Dangaioh
| Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh | |
Cover for the BluRay Remaster Release in Japan
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| 破邪大星 (Haja Taisei Dangaiō) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Mecha, Science fiction |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Toshiki Hirano |
| Written by | Koichi Ohata Shō Aikawa (screenwriter) Toshiki Hirano |
| Studio | AIC & Artmic |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | September 28, 1987 – July 25, 1989 |
| Runtime | 43 minutes (epi. 1) 27 minutes (epi. 2) 38 minutes (epi. 3) |
| Episodes | 3 |
| Manga | |
| Muteki Shōjo Ramii | |
| Written by | Ken Ishikawa |
| Illustrated by | Toshihiro Hirano |
| Published by | Tokuma Shoten |
| Published | July 1989 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Game | |
| Developer | Technopolis Software |
| Publisher | Technopolis Software |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Platform | PC-8801 |
| Released | April 1990 |
Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh (破邪大星
Plot
Brought together by the mysterious Dr. Tarsan, four powerful psychic warriors Mia Alice, Lamba Nom, Pai Thunder, and Rol Kran can unite four powerful planes to form Dangaioh - the most powerful weapon in the universe. Using their combined psionic force, the Dangaioh team alone can stop the bloody tyranny of Captain Garimoth and Gil-Berg.
The team hopes their psychogenic wave will be strong enough to destroy Garimoth's evil henchman, the notorious Gil-Berg, who has sworn by the taking of his right eye to utterly destroy the Dangaioh team. Along with the threat of Gil-Berg, the Dangaioh team must also avoid falling foul of Garimoth's trickery which finds weakness in their forgotten pasts.
Voice actors
Mia Alice
- Voiced by: Mayumi Sho (Japanese) Anne Marie Zola (English
Roll Kran
- Voiced by: Akira Kamiya (Japanese) Edward Glen (English)
Pai Thunder
- Voiced by: Naoko Matsui (Japanese) Alice Barryt (English)
Lambda Nom
- Voiced by: Maya Okamoto (Japanese) Julia Brahms (English)
Dr. Tarsan
- Voiced by: Takeshi Aono (Japanese) David Collins (English)
Gil Berg
- Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba (Japanese) Robert Glenister (English)
Garimoth
- Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata (Japanese) Sean Barret (English)
Deela
- Voiced by: Mitsuko Horie (Japanese) Toni Barry (English)
Shazara
- Voiced by: Masako Katsuki (Japanese) Jocelyn Cunningham (English)
Production notes
Creator/Director/Character Designs: Toshihiro Hirano
Screenplay: Noboru Aikawa & Koichi Ohata
Mecha Design: Shoji Kawamori, Yasushi Ishizu, Masami Obari, Kouichi Ohata
Monster Design: Junichi Watanabe
Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai
Producers: AIC, Bandai/Emotion, Artmic
Music: Michiaki Watanabe
Episode titles:
HAJATAISEI DANGAIO released in 1987.
HAJATAISEI DANGAIO 2 NAMIDA NO SPIRAL KNUCKLE (Dangaio, Spiral Knuckle of Tear's ) released in 1988.
HAJATAISEI DANGAIO DAI-ICHIWA KANKETSUHEN FUKUSHUKI GIL BERG (Dangaio 3, Final of Part 1, Gil Berg's Demonic Revenge) released in 1989.
1st Opening theme: Cross Fight by Horie Mitsuko and Ichiro Mizuki | 2nd Opening theme: Cheap Thrills by Nakai Hidemi
1st Closing theme: Kokoro no Honesty (Honesty of the Heart) | 2nd Closing theme: Who's Gonna Win
Release
Episode 1 of Dangaioh was first released in North America on subtitled VHS format by U.S. Renditions in 1990 as Dangaio. It was infamously known for a subtitling error towards the end of the episode. Dangaioh's final attacks "Psychic Wave" and "Psychic Sword" were misspelled as "Side-kick Wave" and "Side-kick Sword." Episodes 2 and 3 were released in 1992 with a different translation staff behind the subtitling production.
Following the demise of U.S. Renditions in the mid-1990s, Manga Entertainment re-released Dangaioh in 1996 as Dangaioh: Hyper Combat Unit, which was an English-dubbed compilation of episodes 2-3. For reasons unknown, episode 1 was omitted from this release. This version was released on DVD in 2003.
Sequel
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A new 13-episode series named Great Dangaioh ran from April 5, 2001 through July 5, 2001 on TV Asahi in Japan. The series was created and directed by Hirano, and produced by AIC. Hirano's wife, Narumi Kakinouchi, was the animation director. Originally perceived as a completely different story, the series was revealed halfway as the sequel to the OVA series.
The series was licensed in North America by Viz Media, featuring an English dub produced in the Philippines by Telesuccess Productions.
Video games
An Dangaioh adventure game was released for the PC-8801 in Japan in April 1990. Dangaioh's characters, mecha, and storyline elements appeared in Banpresto's Super Robot Wars games. They initially appeared in Super Robot Wars Compact 2 (Parts 1, 2, and 3) for the WonderSwan game system, and later in its PlayStation 2 remake, Super Robot Wars Impact, as well as the Nintendo DS game, Super Robot Wars K. Impact notably features voice acting from the original Japanese voice actors.
The Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast video game Bangai-O contains various references to the series.
External links
- THE DANGAIOH HOMEPAGE
- DANGAIOH CELS (in English)
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Dangaioh at IMDb
- Dangaioh (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Great Dangaioh (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
