Seisenshi Dunbine

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***Seisenshi Dunbine*** (聖戦士ダンバイン, Aura Battler Dunbine, literally; *Holy Warrior Dunbine*) is an anime television series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and produced by Sotsu and Sunrise.

*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. However, it quickly went out of print, and until 2018, was only available as a digital purchase from the now-defunct Daisuki site, then Sentai Filmworks licensed the series. *Aura Battler Dunbine* is adapted from the novel *The Wings of Rean* by director Yoshiyuki Tomino, which originally did not include mechs, added into the anime at the sponsors' request.

## Overview

Dunbine, which is also the title of the work, is the name of a strange robot "Aura Battler" with an insect motif piloted by the main character *Shō Zama* other pilots called "*holy warriors*". This is the 7th  and final work of Clover 's anime robot series developed from "Muteki Choujin Zambot 3".

It is an ambitious work that challenges a new genre, such as setting it in Byston Well, a different world resembling medieval Europe. Continuing from the previous work "*Battle Mecha Xabungle*", he was conscious of Hayao Miyazaki's animation work, and general director Yoshiyuki Tomino said, Let's hit "Nausicaä" and crush "Nausicaa". Yutaka Izubuchi calls this work "Tomino-san's Nausicaa" and "Tomino's version of Nausicaä. Harutoshi Fukui described this work as "Disneyland" (also opened in 1983).

The Aura Battler that appears in the play is relatively small with a total height of around 7 meters, and has a strong biological impression that makes extensive use of curved lines, making it a clear departure from the linear design of previous robots. Kazuki Miyatake, who was in charge of the mecha design, said, "Director Tomino is thinking of developing a product with a robot and a human figure as a set, and if the figure's face is large enough to be distinguished from the main character, It was necessary to keep the robot within a reasonable size," he explained his intention.

In Japan at the time of the broadcast, the fantasy world view had not yet spread to the general public. Moved to the real world. In addition, with the molding technology of the time, Aura Battler, which was composed of complicated curves, was difficult to make into a toy or a plastic model, and the insect-motif design itself was frightened by children, and it ended up being a slump commercially. Regarding this, Kazuki Miyatake said, "(Insects) were familiar to us when we were children, so the staff didn't understand." Also, Miyatake tried to design the main character mechanical design with curved surfaces in " Super Dimension Century Orguss " of the same period, but this also ended in slump in terms of sales. In addition, since Miyatake was mainly involved in the design work for "Ogus", he quickly left the role of "Aura Battler Dunbine", and Yutaka Izubuchi took over the mechanical design . However, the main character "*Billbine*", the main character in the second half of the program, was handled by Tomoken Kogawa based on the specifications requested by the sponsor company.

As mentioned above, "*Aura Battler Dunbine*" suffered from many problems due to the nature of the program, but even so, it was frequently featured in various anime magazines as a post-Gundam. In parallel with the airing of the anime, Yoshiyuki Tomino 's novel "*Wings of Rean*", which was serialized in "The Wild Age" and set in the same Byston Well, was also a hit, and Tomino was a novelist in "*Modern Terminology Basic Knowledge*". It became a hot topic as one of the writers.

The biological design of Aura Battler was shunned by the younger generation, but it has gained tremendous support among the younger generation, mainly modelers, and many garage kits and action figures have continued to be released even after the broadcast ended.

OVA works include "New Story of Aura Battler DUNBINE", which is a sequel to the TV series, "*Wings of Rean*" mentioned above, and "*Gurzey's Wings*", a parallel story set in Byston Well.

In addition, game works based on this work have been produced, such as "Holy Warrior Dunbine: Byston Well's Flame" for the PC-9800 series and "Holy Warrior Dunbine: Seisen Densetsu" for PlayStation. It has also appeared in video games such as the Super Robot Wars series and the Sunrise Eiyutan series.

## Synopsis

Shou Zama is an ordinary 18-year-old from Tokyo who finds himself summoned to the medieval fantasy world of Byston Well. Upon arrival, he is put into service under the ambitious lord Drake Luft, who seeks to greatly expand his power. Those like Shou who come from "Upper Earth" possess strong aura power and are ordered to pilot "Aura Battlers," insectoid mecha designed by a man named Shot Weapon, who also came from Upper Earth.

However, Shou's alliances quickly change when he meets Marvel Frozen, a young woman who has decided to rebel against Drake's political agenda. As he realizes the lord's true intentions, the boy chooses to join the fight against Drake and team up with Neal Given, who leads the resistance movement. The resistance isn't alone—Riml, daughter of their enemy and Neal's secret love, aids their efforts, hoping to escape from her father's clutches. As Shou finds himself fighting alongside his new comrades, they put their lives on the line to prevent the villainous Drake from taking over Byston Well before it's too late.

## Opening Theme

### OP Title:

* Aura Road
* Dunbine Tobu

## Ending Theme

### ED Title:

Mieru Darou Byston Well (みえるだろうバイストン・ウェル)

### ED Composer:

MIO

***Commercial Circumstances Influencing the Story...***

At the beginning of the project, the tentative title was "*Amalgam*", but the sponsor said it sounded like "*toys are too much*", so please stop. The voice was raised and the title was changed. Tomino, who liked the feeling of the word, used his name for "Amalgan Rudol" in the novel "Wings of Rean". In order to overcome the sluggish sales of toys, the introduction of the new main character "*Billbine*", which sells the transformation from Wing Caliber to Aura Battler, and the stage of the story from Byston Well to the real world, and a flashy robot. As soon as it was decided to put the battle on the front, Clover, the main sponsor, went bankrupt. Therefore, Bandai , which sold the plastic model of this work, became the main sponsor of "Aura Battler Dunbine" in a hurry, and Takara Tomy was welcomed as a new sponsor to undertake the sale of Billbine toys. In this way, "*Aura Battler Dunbine*" escaped from the danger of the anime program being canceled.

Yoshiyuki Tomino, who served as general director , mentioned the efforts of Sunrise sales to have Bandai take over as the main sponsor, but did not mention Tommy's case, saying, "Dunbine's main sponsor has collapsed over the last ten years. I forgot," and "This work disappeared because it wasn't from Bandai (Gundam has become one-sided). In Kadokawa Shoten's "Wings of Rean" KADOKAWA Novels Volume 3 postscript, Tomino describes his embarrassment at the time. Sponsor Clover, up to Dunbine, had outsourced toy manufacturing to Takara's affiliate, Takara Industries. Takara, who was Clover's major creditor, was able to requisition Clover's copyright assets, including Gundam, if he wanted to. However, the president at the time decided not to do so. This seems to have been one of the triggers for Bandai to start "*Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam*" two years later.

### Evaluation

***Evaluation by general director Yoshiyuki Tomino himself....***

Regarding the first episode, Yoshiyuki Tomino said, "In the first place, that was a mistake in the drama, and I let Shou Zama, who was summoned to another world, sleep overnight (put one cushion), and from the next morning, I explained the world of the work lazily. As a result, I couldn't motivate myself as the main character, and even after that, I became a character who tended to be swept away by the fact that I couldn't move actively in response to the situation. I will," he regrets. Also, when she saw the completed film of the first episode, Tomino felt that "she is creating a work only with her own taste," and decided to drastically change the content of the program from the initial conception. bottom. The episode "Over Tokyo" was brought forward as much as possible, and the content that was scheduled to end when the aura machine appeared on the ground was changed. At the same time, she changed Ciela Lapana from an old man to a beautiful girl (*suggested by scriptwriter Sukehiro Tomita*) so that she would not end up with just her own tastes. Along with that, El Fino, who was only scheduled to appear in the ending, will also appear in the main story.

The Aura Ship was originally set as a small mothership to carry the Aura Battler, but when it came near the "*ground edition*", each country with an Aura Battler built a huge Aura Battleship, burning the ground with overwhelming firepower. There was also a scene where it turned into a man. Among them, Goraon has a battleship-like design, and Tomino says, "For example, you can say this. Izubuchi's idiot (laughs). However, according to Izubuchi himself, Goraon was made to look like "Yamato" by Tomino's instructions, and he was also negative about the existence of a huge battleship.

In the scenario stage of the final episode, the characters who lost their lives were supposed to be reborn as Mi Ferrario, but Tomino's production intention was that then it would end up the same as "Legendary Giant Goddess Ideon". has been removed from the finished film. The following year, Yoshiyuki Tomino , who participated as a panelist at an anime event in the United States, was asked by a local fan, "Isn't the ending of *Aura Battler Dunbine* unwilling to you?" As a result, it was still pointed out, "I understand that, but considering the work as a whole, the ending is indigestion," and Tomino apologized, "I'm sorry!".

In 2017, when the Blu-ray BOX was released, he commented, "Dunbine' was also doing its best.

### Drama CD

Sunrise World ~The night before the opening, character chaos!!~. Characters from the Gundam series and Brave series appear on the drama CD from *Sunrise Radio*. Also starring Cham Faw and Vern Bannings.

## Shō Zama

### Affiliation:

* Freedom Fighters
* Ciela Lapana *(Queen of **Na**)*
* Earth World

### Allied:

* Nie Givun *(Companion)*
* Rimul Luft *(Companion)*
* Keen Kiss *(Companion)*

## 「Biographical Information」

### Place of Birth:

Japan * living in Higashikichijoji, Musashino City

### Relatives:

* Shunka Zama *(Father)*
* Chiyo Zama *(Mother)*
* Marvel Frozen *(Wife)*
* Cham Huau *(Partner)*
* Shion Zaba *(Reincarnation)*

## 「Voice Actor」

### English VA:

Jay Hickman

*Shō Zama* is a fictional character appearing in the anime Aura Battler Dunbine and its main character. In addition, this section also describes Shion Zaba, the main character of the OVA " New Story of Aura Battler DUNBINE" and a related person.

***Overview***

* Japanese pilot of Aura Battler Dunbine. He works with Cham Huau of Mi Ferrario. He is a colleague in the Given family and has mutual feelings with the American pilot Marvel Frozen, but is depicted in the story as a relationship that makes it difficult to express his thoughts to each other.

***Biography***

* 18 years old Japanese living in Higashikichijoji, Musashino City, Tokyo. Born in 1965. He has a knack for karate. Her father is Shunka Zama. He is obsessed with economic affairs and has a mistress relationship with a young secretary who disregards his wife and children. His mother is Chiyo Zama. Despite being a well-known educational critic in his various circles, his own son is lax and disrespectful, living only for his own status and honor. From an early age, Shō Zama did not receive enough love from her parents and grew up in a household where she was given whatever she wanted in return. A large luxury tourer HONDA Gold Wing Aspencade (in episode 1, "HONDA" was written on the car body, but in episode 8, it was "HENDA") bought by her parents. It's my favorite bike on a daily basis.
* With the backlash against his parents, he immersed himself in his hobby of motocross , and his future dream was to become a motocross racer. However, he had little contact with his motocross peers, and was often harassed with envy of his financial well-being. His least favorite food is carrots.
* On the way back from the motocross circuit, while driving through a tunnel on the highway, I tried to jump over the car in front of me with my Aspencade to avoid being harassed by my friends (the car moved to the side). It opens in front of and is summoned to the different world " Byston Well " between the sea and the land. In the TV anime magazine version of Dunbine by Takayuki Sugiyama, he is a hot-blooded character that seems to be the main character. Angered by the loss of all his allies, he went hyper and attacked the Spriggan.

***Reincarnated Person***

* *Shion Zaba* a fictional character that appears in the OVA "New Story of Aura Battler DUNBINE". The main character of the same work, the reincarnation of Sho Zama.
* 700 years after the battle with the Black Knight, Sho Zama was reincarnated as Shion Zaba, a commoner. While earning his living as a hunter , he happened to meet Silky Mau of Mi-Ferario. Triggered by a certain incident, he obtained the aura battler " Servine " developed by Shot Weapon and will fight against "Zwaus" driven by the black knight Laverne Zaramand. In effect, Shaw once again crossed swords with Vern Bunnings.
* Shion learns that the nuclear missile that Shot Weapon has stored for 700 years is aiming at the ground and fights hard to stop the launch by driving Servain. He also freed the soul of Shot Weapon, which was not allowed to die even after his own body decayed, and at the same time settled with Black Knight Laverne.
* Survived with Lemur and Zylpheed, details after that are unknown.

***History***

Shō Zama, who was summoned to Byston Well, was summoned to the manor of Drake Luft, the local lord of "Country of A", and to "Lars Wah", an American, Todd Guinness , and Tokamak Robsky, a Soviet. He is welcomed as a "holy warrior" together. Then, under the guidance of Knight Vern Bannings, he became a test pilot for Shot Weapon's new Aura Battler "Dunbine".

Therefore, he will lend a hand in overthrowing Drake's nemesis, the Given family, but during the flight training, he will be attacked by the Given family's Aura Battler Corps and will be in a state of war. At that time, Cham of Mi Ferrario and Marvel Frozen, a holy warrior of the Given family, persuade Show Zama, "The Drake who summoned you is the evil who plans to conquer Byston Well!" Sho Zama cannot understand her words and rejects them. After that, Sho Zama met Drake's daughter, Rimuru Luft, who gradually began to understand her situation. And she is convinced that Drake Luft's intentions are evil, and Sho Zama takes Rimuru and drives Dunbine to escape from Wrath Wah.

After that, he switched to the aura ship "Zelana" commanded by the eldest son of the Given family, Nee Given , and confronted Drake's ambitions. On the other hand, Todd Guinness, who still follows Drake Luft, and Vern Bannings, a knight of the Luft family, regard Sho Zama, who has switched sides to the Given family, as an enemy and rival from this time, and they will cross swords on the battlefield many times.

After that, Sho Zama fights Galaria Nyamuhi, a soldier of "*Country of A*", but in the middle of it, "*Aura Road*" is opened, and Sho Zama and Galaria are sent to the Earth World. After returning to the Earth World, Sho Zama was reunited with his parents after a long absence. At first, his parents were surprised at the appearance of his son, but gradually began to show a cold reaction, saying, "That is not my son. It must be an alien copying his son's appearance." he whispered. If her son blows up all over Japan with Aura Battler and kills tens of thousands of people, she will become the mother of a criminal son. Her illustrious status and her reputation as an educational critic are at stake. As a result, Chiyo Zama hates her son Sho Zama as an abomination, uses a pistol borrowed from the Self-Defense Forces, and points the muzzle at her son and pulls the trigger. Her mother's unexpected behavior shocked Sho Zama. He realizes his mother's feelings for him and realizes that he shouldn't be in Japan anymore. Sho Zama, in tears, drove Dunbine and flew off somewhere.

On the other hand, Galaria cannot hide her surprise and bewilderment at the scenery of the world for the first time, and goes on a rampage in various places while blowing up Japanese fighter planes and cities. The situation was also reported on Japanese television, and Galaria's Aura Battler became an interesting news topic throughout Japan. Sho Zama approaches the rampaging Galaria and persuades him to join them in their journey back to Bystonwell. It was "provisional cooperation until returning to Byston Well", and it included the meaning of returning to Byston Well safely and wanting to fight as an enemy again. This is where the partnership between Shou Zama and Galaria comes into being. Shou Zama's "Dunbine" and Galaria's " Bastall " work together to reopen the Aura Road, but Bastoll can't withstand the power the Aura Road demands, and Galaria decays and disappears along with the aircraft. put away.

After that, Sho Zama succeeds in returning to Byston Well with Ere's ability, rejoices in reuniting with Marvel and others, and returns to the line of battle of the Given family. Sho Zama, who has high aura power, defeats many enemies by making full use of Dunbine, an early-type aura battler, but the performance limit (aptitude deviation due to increased aura power occurs, and Dunbine's potential cannot be maximized condition).

During his battle with Todd Guinness, Sho Zama is sent to a faraway land of storms, where he meets Ciela Lapana, the queen of Na no Kuni . Sho Zama escapes from the Land of Storms where giant monsters roam with Shira. Sho Zama, who was recognized for his high aura power by Ciela, was given the new variable aura battler "Billbine", and from now on he will fight as his own personal machine. He ended up giving up his previous beloved machine Dunbine to Marvel.

After that, Ferario's Queen Jakoba Aon used all the power she had and banished all the aura machines existing in Byston Well to the surface world. As a result, the stage of the battle shifts to the Earth World, and Sho Zama, as a holy warrior of the allied forces of "Na no Kuni" and "Rau no Kuni", performs a lion's battle for the peace of Biston Well and the Earth World.

In the 43rd episode, due to the strong desire to protect Marvel, the second "hyper" (unlike other hyper-formations, only the aura power is separated and formed into a gigantic Billbine that shines). Although she and Marvel are in love with each other, they do not show their intention to be romantically involved with each other, and show affection through actions. Recognized as a true crusader worthy of entrusting Billbine by Ciela Lapana of "National Country", and due to past history (sincere response to Ere being exiled) by Ere of "Lau's Country". deeply trusted. Even after moving the stage of the battle to the ground, he won the victory in the confrontation with Todd Guinness, who was related to him, and Jeryl Kuchibi, who was summoned later.

At the end of the story, Billbine's aircraft color was changed from red, which is the basic color, to night camouflage color. Then, his hatred for the show grows, and he has a final confrontation with "Garaba" driven by the Black Knight (*Burn Bannings*), who has become an incarnation of his grudge. Just before this battle, his partner Cham Huau, who has been fighting together until now, escaped from Billbine. Sho Zama left his last words, "Ciela Lapana, purify!" All remaining aura machines return to Byston Well with Ciela's aura power. Meanwhile, Cham Huau was left behind on the Earth World. She told her story as best she could on her nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that rescued her at sea, and then disappeared.

After 700 years, he reincarnates as Shion Zaba. Therefore, it can be said that the Servain driven by Shion is actually the third hero machine driven by Sho (for details, see the OVA "*New Story of Aura Battler DUNBINE*").

In addition, in the game "Aura Battler Dunbine Aura Warrior Legend", there is also a route that misses the opportunity to change sides to the Given family and continues to cooperate with the Drake side, and a route that bears hatred for the main character and wears a mask and calls himself "Shura". In that case, he plays the role of the Black Knight in the story.

 ***Cham Huau*** (チャム・ファウ, *Chamu Fau*)
* Voiced by: Maria Kawamura (Japanese); Kira Vincent-Davis (English)
* A faerie companion of Shō's, and shown in the final episode to be the only survivor of the final battle. Cham provides the emotional barometer to the group and often finds herself more sensitive to the tensions in a situation. She is Shō's cheerleader, and vigorously defends him from enemies and naysayers alike.

### Abilities

Shō is discovered to possess a very powerful 「Aura Power」this increases to near infinite levels, while control over his power correspondingly weakens., he is drafted into the Byston Well conflict as the pilot of the lavender-colored Dunbine and trained as a mecha pilot under the command of regional overlord Drake Luft. He soon discovers Luft's evil motives and switches sides, joining Nie Givun and his freedom fighters in their resistance to Luft's military advances.

* It is the bioenergy of humans and the power source of the aura machine. Those with strong aura power also exert their influence on others, and in some cases, bring about huge, unpredictable results. A good example of this is that when Ferrario rides on an aura machine, it exerts power beyond its performance, and the aura power of one individual, Luza Luft, deceived and toyed with the king of a country, such as Drake Luft and Bishot Hatta.
* The power exerted by the aura machine is greatly influenced by the pilot's aura power. This is because the aura machine's power source itself relies on the pilot's aura power. Therefore, even if the basic performance is inferior, if a holy warrior with strong aura power pilots it, it will demonstrate high performance, and conversely, even if it is a high performance, if the pilot's aura power is weak, it will not demonstrate its original performance. On the other hand, if you are swept away by negative emotions such as anger and hatred, your aura power will run out of control, and there is a danger of self-destruction at the end of "*hyper-growth*".
 「**HYPER**」
* A special phenomenon caused by a runaway aura. Due to negative emotions such as anger and hatred, the aura barrier covering the aura machine materializes and swells, forming a gigantic image of the aura machine. The machine itself is not actually gigantic, but the hyper aura machine acts just like the gigantic machine, and its attack power increases proportionally. However, it is also an extremely dangerous double-edged sword that can not withstand the load of the runaway aura power and will eventually self-destruct (*However, only Jeryl Kuchibi 's aircraft has reached the point of self-destruction, and in other cases. The battle is over before it self-destructs.*)
 「**Holy Knight**」
* A person with strong aura power and aptitude to control an aura machine. In the play, the surface people who are mainly summoned to Byston Well are called so. However, it is precise because they have a strong aura that they are summoned to Byston Well through the Aura Road, and summoning groundlings is nothing more than a quick way to select those with pilot aptitude. Therefore, there are quite a few commons with auras as strong as those summoned on Earth, and on the contrary, those on Earth who have not crossed the Aura Road after the stage has moved to the Earth World. is not portrayed as having a particularly strong aura.
* At the beginning of the story, Drake summoned earthlings to Biston Well one after another in order to prepare pilots for Aura Battlers who need stronger aura powers like Dunbine. However, in the middle of the story, an "*Aura amplifier*" was developed that directly amplifies the pilot's aura power, making it possible for ordinary commons to handle the aura battler. After that, commons with combat aptitude emerged, and even after the stage moved to the Earth World, Earthlings were no longer used.
* In addition, in Byston Well, there is a kind of telepathy that makes sense even if you talk in different languages, so there is no problem for surface people to talk with residents of Byston Well and surface people from other countries, and later with the aura machine Even when people were banished to the surface world (including surface humans who lived in Byston Well), their abilities were maintained. Regarding the latter, Shaw, who listened to the English conversation between Marvel and her friends in the play, monologues "*I can understand it like Japanese*". It can be seen that it was a desperate measure associated with

Shō Zama was given by Ciela Lapana, Queen of Na, and switched from ***Dunbine*** to become her favorite machine. The aircraft's performance is influenced by the pilot's aura power, and when piloted by a person with high aura power, it exerts unfathomable power. The only person who could actually ride the ***Billbine*** was the holy warrior Shō Zama.

## New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine

"Seisenshi Dunbine: The Tale of Neo Byston Well (OVA)"

## Ending Theme

### ED Title:

* Last No
* Monologue wo Somete (モノローグを染めて)

### ED Composer:

Midori Karashima

*New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine* (also known as *The Tale of Neo Byston Well*), is a three episode anime OVA released in 1988. It is a sequel to the TV Series *Dunbine* set roughly 700 years after the events of the show. It is also the second show set in the fictional medieval land of Byston Well, and is followed by *Garzey's Wing* and *The Wings of Rean*.

It was directed by Toshifumi Takizawa (*Samurai 7*).

### *Plot*

700 years have passed since the great war involving Aura Machines ended. In his attempt to conquer Byston Well, the Black Knight Rabaan kidnaps the princess of the nation Baran-Baran – a nation said to hold a legendary treasure. Rabaan also captures Shion, a young hunter.

Shion and the princess, Remul, escape from Rabaan's castle and return to their homeland. There, they find out that the Baran-Baran treasure is actually a powerful Aura Battler, *Sirbine*.

Riding the Sirbine, Shion fights against Rabaan's evil forces.

### *Characters*

* Shion Zaba (シオン・ザバ, *Shion Zaba*) // Voiced by Shigeru Nakahara
	+ The protagonist of the story, Shion is a young man from Baran-Baran. After being captured by Rabaan, he and Remul escape with the help of a fairy, Silky Mau. He pilots the Sirbine, a powerful Aura Battler, against Rabaan's forces. He is actually the reincarnation of Shō Zama from the original TV series.
* Remul Jilfird (レムル・ジルフィード, *Remuru Jirufīdo*) // Voiced by Yoshino Takamori
	+ Princess of Baran-Baran, Remul's family were tasked with the job of guarding the Sirbine. She is the reincarnation of Rimul Luft.
* Silky Mau (シルキー・マウ, *Shirukī Mau*) // Voiced by Keiko Yokozawa
	+ Silky is a Ferario (faerie) which was captured by Shion at the beginning of the series, but decides to help him after he releases her. Silky was the Ferario captured and used by Drake Luft in the original *Dunbine* to draw aura warriors from Upper Earth.
* Rabaan Zaramand (ラバーン・ザラマンド, *Rabān Zaramando*) // Voiced by Shō Hayami
	+ The self-proclaimed "Black Knight", Rabaan rides the Aura Battler "Zwauth". He leads an army to conquest Byston Well. He is the reincarnation of Burne Bannings.
* Beraana Gariaha (ベラーナ・ガリアッハ, *Berāna Gariahha*) // Voiced by Shinobu Adachi
	+ A female warrior, she is a subordinate of Rabaan's. She's the reincarnation of Garalia Nyamhee.
* Shott Weapon (ショット・ウェポン, *Shotto Wepon*) // Voiced by Masahiko Tanaka
	+ A mysterious being who seems to have an ulterior motive. The only "survivor" in Byston Well from the original *Dunbine* series.

### *Staff*

* Original Creation - Yoshiyuki Tomino
* Director - Toshifumi Takizawa
* Writer - Yoshitake Suzuki
* Character Designer - Tomonori Kogawa
* Mecha Designer - Yutaka Izubuchi
* Animation Director - Moriyasu Tanikuchi
* Art Director - Eiji Hirakawa
* Sound Director - Sadayoshi Fujino
* Composer - Reijiro Koroku

## Appearances in other media

### Novel

Yoshiyuki Tomino has released many novels and animations set in Byston Well since this work, and it has become a life work along with the Gundam series.

* Wings of Rean
* Faw Faw Story (- Listry)
* Aura Battler Senki
* Garzey's Wings (OVA with the title "Byston Well Story Garzey's Wings")

### Game Book

* Holy Warrior Dunbine - Youma Castle Zawell ( Hiroshi Yamaguchi , Editing Studio Hard )

### Manga

* Holy Warrior Dunbine ( Shigeto Ikehara , serialized in " Comic Bonbon ")
* Holy Warrior Dunbine (Takayuki Sugiyama, serialized in "TV Anime Magazine" (formerly " Boken Ou "), not yet published)
* Holy Warrior Dunbine Illustrated Exile Saga ( Yu Kinuya , " Cyber ​​Comics ")
* Holy Warrior Dunbine Gaiden Respected Giant Armored Knight ( Kaoru Morishita , "Cyber ​​Comics")

"*Comic Bonbon*" and "*TV Anime Magazine*" will be serialized at the same time as the TV series, and "Cyber ​​Comics" will be published after the series ends.

### Summary video/OVA

The Dunbine units have also appeared in the *Another Century's Episode* series. In the first sequel, *Another Century's Episode 2*, many more units from the Dunbine series are included compared to the amount in the first game, and they have a very large part in the plot. Shō and Marvel, piloting the Bilbine and Dunbine respectively, also acquire a unique team attack. In *Another Century's Episode 3*, through the story plot did not involve Dunbine's. But all the player unit continues appear, and Bilbine shares a combination attack with Nanajin from *The Wings of Rean*, which also having its world set up in Byston Well.

After the TV broadcast ended, a three-volume compilation was released sequentially from February to August 1988 by Bandai Visual (currently Bandai Namco Film Works ). Each volume contains one episode, and one new episode (OVA) "New Story of Aura Battler DUNBINE" consisting of three episodes was recorded. It is set as a sequel to the TV series (future world), but the contents such as the world view are slightly different.

### Cell Media Box

* Both the DVD-BOX (released in August 2006, released a low-priced version in April and May 2011) and the BD-BOX (released in July and September 2017) are sold by Bandai Visual.
* BD-BOX2 also includes the above-mentioned summary and OVA version "New Story of ~".
* The BD-BOX has been remastered in HD, which is now standard for works from the analog animation era produced in Cells and Films, and the HD remastered version of the TV series was released the year before the BOX was released (2016-2017). was broadcast on Animax.

### War Simulation Games

* FS-002 Grand Attack Dunbine (*Tsukuda Hobby*) Tactical Class
* Aura Battler (*Tsukuda Hobby*) Combat Class **//** An air battle game in units of one Aura Battler. Since it was announced during the broadcast of the program, the models that appear are up to Leprechaun, and there are no rules other than Aura Battler.
* Wing Caliber (*Tsukuda Hobby*) Combat Class **//** A sequel to Aura Battler, but can be played independently. Aura battlers and aura machines after Viales are ruled, but ships including Buburi, Grywing, and Aura Battleship are not included.
* Byston Well (*Tsukuda Hobby*) Strategic Class

### Computer Games

* Holy Warrior Dunbine (family software, released on January 19, 1991, for MSX2 )
* Holy Warrior Dunbine Byston Well's Flame (family software, released on August 9, 1991, for PC-9801 )
* Holy Warrior Dunbine Holy Warrior Legend (Bandai, released on March 4, 2000, for PlayStation) -The player is the main character "Shunji Izawa" (default. The main character name can be changed. Voice - Yuji Ueda), a simulation role-playing game in which you can experience the if of the TV series while developing and strengthening Aura Battler. It is a multi-ending system, and there are two main types of routes: the low route that side with Nee Given and the chaos route that joins hands with Drake Luft. Depending on your actions, the life and death of the characters in the main anime will change. In addition, a game original aura battler will appear. Released at the same time as the original PlayStation 2 console (SCPH-10000).
* Sunrise Hero Tan Series (*Sunrise Interactive*)
	+ Sunrise Hero Tan (*Sunrise Hero Tan R*)
	+ Sunrise Hero 2
	+ SUNRISE WORLD WAR From Sunrise Hero Tan
* Super Robot Wars series (later *Bandai Namco Entertainment*)-See the entire series for changes in release companies.
* The Dunbine characters, mecha, and storyline elements make appearances in quite a few games in the *Super Robot Wars* series by Banpresto; most notably the "first" series. Banpresto has gone on to make spinoff series taking place in different universes such as the *Alpha* series and *Impact*. However, *Dunbine* has made few appearances in these latter titles, but has recently been making something of a comeback, first returning in *UX*, followed almost immediately after by *Operation Extend* and *BX*. *T* gives the most recent use of the story.
	+ Super Robot Taisen EX
	+ 4th Super Robot Wars (*4th Super Robot Wars S*)
	+ Super Robot Wars F (*Super Robot Wars F Final*)
	+ Super Robot Wars COMPACT
	+ Super Robot Wars 64 (*Super Robot Wars Link Battler*)
	+ Super Robot Taisen COMPACT2
	+ Super Robot Taisen α (*Super Robot Taisen α for Dreamcast*)
	+ Super Robot Wars IMPACT
	+ Super Robot Wars COMPACT3
	+ Super Robot Wars Scramble Commander the 2nd
	+ Super Robot Wars UX
	+ Super Robot Taisen Card Chronicle
	+ Super Robot Wars Operation Extend
	+ Super Robot Wars BX
	+ Super Robot Taisen X-Ω
	+ super robot wars x
	+ Super Robot Wars T
	+ Super Robot Wars DD
* Another Century's Episode series (*Banpresto, developed by FromSoftware*)
	+ Another Century's Episode
	+ Another Century's Episode 2
	+ Another Century's Episode 3 THE FINAL
	+ Another Century's Episode Portable
* Battle Robot Retsuden (*Banpresto*)
* Super robot shooting (*Banpresto*)
* Real Robots Final Attack (*Banpresto*)
* Real Robot Front (*Banpresto*)
* Super Robot Spirits (*Banpresto*)
* Real Robot Regiment (*Banpresto*)
* Super Robot Pinball (*Media Factory*)

### Other Video Games

The first three games were produced by Family Soft for the MSX. The 2000 title was released for the PlayStation by Bandai.

* *Seisenshi Dunbine* (1991)
* *Seisenshi Dunbine: Shou* (1992)
* *Seisenshi Dunbine: Shita* (1992)
* *Aura Battler Dunbine* (2000)

## Plastic Model

The plastic model of this work is released by Bandai.

### Broadcast Time

Interpreting the unit of length "*Met*" in Byston Well as a meter, 1/72nd scale and 1/48th scale, Dunbine only including 1/24th scale Aura Battler machines were made into plastic models. . In addition, the main character's mother ship, Auraship Zerana, was released on a 1/550 scale.

Reflecting the setting of "using the shell of a giant creature as an armor material" instead of a mechanical robot, the initial product had an irregular fine uneven mold called "satin finish" on the surface . However, if you sand to erase the joints of the parts, the satin mold of that part will also disappear, and in order to finish the whole body with a uniform texture after erasing the joints, you will end up scraping off all the satin. Because it was necessary, it became the subject of unpopularity from model magazines and modelers. In addition, since the main character "1/72 of his Dunbine", which was the first stage, was evaluated as "not similar", the mold was remade during the broadcast and a modified version was released, and Bandai released it. It was announced in the August 1983 issue of the booklet "Model Information".

The plastic model itself wasn't very well received, but the box art illustration of Aura Battler by Yuji Kaida, which was richer in fantasy elements than the TV version, was well received. Kaida's depiction of the Aura Battler's wings was fed back to the model, and the wings, which were initially molded with thick frosted glass-like transparent parts, were designed like insect wings in later products.

In addition, modelers who were not satisfied with the old-fashioned robotic interpretation of plastic models published many examples of remodeling biological expressions in model magazines. In response, Kaiyodo and Kotobukiya released garage kits incorporating interpretations of monster models. These products included a model of the original Aura Battler that appeared in Yutaka Izubuchi's project "*Aura Phantasm*" published in "B-CLUB" magazine. The know-how gained from garage kits was later applied to action figures from Bandai and Megahouse.

### Remake Series

In 2000, it was serialized as "HGAB (*High Grade Aura Battler*)" remade with the latest technology at the time, and 1/72 scale Dunbine, Todd Dunbine, Tokamaku Dunbine, Billbine, Zwarth, Leprechaun, Biares, Eight types of ryneck were released.

In the same year, the 1/35th scale MG (*Master Grade*) Dunbine was also released.

## Pachinko

Appeared from Sammy in 2015 as "*Pachinko CR Holy Warrior Dunbine*". The character designs have been renewed.

## Past New Ideas

The Motorhead Phantom and Banarotte that appear in Mamoru Nagano's manga "*Five Star Stories*" were drawn around 1994 when Nagano received a request from Tomino to design an aura battler for a completely new theater version of "*Aura Battler Dunbine*".

## External Link

* *Aura Battler Dunbine Web* (in Japanese)
* *Aura Battler Dunbine* ─ Sunrise Official Website (in Japanese)
* *Seisen Dunbine: Seisen Densetsu* ─ Wayback Machine (For archived February 2, 2003)
* *Byston Well Tales* (in Japanese) [Broken Link]
* *Aura Battler Dunbine* ─ Wikipedia (in Japanese)
* *Aura Battler Dunbine* ─ Wikipedia (in English)