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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) 
Genres: action , adventure , science fiction 
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: #5206 (of 10083)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.795 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.8038, rank: #4913 (of 10235)
Weighted mean: 6.811 (Good−), rank: #4704 (of 10235) (seen all: 7.15 / seen some: 7.23 / won't finish: 3.87)
Bayesian estimate: 6.963 (Good), rank: #3699 (of 7688)
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
) 
Music:
Kentarō Haneda 
Toshiyuki Watanabe 
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) 
Yūichi Endō (8 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 22, 30, 35, 40
) 
Mecha design: Kunio Ōkawara 
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:
Chun-yu Chen (eps 1, 3) 
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
) 
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 (11 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 25, 27, 33, 37, 41, 45, 48
)  (Nakamura Pro) 
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) 
Kenichirō 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
) 
Ryūichi 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) 
Yūichi Endō (eps 16, 22, 30) 
Yuji Mukoyama (ep 1) 
Yūji Takahashi (ep 5) 
Yukio Obayashi (Studio Mu; ep 32) 
Photography: Shinji Ikegami (Studio Cosmos; ep 42) 
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 Ōtsuka as Tapp Oceano 
Kenyū 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 Gōri 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) 
Michihiro Ikemizu as Genil 
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 Ōtaki 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) 
Tsutomu Kashiwakura as Dan 
Unshō Ishizuka as Narrator 
Yū Shimaka as Goal 
Yūko Mizutani as Betty (eps 2-12) 
Yutaka Shimaka as Ben Runi 
Japanese companies
Animation:
Aubec 
Dōga Kōbō 
Miyuki Production 
Samtack 
Studio Core 
Studio Dub 
Studio Hapii 
Studio Live 
Studio Look 
Studio Mark 
Studio Max 
Studio Mu 
Studio Ten 
Tiger Production 
Backgrounds:
Atelier BWCA 
Atelier Musa 
Design Office MECAMAN 
Studio Easter 
Broadcaster:
Bandai Channel 
Nagoya Broadcasting Network 
Distributor: Bandai Visual 
Key Animation:
Anime R (5 episodes
eps 20, 30, 35, 40, 44
) 
Bebow (ep 3) 
Dōga Kōbō (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 
Paint:
Anime World Osaka 
Crocus 
Hadashi Pro 
Just 
Kyoto Animation 
Studio Bogey 
Studio DEEN 
Studio Mac 
Studio Runrun 
Studio Tomcat 
Photography:
ACC Tanihara Studio 
Asahi Production 
Gallop 
Hadashi Pro 
Studio Twinkle 
Trans Arts Co. 
Production:
Nagoya Broadcasting Network 
Sotsu Co., Ltd. 
Sunrise 
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 

Marisa Della Pasqua as Linda 
Paolo Bessegato as Mario Plato 

Adele Pellegatta as Aoi 
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 
Marisa Della Pasqua as Min 
Natale Ciravolo as Supercapo 
Nicola Bartolini Carrassi as Gor 
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) 
Dubbing:
Cooperativa ADC 
SEDE Società Europea Doppiaggio Edizione 
Production: Yamato Video 
Soundtrack: Yamato Video (Italy) 

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