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Kiko Senki Dragonar (TV)

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Alternative title:
Dragonar
Metal Armor Dragonar
機甲戦記ドラグナー (Japanese)
Themes: mecha, real robot
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: A.D. 2087 - the United Lunar Empire Giganos wages war on the Earth Federation Military to take control of the planet and establish a "rebirth" of the human race. During an invasion of a colony by Giganos' forces, three civilian men stumble upon a trio of top-secret Metal Armor units called "Dragonars" and pilot them to combat the enemy forces.
User Ratings: 44 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Good: 12 votes (sub:11, raw:1)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:7, dub:1)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 111 users, rank: #5068 (of 9763)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.795 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.8038, rank: #4771 (of 9909)
Weighted mean: 6.811 (Good−), rank: #4586 (of 9909) (seen all: 7.15 / seen some: 7.23 / won't finish: 3.87)
Bayesian estimate: 6.963 (Good), rank: #3612 (of 7492)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 48
Episode titles: We have 48
Vintage: 1987-02-07 to 1988-01-30
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
#1: "夢色チェイサー (Yume Iro Chaser)" by Mami Ayukawa
#2: "Starlight Serenade" by Mami Yamase
Ending Theme:
#1: "イリュージョンをさがして (Illusion wo Sagashite)" by Mami Ayukawa
#2: "Shiny Boy" by Mami Yamase
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Takeyuki Kanda
Series Composition: Fuyunori Gobu
Script:
Fuyunori Gobu (13 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 13, 17, 23, 27-28, 35, 42, 46-48
)

Hidemi Kamata (ep 21)
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama (12 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 19, 26, 31, 36, 40, 45
)

Kenichi Matsuzaki (10 episodes
eps 3, 6, 11, 15, 18, 25, 30, 34, 38, 44
)

Ryōsuke Takahashi (7 episodes
eps 20, 24, 29, 33, 37, 41, 43
)

Yasushi Hirano (5 episodes
eps 9, 12, 22, 32, 39
)

Storyboard:
Katsuyoshi Yatabe (4 episodes
eps 3, 23, 26, 34
)

Kazuhito Kikuchi (eps 6, 13)
Kazuo Yamazaki (ep 7)
Kunihisa Sugishima (5 episodes
eps 14, 18, 29, 35, 39
)

Mamoru Hamatsu (ep 4)
Masamitsu Hidaka (eps 37, 47)
Mitsuo Fukuda (8 episodes
eps 12, 17, 22, 28, 32, 38, 43, 48
)

Norio Kashima (eps 2, 8)
Shinji Takamatsu (eps 5, 10)
Shuji Iuchi (9 episodes
eps 15, 21, 24, 30, 33, 40, 42, 44-45
)

Tetsuro Amino (ep 27)
Toshifumi Kawase (eps 9, 25)
Toshifumi Takizawa (OP 1; eps 11, 19)
Yūichirō Yokoyama (eps 1, 46)
Yukihiro Shino (5 episodes
eps 16, 20, 31, 36, 41
)

Episode Director:
Kunihisa Sugishima (6 episodes
eps 10, 14, 18, 23, 29, 35
)

Mamoru Hamatsu (ep 4)
Masamitsu Hidaka (10 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 24, 27, 33, 37, 42, 47
)

Mitsuo Fukuda (10 episodes
eps 3, 8, 12, 17, 22, 28, 32, 38, 43, 48
)

Norio Kashima (ep 2)
Osamu Sekita (6 episodes
eps 21, 26, 30, 34, 40, 44
)

Takashi Tanazawa (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 15, 39, 46
)

Yukihiro Shino (10 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 20, 25, 31, 36, 41, 45
)

Original creator: Hajime Yatate
Character Design: Kenichi Ōnuki
Animation Director:
Akira Nakamura (11 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25, 27, 33, 37, 41, 45, 48
)

Fujio Oda (ep 39)
Hidetoshi Ōmori (4 episodes
eps 15, 21, 29, 34
)

Hideyuki Satō (ep 44)
Jōji Kikuchi (ep 42)
Kenichi Ōnuki (Chara; ep 46)
Kenji Hattori (8 episodes
eps 4, 10, 14, 20, 26, 32, 38, 43
)

Kisaraka Yamada (8 episodes
eps 3, 8, 12, 18, 24, 31, 36, 44
)

Kiyoshi Matsumoto (eps 5, 9)
Masami Ōbari (opening sequence; Mechanical; ep 46)
Tadashi Yahata (eps 17, 23, 28)
Yuichi Endo (8 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 22, 30, 35, 40
)

Mecha design: Kunio Okawara
Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
Producer:
Juichi Kamiya (eps 1-24)
Makoto Imaii (eps 25-48)
Mitsushige Inagaki (Sotsu Agency)
Takayuki Yoshii

Color design: Akiko Shibata
Costume Design Cooperation: Masahisa Suzuki
Editing: Sayaka Mita
Guest Character Design: Toyoo Ashida (ep 27)
In-Between Animation:
Etsuko Matsuno (16 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13, 16, 20, 22, 26, 30, 32, 35, 38, 43, 45, 47
)

Fumiyo Yoshikawa (eps 2, 4, 6)
Kazuyo Kuwasawa (13 episodes
eps 1, 3, 8, 12, 18, 24, 27, 31, 36, 40, 43, 45, 47
)

Kazuyo Yoshida (eps 2, 4)
Keiji Gotō
Kumiko Yoshihama (eps 1, 3, 8, 12)
Mikako Kobayashi (eps 2, 4)
Nobuko Sato (Dogakobo)
Sadao Ogura (11 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 11, 13, 16, 20, 22, 26, 30, 32
)

Shungyoku Chin (eps 1, 3)
Key Animation:
Chieko Kudō (ep 6)
Etsushi Mori (ep 43)
Fujio Oda (Studio Mark; ep 8)
Hideaki Furusawa (ep 5)
Hidetoshi Ōmori (OP2)
Hideyuki Satō (Studio Mark; 4 episodes
eps 8, 12, 24, 40
)

Hiroaki Gōda (ep 46)
Hiroshi Kugimiya (Dogakobo; eps 5, 9, 21)
Hiroshi Sakai (eps 20, 45)
Hirotoshi Sano (ep 46)
Hiroyuki Kamura (ep 5)
Hisashi Hirai (Nakamura Pro; 11 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25, 27, 33, 37, 41, 45, 48
)

Ikuo Shimazu (Tiger Production; ep 42)
Katsushi Shibasawa (Nakamura Pro; 8 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25, 27, 33, 37
)

Kazuo Takigawa (Sunshine; ep 46)
Kenichiro Nakamura (ep 46)
Kenji Kanamori (eps 1, 12)
Kiyoaki Sakuma (ep 46)
Kiyoshi Matsumoto (Dogakobo; eps 9, 15)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 5)
Kōichi Naitō (4 episodes
eps 4, 12, 20. 24, 45
)

Kōji Sugiura (ep 6)
Kumiko Sasaki (Tiger Production; ep 42)
Masahiro Yamane (ep 3)
Masami Ōbari (OP; 2 episodes
eps 40, 46 (Uncredited)
)

Masanori Nishii (eps 6, 18)
Masashi Yamada (Studio Takuranke; ep 43)
Midori Terashima (Sunshine; ep 46)
Naoyuki Kishino (ep 29)
Nobumasa Hayashi (Studio Mark; ep 42)
Noriko Otake (ep 14)
Norio Shioyama (6 episodes
eps 1, 11, 16, 22, 26, 30
)

Ryuichi Makino (ep 15)
Ryūji Shiromae (eps 40, 43)
Saburō Sakamoto (4 episodes
eps 10, 16, 22, 30
)

Sachiko Ōto (Tiger Production; ep 42)
Sachiko Suzuki (Tiger Production; ep 42)
Satoshi Inoue (Anime R; eps 30, 35, 40)
Sawako Yamamoto (Studio Mu; eps 26, 32)
Shinichi Endo (Studio Takuranke; ep 43)
Shinichi Imakuma (Dogakobo; 5 episodes
eps 5, 15, 21, 29, 39
)

Shinichi Sakuma (Studio Dub; 4 episodes
eps 11, 17, 23, 28
)

Shoji Mizuno (ep 5)
Shūjirō Hamakawa (Anime R; eps 30, 35, 44)
Shūkō Murase (Nakamura Pro; 12 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25, 27, 33, 37, 41, 44-45, 48
)

Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Nakamura Pro; 4 episodes
eps 37, 41, 45, 48
)

Tōru Yoshida (Assist. eps 30, 35, 40)
Toshihiro Kawamoto (eps 18, 24)
Yasuhiro Ōshima (Studio Mu; eps 14, 26, 32)
Yoshiharu Ashino (Studio Mark; ep 42)
Yoshinobu Aohachi (eps 8, 16, 22)
Yuichi Endo (eps 16, 22, 30)
Yuji Mukoyama (ep 1)
Yūji Takahashi (ep 5)
Yukio Obayashi (Studio Mu; ep 32)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kazuo Ōtani (OP 2, ED 2)
Shirō Sagisu (OP 1, ED 1)
Theme Song Composition: Kōji Makaino (ED 1)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Machiko Ryū (OP 1, ED 1)
Yukinojo Mori (OP 2, ED 2)
Theme Song Performance:
Mami Ayukawa (OP1/ED1)
Mami Yamase (OP2/ED2)
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Tapp Oceano
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Light Newman
Masami Kikuchi as Kaine Wakaba

Akiko Hiramatsu as Rose
Jūrōta Kosugi as Mario Plato
Kayoko Fujii as Linda
Masako Katsuki as Diane Lance

Bin Shimada as
Jean
Karl
Chika Sakamoto as Danny (eps 2-12)
Daisuke Gouri as Goru
Hiroshi Takemura as Welner
Hiroyuki Shibamoto as Kenny Duncan
Junpei Takiguchi as Major Haiderunekken
Kachiko Hino as Aoi Wakaba
Kōichi Chiba as
Lung Prad
Zodler (eps 31-32)
Kōji Totani as Yammu
Kyōko Tongū as Jack (eps 2-12)
Masahiko Tanaka as Martin (eps 2-12)
Mitsuaki Hoshino as Aden (ep 31)
Osamu Katō as Gun Jem
Reiko Suzuki as Soul Jirsett (eps 1-12)
Saeko Shimazu as Min
Shigeru Ushiyama as Bleed
Shigezō Sasaoka as Ganan (eps 26-37)
Shinya Ohtaki as Douglas
Shōji Ōki as Gultorre
Shōzō Iizuka as
Chephov (eps 6-7)
Doruchenofu
Shunsuke Shima as Jim Austin
Takaya Hashi as Whitman
Tomomichi Nishimura as
Gerupokku (eps 31-32)
Mordel (eps 8-9)
Unshō Ishizuka as Narrator
Yū Shimaka as Goal
Yūko Mizutani as Betty (eps 2-12)
Yutaka Shimaka as Ben Runi
Japanese companies
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Key Animation:
Anime R (5 episodes
eps 20, 30, 35, 40, 44
)

Bebow (ep 3)
Doga Kobo (eps 9, 21)
Group Donguri (4 episodes
eps 6, 14, 43, 47
)

Nakamura Production (12 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25, 27, 33, 37, 41, 44-45, 48
)

Neo Media (eps 1, 4, 10)
Studio ArgoShip (ep 3)
Studio Dub (5 episodes
eps 11, 17, 22-23, 28
)

Studio Gig (eps 32, 39, 45)
Studio Mark (9 episodes
eps 6, 8, 12, 18, 21, 24, 29, 40, 42
)

Studio Max (eps 26, 43, 48)
Studio Mu (8 episodes
eps 14, 20, 26, 30, 32, 38, 43, 47
)

Studio Takuranke (eps 43, 47)
Sunshine Corporation (eps 46-47)
Tiger Production (ep 42)
Music Production: King Records
Italian cast
Italian staff
ADR Director: Silvana Fantini
Translation: Francesco Prandoni
ADR Script: Gabriella Fantini
Claudio Colombo as Ken Wakaba
Claudio Ridolfo as Light Newman
Giorgio Bonino as Tap Oceano

Paolo Bessegato as Mario Plato

Carlo Bonomi as Comandante Whiteman
Claudio Beccari as Douglas
Claudio Moneta as Kenny Duncan
Ernesto Maria Rossi as Ben Rooney
Gianni Quillico as Sottotenente O'Neal
Luca Sandri as Karl
Marco Balbi as Roy Gibson
Natale Ciravolo as Supercapo
Paola Della Pasqua as Computer
Raffaele Fallica as Hanzen
Simone D'Andrea as Sottotenente dei Giganos
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Italia Teen Television (from 28 March 2005)
Man-Ga (from October 2010)
Distributor: Yamato Video (Italy)
Production: Yamato Video
Soundtrack: Yamato Video (Italy)

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