Brave Command Dagwon | |
Brave Command Dagwon DVD cover
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勇者指令ダグオン (Yūsha Shirei Daguon) |
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Genre | Mecha, Action |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Tomomi Mochizuki |
Music by | Edison |
Studio | Sunrise |
Original network | Nagoya TV |
Original run | February 3, 1996 – January 25, 1997 |
Episodes | 48 |
Original video animation | |
Brave Command Dagwon: The Boy with Crystal Eyes | |
Directed by | Tomomi Mochizuki |
Music by | Tatsumi Yano |
Studio | Sunrise |
Released | October 22, 1997 – December 28, 1997 |
Episodes | 2 |
Brave Command Dagwon (勇者指令ダグオン Yūsha Shirei Daguon?) is a Japanese anime series begun in 1996, created by Sunrise under the direction of Tomomi Mochizuki and was the seventh Yūsha or "Brave" metaseries funded by Takara and produced by Sunrise.
Earth is the target of the former Sargasso prisoners who took over the prison asteroid and attack our planet. To counter this, Brave Seijin chose seven (initially, only five; Geki and Rai joined later on) youngsters from Earth to receive the DagBraces and turn into Dagwon, the alien equivalent to "brave".
Drawing inspiration from Super Sentai, the youngsters can don battle suits by activating their braces with the voice command "Try Dagwon!", which grant them pseudo-elemental powers and attacks as well as amplified physical power and advanced protection. If that is not enough, they have personal vehicles at their disposal which can turn into humanoid robots. Through Fusion Combine (融合合体 Yūgō Gattai?), they merge with their vehicles and control their humanoid forms as if they were their own bodies. If even greater power is needed, the heroes can merge with additional support units, or even with each other to create stronger robotic warriors.
In addition to the heroes, other friendly mechanical aliens arrive to aid their quest. Lian, last survivor of his race, is essentially a huge sword who helped the team after they've proven their worth to him. Gunkid, who can take on the form of a jet or a bazooka, was initially on Sargasso's side before he decided to help the Dagwon team. Lian proceeded to become the teacher of Gunkid. The team also have a large robotic base called Dag Base at their disposal.