Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God

Dancouga - Super Beast Machine God
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超獣機神ダンクーガ
(Chōjū Kishin Dankūga)
GenreMecha
Anime television series
Directed bySeiji Okuda
Produced byYoshirō Kataoka
Hiroshi Kato
Masaru Umehara
Written byKeisuke Fujikawa
Music byOsamu Totsuka
Takeshi Ike
StudioAshi Productions
Licensed by
Original networkTBS
Original run 5 April 1985 27 December 1985
Episodes38
Original video animation
Requiem for Victims
Directed bySeiji Okuda
Produced byHiroshi Katō
Masaru Umehara
Yoshiro Kataoka
Written byKenji Terada
Keisuke Fujikawa
Junki Takegami
Music byOsamu Totsuka
StudioAshi Production
Licensed by
ReleasedApril 21, 1986
Runtime90 minutes
Original video animation
Jūsenkitai Songs
StudioAshi Productions
Released1986
Original video animation
God Bless Dancouga
Directed byJutaro Oba
Written byHideki Sonoda
Music byOsamu Totsuka
StudioAshi Productions
Released15 April 1987
Runtime80 minutes
Original video animation
Blazing Epilogue
Directed byTatsuji Yamazaki
Produced byMasaru Umehara
Written byKenji Terada
Music byTakeshi Ike
StudioAshi Productions
Licensed by
Released December 1989 May 1990
Episodes4
Manga
Dancouga BURN - Super Beast Machine God
Written byYuichi Hasegawa
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineMonthly Shonen Ace Dash
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 1997November 1998
Volumes2

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. 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.

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.