Daigunder
爆闘宣言ダイガンダー (Bakuto Sengen Daigandaa)
Genre	Mecha,Shonen,Action,Comedy
TV anime
Director	Hiroyuki Yano
Studio	Brains Base
Network	TV Tokyo Animax TV2 SIC
Original run	April 2002 – December 2002
Episodes	39

Daigunder (爆闘宣言ダイガンダー; Bakuto Sengen Daigandā) is an anime series about humans using robots in tournaments. Created by Aeon and the Animation Studio Brains Base, it aired in TV Tokyo from April 2002 to December 2002. It has an estimated 39 Episodes. This article is about the term used in science fiction, anime, and manga. ... Shōnen. ... The action genre is a class of creative works characterised by a greater emphasis on exciting action sequences than on character development or story-telling. ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... TV redirects here. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... The logo of TV Tokyo. ... Animax ) is a Japanese anime satellite television network, established and owned by Sony Corporation, and dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malaysia. ... TV2 or Radio Televisyen Malaysia 2 ( RTM) is a television station in Malaysia that is owned by the Malaysian Government. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... SIC - Sociedade Independente de Comunicação is Portugals third terrestrial television station. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... For the geologic time, see eon (geology). ... The logo of TV Tokyo. ...

Plot

Set in the future where talking robots are common, there is a tournament where robot teams pit off against each other in. The Battle Robots look like humans and transforming animals.

A boy named Akira Akebono plans to win the Titan Belt with his robots Bullion, Eaglearrow, Drimog, Bonerex, Despector, Trihorn, Ryugu and also Daigu who form the mighty Daigunder. The Daigunder unit was a creation of Akira's grandfather, Professor Hajime Akebono. Managed by a girl named Haruka (later spelled "Heruka" in the closed captioning of the dub), Team Akira enters many tournaments for Akira to reach his goal. However, there are many occasions when a Battle Robot named Ginzan is out to destroy Daigunder. Ginzan does this under the orders of the evil and mysterious Professor Maelstrom and he is later joined by Tigamaru & Rogamaru. Akira and his friends soon find a new enemy in DragoBurst, and new comrades in his former assistants, DragoFlame & DragoFreezer.

Characters

Main Characters

Akira and his robots' base of operations is Dailand and they get around in the Daishuttle.

• Commander Akira Akebono: Akira is one of the main characters of this show who dreams of winning the Titan Belt. He challenges other teams with his group of robots.

• Haruka Hoshi (Initially spelled Haruka in the closed captioning, then changed to "Heruka" [sic] to match the English pronunciation): A young girl who is looking to become a manager of a Battle Robots team. After Team Akira defeats Team John and gains a Battle Robot License, she becomes Akira's manager and helps to tune up his robots.

• Professor Hajime Akebono: Hajime Akebono is Akira's grandfather who created the the robots that Akira uses, including DragoBurst. He likes to travel to different places.

Akira's Battle Robots

Akira's team of Battle Robots consist of the Daigunder Unit (Ryugu, Daigu, DragoFlame and DragoFreezer), the Animal Unit (Bullion, Eaglearrow and Drimog), and the Dino Unit (Bonerex, Despector and Trihorn). When damaged, Beebot gives them upgrades whenever they need it.

• Battle King Daigunder (Bakuto Ou [Explosive War King] Daigunder): A creation of Professor Hajime, Daigunder is the Metamorphic Fusion of Ryugu and Daigu. Nicknamed the "King of the Battle Robots", Daigunder can attack his enemies with his Dragon Cannon (his finisher), Dragon Strike and Dragon Blade. With Despector on his left arm he can perform the Echo Blast.
  • Flaming Robot Warrior Ryugu (Burning Dragon Knight Ryugu): Ryugu is Akira's constant companion and as stuborn as he is. At first he refuses to obey Akira, until he sees Akira protect him. His attacks are Knight Slash and Knight Quake. Ryugu is a small knight robot.
  • Daigu (White Unsinkable Ship Gunder): Daigu never fights unless fused with either Ryugu, Bullion or Bonerex. He can speak, but most often all he says is “Daigu!”. He is a dragon robot.

• Hot-Blooded Magma Warrior DragoFlame (Magma-Born Hot-blooded warrior Dragoflame) / Armor Flame: Part of the Daigunder Unit. One of two robots built by Professors Hajime and Maelstrom when they were partners, after finding out about Maelstrom's true motives, ran off with their leader DragoBurst on a space station in outer space. Later on in the series, after DragoBurst abandons them, he, along with DragoFreezer, join Team Akira. DragoFlame's animal is a Fire Dragon, and attacks with Magma Blast. DragoFlame can Armor Fuse and become a sword for either DragoBurst or Daigunder. Like Daigu, DragoFlame mostly says one word “Flame!”.

• Cold-Blooded Ice Sage DragoFreezer (Blizzard-Born Cold-blooded Sage Dragofreeza) / Armor Freeze: Part of the Daigunder Unit. One of two robots built by Professors Hajime and Maelstrom when they were partners, after finding out about Maelstrom's true motives, ran off with their leader DragoBurst on a space station in outer space. Later on in the series, after DragoBurst abandons them, he, along with DragoFlame, join Team Akira. DragoFreezer's animal is an Ice Dragon and attacks with Blizzard Strike. DragoFreezer can Armor Fuse and become a shield for either DragoBurst or Daigunder. Like Daigu and DragoFlame, DragoFreezer mostly says one word “Freezer!”.

• Blue Crusher Bullion (Blue Lightning Bulion): Leader of the Animal Unit and attacks with his Thunder Claw attack. His animal form is a lion. He can Metamorphic Fuse with Daigu to become Battle King Daigullion (Grappling King Daigalion) who attacks with his Thunder Fang Battle Claw. With Eaglearrow and Drimog on his arms he can perform the Daigullion Ray.

• Jurassic Soldier Bonerex: Bonerex is the leader of the Dino Unit who attacked the mayor's town when the mayor was placing an amusement park in the Dino Units area. He and the Dino Unit later joined Akira and attacks with his Bone Blade attack. His animal form is a tyrannosaurus. He can Metamorphic Fuse with Daigu to become the Sword King Daigurex (Swordplay King Daigarex), with attacks such as the Air-Slicing Beast Sword and Daigurex Fire, which he performs with Despector and Trihorn on his arms.

• Incredible Quadrable Robot Megarex (Four Body Force Shockwave Megavex): Power Fusion of Eaglearrow, Drimog, Despector and Trihorn. This combination is seldom used, as it sometimes takes a lot of power out of them.
  • Eaglearrow (Resurrection of William Tell Eagle Arrow): Member of the Animal Unit. He is one of the fliers of Team Akira since his animal form is an eagle. Constantly argues with Drimog. Attacks with Arrow Strike.
  • Underground Fighter Drimog (Wild Child Under the Edge Drimogu): Member of the Animal Unit. In case you're wondering why he is such a great digger, that's because his animal form is a mole. Constantly argues with Eaglearrow. Attacks with Crash Strike.
  • Lord Reaper Master Despector (Aristocratic God of Death Deathpector): Member of the Dino Unit that joins Team Akira. His animal form is a pteranodon. Attacks with Specter Slash.
  • Superhuman Gatekeeper Tri-Horn (Super-Strong Gate Keeper Trihorn): Member of the Dino Unit that joins with Akira. He can be a bit dumb at times. His animal form is a triceratops. Attacks with Horn Strike.

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Allies

• Commissioner Spinklestarber: Commissioner Spinklestarber is the commissioner of the Battle Robots Tournament who observes all tournaments. A running gag is that Akira can't seem to get his name right.

• Ginzan (Mysterious Unallied Gunman Ginzan): A Battle Robot that worked for the mysterious Professor Maelstrom who attacked Daigunder on different occasions, nicknaming himself the "Ultimate Battle Robot". He did team up with Akira and the Daigunder Unit for an Armor Fusion on some occasions, with an attack called Dragon Power Blaster. After learning about honor from Daigunder, he has begun to switch sides and eventually betrayed Professor Maelstrom when he learned his true intentions and how he felt robots were merely tools. After fighting against Daigunder with Akira as his commander as part of a test, Ginzan decides to go away for a while and perhaps someday join Team Akira, as he now considers Akira his new commander. His animal form is a winged unicorn, and his attack is Ultra Power Blast.

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Villains

• Professor Maelstrom: The main bad guy of the series, Professor Maelstrom was once Professor Hajime's partner when he was originally known as Professor Deikun. Together they built DragoBurst, but when DragoBurst found out he Professor Deikun planned to use him to take over the world he fire at him, destroying the laboratory and left. Many years later he has returned complete with a metal eye due to the accident. He built Ginzan, Tigamaru and Rogamaru to defeat Daigunder for unknown purposes.

• Wolf Fang/Tiger Fang (Maneuvering 2-Sword Style Double Fang): Armor fusion of Tigamaru & Rogamaru.
  • Tigamaru (Maneuvering Great Thief Tigamaru): One of two robots who join up with Ginzan to destroy Daigunder. He, along with Rogamaru, often uses trickery and deceit in their schemes to defeat Daigunder. He can combine with Rogamaru to form one robot with either of them at the top. Tigamaru's animal form is a tiger. Tigamaru's attack is the Tiga Whirldwind Slicer.
  • Rogamaru (Maneuvering Ninja Arts Rogamaru): One of two robots who join up with Ginzan to destroy Daigunder. He, along with Tigamaru, often uses trickery and deceit in their schemes to defeat Daigunder. He can combine with Tigamaru to form one robot with either of them at the top. Rogamaru's animal form is a wolf. Rogamaru's attack is the Roga Moon Slicer.

• Battle Emperor DragoBurst (Dark Beast of Legend Dragoburst): A robot built by Professors Hajime and Maelstrom when they were partners, after finding out about Maelstrom's true motives he ran off and now he lives with his two companions on a space station in outer space. His ultimate goal is to get Daigunder on his team and destroy humanity. His animal form is a Black Dragon and attacks with Destructer Blast. He can Armor Fuse with Daigunder to form Legendary Battle Warrior DragoDaigunder (Dragon Daigunder) with DragoFlame as a sword and DragoFreezer as a shield and attacks with his Burst Cannon. It is later revealed that DragoBurst can combine with Bonerex to become Burstrex.

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Episodes

1. The Dream Begins
2. Step One
3. Training Battle
4. Hybrid Match
5. Enter Ginzan
6. Robot Round Up
7. Bots Will Be Bots
8. This is No I in Team
9. Been There, Done That
10. Friend or Foe
11. Battling with Style
12. Loose As A Caboose
13. The Mystery of Team X
14. The Enemy Within
15. The Many Robots Spoil the Broth
16. A Royal Pain
17. Brits, Bots, and Betty
18. A New Friend
19. Two Bots or Not Two Bots
20. Goon With the Wind
21. Fight or Get off the Bot
22. A Battle Down Memory Lane
23. Fire and Ice
24. A Stand in the Sand
25. Maelstrom's Madness
26. My Thumb
27. The Battle for Ryugu
28. Maybe the Grass Ain't Greener
29. Dazed and Kamfused
30. Teamwork
31. A Lesson Earned is a Lesson Learned
32. Doctor Bridget Explains it All
33. TBA
34. TBA
35. TBA
36. TBA
37. TBA
38. TBA
39. TBA

Cast (Japanese)

• Fujiko Takimoto as Akira
• Juri Ihata as Haruka
• Yuki Kaida as Ryugu
• Kiyoyuki Yanada as Daigu/Daigunder
• Isshin Chiba as Eagle Arrow & Trihorn
• Kazuhiro Nakata as Boss
• Keiichi Sonobe as Announcer
• Kouichi Toochika as Despecter
• Masaya Onosaka as Drimog
• Nobutoshi Canna as Taigamaru
• Nobuyuki Hiyama as Rougamaru
• Norio Wakamoto as Dragonbust
• Ryotaro Okiayu as Bone Rex/Daigurex
• Susumu Chiba as Ginzan
• Tetsu Inada as Bullion/Daigullion
• Tomohisa Asou as Dr. Hajime

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Cast (English)

• Barbara Goodson - Akira Akebono
• Lara Jill Miller - Haruka
• Steven Blum - Professor Hajime Akebono
• Joey D'Auria - Commissioner Spinklestarber
• Joshua Seth - Ryugu
• Michael Sorich - Daigu/Daigunder
• Bob Papenbrook - Bullion/Daigullion
• Richard Epcar - Eaglearrow
• Steve Kramer - Drimog
• Paul Schrier - Bone Rex/Daigurex
• Lex Lang - Despector
• David Lodge - Tri-Horn
• Tom Wyner - Ginzan
• Brad MacDonald - Rogamaru/Wolf Fang
• Michael McConnohie - Tigamaru/Tiger Fang
• Dave Mallow - Track Announcer
• Derek Stephen Prince - DragoFreezer

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Theme Songs

• "Bakuto Sengen! Daigunder" by Masaaki Endoh (OP)

• "We Are the Heroes" by Hiroshi Kitadani (ED)

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External links

• Daigunder at Internet Movie Database
• Daigunder at TV.com