Dinosaur King

is a 2005 arcade video game produced by Sega. It had a two volume manga, a two season anime that aired from 2007-2008, a second video game on the Nintendo DS, and another anime that ran in 2008.

 Plot and Characters 

 Card game/Nintendo DS game 
While on a paleontological mission in Africa, Dr. Spike Taylor, hid son Max, and his friend Rex discover stone slabs and figure out that dinosaurs are calling them for help. The “Alpha Gang”, and evil organization led by Dr. Z, traveled back to the Mesozoic and hunted down dinosaurs in order to take over the world. Now it is up to Max and Rex to defeat Dr. Z and save the dinosaurs.

 Anime 
In season one, the D-Team consisting of Max Taylor, Rex Owen, and Zoe Drake, control dinosaurs (Max taking a Triceratops named Chomp, Rex sporting a Carnotaurus named Ace, and Zoe handling a Parasaurolophus named Paris) in order to stop the Alpha Gang. They are a group of evil assailants from 2126 AD led by Dr. Z. Dr. Z seeks to create his own dinosaur kingdom and rule the world. To do this they use stone tablets to summon dinosaurs using cards. The other notable members of the Alpha Gang are: Ursula, who controls a Tyrannosaurus called Terry and is often described as an old lady, Zander, who uses a Spinosaurus called Spiny and is in love with Zoe’s older sister, Reese, and Ed, who fights with a Saichania named Tank

In season two, after teaming up with the Alpha Gang to defeat Seth’s genetically modified Black T. rex, the D-Team must travel back in time to stop a group of space pirates from collecting all seven Cosmos Stones and rescue their parents. Along the way they discover dinosaur armor that helps fight the enhanced dinosaurs of the space pirates. The space pirates have five total members: Spectre, the leader, who has a pet Brontosaurus named Brontikens and during the finale uses all the Cosmos Stones to summon an evil cosmic pterosaur. The other members are Gabbro, who uses an altered Tyrannosaurus named Gigas, Shear, who controls a modified Triceratops named Maximus, Foolscap, who uses an altered Stegosaurus named Armatus, and Seth, who controls a Cryolophosaurus.

Category:2005 video games
Category:2006 manga
Category:2007 anime television series debuts
Category:2007 video games
Category:2008 anime television series debuts
Category:2008 anime television series endings
Category:Japanese-language television programs
Category:TV Asahi original programming
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