Daigunder

Daigunder
Promotional artwork for Daigunder featuring several important characters.
爆闘宣言ダイガンダー (Bakutō Sengen Daigandā)
Genre	Mecha, Action, Comedy
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroyuki Yano
Studio	Brain's Base
Original network	TV Tokyo, Animax, AT-X
English network	US Jetix
Original run	April 5, 2002 – December 27, 2002
Episodes	39

Daigunder (爆闘宣言ダイガンダー, Bakutō Sengen Daigandā^?) is an anime series about humans using robots in tournaments. Created by Aeon and Takara and animated by Animation Studio Brain's Base with financial production by Nippon Animation, the series aired in TV Tokyo from April 2002 to December 2002.

Set in a futuristic time where talking robots are common, there is a tournament where robot teams pit off against each other in. The Battle Robots look like humans and transforming animals.

A boy named Akira Akebono plans to win the Titan Belt with his robots Bulion, Eaglearrow, Drimog, Bonerex, Despector, Trihorn, Ryugu and also Daigu who form the mighty Daigunder. The Daigunder unit was a creation of Akira's grandfather, Professor Hajime Akebono. Managed by a girl named Haruka Hoshi (later spelled "Haruka" in the closed captioning of the dub), Team Akira enters many tournaments for Akira to reach his goal. However, there are many occasions when a Battle Robot named Ginsan is out to destroy Daigunder. Ginsan does this under the orders of the evil and mysterious Professor Maelstrom and he is later joined by digamal & logmal. Akira and his friends soon find a new ally in DragonBurst, and new comrades in his assistants, DragonFlame & DragonFreezer.

Akira and his robots' base of operations is Dailand and they get around in their plane called the Daishuttle. Team Akira's Battle Robots consist of the Daigunder Unit (Ryugu, Daigu, DragonFlame and DragonFreezer), the Animal Unit (Bulion, Eaglearrow and Drimog), and the Dino Unit (Bonerex, Despector and Trihorn). When damaged, Sabuto gives them upgrades whenever they need it.

Ryugu Voiced by: Yuki Kaida (Japanese); Joshua Seth (English)
Daigu/Daigunder Voiced by: Kiyoyuki Yanada (Japanese); Michael Sorich (English)