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Brave Command Dagwon 
Brave Command Dagwon DVD cover勇者指令ダグオン
(Yuusha Shirei Daguon)Genre Mecha, Action TV anime Directed by Akira Oguro, Tetsuya Yanagisawa Studio Sunrise (Studio 7) Network Nagoya TV Original run February 3, 1996 – January 25, 1997 Episodes 48 OVA - Brave Command Dagwon - The Boy with Crystal Eyes (1997)
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 Akira Oguro and Tetsuya Yanagisawa, 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.
Contents
Composition
Dagwon consists of 48 episodes, first aired on Nagoya TV from February 3, 1996 to January 25, 1997. Its success warranted the two-episode OVA "The Boy with Crystal Eyes" (水晶の瞳の少年 Suishō no Hitomi no Shōnen), which came out in September 1997. The show currentily is not licensed in the US as is the status with all the other Brave Series, except GaoGaiGar.
It is interesting to note that, despite the series' lack of popularity among children, it found an audience among young females, who enjoyed the bishōnen main characters.
The Team
En Daidouji (大道寺 炎 Daidōji En)
Voiced by Kōichi Tōchika
The fire warrior. The stereotypical hot-headed and determined type. Reckless, short-tempered and stubborn to a fault, but also brave, fearless and a loyal friend. En often locks heads with Kai, who just so happens to be his superior in school. He develops a close friendship with Ryu in the beginning of the series. He's the only one on the team who has two different vehicular bodies (that can merge into one). His robots are stand alone versions and do not combine with his teammates'.
Try Dagwon En = Fire En Yūgō Gattai Fire En + Fire Stratos = DagFire Kaen Gattai (火炎合体, Blaze Combine) DagFire + Fire Jumbo + Fire Ladder + Fire Rescue = Fire Dagwon Gōriki Gattai (剛力合体, Strength Combine) DagFire + Fire Shovel = Power Dagwon Chō Kaen Gattai (超火炎合体, Super Blaze Combine) Fire Dagwon + Power Dagwon = Super Fire Dagwon Chō Yūgō Gattai (超融合合体, Super Fusion Combine) Fire En + Dag Base Mobile = Dag Base Robo Kai Hirose (広瀬 海 Hirose Kai)
Voiced by Takehito Koyasu
The speed warrior. Kai is head of the student council and practitioner of Kendo. He is almost always seen carrying a Shinai, which he uses to enforce the rules at school. He also tries to remind the team of their job and that its not only fun and games, but does not always succeed since his strict, no-nonsense personality tends to rub them the wrong way.
Try Dagwon Kai = Turbo Kai Yūgō Gattai Turbo Kai + Turbo Liner = DagTurbo Jūren Gattai (重連合体, Coupling Combine) DagTurbo + DagArmor + DagWing = Liner Dagwon Chō Jūren Gattai (超重連合体, Super Coupling Combine) DagTurbo + DagArmor + DagWing + DagDrill = Super Liner Dagwon Shin Sawamura (沢邑 森 Sawamura Shin)
Voiced by Jin Yamanoi
The weapons warrior. Shin is a luckless flirt with girls and has an alarming tendency to get shot down whenever he talks to one. In spite of this, Shin is friendly and good-natured. He is also skilled at martial arts, as seen when he uses Judo to stop a purse-snatching in the first episode.
Try Dagwon Shin = Armor Shin Yūgō Gattai Armor Shin + Armor Liner = DagArmor Jūren Gattai (重連合体, Coupling Combine) DagTurbo + DagArmor + DagWing = Liner Dagwon Chō Jūren Gattai (超重連合体, Super Coupling Combine) DagTurbo + DagArmor + DagWing + DagDrill = Super Liner Dagwon Yoku Kazamatsuri (風祭 翼 Kazamatsuri Yoku)
Voiced by Hiro Yūki
The sky warrior. Shy and a bit geeky, Yoku is the brains of the team. He is very knowledgeable and computer savvy. He also likes to study strange and unusual things.
Try Dagwon Yoku = Wing Yoku Yūgō Gattai Wing Yoku + Wing Liner = DagWing Jūren Gattai (重連合体, Coupling Combine) DagTurbo + DagArmor + DagWing = Liner Dagwon Chō Jūren Gattai (超重連合体, Super Coupling Combine) DagTurbo + DagArmor + DagWing + DagDrill = Super Liner Dagwon Ryu Hashiba (刀柴 竜 Hashiba Ryū)
Voiced by Atsushi Kisaichi
The shadow warrior. Calm, mysterious and a puzzle even to his team members. He's the only one to have "subordinates", animal robots stored in the form of cards. He was the last of the team to achieve his mecha fusion. Ryu develops a close friendship with En in the beginning of the series.
Try Dagwon Ryu = Shadow Ryu Yūgō Gattai Shadow Ryu + Shadow Jet = DagShadow Kijū Gattai (機獣合体, Mecha-beast Combine) DagShadow + Guard Tiger + Guard Wolf + Guard Hawk = Shadow Dagwon Geki Kuroiwa (黒岩 激 Kuroiwa Geki)
Voiced by Hisao Egawa
The ground warrior. Geki has a rivalry with En, who injured his arm in a fight at Geki's old school. He is even more short tempered and impatient than En and has a serious crush on Maria. Geki had something of a misguided view on being a hero at first, but eventually became a valuable member of the group. His robot, Dag Drill combines with Kai's, Shin's and Yoku's.
Try Dagwon Geki = Drill Geki Yūgō Gattai Drill Geki + Drill Liner = DagDrill Chō Jūren Gattai (超重連合体, Super Coupling Combine) DagTurbo + DagArmor + DagWing + DagDrill = Super Liner Dagwon Rai Utsumi (宇津美 雷 Utsumi Rai)
Voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi
The thunder warrior. An alien Dagwon officer, Rai appears late in the series. He is very good looking, which earns him the unwanted advances of practically every female student at the boys' school. Rai hates the attention and gets embarrassed and flustered by it easily. Like En, his robot, DagThunder is a stand alone mecha and does not combine with the others.
Try Dagwon Rai = Thunder Rai Yūgō Gattai Thunder Rai + Thunder Bike = DagThunder Raimei Gattai (雷鳴合体, Thunder Combine) DagThunder + Thunder Shuttle = Thunder Dagwon The Allies （human beings）
- Maria Tobe (戸部 真理亜 Tobe Maria)
- Voiced by Miki Nagasawa
- En's classmate. Because she is very interested in Occultism, she is often implicated into the commotion of aliens. She and En have been friends since they were 9 years old, they often quarrelled with each other. But she gradually came to love him.
- Manabu Tobe (戸部 学 Tobe Manabu)
- Voiced by Naomi Nagasawa
- Maria's younger brother. His nickname is "Gaku". Because he is very interested in Dagwons, he is often implicated into the commotion of aliens, too.
- Minako Hashiba (刀柴 美奈子 Hashiba Minako)
- Voiced by Hiroko Konishi
- Ryu's younger sister. She have the power to foresee the future by dream, and she predicted the revival of Fire Jumbo.
The Allies (aliens)
- Alien Brave/Brave Seijin (ブレイブ星人 Bureibu Seijin, Bravian)
- Voiced by Jōji Nakata
- The alien police officer who gave the team their powers.
- Lian
- Voiced by Yutaka Hirose
- A sword-shaped old warrior whose race was exterminated by Sargasso a long time ago.
- Gunkid
- Voiced by Miki Nagasawa
- A young artillery unit who used to be corrupted by Sargasso, but eventually joined Dagwon.
- Luna
- Voiced by Yumi Fukamizu
- An alien Dagwon officer. Luna comes to Earth in the middle of the series and gives En a new Dagwon vehicle, Fire Shovel, after Fire Jumbo was temporarily destroyed. She has no robot like the others, but flies a fighter ship instead. She wields an energy sword in her Dagwon armor.
See also
- Brave Command Dagwon - The Boy with Crystal Eyes
External Links
- 勇者指令ダグオン (Japanese)
- Brave Command Dagwon (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- 勇者指令ダグオン 水晶の瞳の少年 OVA (Japanese)
- Brave Command Dagwon (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
Preceded by
The Brave of Gold GoldranBrave series
1996-1997Succeeded by
The King of Braves GaoGaiGarSeries OVAs Dagwon OVA · GaoGaiGar FinalVideo Games See Also Eldran series · TransformersCategories:- Anime series
- Anime of 1996
- Super Robots
- Sunrise (company)
- Sentai anime and manga
- Mecha anime and manga
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