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Aura Battler Dunbine (TV)

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Alternative title:
Holy Warrior Dunbine
Seisenshi Dunbine (Japanese)
聖戦士ダンバイン (Japanese)
聖戰士丹拜因 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: isekai, mecha
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: After a motocross accident, Show Zama was pulled from Japan into the mystical world of Byston Well, where he and others from Earth were reicruited by Lord Drake Luft to pilot his newest weapons, the Aura Battlers, a combination of Byston Well magic and Earthien technology. However, in the heat of battle, Show is approached by Marvel, a woman from Earth, who convinces him of Luft's sinister intentions.
User Ratings: 172 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 19 votes (sub:18, dub:1)
 Excellent: 26 votes (dub:14, sub:12)
 Very good: 36 votes (sub:25, dub:9, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 32 votes (sub:17, dub:15)
 Decent: 22 votes (sub:14, dub:7, raw:1)
 So-so: 16 votes (sub:9, dub:6, raw:1)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: 6 votes (dub:5, sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 470 users, rank: #2249 (of 10148)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.971 (Good), std. dev.: 2.2579, rank: #4281 (of 10319)
Weighted mean: 6.863 (Good), rank: #4505 (of 10319) (seen all: 7.55 / seen some: 6.22 / won't finish: 3.41)
Bayesian estimate: 6.906 (Good), rank: #3973 (of 7759)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 49
Episode titles: We have 49
Vintage: 1983-02-05 to 1984-01-21
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Aura Road" by MIO [US translation]
"ダンバインとぶ (Dunbine Tobu)" by MIO
Ending Theme:
"みえるだろうバインストンウィル (Mieru darou Byston Well)" by MIO
Links: We have 1
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Press Releases:
Section23 Films Announces August Slate (Apr 26, 2018)
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Sentai Lands Sci-Fi Anime "Aura Battler Dunbine" Restored and Remastered in HD (Apr 13, 2018)
ADV Films announces July 20 and 27 release dates (May 19, 2004)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2018-08-28 (from $74.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Tales of Byston Well (DVD 1) 2003-07-15 (from $6.00)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Tales of Byston Well + Artbox (DVD 1) 2003-07-15 (from $31.98)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Heroes of Byston Well (DVD 2) 2003-08-26 (from $17.73)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Kings of Byston Well (DVD 3) 2003-10-07 (from $21.49)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Escape From Byston Well (DVD 4) 2003-11-18 (from $8.95)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Return To Byston Well (DVD 5) 2004-04-20 (from $15.98)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Battlers of Byston Well (DVD 6) 2004-06-08 (from $9.15)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Mysteries of Byston Well (DVD 7) 2004-07-20 (from $5.49)
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    Aura Battler Dunbine - Invaders from Byston Well (DVD 8) 2004-08-31 (from $7.14)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Forsaken Souls of Byston Well (DVD 9) 2004-10-12 (from $19.37)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Terror From Byston Well (DVD 10) 2004-11-23 (from $17.91)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Secrets of Byston Well (DVD 11) 2005-01-04
    Aura Battler Dunbine - Final Fate of Byston Well (DVD 12) 2005-02-15 (from $17.34)
    Aura Battler Dunbine - 1-6 Set + Box (DVD 1-6) 2004-06-08

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Script:
Minoru Yokitani (ep 1)
Sukehiro Tomita (24 episodes
eps 2, 5-6, 9-10, 13-14, 19-20, 23-24, 27, 29, 31-32, 35-36, 38, 40-41, 43-44, 47, 49
)
Yūji Watanabe (24 episodes
eps 3-4, 7-8, 11-12, 15-18, 21-22, 25-26, 28, 30, 33-34, 37, 39, 42, 45-46, 48
)
Storyboard:
Iku Suzuki (9 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 20, 24, 29, 36, 42, 47
)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (4 episodes
eps 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Kouji Kawate (6 episodes
eps 23, 27, 33, 38, 43, 48
)
Kunihisa Sugishima
Minoru Yokitani (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 11, 32-33, 49
)
Osamu Sekita (8 episodes
eps 6, 16, 26, 30, 34, 39, 44, 49
)
Shuji Iuchi (9 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 18, 26, 31, 35, 40, 45
)
Yasuhiro Imagawa (11 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 21, 25, 28, 32, 37, 41, 46
)
Episode Director:
Iku Suzuki (10 episodes
eps 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 24, 29, 36, 42, 47
)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (eps 7, 12)
Kouji Kawate (5 episodes
eps 28, 33, 38, 43, 48
)
Osamu Sekita (11 episodes
eps 2, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 30, 34, 39, 44, 49
)
Shuji Iuchi (10 episodes
eps 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, 27, 31, 35, 40, 45
)
Toshifumi Kawase (eps 17, 22)
Yasuhiro Imagawa (9 episodes
eps 4, 9, 14, 19, 25, 32, 37, 41, 46
)
Music: Katsuhiro Tsubonō
Original creator:
Hajime Yatate
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Character Design: Tomonori Kogawa
Art: Shigemi Ikeda (Atelier Musa)
Chief Animation Director: Hidetoshi Ōmori (ep 10)
Animation Director:
Akihiro Kanayama (7 episodes
eps 8, 14, 24, 31, 36, 41, 46
)
Akira Shinoda (eps 6, 13, 20)
Eiichi Endō (8 episodes
eps 4, 10, 15, 18, 23, 28, 34, 40
)
Hideaki Sakamoto (5 episodes
eps 19, 25, 29, 34, 40
)
Hiroyuki Kitazume (6 episodes
eps 23, 33, 37, 42, 45, 47
)
Masayuki Yagi (5 episodes
eps 18, 23, 28, 34, 40
)
Nobukazu Sakuma (eps 5, 12, 22)
Nobuyoshi Sasakado (11 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 16, 21, 26, 30, 35, 39, 43, 48
)
Saburō Sakamoto (7 episodes
eps 9, 17, 27, 32, 38, 44, 49
)
Tomonori Kogawa (17 episodes
eps 1-2, 10, 15, 18-19, 23, 25, 28-29, 33-34, 37, 40, 42, 45, 47
)
Yasuhiro Imagawa
Mecha design: Kazutaka Miyatake
Sound Director:
Sadayoshi Fujino
Tadayoshi Fujino
Director of Photography: Akio Saitō
Producer:
Hironori Nakagawa (Sunrise)
Kuniaki Ohnishi (Sotsu Agency)
Toru Moriyama (Nagoya TV)
Yasuhiro Imagawa

Background Art:
Junichi Higashi (11 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46
)
Junichirō Nishikawa (8 episodes
eps 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, 33, 39, 45
)
Junko Yamamoto (12 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48
)
Kaori Yamazaki (ep 3)
Katsuhiro Haji (7 episodes
eps 9, 15, 21, 27, 37, 43, 49
)
Kokushō Suzuki (11 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46
)
Masuo Nakayama (12 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48
)
Noriko Tsutsui (ep 2)
Riku Kuwabata (ep 2)
Shuichi Yamada (9 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, 31, 35, 41, 47
)
Takehiko Uchida (eps 1-49 odd)
Color design: Kiyoko Takashima
Editing: Yumiko Fuse
Floor Director:
Iku Suzuki (ep 1)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (ep 7)
Guest Mechanical Design: Yutaka Izubuchi
Illustration: Hiroyuki Hataike (CD jacket)
Key Animation:
Akihiro Kanayama (ep 41)
Eiichi Endō (11 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 15, 18, 23, 28, 34, 40, 45, 47
)
Hideaki Sakamoto (12 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 15, 18-19, 25, 29, 34, 40, 45, 47
)
Hidetoshi Ōmori (13 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 15, 18-19, 25, 29, 33, 37, 42, 45, 47
)
Hiroyoshi Ohkawa (4 episodes
eps 6, 14, 20, 46
)
Hiroyuki Kitazume (9 episodes
eps 1, 4, 23, 28, 33, 37, 42, 45, 47
)
Jōji Ōshima (7 episodes
eps 9, 17, 26, 31, 35-36, 41
)
Katsumi Terahigashi (4 episodes
eps 23, 28, 33, 40
)
Kinue Miyazaki (ep 6)
Kisaraka Yamada (14 episodes
eps 3, 8, 12-14, 20, 27, 31-32, 36, 38, 41, 44, 49
)
Makoto Nakamura (ep 8)
Masayuki Yagi (11 episodes
eps 1, 4, 10, 15, 18, 23, 28, 34, 40, 45, 47
)
Michio Satō (eps 17, 24)
Mikio Morita (ep 20)
Misa Kuwabara (eps 6, 14)
Naoyuki Onda (eps 1, 4)
Nobukazu Sakuma (4 episodes
eps 5, 12, 22, 31
)
Nobuyoshi Sasakado (13 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 16, 21, 26, 30, 35-36, 39, 43, 46, 48
)
Saburō Sakamoto (8 episodes
eps 9, 17, 27, 32, 38, 44, 46, 49
)
Shigeko Sakuma (4 episodes
eps 5, 12, 22, 31
)
Tomokazu Tokoro (4 episodes
eps 25, 29, 33, 37
)
Tomonori Kogawa (eps 2, 10)
Toshimitsu Kobayashi (7 episodes
eps 13, 24, 27, 32, 38, 44, 46
)
Toshiyuki Kubooka (eps 37, 42)
Toyomi Sugiyama (5 episodes
eps 9, 24, 32, 38, 41
)
Yorihisa Uchida (4 episodes
eps 5, 12, 17, 24
)
Yoshiharu Fukushima (eps 9, 14)
Yoshinobu Inano (8 episodes
eps 2, 13, 18, 24, 31, 36, 41, 46
)
Yūji Tsuge (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 28, 34, 40
)
Photography:
Atsushi Okui (eps 44-49)
Hōsaku Miura (eps 1-43)
Kazuhiro Furubayashi (eps 1-49)
Production Desk: Kenji Uchida
Production Supervision: Tomonori Kogawa
Recording Adjustment: Akiyoshi Yoda
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō
Special Effects: Yutaka Hoshiba
Theme Song Arrangement: Tatsumi Yano
Theme Song Composition: Kazuya Tsunakura
Theme Song Lyrics: Kazutaka Miyatake
Theme Song Performance: MIO
Shigeru Nakahara as Show Zama

Hozumi Ōsaka as Todd Guiness
Kyōko Irokawa as Riml Luft
Makoto Atake as Nee Given
Maria Kawamura as Chum Huau
Mika Doi as Marvel Frozen
Shōji Ōki as Drake Luft
Show Hayami as Barn Bonnings
Yumi Takada as Kean Keats

Fumihiko Tachiki as Zet Light
Kachiko Hino as Luza Luft
Kazuyuki Sogabe as Bishot Hatta
Keiko Yokozawa as Silky Mau
Kōichi Hashimoto as Fay Chenka
Mari Yokoo as Musy Poe
Masaharu Satō as Zyaba
Masahiko Tanaka as Shot Weapon
Masami Kikuchi as man A
Michie Tomizawa as Elfino
Miki Saijo as
Bell Earl
Galeria Nyamhi
Miki Takahashi as Shiela Labarna
MIO as Barbera (ep 33)
Norio Wakamoto as
Allen Brady
Narration
Run Sasaki as El Hamm
Saeko Shimazu as Lana Parkinson
Shunsuke Takamiya as Dah
Takaya Hashi as Shunka Zama
Tomoko Ohtsuka as Jeril Kuchibi
Yoshino Takamori as Lemul Zilfied
Yūji Mitsuya as Phi Phi Poe
Yūko Sasaki as Nix Titan/Knuckle Bee
Japanese companies
Backgrounds:
Production ai (12 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48
)
Studio Aqua (ep 2)
Studio Easter (11 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46
)
Studio Uni (eps 1-49 odd)
Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel
Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Editing: Inoue Edit Room
Finish Animation:
Just (12 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48
)
Studio 2001 (ep 49)
Studio DEEN (eps 1-49 odd)
Studio Kuma (12 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46
)
Sunrise (eps 2-48 even)
In-Between Animation:
SID (7 episodes
eps 5, 11, 16, 22, 26, 36, 44
)
Studio Dub (8 episodes
eps 6, 12, 17, 27, 30, 38, 46, 49
)
Music Production: King Records
Photography: Asahi Production
Production:
Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Sotsu Co., Ltd.
Sunrise
Recording Studio: Central Recording
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Carl Macek
Translation: Beni Axia Hirayama
ADR Script: Carl Macek
Executive producer:
Eiichi Takahashi (Sentai release)
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Producer:
Carl Macek
John Ledford (Sentai release)

Blu-Ray Menu Design: Larry Koteff (Sentai release)
Creative Director:
Chris Hawley (Vol. 1-9)
David Del Rio
J. Michael Stovall (Vol. 10-12)
Disc Authoring: Joel McCray (Sentai release)
DVD Coordination: Janice Williams
DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Editing:
Neil O'Sullivan
Patrick Givens
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Mixing: Brent Marshall
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Production:
Crystal Ruiz (Sentai release)
Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Joey Goubeaud (Sentai release)
Son Phan Le (Sentai release)
Production Assistant:
Alexandra Bedford (Sentai release)
Carole Pavlik
E.W. Rector, III (Sentai release)
Jose DeArmas (Sentai release)
Kjell Doucet (Sentai release)
Luke La Padula (Sentai release)
Maki Nagano
Marta Bechtol
Miyuki Kamiya
Natalie Jones (Sentai release)
Ned Gayle (Sentai release)
Shannon Reed (Sentai release)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams (Sentai release)
Production manager: Son Phan Le (Sentai release)
Recording engineer:
Cesar Inserny
Domokos Benozedi
Henry Rogers
Jason Grundy
Wade Shemwell
Sound Design: Brent Marshall
Subtitle Timing: Carl Wormley
Subtitling:
Carl Wormley
Nathan Lopez (Sentai release)
Neal Barnes (Sentai release)
Supervising Translator: Natalie Jones (Sentai release)
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch (Sentai release)
Jay Hickman as Sho Zama

Christine Auten as Marvel Frozen
Emily Carter-Essex as Keen Keats
John Swasey as Bann Burning
Kira Vincent-Davis as Cham Fau
Phil Ross as Drake Luft
Vic Mignogna as Neal Gibbons

Andy McAvin as Shot Weapon
Charles Kennedy as Narrator 2
Chris Patton as
Allen Brady
Hate Bishott
Cynthia Martinez as Silkie Mau
George Manley as
Captain Kawasse (eps 41-49)
Drunken Farmer
Igi (ep 25)
Kotano (eps 5-44)
Lord Shotan (ep 12)
Puradon (ep 29)
U.S. President (ep 40)
Greg Ayres as Fuei
Hilary Haag as Emilie Luft
Jason Douglas as King Hamm
John Gremillion as Todd Guiness
John Tyson as
Doctor
Lorne Gibbons
Kaytha Coker as
Carol Gibbons
Mau
Luci Christian as Ceila Lapana
Marty Fleck as King Foizon
Melissa Cybele Sparks as Jacoba Aon (as Melissa Cybele)
Mike Kleinhenz as Kibitsu Kiss
Mike MacRae as Narrator 1 (as Mike MacRae)
Rick Buford as Zed
Rob Mungle as Torou
Shawn Taylor as Leeza Luft
Shelley Calene-Black as Galarea
Tiffany Grant as Pat Hood
Vic Mignogna as Tokamaku
Victor Carsrud as Hon Wan

Allison Sumrall (as Allison L. Sumrall)
Beach Vickers
Geoffrey Muller
George Manley
Kelly Manison
Leraldo Anzaldua
Rick Peeples
English companies
ADR Recording: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
Distributor: ADV Films (UK)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Internet Streaming:
Daisuki (expired)
HIDIVE
Licensed by:
ADV Films (expired)
Sentai Filmworks (2018)
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
Production: Sentai Studios (Sentai release)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Latin America)
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: HIDIVE (Brazil)
Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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