30 minSeason 1 • Episode 38
LatestDancougar - Super Beast Machine God is a super robot anime television series. The show ran for 38 episodes from 4 April 1985 to 17 December 1985 and was produced by Ashi Productions. Although the series was planned for 52 episodes, it was ended abruptly before a finale could be reached. Despite this, the series garnered enough popularity for the development of multiple OVA's. Juusenki Tai Songs featured music videos of the various theme and insert songs from the series to TV series footage. The 1986 OVA Requiem for Victims featured a recap of the television series and a newly-animated conclusion to the story. Additionally, there was a 1987 sequel OVA God Bless Dancouga. In 1989 the four-part Blazing Epilogue OVA series presented a new sequel.
Score
Insert songs hit so hard they got their own music video OVA.
Direction
Rushed finale somehow births four separate OVA continuities.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn transformation sequences that eat half the budget per episode.
Creator
Keisuke Fujikawa
Kazuki Yao
Shinobu Fujiwara
Kaneto Shiozawa
Ryo Shiba
Norio Wakamoto
Shapiro Keats
Hiroko Kasahara
Laura Sullivan
Masaru Ikeda
Ross Igor
Hiroya Ishimaru
Professor Kotaru Hazuki
Hideyuki Tanaka
Alan Igor
Shūsei Nakamura
Emperor Muge Zorbados
Yusaku Yara
Death Gaia
Masaharu Sato
Gildorome
Issei Futamata
Helmut
Saeko Shimazu
Luna Rossa
Shigeru Nakahara
Masato Shikibu (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dancougar pioneered the 'real robot soldiers piloting super robot' hybrid that Evangelion later weaponized.
The 1986 OVA existed solely because fans mailed Ashi Productions actual letters demanding closure—a pre-internet crowdfunding of rage.
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