Godannar
神魂合体ゴーダンナー!! (Shinkon Gattai Godannar!!)
Genre	Mecha, Ecchi, Comedy, Science Fiction
TV anime
Directed by	Yasuchika Nagaoka
Studio	AIC A.S.T.A. Oriental Light and Magic
Licensor	ADV Films
Network	AT-X Bandai Visual
Original run	October 1, 2003 – June 29, 2004
No. of episodes	26 total: 13 (Season 1) + 13 (Season 2)
Game: Godannar
Genre	Playstation 2

Godannar (神魂合体ゴーダンナー!!, Shinkon Gattai Gōdannā!!^?) is an anime series created and directed by Yasuchika Nagaoka. It has elements of comedy, ecchi and mecha. The success of the first season has led to a sequel (known as Shinkon Gattai Godannar!! Second Season). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For the fictional robot, see Mecha. ... Ecchi (from the Japanese エッチ etchi) is an English word deriving from a Japanese word meaning lewd or naughty when used as an adjective, and can refer to a pervert or sexual intercourse when used as a noun. ... The word comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... “TV” redirects here. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... AIC may stand for: AIC Limited, a mutual fund Co. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... A.D. Vision (commonly referred to as ADV) is a Houston, Texas based international multimedia entertainment company, active in home video production and distribution, broadcast television, theatrical film distribution, merchandising, original productions, magazine and comic book publishing and is the largest anime company in North America. ... Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... The word comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humor with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Ecchi (from the Japanese エッチ etchi) is an English word deriving from a Japanese word meaning lewd or naughty when used as an adjective, and can refer to a pervert or sexual intercourse when used as a noun. ... For the fictional robot, see Mecha. ...

Background

In 2042, alien threats known as the Mimetic beasts (擬態獣, gitaijū^?) laid waste to Japan. During a final battle against the Mimetic beasts, Goh defeats the alien "boss" and saves his future wife, Anna, with his robot called "Dannar."

Now, on their wedding ceremony, the Mimetic beasts emerge after five years of tranquility. Goh and his robot, Dannar, are called to action, forcing Goh to leave Anna at the altar.

As Goh struggles in his battle against the Mimetic beast, Anna stumbles upon a top secret robot known as the "Neo-Okusaer". She is able to pilot Neo-Okusaer to save her fiancee by merging it with Dannar to form the mighty robot "Godannar."

The series (both seasons) is famous for its fanservice: upskirt shots, bouncing breasts, and the scantily clad female pilots. Fan service ), sometimes written as a single word, fanservice, is a vaguely defined term chiefly used for Japanese visual media—particularly in anime fandom—to refer to elements in a story that are unnecessary to a storyline, but designed to amuse or sexually excite the audience[1][2]. It is...

There was also a dōjinshi made by staff which was sold to fund the production of the second series. Dōjinshi ) are self-published Japanese works, usually manga or novels. ...

Characters

• Goh Saruwatari (猿渡 ゴオ Saruwatari Gō) Hero of the story and pilot of the Dannar. Prior to the start of the series, he rescues Anna in a battle with the Mimetic beasts. 5 years later Goh and Anna are to be married just as the Mimetic beasts begin to move once again.

Voiced by: Takayuki Kondo (Japanese), Brett Weaver (English)

• Anna Aoi (葵 杏奈 Aoi An'na) A high school student and skilled robot pilot, she was to be married to Goh before the re-emergence of the Mimetic beasts interrupted their ceremony. Becomes the pilot of Neo-Okusaer, and later Go-Okusaer.

Voiced by: Mai Nakahara (Japanese), Hilary Haag (English)

• Shizuru Fujimura (藤村 静流 Fujimura Shizuru) Busty pilot of the Core-Gunner and a remarkable sharp shooter, who is also in love with Goh, yet is unable to confess these feelings. Much later develops a close friendship with Goh's younger brother, Shinobu. A running gag of a few people saying she has a big butt which happens in episode seven where she tried to get in her robot in the hatch door and her butt got stuck in it.

Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (Japanese), Tiffany Grant (English)

• Kiriko Aoi (葵 霧子 Aoi Kiriko) - Anna's extremely busty mother and Goh's boss. Together with her husband, Tatsuya, she was responsible for the development of the Dannar project.

Voiced by: Takako Honda (Japanese), Laura Chapman (English)

• Kagemaru (影丸) The dashing Commander of Danner Base. Seems to have feelings for Kiriko Aoi, but the feelings are not reciprocated.

Voiced by: Taro Yamaguchi (Japanese), Mike Vance (English)

• Milla Ackerman - original pilot of Neo-Okusaer. She was Goh's old combat partner and lover, until the battle 5 years previous in which she was thought to have been killed.

Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

• Lou Roux - a young orphan girl taken in by Goh and Anna. Once an operator for the orbital space station that monitors the Earth for the presence of Mimetic beasts, she is the lone survivor when the space station is destroyed and her father killed by Mimetic beasts that somehow managed to stow away on one of their shuttles. She becomes obsessed with becoming a robot pilot to avenge her father's death. At the end of the series, she pilots Celleblader to fight the Mimetic Beasts. She sometimes wonders off to fight the Mimetic Beasts, but returns to Dannar Base just live there. She promise Ken to look after Goh and Anna to see they can save humanity.

Voiced by: Kaori Shimizu (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English)

• Shinobu Saruwatari (猿渡 忍 Saruwatari Shinobu) - Goh's younger brother who lives with Goh and Anna. Shinobu kids his older brother about his age and goes to school with Anna. Though he was once infatuated with Anna, he later refers to himself as her "big brother". May have later developed close feelings for Shizuru, much to Kouji's chagrin.

Voiced by: Junko Minagawa (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)

• Konami Sasagure (笹暮 小波 Sasagure Konami) - One of the 2 operators of the main ship's console (along with Momoko).

Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Mariela Ortiz (English)

• Momoko "Momochi" Momozono (桃園 桃子 Momozono Momoko) - One of the 2 operators of the main ship's console (along with Konami). Her name means "peach child".

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Brittney Karbowski (English)

• Tetsuya Kouji (光司 鉄也 Kōji Tetsuya) - Easily excitable partner of Shizuru and pilot of the G-Gunner. Spends most of the series recovering from injuries sustained in the battle from the first episode. Has feelings for Shizuru and is a little wary of Shinobu who seems to be getting a little too close to her. It's fun to note that he is named after the pilots of Mazinger Z and the Great Mazinger, Kouji Kabuto and Tetsuya Tsurugi. A running gag seems to involve other characters constantly proclaiming him dead after dangerous missions when he is really perfectly fine.

Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese), Chris Ayres (English)

• Shadow - Pilot of the American giant robot team, Genesister, and partner of Luna. Strong, beautiful, athletic, but a bit masculine.

Voiced by: Yuko Kaida (Japanese), Christine Auten (English)

• Luna - Pilot of the American giant robot team Genesister and partner of Shadow. Small, petite and cute, but surprisingly strong.

Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Japanese), Sasha Paysinger (English)

• Moukaku - Pilot of the Chinese giant robot team, Godiner. Loud and brash, he surprisingly has a soft side. He's in love with Shukuyu. Named after the Japanese pronunciation of Meng Huo, who was the leader of the Nan Zhong tribes during China's Three Kingdoms era.

Voiced by: Juurouta Kosugi (Japanese), George Manley (English)

• Shukuyu - Pilot of the Chinese giant robot team, Godiner, and partner of Moukaku. Younger than Moukaku, she reins him in. Named after Lady Zhurong, who was Meng Huo's wife.

Voiced by: Wakana Yamazaki (Japanese), Kelly Manison (English)

• Ekaterina - Fantastically well-endowed pilot of the Russian giant robot team, Volspina. Beautiful and magnificently busty, her relationship with her partner Kukrachyov is much like a dominatrix.

Voiced by: Miho Yamada (Japanese), Marcy Rae (English)

• Kukrachyov - Pilot of the Russian giant robot team, Volspina. Tall, thin and quiet, he obeys every command of his partner Ekaterina without question.

Voiced by: Shinji Kawada (Japanese), Illich Guardiola (English)

• Knight Valentine - Pilot of the British giant robot team, Dragliner. Handsome and conceited, he's always chasing girls.

Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese), Chris Patton (English)

• Ellis Valentine - Pilot of the British giant robot team, Dragliner. Knight and Ellis refer to each other as brother and sister, though they are not related. Constantly frustrated by Knight's skirt-chasing.

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (Japanese), Shannon Emmerick (English)

• Low Roux - Lou's late father, killed during an attack on the orbital space station he commanded. He was able to send his daughter to Earth in the Cosmo Diver, where she crashlanded and was found and rescued by Dannar Base personnel.

Voiced by: Hisanori Koyatsu (Japanese), John Gremillion (English)

• Ken (剣) A rogue Robot pilot who makes it his life mission to defeat the Mimetic beasts after the loss of his wife. Often referred to by the world at large as a "Menage Zero", a code name for a rogue robot acting without authority. Later takes Lou in when she begs Ken to teach her to be a pilot. He gets infected by the virus that all most every male pilot gets. He ejected Lou who's inside the Celleblader out of the Gainer before Ken dies in his last battle.

Voiced by: Toru Ohkawa (Japanese), John Gremillion (English)

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Robots

Japan - Dannar Base

• Dannar (Its name is a play on だんな (da-n-na), meaning husband in Japanese.) (Pilot: Goh)
• Neo-Okusaer (Pilot: Anna / Milla)
• Go-Okusaer (Pilot: Anna)

(Dannar's partner units have their names playing off the Japanese root おくさ (o-ku-sa), which means wife.)

• Godannar (Dannar and Neo-Okusaer/Go-Okusaer merged)
• Core Gunner (Pilot: Shizuru)
• G Gunner (an armored carrier/shell for Core Gunner) (Pilot: Kouji)
• Crabmariner (once piloted by Max)
• Jet Boy (unmanned AI Jets that can attach to robots, allowing high-speed flight. Can transform into humanoid form if required)
• Cosmo Diver (originally from the orbital space station Cosmo Base. Capable of operating in Space or Underwater.) (Pilot: Lou)

England - Union Base

• Dragliner (Pilots: Ellis and Knight)
• Drag Fighter: humanoid robot hidden in the Dragliner's fuselage
• Beast Mode: once Drag Fighter separates, the winged portion of Dragliner can change into this dragon-like robot

Russia - Vega Base

• Volspinner (Pilot: Ekaterina)
• Slave Wing (Pilot: Kuklachov)
• Volspina (Volspinner and Slave Wing merged)

North America - Silicone Base

• Geneshadow (Pilot: Shadow)
• Lunasister (Pilot: Luna)
• Genesister (Geneshadow and Lunasister merged)

China - Dino Base

• God Horn (Pilot: Moukaku)
• God Sonic (Pilot: Shukyou)
• Goddiner (God Horn and God Sonic merged)
• Fat Boy (AI mobile ground artillery units)

"Menage Zero" (Rogue Fighters)

• Gainar (Robot wearing a cloak. Uses a katana-like blade as its primary weapon.) (Pilot: Ken)
• Celleblader (Female styled robot once piloted by Ken's wife. The robot can transform into a giant blade/sword.) (Pilot: Lou)
• Blade Gainer (Gainar using the transformed Celleblader).

Boy Series

• Jet Boy (see Japan - Dannar Base above)
• Fat Boy (see China - Dino Base above)
• Thunder Boy (AI fighter jets - slightly similar to Jet Boys but armed)

Godannar's Attacks

The Dannar by itself, is shown to be rather unimpressive in the series, as it carries no external weaponry, and doesn't do anything spectacular. However, once Dannar merges with Neo-Okusaer (and later, Go Okusaer) to form Godannar, its power is dramatically increased. Dannar's blue armor plating turns red, giant revolver chambers in the machine's forearms and lower legs are revealed (Godannar's primary weapons) and a long plume of red flame (Blue when merging with Go Okusaer) bursts from the back of Godannar's head, resembling a long scarf. In this combined form, Godannar has access to an impressive array of attacks, all of which are loudly announced by Godannar's pilot, Saruwatari Go.

• Spiral Fire

Godannar raises into the air and spins rapidly, creating a tornado of flame around its body. Primarily a defensive move.

• Counter Knuckle

Godannar fires a short range energy burst from its fist via punching motion. Primarily used to counter enemy ranged attacks (hence the name of the move) allowing Godannar to engage its target at close range, where it can make use of its truly powerful attack options.

• Soul Spin Crush

An alternative finisher to the Soul Breaker, used when Milla is piloting the Neo Okusaer. Godannar uses a diving, spinning kick with both feet, wreathed in flames. In one battle, this attacks was used on a midair opponent, and was modified into a flipping axe kick.

• Heart Breaker

The first part of Godannar's finishing combination. Godannar executes a powerful straight punch, burying its fist into the target's body. The co-pilot (who was piloting one of the 2 Okusaer units before merging with Dannar) then pulls the trigger on a gun-shaped control device. This fires one of the shells in Godannar's revolver chambers, causing a massive energy burst. The exact effect is not stated in the series, but it seems to cause a the organic components of a Mimesis to harden into a stone-like substance, immobilizing the target and making it more prone to being shattered by Soul Breaker, the inevitable follow up to Heart Breaker. While Anna only pulls the trigger once, Milla (the original pilot of Neo Okusaer) pulls the trigger multiple times, amplifying the effect of the attack.

• Soul Breaker

After stunning an enemy with Heart Breaker, Godannar leaps high into the air, and comes down with a powerful diving kick that shatters the target's body. When merged with Go Okusaer, this move becomes Fire Soul Breaker. When using Fire Soul Breaker, Godannar is wreathed in blue flame.

Episodes

Shinkon Gattai Godannar!!

1. Wedding Bells on the Battlefield (戦場のウェディングベル, Senjou no Uedeingu Beru^?)
2. Burning Virgin Road (炎のバージンロード, Honō no Bājin Rodo^?)
3. Battle Royal Honeymoon (バトルロイヤル・ハネムーン, Batoru Roiyaru Hanemūn^?)
4. Shizuru, Once Again (静流、再び, Shizuru , Futatabi^?)
5. The Girl From the Sky (空から来た少女, Sora Kara Rai ta Shoujo^?)
6. The End of the Dream (夢の終わり, Yume no Owari^?)
7. Death by Reminiscing (追憶ニ死ス, Tsuioku ni Shi su^?)
8. The Graceful Shooting Star (華麗なる撃墜王, Karei Naru Gekitsui Ou^?)
9. The Castaway Survival (流されてサバイバル, Ryū Sarete Sabaibaru^?)
10. Lu Takes Off (ルウ出撃, Rū Shutsugeki^?)
11. A Flawless Departure (汚れなき旅立ち, Yogorenaki Tabidachi^?)
12. Those Who Have Departed (去り逝く者たち, Sari Yuku Mono Tachi^?)
13. Last First-Kiss (ラスト・ファーストキス, Rasuto Fāsuto-Kisu^?)

Shinkon Gattai Godannar!! SECOND SEASON

1. The Reviving Soul (蘇る魂, Yomigaeru Tamashii^?)
2. The New Confession (新たなる告白, Arata Naru Kokuhaku^?)
3. Its Name Is Go Okusaer! (そのなはごーおくさー！, So no Naha Gō Okusā!^?)
4. Tonko, My Love (TONKO MY LOVE, Tonko, My Love^?)
5. Ice Cold Smile (氷の微笑, Hi no Bishou^?)
6. Genesister Out of Control! (ジェネシスター暴走！, Jenesisutā Bousou!^?)
7. Sorrowful Song of the Plum Blossoms (桃花哀歌, Touka Aika^?)
8. Godannar Ground Order! (ゴーダンナー出動禁止命令！, Gōdannā Shutsudo Kinshi Meirei!^?)
9. Crash! Danner vs. Gainer (激突！ダンナーVSガイナー, Gekitou! Dannā VS Gainā^?)
10. Dannar Base S.O.S. (ダンナーベースＳＯＳ, Dannā Besu SOS^?)
11. After the Mortal Combat (死闘の果てに, Shitou no Hate ni^?)
12. The Eternal Couple (永遠のふたり, The Eternal Couple^? Eien no Futari)
13. The Inevitable Tomorrow (来るべき明日, Kitarubeki Ashita^?)

External links

• Godannar (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• ADV Films' Official Godannar Website
• Japanese Godannar Official Website