Gad Guard (ガドガード, Gado Gādo) is a 26-episode anime television series created by animation director and screenwriter Hiroshi Nishikiori, manga artist and mechanical designer Yoshitsune Izuna, and Gonzo. Produced by Media Factory, GDH, IMAGICA Imageworks, Hakuhodo, Amber Film Works, and Fuji Television, the series was broadcast across Japan by the anime satellite television network Animax, and the terrestrial Fuji TV network. It has been licensed for North American distribution by Geneon Entertainment, and also aired on Anime Unleashed on G4 in 2005. With FUNimation's "New Show A Go-Go", they have acquired the distribution rights of the anime, and it was available in early 2009.