Season 1

Meet Bolt Crank, mercenary extraordinaire, and the man who eats metal! Through his travels, he stops along the way to make a few bucks and occasionally rescue damsels in distress. His taste for metal gives him quite an edge as he becomes capable of generating an assortment of weapons from his hand! It's a strange ability, but it seems to come in handy, so to speak. Bolt has an edge over his adversaries, but will that be enough?

月刊「電撃コミック ガオ！」にて連載された吉富昭仁の人気マンガを原作に、1997年にアニメ化された第1期TVシリーズ。漫画版とは設定の異なるオリジナルストーリー。サングラスの色が赤となっている。飛行船「ラヴィオン」に関わる物語で「ラヴィオン編」と呼ぶ。