K-tai Investigator 7 (ケータイ捜査官７（セブン）) is a 2008 Japanese television drama which aired from April 2, 2008, to March 18, 2009 on TV Tokyo. It was a joint collaboration between WIZ and Production I.G. One of the episodes was directed by Takashi Miike. it is described as a science fiction tokusatsu action drama. It was replaced in its time slot by an animated cartoon, Mainichi Kaasan, after it ended. A second series titled K-tai Investigator 7: Next (ケータイ捜査官７NEXT) was distributed online beginning in May 2009.

Plot

Keita Amishima is a high school freshman who gets involved in Under Anchor, an organization formed to bring cyber criminals to justice using advanced technology. Taking the place of a previous Under Anchor agent, Keita is paired up with Phone Braver 7, a cellphone robot. Together, the two track down the high-tech criminals as well as their benefactor, the renegade Phone Braver 01. But in the process, the two learn of a conspiracy within Anchor itself tied to its mysterious ex-agent Magira.

Characters

Under Anchor

Under Anchor (アンダーアンカー) is a branch of Anchor, a major cellular telephone service provider, that carries out investigative field missions related to data and technology crimes. It created and maintains the Phone Bravers. Anchor has a network supervising system named Eliza (エライザ), which web access and hacking by the Phone Bravers are performed through.

Phone Bravers

The Phone Bravers (フォンブレイバー) are small robots created by Under Anchor, able to transform into cellphones and link up to anything from machines to the Internet. Only seven have been made and given a human "Buddy" (バディ) who protects the Phone Bravers while in a defenseless position. The reason for the small number of Bravers is due to their ability to execute "Parallel Decentralized Link" (並列分散リンク), which is considered a dangerous but powerful ability, as it can combine the Phone Bravers' AI, enhancing their consciousness and possibly turning the combined 'entity' against humanity. The act was committed three times with the actions behind the first one a mystery. The Phone Bravers are all modeled after the SoftBank 815T.

Boost Phones

The Boost Phones (ブーストフォン) are attachment robots created by Under Anchor and are in Eliza usually. The Phone Bravers can attach the Boost Phones unto themselves to increase their abilities depending on the crisis at hand as well as the ability needed. The Boost Phones may also be used independently of a Phone Braver for some functions.

Police

The Investigation Dept 7 (捜査７課) is the branch of the Police who are investigating high-tech crimes and the events relating to the "walking cellphones."

Amishima family

Meiyō High School

Meiyō High School (明陽高校) is the high school Keita attends.

People concerned with Under Anchor

Others

Episodes

Novel

A novel published under the title K-tai Investigator 7: Sōsuke Takimoto Case File (ケータイ捜査官７ 滝本壮介の事件簿) was released on November 18, 2008. It is an episode after the Zero-One incident in episode 23.

Cast

Songs

Video game

An adventure game called Mobile Investigator 7 DS: Buddy Sequence (ケータイ捜査官7DS バディシークエンス) was published by 5bp. for Nintendo DS on March 26, 2009, in Japan.