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Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God | |
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超獣機神ダンクーガ (Chōjū Kishin Dankūga) | |
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Genre | Mecha |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Seiji Okuda |
Produced by |
Yoshirō Kataoka Hiroshi Kato Masaru Umehara |
Written by | Keisuke Fujikawa |
Music by | Osamu Totsuka Takeshi Ike |
Studio | Ashi Productions |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | 5 April 1985 – 27 December 1985 |
Episodes | 38 |
Original video animation | |
Requiem for Victims | |
Directed by | Seiji Okuda |
Produced by | Hiroshi Katō Masaru Umehara Yoshiro Kataoka |
Written by |
Kenji Terada Keisuke Fujikawa Junki Takegami |
Music by | Osamu Totsuka |
Studio | Ashi Production |
Licensed by | |
Released | April 21, 1986 |
Runtime | 90 minutes |
Original video animation | |
Jūsenkitai Songs | |
Studio | Ashi Productions |
Released | 1986 |
Original video animation | |
God Bless Dancouga | |
Directed by | Jutaro Oba |
Written by | Hideki Sonoda |
Music by | Osamu Totsuka |
Studio | Ashi Productions |
Released | 15 April 1987 |
Runtime | 80 minutes |
Original video animation | |
Blazing Epilogue | |
Directed by | Tatsuji Yamazaki |
Produced by | Masaru Umehara |
Written by | Kenji Terada |
Music by | Takeshi Ike |
Studio | Ashi Productions |
Licensed by | |
Released | December 1989 – May 1990 |
Episodes | 4 |
Manga | |
Dancouga BURN - Super Beast Machine God | |
Written by | Yuichi Hasegawa |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Magazine | Monthly Shonen Ace Dash |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | November 1997 – November 1998 |
Volumes | 2 |
Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God (超獣機神ダンクーガ, Chōjū Kishin Dankūga) is a Super Robot anime television series produced by Ashi Productions, directed by Seiji Okuda and written by Keisuke Fujikawa. It ran on TBS for 38 episodes from 5 April 1985 to 27 December 1985. The TV anime was licensed by Central Park Media under their Software Sculptors label in 1995, and was released on subtitled VHS. [1] The series's license was later picked up by Discotek Media. After the series ended, four original video animations were released between 1986 and 1990. A sequel series, Dancouga Nova – Super God Beast Armor, aired in Japan in 2007. [2]
The series marks the debut of animator and artist Masami Ōbari, who would later become one of the most prolific mecha designers in the anime industry.
Four soldiers (Shinobu Fujiwara, Sara Yuki, Masato Shikibu and Ryo Shiba) pilot the mecha Dancouga and fight to liberate portions of Earth from alien invaders known as the Muge Zorbados Empire. Dancouga is an example of the combining type of Super Robot. Unlike the traditional "component machines struggle against the monster of the week before combining and easily dispatching the monster" format, Dancouga does not combine until midway through the series and the Cyber Beast Machines were capable of effectively fighting their enemies. The main components of the Cyber Beast mecha were able to follow the emulation of evolution. The mecha began as four vehicles which could transform into animals (an eagle, cougar, tiger and mammoth, respectively) and humanoid robots before combining to form Dancouga.
Many of the Dancouga story elements revolve around religion (primarily Christianity, although the series also borrows from Taoist philosophy) and music. The theme of gods is present in most episodes.
Each machine used to form Dancouga is capable of changing to vehicle, animal and humanoid forms. When a mecha is in open mode, a barrier appears which makes it impenetrable to enemy fire. Triggering this mode utilizes the Aggressive System, which activates automatically when the pilot reaches a certain level of anger.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (December 2014) |
Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God | |
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Blu-ray box set cover | |
超獣機神ダンクーガ (Chōjū Kishin Dankūga) | |
---|---|
Genre | Mecha |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Seiji Okuda |
Produced by |
Yoshirō Kataoka Hiroshi Kato Masaru Umehara |
Written by | Keisuke Fujikawa |
Music by | Osamu Totsuka Takeshi Ike |
Studio | Ashi Productions |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS |
Original run | 5 April 1985 – 27 December 1985 |
Episodes | 38 |
Original video animation | |
Requiem for Victims | |
Directed by | Seiji Okuda |
Produced by | Hiroshi Katō Masaru Umehara Yoshiro Kataoka |
Written by |
Kenji Terada Keisuke Fujikawa Junki Takegami |
Music by | Osamu Totsuka |
Studio | Ashi Production |
Licensed by | |
Released | April 21, 1986 |
Runtime | 90 minutes |
Original video animation | |
Jūsenkitai Songs | |
Studio | Ashi Productions |
Released | 1986 |
Original video animation | |
God Bless Dancouga | |
Directed by | Jutaro Oba |
Written by | Hideki Sonoda |
Music by | Osamu Totsuka |
Studio | Ashi Productions |
Released | 15 April 1987 |
Runtime | 80 minutes |
Original video animation | |
Blazing Epilogue | |
Directed by | Tatsuji Yamazaki |
Produced by | Masaru Umehara |
Written by | Kenji Terada |
Music by | Takeshi Ike |
Studio | Ashi Productions |
Licensed by | |
Released | December 1989 – May 1990 |
Episodes | 4 |
Manga | |
Dancouga BURN - Super Beast Machine God | |
Written by | Yuichi Hasegawa |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Magazine | Monthly Shonen Ace Dash |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | November 1997 – November 1998 |
Volumes | 2 |
Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God (超獣機神ダンクーガ, Chōjū Kishin Dankūga) is a Super Robot anime television series produced by Ashi Productions, directed by Seiji Okuda and written by Keisuke Fujikawa. It ran on TBS for 38 episodes from 5 April 1985 to 27 December 1985. The TV anime was licensed by Central Park Media under their Software Sculptors label in 1995, and was released on subtitled VHS. [1] The series's license was later picked up by Discotek Media. After the series ended, four original video animations were released between 1986 and 1990. A sequel series, Dancouga Nova – Super God Beast Armor, aired in Japan in 2007. [2]
The series marks the debut of animator and artist Masami Ōbari, who would later become one of the most prolific mecha designers in the anime industry.
Four soldiers (Shinobu Fujiwara, Sara Yuki, Masato Shikibu and Ryo Shiba) pilot the mecha Dancouga and fight to liberate portions of Earth from alien invaders known as the Muge Zorbados Empire. Dancouga is an example of the combining type of Super Robot. Unlike the traditional "component machines struggle against the monster of the week before combining and easily dispatching the monster" format, Dancouga does not combine until midway through the series and the Cyber Beast Machines were capable of effectively fighting their enemies. The main components of the Cyber Beast mecha were able to follow the emulation of evolution. The mecha began as four vehicles which could transform into animals (an eagle, cougar, tiger and mammoth, respectively) and humanoid robots before combining to form Dancouga.
Many of the Dancouga story elements revolve around religion (primarily Christianity, although the series also borrows from Taoist philosophy) and music. The theme of gods is present in most episodes.
Each machine used to form Dancouga is capable of changing to vehicle, animal and humanoid forms. When a mecha is in open mode, a barrier appears which makes it impenetrable to enemy fire. Triggering this mode utilizes the Aggressive System, which activates automatically when the pilot reaches a certain level of anger.