Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova
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| 獣装機攻ダンクーガ ノヴァ (Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova) |
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| Genre | Mecha |
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| Directed by | Masami Obari |
| Studio | Ashi Productions |
| Network |  Animax |
| Original run | 15 February 2007 – |
| No. of episodes | 12 (scheduled) |
Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova (獣装機攻ダンクーガ ノヴァ Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova?) is a Super Robot anime television series, produced by Ashi Productions (same production company that produced the original series) and is directed by Masami Obari, who was also in charge of mechanical design. The series is supposedly a follow up of its predecessor, Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God (超獣機神ダンクーガ, Chōjū Kishin Dancouga). The series premiered across Japan on the Japanese CS television network Animax from 15 February 2007, and is scheduled to span a total of 12 episodes.
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[edit] Plot
The series takes place in the 22nd century, where small wars take place all over the globe. A team of four people; Aoi Hidaka, Kurara Tachibana, Sakuya Kamon, Johnny Burnette, are chosen to be the pilots of the mysterious large robot that "protects the weak" and stops these small-scale wars, the Dancouga Nova. Like its predeccesor, Dancouga Nova is a combining robot type of Super Robot, which have four separate units with each unit having its own pilot; the Nova Eagle, Nova Rhino, Nova Liger, and Nova Elephant, that form the Super Robot Dancouga Nova. The pilots are gathered by a secret organization that maintains the Dancouga Nova and dispatches its pilots on assigned missions from the organization's base of operations, the Dragon's Hive.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Main characters
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- Aoi Hidaka: Haruna Ikezawa: A pink-haired, undefeated Formula-Zero One racing champion. She is the chief pilot of the Dancouga Nova and the pilot of the Nova Eagle. Aoi also models as a side job. As she was resting after winning yet another Formula-Zero race, Aoi was abducted and taken to the Dragon's Hive to become the main pilot of the Dancouga Nova.
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- Kurara Tachibana: Houko Kuwashima: A blue-haired, Top-class Narcotics Investigator. She is the pilot of the Nova Liger. Kurara is experienced using hand-held firearms and is an expert in her profession. She was in the process of arresting one of the biggest drug syndicate bosses until she was abducted and taken to the Dragon's Hive to become a pilot of the Dancouga Nova.
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- Sakuya Kamon: Tatsuhisa Suzuki: A brown-haired, homeless man. He is the pilot of the Nova Rhino. Sakuya doesnt seem to care that he is unemployed and homeless. Instead, he enjoys living his life the way it is. As he was cooking food for himself and was relaxing in a park, Sakuya was abducted and taken to the Dragon's Hive to become one of the pilots of the Dancouga Nova.
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- Johnny Burnette: Yuuki Tai: A blonde salary man. He is the pilot of the Nova Elephant. Johnny was a promising white-collar worker. On his way to a meeting, Johnny was abducted and taken to the Dragon's Hive to become a pilot of the Dancouga Nova.
[edit] Mechanics
Dancouga Nova
The Dancouga Nova is basically the same as its predecessor, the Dancougar, other than the fact that the mecha get a newer design from the older models. The Dancouga Nova is a combination of four separate machines, which are the Nova Eagle, Nova Rhino, Nova Liger, and the Nova Elephant. In which each of these mechs have three different transformations; Humanoid, Beast, and Tank types.
Dancouga Nova's Weaponry include:
•Dancou-Sword: An atomic-vibration blade
•Dancou-Cannon: An array of cannons
Each of the separate Nova mechs combine to form the Dancouga Nova:
•The Nova Eagle forms the head of the Dancouga Nova.
•The Nova Rhino forms the left foot of the Dancouga Nova.
•The Nova Liger forms the right foot of the Dancouga Nova.
•The Nova Elephant forms the body of the Dancouga Nova.
D-Phoenix
The D-Phoenix is a transport airship that transports the Dancouga Nova units to their destination of their missions. Not much is known of this aircraft as of yet.
[edit] Episodes
| No. | Episode Title[1] | Airdate | |
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| 1 | "Mysterious Dancouga" "Nazo no Dancouga" (謎のダンクーガ) |
2007-02-15 | |
| 2 | "Super Beast God Union" "Choujuu Gasshin" (超獣合神！) |
2007-02-22 | |
| 3 | "Sword of Guidance" "Misabiki no Tsurugi" (導きの剣) |
2007-03-01 | |
| 4 | "Red Dancouga" "Akai Dancouga" (紅い（あかい）ダンクーガ) |
2007-03-08 | |
| 5 | "Demon Wall of Grief" "Nageki no Makabe" (嘆きの魔壁) |
2007-03-15 | |
| 6 | "Unknown Attack" "Michi no Shougeki" (未知の襲撃) |
2007-03-22 | |
| 7 | "Clash! Dancouga vs Dancouga" "Gekitotsu! Dancouga tai Dancouga" (激突！！ダンクーガ対ダンクーガ) |
2007-03-29 | |
| 8 | "Escaping from the Past" (過去からの脱出) |
2007-04-05 | |
| 9 | (神獣覚醒) | 2007-04-12 | |
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| 12 | |||
[edit] Trivia
- In Episode 2, a news reporter named Isabelle Cronkite makes an appearance. This is a homage to a character of the same name from one of Ashi Productions older series, Sengoku Majin GoShogun.
[edit] Notes and references
[edit] External links
- The Dancouga Nova Official Website (Japanese)
- Ashi Production's Dancouga Nova Official Website (Japanese)
- Animax's Dancouga Nova Official Website (Japanese)
- Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
