Aura Battler Dunbine
| Aura Battler Dunbine | |
North American cover of the first DVD volume
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聖戦士ダンバイン (Seisenshi Danbain) |
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| Genre | Mecha, Fantasy, Steampunk |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Yoshiyuki Tomino |
| Produced by | Hironori Nakagawa (Sunrise) Kuniaki Ohnishi (Sotsu) Toru Moriyama (Nagoya Broadcasting Network) Yasuhiro Imagawa |
| Written by | Sukehiro Tomita |
| Studio | Nippon Sunrise |
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| Original network | Nagoya Broadcasting Network |
| Original run | 5 February 1983 – 21 January 1984 |
| Episodes | 49 |
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| Aura Battler Dunbine: The Tale of Neo Byston Well | |
| Directed by | Toshifumi Takizawa |
| Written by | Yoshitake Suzuki |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | February 25, 1988 – August 25, 1988 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes each |
| Episodes | 3 |
Aura Battler Dunbine (聖戦士ダンバイン Seisenshi Danbain?, literally Holy Warrior Dunbine) is an anime television series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Sunrise Studios.
Dunbine is set in Byston Well, a parallel world that resembles the countryside of medieval Europe with kingdoms ruled by monarchs in castles, armies of unicorn-riding cavalry armed with swords and crossbows, and little winged creatures called Ferario, flying about offering help or hindrance depending on their mood. The main draw to the series were the insect-like Aura Battlers, used by the population of Byston Well to fight their wars. These fighting suits are powered by a powerful energy called "aura" or "life energy." Certain people are strong enough with the aura-energy to act as power-supply to these mecha, making them Aura Warriors.
The series aired on Nagoya TV from February 5, 1983 to January 21, 1984, totaling for 49 episodes. There was a three episode anime OVA sequel, New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine (also known as The Tale of Neo Byston Well) released in 1988.
The series was later dubbed by ADV Films and was released to DVD in North America, along with the original Japanese version in 2003.
The series followed Shō Zama, as he suddenly finds himself pulled to the world of Byston Well during a vehicular incident with one of his rivals. Byston Well is located in another dimension located between the sea and the land, and is populated with dragons, castles, knights, and powerful robots known as Aura Battlers. Once Shō is discovered to possess a very powerful "aura", he is drafted into the Byston Well conflict as the pilot of the lavender-colored Dunbine.
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