Fields |
USA Info |
Japanese Info |
Image |
|---|---|---|---|
Title |
Aura Battler Dunbine | Seisenshi Dunbine("Holy Warrior Dunbine")(聖戦士ダンバイン) |  |
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Holy Warrior Dunbine | ||
Released |
49 TV Episodes, 3 OAV Episodes | 49 TV Episodes, 3 OAV Episodes | |
Dates |
July 15, 2003 | Feb 5, 1983–Jan 21, 1984 | |
Company |
ADV Films | SUNRISE/Sotsu Agency/TV Nagoya/Bandai Channel | |
Creator |
Yoshiyuki Tomino | ||
Director |
Yoshiyuki Tomino | ||
Genre |
Adventure, Fantasy, Mecha, Romance | Adventure, Fantasy, Mecha, Romance | |
Characters |
Allen Brady(+) | Allen Brady(+) | |
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Bann Burning(+) | Bann Burning(+) | |
· · · |
Captain Kawasse(+) | Captain Kawasse(+) | |
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Carol Gibbons(+) | Carol Gibbons(+) | |
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Ceila Lapana(+) | Ceila Lapana(+) | |
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-- more listed below -- | -- more listed below -- |
Last I checked, this anime was available on DVD at Amazon and Anime Nation.
English Name |
Japanese Name |
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English Name |
Japanese Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Brady(+) | Allen Brady(+) | Keen Keats(+) | Kean Keats(+) | |
| Bann Burning(+) | Bann Burning(+) | King Hamm(+) | King Hamm(+) | |
| Captain Kawasse(+) | Captain Kawasse(+) | Lord Shotan(+) | Lord Shotan(+) | |
| Carol Gibbons(+) | Carol Gibbons(+) | Lorne Gibbons(+) | Lorne Gibbons(+) | |
| Ceila Lapana(+) | Ceila Lapana(+) | Marvel Frozen(+) | Marvel Frozen(+) | |
| Cham Fau(+) | Cham Fau(+) | Neal Gibbons(+) | Neal Gibbons(+) | |
| Drake Luft(+) | Drake Luft(+) | Nie Given(+) | Nie Given(+) | |
| Emilie Luft(+) | Emilie Luft(+) | Sho Zama(+) | Shou Zama(+) | |
| Hate Bishott(+) | Hate Bishott(+) | Shot Weapon(+) | Shot Weapon(+) | |
| Igi(+) | Igi(+) | Todd Guiness(+) | Todd Guiness(+) |
Before Escaflowne, there was a little known anime series from Yoshiyuki Tomino (Mobile Suit Gundam) that also mixed fantasy with giant robot action. Aura Battler Dunbine tells the story of the far off world of Byston Well. The main character is Sho Zama, a person from Tokyo who accidently travels to Byston Well after a motorcycle accident.
Byston Well is a mystical world filled with Knights, Dragons, and Castles. They also have giant, powerful robots known as Aura Battlers (which has technology that originates from Earth). Sho discovers he has a special "aura" which enables him to pilot an Aura Battler. He's drafted into a war where he becomes a pilot of a special Aura Battler named Dunbine. However, he discovers the sinister motives of his superiors (lead by Drake Luft) and switches sides to a resistance force created to save Byston Well from Luft's forces.
