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Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God (TV)

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Alternative title:
Chōjū Kishin Dancougar (Japanese)
Dancouga (Italian)
Dancougar (French)
Dancougar, les cadets de l'espace (French)
Dieu Bénisse Dancougar (French)
God Bless Dancougar (Italian)
Super Beastial Machine God Dancougar
Данкугар (Russian)
超獣機神ダンクーガ (Japanese)
카루타 (Korean)
Themes: mecha
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Emperor Muge Zarbados and his Empire of Death decide that their next conquest will be the faraway planet of Earth. Muge becomes even more fearsome because of Shapiro Keats, a power-hungry Earthling-turned-traitor. It's up to Shinobu, Sara (Shapiro's old girldfriend), Masato, and Ryo of the Jyusenkitai/Cyber Beast Force to pilot the four Jyusenki/Beast Mecha (Eagle Fighter, Land Cougar, Land Liger, and Big Moth [a mammoth mecha]), which can combine into the giant mech Dancougar.
User Ratings: 67 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Excellent: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Very good: 15 votes (sub:13, dub:1, ?:1)
 Good: 17 votes (sub:16, ?:1)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:10)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 162 users, rank: #4305 (of 9777)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.970 (Good), std. dev.: 2.0441, rank: #4149 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 6.878 (Good), rank: #4316 (of 9919) (seen all: 7.29 / seen some: 6.11 / won't finish: 4.43)
Bayesian estimate: 6.975 (Good), rank: #3558 (of 7496)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 38
Episode titles: We have 38
Vintage:
1985-04-05 to 1985-12-27
1991-02-15 to 1991-05-25 (France)
Release dates: We have 10
Opening Theme:
#1: "Ai yo Faraway" by Rie Fujiwara
#2: "Honto no Kiss o Okaeshi ni" by Rie Fujiwara
Ending Theme:
#1: "Burning Love" by Takeshi Ike
#2: "Shadowy Dream" by Masakazu Tōgō
Insert song:
"Harmony Love" (ハーモニー・ラヴ) by Rie Fujiwara
"Tamerai ni Period" (ためらいにピリオド) by Yuriko Yamamoto
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Dancouga: Super Beast Machine God - Complete TV Series (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-11-24
DVD (Region 1)
    Dancouga: Super Beast Machine God - Complete TV Series (Sub.DVD) 2017-07-25

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Seiji Okuda
Series Composition: Keisuke Fujikawa
Screenplay:
Hideo Takayashiki (ep 5)
Junki Takegami (17 episodes
eps 4, 7-8, 12-13, 15-16, 19, 21-22, 24, 27-29, 33-35
)

Keisuke Fujikawa (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 9, 11, 18, 38
)

Kenji Terada (11 episodes
eps 3, 10, 14, 20, 23, 25-26, 31-32, 36-37
)

Seiji Okuda (eps 17, 30)
Storyboard:
Hiroshi Yoshida (8 episodes
eps 4, 7, 11, 15, 23, 27, 32, 35
)

Junichi Sakata (ep 10)
Junichi Yokoyama (ep 31)
Jutarō Ōba (ep 6)
Katsumi Minoguchi (eps 8, 13)
Kunihiko Yuyama (ep 19)
Mitsukazu Yamatani (6 episodes
eps 1, 12, 16, 25, 37-38
)

Mitsuo Kusakabe (8 episodes
eps 2, 5, 21, 24, 26, 28, 33-34
)

Satoru Kumazaki (eps 17, 30)
Seiji Okuda (ep 3)
Takayuki Kaneko (ep 20)
Tetsuro Amino (6 episodes
eps 9, 14, 18, 22, 29, 36
)

Episode Director:
Hiroshi Negishi (ep 24)
Hiroshi Yoshida (14 episodes
eps 4, 7, 11, 15, 21, 23, 27-29, 32-36
)

Jun Hirabayashi (ep 26)
Junichi Yokoyama (eps 31, 37)
Jutarō Ōba (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 12, 16, 19
)

Katsumi Minoguchi (eps 3, 8, 13)
Mitsukazu Yamatani (4 episodes
eps 13, 17, 25, 30
)

Seiji Okuda (eps 1, 38)
Takayuki Kaneko (eps 20, 22)
Tetsuro Amino (eps 9, 14, 18)
Yoshihide Kuriyama (eps 5, 10)
Character Design:
Hiromi Matsushita (Ryo, General Helmut)
Hiroshi Kōjina (Emperor Muge)
Kazuko Tadano (Shinobu, Masato, Laura)
Nobuyoshi Habara (Emperor Muge; ep 38)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (Luna, clothing design)
Sanae Kobayashi (Sara, General Gil Dorom)
Takahiro Yoshimatsu (Shapiro, General Death Gaia, Bistol)
Art Director: Torao Arai
Animation Director:
Akira Nakamura (ep 3)
Chiharu Satō (mechanical; ep 12)
Fumiko Kishi (ep 18)
Hideki Tamura (OP2)
Katsumi Terahigashi (ep 21)
Kazuko Tadano (eps 4, 19, 24)
Kenzō Koizumi (ep 7)
Masahiro Kase (ep 18)
Masami Ōbari (mechanical; 4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 16 [NC], 38
)

Mika Fuji (mechanical; ep 38)
Mitsuru Yamaguchi (eps 31, 37)
Nobuyoshi Habara (mechanical; 5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 10, 35
)

Osamu Kamijō (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 12, 23, 28, 32, 34, 38
)

Osamu Tsuruyama (10 episodes
eps 5, 8, 11, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 33, 36
)

Taichi Nakamura (ep 3)
Yasuko Kimi (ep 26)
Yutaka Kawasuji (4 episodes
eps 9, 14, 25, 29
)

Mecha design:
Hisashi Hirai (Nakamura Pro)
Masami Ōbari
Sound Director: Noriyoshi Matsuura
Director of Photography: Takeshi Fukuda
Producer:
Hiroshi Katō
Masaru Umehara
Yoshiro Kataoka (Asahi Tsushinsha)

Assistant Animation Checker:
Akio Takami
Hiromi Miyake
Background Art:
Chitose Asakura (Production AI)
Etsuko Matsunaga (Production AI)
Harumi Yoneda (Production AI)
Junko Yamamoto (Production AI)
Katsuhiro Yamada (Production AI)
Kazumitsu Nishinaga (Production AI)
Keiko Takano (Production AI)
Takuji Jizōmoto (Production AI)
Tetsuo Inoue (Production AI)
Key Animation:
Akio Takami (ep 36)
Akira Inoue (Anime R; eps 18, 33, 35)
Akira Koyama (ep 31)
Akira Nakamura (Nakamura Production; ep 8)
Akira Saijō (ep 17)
Asao Takahashi (ep 31)
Atsushi Okuda (ep 6)
Ayako Tanaka (Anime R; ep 22)
Chiharu Satō (Studio Z5; 4 episodes
eps 13, 15-16, 20
)

Emi Sakamoto (4 episodes
eps 1, 7, 11, 30
)

Hideki Tamura (OP2; ep 5 uncredited)
Hiroaki Gōda (OP2; ep 26)
Hiroaki Suzuki (ep 12)
Hiroki Hayashi (ep 37)
Hiromi Matsushita (eps 19, 24)
Hiroshi Kōjina (4 episodes
eps 2, 4, 19, 24
)

Hiroshi Sano (ep 5)
Hiroshi Watanabe (ep 2)
Hirotoshi Sano (OP 1-2)
Hirotsugu Ichizumi (ep 1)
Hiroyuki Okuno (Nakamura Pro; 7 episodes
eps 3, 8, 11-13, 15, 20
)

Hiroyuki Terada (Anime R; ep 22)
Katsumi Terahigashi (Biboo; ep 16)
Katsushi Shibasawa (Nakamura Production; eps 11-13)
Katsuya Nozawa (Biboo; ep 21)
Kazuaki Mōri (Anime R; ep 18)
Kazuko Tadano (eps 2, 17)
Keiko Masuda (12 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 10, 23, 26-27, 29-30, 32, 35, 38
)

Kenichi Maejima (ep 9)
Kenichi Ōnuki (OP2)
Kinji Yoshimoto (ep 13)
Kōichi Naitō (ep 12)
Kōji Itō (OP2; eps 8, 12, 26)
Kumiko Ito (11 episodes
eps 5, 7, 15, 23, 26-27, 29-30, 32, 35, 38
)

Makoto Bessho (ep 6)
Masakatsu Sasaki (ep 9)
Masaki Kudō (ep 30)
Masami Ōbari (15 episodes
eps 5, 10, 13, 15-17, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29-30, 33, 35, 38
)

Masanori Nagashima (ep 37)
Masayuki Hiraoka (eps 2, 4)
Masayuki Ichikawa (ep 2)
Masayuki Yagi (Biboo; eps 16, 21)
Mayumi Ogura (ep 9)
Michinori Shirato (4 episodes
eps 2, 11-12, 32
)

Mikiko Murata (12 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 10, 23, 26-27, 29-30, 32, 35, 38
)

Mikio Morita (ep 6)
Mitsuhiro Fushida (ep 9)
Miyuki Nonaka (Anime R; 4 episodes
eps 18, 33, 35, 38
)

Moriyasu Taniguchi (Anime R; ep 14)
Mutsuhiro Azuma (Anime R; ep 22)
Naoyuki Onda (Biboo; eps 16, 21)
Nobuyoshi Habara (7 episodes
eps 13, 17, 22, 25, 27, 30, 38
)

Nobuyuki Ikigame (eps 31, 37)
Noriyasu Yamauchi (eps 19, 24)
Omitaka Yokogawa (eps 5-6, 10, 12)
Osamu Kamijō (ep 17)
Osamu Tsuruyama (ep 17)
Osamu Yamasaki (eps 28, 30)
Rie Ōshima (9 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 10, 23, 26-27, 29-30
)

Saburo Takada (ep 37)
Sachiko Iwamura (Anime R; ep 18)
Sanae Kobayashi (eps 2, 4)
Shigeki Awai (eps 1, 6, 13)
Shinsaku Kōzuma (ep 5 uncredited)
Shōichi Masuo (OP2)
Tadashi Hasegawa (ep 37)
Takahiro Yoshimatsu (ep 4)
Tetsuya Tsukamoto (ep 6)
Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Nakamura Pro; eps 3, 8)
Tōru Yoshida (Anime R; ep 18)
Toshikatsu Shinozaki (AIC; ep 23)
Toshinobu Togawa (ep 37)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (eps 4, 19, 24)
Toshiyuki Kubooka (Biboo; eps 16, 21)
Yoshie Kawamura (Anime R; ep 22)
Yoshiharu Fukushima (ep 1)
Yoshiharu Shimizu (ep 6)
Yoshitaka Kohno (ep 30)
Yoshiyuki Ichikawa (Studio Min; eps 20, 26)
Yukari Kobayashi (ep 9)
Yukio Okano (ep 36)
Yutaka Kawasuji (ep 17)
Photography:
Fumio Hirokawa (Sanko Production)
Jun'Ichi Takeda (Sanko Production)
Kaoru Kuwahara (Long Run Pro)
Katsuhiro Tezuka (Sanko Production)
Kazuhiro Sugai (Sanko Production)
Keizo Saito (Sanko Production)
Kiyoshi Ishihara (Sanko Production)
Masashi Takegawa (Long Run Pro)
Masayuki Hirono (Long Run Pro)
Miyuki Tanaka (Sanko Production)
Takahiko Saito (Sanko Production)
Production Advancement:
Hiroaki Morishita (eps 19, 24)
Hiroshi Miwa (eps 29-30)
Junichi Otomo (ep 30)
Kazuhiro Hattori (ep 37)
Kazuya Saitō (9 episodes
eps 4, 11, 17, 22, 25, 27, 30, 32, 36
)

Kenji Murakami (9 episodes
eps 6, 12, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30, 33, 38
)

Michiaki Kanno (ep 5)
Ryoji Kitajima (ep 3)
Shinichi Asakawa (ep 35)
Takahiko Masuyama (7 episodes
eps 1, 8, 13, 20, 26, 30, 34
)

Takao Kato (eps 10, 14, 18)
Takeshi Aoki (ep 37)
Taketo Sakuma (ep 7)
Tsuneo Kawamura (eps 2, 9, 15)
Yū Sasaki (ep 31)
Production Affairs: Akiko Furubayashi
Production Desk: Yukinao Shimoji
Production manager: Norifumi Sato
Recording Adjustment: Harutoshi Otsuka
Setting Advancement: Kazuhiko Hosaka (eps 1-18, 20)
Sound Effects:
Katsumi Itō
Teruyoshi Sudo (eps 37-38)
Special Effects:
Minoru Mukai
Yuki Okumura (ep 37)
Yutaka Hoshiba
Theme Song Performance:
Masakazu Togo (ED2)
Rie Fujiwara (OP 1&2)
Takeshi Ike (ED1)
Titles:
Masahiro Maki (eps 1-4, 19-38)
Mayumi Shioiri (eps 5-18)
Mitsuhiro Ajiki (eps 1-4, 19-38)
Yoshie Tokui (eps 5-18)
演助進行: Kazuhiko Hosaka (eps 19, 21-26)
Kaneto Shiozawa as Ryō Shiba
Kazuki Yao as Shinobu Fujiwara
Shigeru Nakahara as Masato Shikibu
Yuriko Yamamoto as Sara Yūki

Hideyuki Tanaka as Alan Igor
Hiroya Ishimaru as Dr. Kōtarō Hazuki
Issei Futamata as General Helmut
Kōji Totani as Bistol
Masaharu Satō as General Gil Dorom
Masaru Ikeda as General Ross Igor
Norio Wakamoto as Shapiro Keats
Rie Fujiwara as Laura Sullivan
Saeko Shimazu as Luna Rossa
Shūsei Nakamura as
Emperor Muge Zorbados
Narration
Yūsaku Yara as General Death Gaia

Ai Satou as Arisa Yūki
Asami Mukaidono as Pete (ep 7)
Banjō Ginga as Alan (ep 10)
Bin Shimada as Brian (ep 19)
Chisato Nakajima as Nurse (ep 23)
Chiyoko Kawashima as
Carl (ep 7)
Mister (ep 6)
Woman Driver (ep 4)
Eiko Yamada as Dan Aykroyd (ep 7)
Hideki Fukushi as
Announcer (ep 9)
Chief Pilot (ep 7)
Hikari Akiyama as
Clara (ep 21)
Daniella (ep 13)
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Gonzalez (ep 13)
Ikuya Sawaki as Staff Officer B (eps 1-2)
Jun Hazumi as President Bergman (ep 24)
Kan Tokumaru as
Granbider (ep 12)
Masao Shikibu
Seiji Kayama
Katsuji Mori as Buzzle (ep 10)
Kazumi Tanaka as Gel (5 episodes
eps 18, 21-23, 27
)
Kazuyuki Sogabe as Commander (ep 11)
Keiko Han as Annette Hauser (ep 22)
Keiko Toda as John Dykstra (ep 12)
Kōhei Miyauchi as Ted Keigel (Don; ep 8)
Kōji Totani as Staff Officer A (eps 1-2, 6)
Kōzō Shioya as
Chris
Gankotsu (5 episodes
eps 9, 12, 15-17
)

Halcon (ep 8)
Iho
Mechanic (eps 1-2)
Sabu (ep 14)
Staff A (eps 3, 20)
Kyōko Hamura as
Renée (ep 21)
Tom Dykstra (ep 12)
Masashi Hirose as Godom (ep 7)
Masumi Gotō as Rick Baker (ep 12)
Mayumi Shō as Nurse (ep 4)
Naoki Tatsuta as Black Man (ep 14)
Naoko Matsui as Shirley McGovern (ep 12)
Nobuyuki Furuta as
Charlie
Hecate
Run Sasaki as Seacat
Shinya Ohtaki as
Black Man (ep 14)
Chris
Francis
Pogo
Teiji Ōmiya as Principal (eps 1-2)
Tesshō Genda as Geral (eps 14-17)
Yasuo Muramatsu as Astronomical Chief
Yoku Shioya as
Black Man (ep 14)
Josh (ep 23)
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Reimi Shikishima
Yūji Fujishiro as Takeru Yūki
Yumi Touma as Brigitte (ep 21)

Tomiko Suzuki (ep 7)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Ashi Productions
Backgrounds: Production ai
Character Design: Studio Live (as Indorigoya)
Distributor: King Records
Film Developing: Toei Chemical Industry
In-Between Animation:
Artland
Miyuki Production
Key Animation:
AIC (eps 23, 33-34)
Anime R (6 episodes
eps 14, 18, 22, 25, 28, 30
)

Bebow (eps 16, 21)
Magic Bus (ep 38)
Miyuki Production (ep 34)
Nakamura Production (8 episodes
eps 3, 8, 11-13, 15, 20, 25
)

Studio Graviton (ep 30)
Studio Kaizokusen (9 episodes
eps 15, 20, 23, 25, 28-36 even
)

Studio Min (ep 20)
Studio Step (9 episodes
eps 10, 25, 27-30, 32, 34, 36
)

Studio Z5 (eps 15-16, 20)
Materials Assistance:
American Photo Library (ep 14)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (ep 14)
Mechanic Design: Nakamura Production
Opening Animation: Nakamura Production (OP 1)
Production Assistance:
AIC (eps 31, 37)
Production Wave (eps 19, 24)
Recording: Seion Studio
Sound Production: Gen
special effects: Marix
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
Executive producer:
John O'Donnell
John Sirabella
Associate producer:
Anthony Salerno
Peter Bavaro
Production Coordination:
Dimas Rodriguez
Edwin de la Cruz
Production Supervision: Sam Liebowitz
Rewrite: Jay Parks
Subtitle Preparation: Roman Stuart (Discotek)
Theme Song Lyrics:
David Mayhew
Pamela Parks
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Software Sculptors
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (2019)
Midnight Pulp
RetroCrush
Licensed by:
Central Park Media (Expired)
Discotek Media (2017)
Packaging Design: Littlefield Company
Translation: Studio Nemo
French cast
French staff
Denis Laustriat as Maximilien
Lionel Tua as Alexandre
Philippe Ogouz as Gerard

Anne Rondeleux as Sarah
Antoine Nouel as David
Isabelle Maudet as
Laura
Luna
Jacques Richard as
Commandant Ross Eagle
Général Helmat
Jean-François Kopf as
Empereur Nero de Mega
Général Guildro
Nicolas Marié as Dr Livingston (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-10
)
Philippe Ogouz as
Dr Livingston
Général Desquier
Gérard - Dr Levingston
Narrateur
French companies
Broadcaster: TF1 (from 15 February 1991)
Dubbing: SOFI
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Aldo Stella

Dubbing Coordination: Orlando Leone
Alessandra Karpoff as Sara Yūki
Diego Sabre as Ryō Shiba (1st voice)
Federico Zanandrea as Shinobu Fujiwara (2nd voice)
Lorenzo Scattorin as Ryô Shiba (2nd voice)
Patrizio Prata as Shinobu Fujiwara (1st voice)
Renato Novara as Masato Shikibu

Alessandro D'Errico as Death Gaia (1st voice)
Andrea Bolognini as Death Gaia (2nd voice)
Dario Oppido as Muge Zorbados
Federica Valenti as Laura Sullivan
Gabriele Calindri as Shapiro Keats
Marco Balzarotti as Kōtarō Hazuki
Marina Thovez as Luna Rossa
Massimiliano Lotti as Igor Ross
Matteo Zanotti as Gil Dorom
Silvio Pandolfi as Helmut

Claudio Colombo as Gankotsu
Daniele Blandino as Geral
Maurizio Merluzzo as Alan Ross
Natale Ciravolo as Narratore
Oliviero Corbetta as Bistol
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga (from 30 January 2012)
Distributor: Yamato Video (Italy)
Dubbing: Raflesia srl

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