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is a super robot anime television series. (The English name chosen by the Japanese companies is "God Bless The Machine Dancougar". When released on VHS in the USA, the release uses the literal translated title.) The show ran for 38 episodes from 5 April 1985 to 27 December 1985 and was produced by Ashi Productions. The TV anime was licensed by Central Park Media under their Software Sculptors label in 1995 and was released on subtitled VHS. After the series conclusion, four OVAs were released; the first, ''Requiem for Victims'', was released in 1986 and featured a recap of the television series and a conclusion to the story, the second, ''Juusenki Tai Songs'', was released in 1986 and featured music videos of the theme and insert songs from the series to TV series footage, while the third and fourth OVAs, 1987's ''God Bless Dancouga'' and 1989's ''Blazing Epilogue'', were set after ''Requiem for Victims''. A sequel series, known as ''Jūsō Kikō Dancouga Nova'' (directed by Dancouga staff member and design supervisor Masami Ōbari), aired in Japan in 2007. ==Plot== The series is about a team of four soldiers; Shinobu Fujiwara, Sara Yuki, Masato Shikibu and Ryo Shiba. They pilot the mecha Dancouga and fight to liberate Earth from alien invaders known as the Muge Zorbados Empire. Dancouga is an example of the combining robot type of Super Robot. However, unlike the more traditional "component machines struggle against the monster of the week before combining and easily dispatching the monster" format, Dancouga does not combine until midway through the series. This means that, unlike the previously mentioned type of combining robot, where the components were generally of little use, the Cyber Beast Machines were all capable of effectively combating their enemies. The main components of the Cyber Beast mecha were able to follow the emulation of evolution. The mecha started out as four vehicles that could transform into beasts (an eagle, cougar, liger and mammoth respectively) to humanoid robots, and finally combining together to form Dancouga. Many of the ''Dancouga'' story elements revolve centrally around religion (mostly Christianity, although the series also borrows heavily from Taoist philosophy), harmony, and music. The theme of "gods" is heavily present in most of the episodes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dancouga – Super Beast Machine God」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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