Argo Gulskii

Infobox animanga character
name = Argo Gulskii
series = Mobile Fighter G Gundam


caption = Argo Gulskii in G Gundam
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alias = "Black Joker"
age = 36
born = September 13, FC 23
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nationality = Neo-Russia
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divider = yes
aux1 name = Mobile weapons
aux1 = GF13-013NR Bolt Gundam

nihongo|Argo Gulskii (Арго Гулскии)|アルゴ・ガルスキー| Arugo Garusukī is a fictional character in the anime series "Mobile Fighter G Gundam". His Japanese seiyuu is Hidenari Ugaki and his English voice actor is Stephen Holgate.

Profile

A space pirate of Neo-Russian origin, Argo Gulskii and his crew conducted various thefts before being captured by the Neo-Russian military. In one incident, Argo's ship was attempting to escape law enforcement officers when it accidentally crashed into a small space station manned by Andrew Graham and his wife Norma. As Graham's wife was about to be sucked into space, Argo entered in a space suit and attempted to save her but was too late. Maddened by fury and grief, Andrew's mind instead remembered the event as Argo coldly throwing Norma into space and so dedicated his life to killing the space pirate.

Due to Argo's large size and strength, special measures were taken to keep him under control. In order to keep Argo loyal, Neo-Russia installed a small bomb on his chest and kept his crew captive in a secret location. Argo was told that if he used the GF13-013NR Bolt Gundam to win the 13th Gundam Fight he would win the freedom of himself and his crew. Argo agreed and was placed in a prison in Neo-Russia's Earth-based territory. Neo-Russian agents then used a strategy which had proven effective in past Gundam Fights; they spread rumours that their country's fighter could be found in the small village where the prison was located. Once Gundam Fighters arrived, they were detained for life and their Gundams raided for technology to increase Neo-Russia's own chances of winning. During the 13th Gundam Fight, Domon Kasshu fell for these rumours and headed for the small village ahead of his partner Rain Mikamura. Quickly imprisoned, Domon caught the attention of Argo when he showed his fighting talents in continuous numbers of escape attempts. Although impressed, Argo remained loyal to his crew and tricked Domon into believing he was planning a prison break so that the Neo-Japanese fighter would reveal the location of his Gundam.

During Domon's return back to Japan, he was possessed by DG cells he fought Domon. He was later saved by the Shuffle Alliance, and received the crest of Black Joker. Noticeably, he was the only member of the new Shuffle alliance not traumatised by the experience of being possessed by the DG cells (at the very least, the only member who did not express said trauma, considering his unemotional nature).

He is often followed by his support crew consisting mainly of his tough and sexy warden Nastasha Zabigov, who keeps Argo (and her admiration for him, which later turns into love) under control, which led to her freeing him. Argo grows to respect her and possibly return her affections. As for Neo Russia, they were put under scrutiny when the truth about the devious tactics used during the gundam fight, which indicates that the Bolt Gundam and Argo are the only ones in Neo Russia's history to participate in the Gundam Fight fairly. During the premliminaries, he revealed his special technique, Gaia Crusher, a technique he developed while training in the Guyana Highlands, but only used it now against his rival, Andrew Graham of Neo Canada.