead forests and the mountains belong to Silverfang and the wilddogs. " Silverfang and the wilddogs have something we lost long time ago...they have courage. " Daisuki says farewell to Silverfang and goes home. Silverfang turns to his father who is lying on the ground dying, and says farewell to him also. " Hear this friends, we won " ....and all the dogs howl straight to the heavens, to point out that they submit to Silverfang`s command. They hope that they can live in the forests without the monsterbear Akakabooto.
Name translations
[These only include some]
DOGS:
Ginga Nagareboshi Gin = Shooting Star of the MilkyWay (Silver Fang)
Riki = Strength
Shiro = White, Castle
Fuji = Peerless
Mosu (Moss) = to burn
Enma-Daio (Moss) = Ruler of Hades
Akame = Bloodshot Eyes
Benizakura = Crimson Cherryblossom
Umibouzu (Benitsakura) = sea monster/green turtle
Teri- (Terry) = Sunshine
Chibi = Small
Hiya-n = Fire arrow
Giyan = Gear
Kirikaze = Misty Wind
Tsukikaze = Moon Wind
Kisaragi = February
Uzuki = April
Hazuki = July
Minazuki = June
Hakuro = Dew
Kurojaki = Black Devil
kouga (koga) = chaste
koga = ancient
iga = tineid moth
BEARS:
Akakabuto = Red Helmet
Madara = Speckle
Mosa = Stalwart
Attacks
While Ginga Nagareboshi Gin appears more realistic compared to most other anime, it has its supernatural bits in it too as the dogs have attacks that real dogs could never pocess in real life. There are three known attacks in the anime, though there are quite a few more attacks in the manga series.
Zetsu Tenrou-Battoga
This is probably the big signature attack of the anime. The dog spins into a wheel or disk-like shape, cutting through the enemy or object. A very useful decapitaion technique. An extremely powerful attack that can only be attempted by more average-sized thin and agile dogs like Riki and Gin.
Spin Attack
This attack can be done by pretty much any dog. Large or small, fat or thin, as long as they know how to do the technique. The dog clamps onto the enemy with it's teeth and spins its body around rapidly like a drill, ripping the enemy's flesh off.
Light Attack
Like the Zetsu Tenrou- Battoga, the Light Attack is a useful amputation/decapitaion technique and also like the Battogs, the Light Attack can only be attemepted by the quick and agile. The dog charges at the enemy, turning into a trail of light. A very powerful attack which can slice straight through the user's target and cause a lot of damage if enough speed is gained. Often an unexperienced dog using the attack collides painfully to the ground or into another object such as a tree because the great amount of speed is very hard to control.
