Character Relationship Map: Gandahar

Characters

• Airelle (voice) (played by Catherine Chevallier) — protagonist

  A Gandaharian woman rescued by Sylvain. She assists him in investigating the Men of Metal, discovers their hidden base and abduction portal, and accompanies him to confront Metamorphis.

• Sylvain Lanvère (voice) (played by Pierre-Marie Escourrou) — supporting

  An investigator tasked by the Council of Women to stop the Men of Metal. He allies with the Deformed, rescues Airelle, confronts Metamorphis, enters a thousand-year stasis, and ultimately fulfills his...

• Ambisextra (Voice) (played by Anny Duperey) — supporting
• Métamorphe (voice) (played by Georges Wilson) — supporting

  A giant brain and abandoned genetic experiment. Initially denies involvement with the Men of Metal, but later reveals he created them to travel back in time. Suffering from cellular degradation, he at...

• Le porte-parole (Voice) (played by Christine Pâris) — supporting
• Blaminhor (Voice) (played by Jean-Pierre Ducos) — supporting
• Transformé (Voice) (played by Dominique Maurin) — supporting
• Voix enregistrée (Voice) (played by Zaïra Benbadis) — supporting
• Voix enregistrée (Voice) (played by Claude Degliame) — supporting
• Transformé (Voice) (played by Jean-Pierre Jorris) — supporting

  Refers to the Deformed, accidental genetic mutants who were abandoned by Gandahar. Though initially resentful, they recognize the threat of the Men of Metal, ally with Sylvain, explain Metamorphis's t...

• L'homme-métal (Voice) (played by Olivier Cruveiller) — supporting

  Represents the Men of Metal, an automaton army that turns Gandaharians to stone and transports them through a portal. Later revealed to be constructed from Metamorphis's dead cells and deployed to har...

• Transformé (Voice) (played by Michel Charrel) — minor
• Transformé (Voice) (played by Philippe Duclos) — minor
• Transformé (Voice) (played by Frédéric Witta) — minor
• Transformé (Voice) (played by Joël Barbouth) — minor
• Transformé (Voice) (played by Philippe Noël) — minor
• Transformé (Voice) (played by Jean-Jacques Scheffer) — minor
• Transformé (Voice) (played by Jean Saudray) — minor
• Transformé (Voice) (played by Roland Lacoste) — minor

Story Analysis

A hero and his allies must stop a time-traveling automata army created by a dying giant brain to save their civilization.

Plot Progression

1. The Petrifying Onslaught — The peaceful Gandahar civilization faces a sudden invasion by the Men of Metal, who petrify citizens and transport them to a hidden base. The Council of Women in Jasper tasks Sylvain with investigatin...
2. Allies in the Shadows — Sylvain rescues Airelle and teams up with the outcast Deformed mutants to infiltrate the enemy's ocean base. They discover a massive portal used to assimilate frozen Gandaharians into new automata.
3. The Brain's Confession — Captured by Metamorphis, the duo learns the giant brain was also a failed scientific experiment. Metamorphis reveals the automata originate from the future, leading to a pact where Sylvain agrees to k...
4. The Final Strike — A thousand years later, Sylvain awakens to find Metamorphis creating automata to steal cells for survival. The Deformed sabotage the cell reservoir, allowing Sylvain to deliver the fatal injection and...