S01E01 The Steel Ghost
Ryuusei is an avid robotics tournament player. Unbeknownst to him, Ryuusei is being considered to join an elite Federation task force. In what may be his last game, enemy units are detected and an explosion...
A transport vessel headed toward the Hagwane comes under fire by Armored Modules piloted by Divine Crusaders pilots Tomas and Tenzan, ultimately leading to a confrontation between Ryuusei and his "Burning PT" rival Tenzan.
Robot bugs suddenly attack Tokyo and robot gamer Ryusei is given a real, mechanical robot trooper to see whether he is a qualified fighter in a war which he has just now become a part of. Amazingly the controls to the personal trooper are just as in the game.