Hegeor Hopper

Hegeor Hopper
Japanese name	ヘジオア・ホッパ
Romanized name	Hejioa Hoppā
English name	Hegeor Hopper
Affiliations	Combat TV
Occupation	Martial arts scholar
Degree of cyberization	Fully human
Debut	Phase 29

Hegeor Hopper is a martial arts scholar who serves as a color commentator during the Tenth Zenith of Things Tournament (ZOTT). He is one of the characters who was first introduced in Gunnm: Martian Memory.

Appearance

Hopper is a fair skinned man who wears a light coloured space suit. In Gunnm: Martian Memory the space suit is white with red shoulders and Hopper has a tan skullcap.

History

Hopper is introduced by Combat TV reporter Jack Gerambo during Round 1 of the ZOTT to help him out as a color commentator. His knowledge of martial arts techniques and history is very comprehensive as Caerula Sanguis acknowledges, and he realized that Alita might be a surviving Künstler. During the Space Angels' fight against the Starship Cult in Round 2, the Cult's leader Whophon unleashed a deadly hypnotic technique that caused members of the audience to spontaneously combust. Hopper was affected, but was able to mentally block out the fact that he was actually on fire because he believed that it was an illusion. He survived his burns and continued to help cover the ZOTT. Hopper later spontaneously combusted in rage when Aga Mbadi temporarily shut the ZOTT down after Alita defeated Tunguska in the Block-A Semifinals, but again survived.

Other appearances

In Gunnm: Martian Memory Gally encounters Hopper on Mars in the Valley of the Kikoujutsu, where he is trapped by a Berserker Bear. After saving him from the bear, she learns that he is a martial arts scholar and gets his opinion on Panzer Kunst. Hopper also reveals that he has discovered that Tiger Sauer's grave is on Phobos and Gally agrees to meet him at Olympus Spaceport in three days.