anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
television series about humans using robots in tournaments. Created by
Nihon Ad Systems
, NAS for short, is a Japanese anime production and character merchandising company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the advertising agency Asatsu-DK. The "Ad" in its title is an abbreviation for "Animation Development". Along with Sony Pictures ...
and
Takara
was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955. In March 2006, the company merged with Tomy, Tomy Company, Ltd. to form Tomy, Takara Tomy. The Takara motto was("playing is culture").
The company focused on traditional toys and board games. They cr ...
and animated by
Brain's Base
is a Japanese animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animation, animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, ...
, the studio’s first television production, the series aired on
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.its affiliates from April to December 2002. A series of ''Daigunder'' toys were produced that could interact with TV screens.
Plot
Set in a futuristic time where talking
robot
A robot is a machine—especially one Computer program, programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions Automation, automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the robot control, co ...
s 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, Team Akira enters many tournaments for Akira to reach his goal. However, there are many occasions when a Battle Robot named Ginzan is out to destroy Daigunder. Ginzan does this under the orders of the evil and mysterious Professor Maelstrom and he is later joined by Tigamaru and Rogamaru. Akira and his friends soon find a new ally in DragonBurst and new comrades in his assistants DragonFlame and DragonFreezer.
Characters
Team Akira
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.
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:: The Commander of Team Akira, Akira is the grandson of famed Battle Robot creator Hajime Akebono. His dreams of winning the Titan Belt lead him to compete or the Battle Robot Tournament. He challenges other teams with his group of robots. His most powerful and trusted ones is Ryugu and Daigu. The first robot of Team Akira was Bulion (also Hajime's first creation), who Akira played with even as a child.
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:: Haruka Hoshi (initially spelled Haruka in the closed captioning, then changed to "Heruka" icto match the English pronunciation) is a young girl who looking to become a manager of Team Akira & a Battle Robots team. After Team Akira defeats Team John & gains a Battle Robot License, she becomes Akira's manager & helps to tune up his robots.
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:: Hajime Akebono is a
scientist
A scientist is a person who Scientific method, researches to advance knowledge in an Branches of science, area of the natural sciences.
In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, philosophers engag ...
who is Akira's grandfather. He is a famous Battle Robot Creator who created the robots that Akira uses, including DragoBurst along with Professor Maelstrom but DragonFlame, DragonFreezer and DragoBurst have gone berserk and gone against them years ago. Hajime later made the Animal Unit (made up of Bulion, Eaglearrow and Drimog) and then the Dino Unit (made up of Bonerex, Despector and Trihorn) and eventually the Cluster System, which is made up of Ryugu and Daigu, who combine to form Daigunder. He likes to travel to different places. It is to be noted that Bulion was Hajime's first powerful battle robot.
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:: A small robot that does the maintenance on Team Akira's robots.
Daigunder/Dragon Unit
A creation of Professor Hajime, is the Metamorphic Fusion of Ryugu and Daigu. Nicknamed the "King of the Battle Robots", he was equipped with special system called the Cluster System. Daigunder can attack his enemies with his Dragon Cannon (his finisher) and Dragon Sword. With Despector as his left arm he can perform the Echo Blast. When Both DragonFlame and DragonFreeze weapon use with Daigunder, it can use its most powerful attack, the ''Dragon Buster''. He can also combine with DragoBurst.
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:: Ryugu is Akira's constant companion and as stubborn as he is. At first he refuses to obey Akira, until he sees Akira protect him. His attacks are Knight Slash and Knight Quake. Ryugu is a small
knight
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity.
The concept of a knighthood ...
robot.
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:: Daigu never fights unless fused with either Ryugu, Bulion or Bonerex. While he most often all he says is "Daigu!" he has spoken other words on occasion. He is a
dragon
A dragon is a Magic (supernatural), magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but European dragon, dragons in Western cultures since the Hi ...
robot.
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:: Part of the Daigunder Unit. One of two robots built by Professors Hajime and Maelstrom when they were partners. After finding out about Big Bang's true motives, DragonFlame and DragonFreezer ran off with their leader DragoBurst on a space station in outer space. Later on in the series, they joined Team Akira. DragonFlame's animal is a Fire Dragon and attacks with Magma Dynamic. DragonFlame can Armor Fuse and become a sword by saying Saber Change for either DragoBuster or Daigunder. Like Daigu, DragonFlame mostly says one word "Flame!". DragonFlame can also combine with DragonFreezeer to become a kind of two-headed dragon for Daigunder to ride on for flight.
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:: Part of the Daigunder Unit. One of two robots built by Professors Hajime and Maelstrom when they were partners. After finding out about Big Bang's true motives, DragonFreezer and DragonFlame ran off with their leader DragoBuster on a space station in outer space. Later on in the series, they joined Team Akira. DragonFreezer's animal is an Ice Dragon and attacks with Blizzard Strike. DragonFreezer can Armor Fuse by saying Shield Change and become a shield for either DragoBuster or Daigunder. Like Daigu and DragonFlame, DragonFreezer mostly says one word "Freeze!". DragonFreezer can also combine with DragonFlame to become some kind of two-headed dragon for Daigunder to ride on for flight.
Bulion
is the Leader of Team Akira's Animal Unit and attacks with his ''Thunder Claw'' attack. His animal form is a
lion
The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...
. He can Metamorphic Fuse with Daigu to become who attacks with his "Thunder Fang Battle Claw". With Eaglearrow and Drimog on his arms he can perform the Daigulion Blaster, and his finisher is "Thunder Fang Battle Claw". Bulion could also Armor Fuse with DragonBurst to become .
Bonerex
is the leader of the Dino Unit who attacked the mayor's town when the mayor was placing an amusement park in the Dino Units area. He and the Dino Unit later joined Akira and attacks with his ''Bone Blade'' attack. His animal form is a
Tyrannosaurus
''Tyrannosaurus'' () is a genus of large theropod dinosaur. The type species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' ( meaning 'king' in Latin), often shortened to ''T. rex'' or colloquially t-rex, is one of the best represented theropods. It lived througho ...
. He can Metamorphic Fuse with Daigu to become the , with attacks such as the Air-Slicing Beast Sword and Daigurex Fire, which he performs with Despector and Trihorn on his arms. Bonerex can also Armor Fuse with DragoBurst to form .
Megarex
is the Power Fusion of Eaglearrow, Drimog, Despector, and Trihorn. This combination is seldom used, as it sometimes takes a lot of power out of them. Eaglearrow forms the chest armor. Drimog forms the lower torso and legs. Despector forms the back and wings. Trihorn forms the head, upper torso, arms and feet. Megarex is powerful enough to withstand Ginzan's Power Blast attack.
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:: Member of the Animal Unit. He is one of the fliers of Team Akira since his animal form is an
eagle
Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of Genus, genera, some of which are closely related. True eagles comprise the genus ''Aquila ( ...
. Constantly argues with Drimog. Attacks with ''Fire Arrow''.
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:: Member of the Animal Unit who can dig underground. His animal form is a
mole
Mole (or Molé) may refer to:
Animals
* Mole (animal) or "true mole"
* Golden mole, southern African mammals
* Marsupial mole
Marsupial moles, the Notoryctidae family, are two species of highly specialized marsupial mammals that are found i ...
and he constantly argues with Eaglearrow. Attacks with ''Crash Burn''.
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:: Member of the Dino Unit that joins Team Akira. One of Team Akira's fliers. His animal form is a
Pteranodon
''Pteranodon'' (; from and ) is a genus of pterosaur that included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with ''P. longiceps'' having a wingspan of over . They lived during the late Cretaceous geological period of North America in presen ...
. Attacks with ''Specter Slash''.
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:: Member of the Dino Unit that joins with Akira. He can be a bit dumb at times. His animal form is a
Triceratops
''Triceratops'' ( ; ) is a genus of Chasmosaurinae, chasmosaurine Ceratopsia, ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the late Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous Period (geology), period, about 68 to 66 million years ago on the island ...
. Attacks with ''Horn Strike''.
Allies
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:: Commissioner Spinklestarber is the person in the Battle Robots Tournament who observes all tournaments. A running gag is that Akira cannot seem to get his name right.
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:: A Battle Robot who worked for the mysterious Professor Maelstrom that attacked Daigunder on different occasions, nicknaming himself the "Ultimate Battle Robot". Although an enemy to Team Akira initially, he did team up with Akira and the Daigunder Unit for an Armor Fusion on some occasions like getting out of a cavern with sentient acidic liquid, subduing an out of control Battle Robot, and helping to find an abducted king. Ginzan can combine with Daigunder for an attack called "Dragon Revolver". The "Dragon Revolver" is one of the most powerful attacks, best remembered for almost destroying DragonFlame and DragonFreeze in space. Yet another notable Dragon Revolver attack was on Sacred Steel Tortoise, as it was successful in piercing its powerful shield. After learning about honor from Daigunder, he has begun to switch sides and eventually betrayed Professor Maelstrom when he learned his true intentions and how he felt that robots were merely tools. After fighting against Daigunder with Akira as his commander as part of a test, Ginzan decides to go away for a while and perhaps someday join Team Akira, as he now considers Akira his new commander. His animal form is a
winged unicorn
A winged unicorn or flying unicorn is a mythical ungulate, typically portrayed as a horse, with feathered wings like a pegasus and the horn of a unicorn. It further features in modern popular culture and fiction.
Origin Etymology
In some lit ...
, his attacks include ''Spin Revolver'' and his best attack is Ultimate Revolver which forms the face of a Unicorn during its attack. After Maelstrom changed his ways, Ginzan returned to him along with Tigamaru and Rougamaru.
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:: A robot built by Professors Hajime and Deikun when they were friends and partners. After finding out about Maelstrom's true motives, he ran off and now he lives with his two companions DragonFlame and DragonFreezer on a space station in outer space. His ultimate goal is to get Daigunder on his team, destroy humanity and thereby establish a Robot
Utopia
A utopia ( ) typically describes an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members. It was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book ''Utopia (book), Utopia'', which describes a fictiona ...
. He can Armor Fuse with Daigunder to form with DragoFlame as a sword and DragoFreezer as a shield and attacks with his Burst Cannon and Dragon Nova. After some talking-to from Akira and Daigunder, DragoBurst realized the truth about humans and helped Team Akira destroy Maelstrom's giant turtle robot using the power of the Cluster System. His animal form is a Black Dragon and attacks with Buster Black Hole and Energy Fist. He is also capable of hypnotizing robots with his "Dragon Wave".
Villains
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:: The primary antagonist of the series. Professor Maelstrom was once Professor Hajime's friend and partner when he was originally known as Professor Deikun/Daikun. Together they built DragoBurst. When DragoBurst found out that Professor Deikun planned to use him to take over the world, he fired at him thus destroying the laboratory and left. Many years later, he has returned complete with a metal eye due to the accident. He built Ginzan, Tigamaru, and Rogamaru to defeat Daigunder for unknown purposes especially world domination due to Daigunder is creation of his former friend Professor Hajime. After Dragon Daigunder destroyed his ultimate Battle Robot, he changed his ways. His most powerful robotic invention was the "Sacred Steel Tortoise" as he thought it was the destined end of Daigunder and Dragonburst.
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:: One of two robots who join up with Ginzan to destroy Daigunder. He, along with Rogamaru, often uses trickery and deceit in their schemes to defeat Daigunder. He can combine with Rogamaru to form with either of them at the top. Tigamaru's animal form is a
tiger
The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is a large Felidae, cat and a member of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes. It is ...
. Tigamaru's attack is the ''Tiga Whirldwind Slicer''.
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:: One of two robots who join up with Ginzan to destroy Daigunder. He, along with Tigamaru, often uses trickery and deceit in their schemes to defeat Daigunder. He can combine with Tigamaru to form with either of them at the top. Rogamaru's animal form is a
wolf
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, includin ...
. Rogamaru’s attack is the ''Loga Moon Slicer''.
Episodes
# The Dream Begins
# Step One
# Training Battle
# Hybrid Match
# Enter Ginzan
# Robot Round Up
# Bots Will Be Bots
# There Is No "I" In Team
# Been There, Done That
# Friend or Foe
# Battling with Style
# Loose as a Caboose
# The Mystery of Team X
# The Enemy Within
# Too Many Robots Spoil The Broth
# A Royal Pain
# Brits, Bots and Betty
# A New Friend
# Two Bots or Not Two Bots?
# Goon With The Wind
# Fight or Get Off The Bot
# A Battle Down Memory Lane
# Fire and Ice
# The Stand in the Sand
# Maelstrom's Madness
# Daigunder My Thumb
# The Battle for Ryugu
# Maybe the Grass Ain't Greener
# Dazed and Karnfused
# Teamwork
# A Lesson Earned is a Lesson Learned
# Doctor Bridget Explains it All
# Desperate Trap for Daigunder/A Kinder Gentler Side of Rogamaru and Tygamaru
# Maelstrom vs. Dragon Burst/Saving Daigunder
# History of the Title Grosser
# Charge! Fight for the Hard Foughted
# Assault Declaration! Dark Beast's Secret Fortress
# Explosion Declaration! The Last Day of Dailand
# Future Declaration! Matchless Cluster Power/Endgame
Cast
Japanese Cast
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Fujiko Takimoto
is a Japanese voice actress. She has been married to her '' Mahoromatic'' co-star Hideki Ogihara on February 2, 2014.
Filmography
Anime
*'' Mahoujin Guru Guru'' (1994) (Nike)
*'' Captain Tsubasa J'' (1994) (Sanae Nakazawa)
*'' Kiko-chan Smil ...
Yuki Kaida
is a Japanese voice actress. Although she has an extensive vocal range, voicing a large variety of characters throughout her career, she is commonly typecasted as young males, achieving mainstream success as her roles in ''Hunter × Hunter'' a ...
as Ryugu
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Kiyoyuki Yanada
was a Japanese freelance voice actor who was formerly affiliated with Kyu Production, 81 Produce, and D-COLOR.「人気声優にがぶりより! 第32回 梁田清之さん」, Animedia February 1990, Gakken, February 1, 1990, magazine 01579-2 ...
as Daigu/Daigunder
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Isshin Chiba
is a Japanese voice actor who appeared in 35 films since he first started acting in 1990 and is best known for doing the voice of Jin Kazama from the ''Tekken'' series.
Biography
Isshin Chiba was born in Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan. He graduated f ...
as Eaglearrow & Trihorn
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Kazuhiro Nakata
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Ken Production. He played Bear in '' .hack//Sign'' and Fei-Wang Reed in '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle''.
Biography
He became interested with voice acting, while studying university, when at one point ...
Kōichi Tōchika
is a Japanese voice actor who works for Haikyo.
Notable voice roles Anime
*Lance in '' 07 Ghost''
*Brindo and young Hody Jones in ''One Piece''
* Check Mate and Ilioukhine in ''Kinnikuman Nisei'' (''Ultimate Muscle'')
*Arizona Governor in ''E ...
as Despector
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Masaya Onosaka
is a Japanese voice actor who works for Aoni Production. In 2010 he won the "Best Personality" Seiyu Award.
Onosaka was born in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka. He is known for his Kansai accent in some of his roles. He is the known dub actor of Zhao Yu ...
as Drimog
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Nobutoshi Canna
, better known by the stage name , is a Japanese actor, voice actor, singer and narrator who is affiliated with Aoni Production. He first started acting as a child. Canna is best known for his performances as Tasuki ('' Fushigi Yûgi''), Ban Mi ...
as Taigamaru
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Nobuyuki Hiyama
is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and radio personality currently affiliated with Arts Vision.
His vocal register is described as a metallic lyric tenor suitable to voice a mature variation of coming of age young men. Combined with an ...
as Rougamaru
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Norio Wakamoto
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with the Sigma Seven talent agency. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and was raised in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University.
On adult works, like OVAs or dating ...
Susumu Chiba
is a Japanese voice actor. Some of his major roles include Seiji Hayami in '' Cutie Honey Flash'', Chiaki Nagoya in '' Phantom Thief Jeanne'', Sai Fujiwara in '' Hikaru no Go'', Jetfire and Wheeljack in '' Transformers: Armada'', Chairman Murani ...
as Ginzan
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Tetsu Inada
is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production.
Biography
Filmography
Anime
Films
Video games
Tokusatsu
Dubbing
Drama CDs
References
External links
Official agency profileTetsu Inada at Ryu's Seiyuu Infos
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as Bulion/Daigulion
* Tomohisa Asou as Dr. Hajime
English Cast
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Steve Blum
Steven Jay Blum (; born April 29, 1960) is an American voice actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, his roles include Spike Spiegel from the anime series ''Cowboy Bebop''; Amon from ''The Legend of Korra''; Heatblast, Ghostfreak, and ...
- Professor Hajime Akebono
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Joey D'Auria
Joey D'Auria is an American actor, and writer best known for his role as Bozo the Clown in ''The Bozo Show'', succeeding original actor Bob Bell. He is also known as J.W. Terry, Joseph J. Terry, and Joseph W. Terry.
Career
D'Auria is best kno ...
- Commissioner Spinklestarber
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Richard Epcar
Richard Epcar is an American voice actor, voice director, and writer who has voiced over 1,200 characters in animation, video games and anime. Some of his major roles include Raiden in the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise, The Joker in several proje ...
- Eaglearrow
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Barbara Goodson
Barbara Goodson is an American voice actress who has done voice-over work in cartoons and shows. Her best-known role was providing the English dub voice of the main villain Empress Rita Repulsa in the ''Power Rangers'' television series, starti ...
Lex Lang
Lex Lang is an American voice actor and voice director, who has provided voices and served as a director for a number of animations and video games. He is best known for voicing Doctor Neo Cortex in the '' Crash Bandicoot'' franchise, Suguru ...
Dave Mallow
Dave Mallow (October 19, 1948 – March 11, 2025) was an American voice actor.
Life and career
Mallow was born on October 19, 1948. His father worked in radio and television and was a 30-year on-air veteran at Chicago's WGN. After graduating ...
- Track Announcer
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Michael McConnohie
Michael McConnohie is an American voice actor, writer and director who has provided many voice roles in movies, anime, and video games. He and fellow actress Melodee Spevack run a production company called VoxWorks. For twenty-plus years he has ...
- Tigamaru/Tiger Fang
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Lara Jill Miller
Lara Jill Miller (born April 20, 1967) is an American actress and lawyer. She has played Samantha "Sam" Kanisky in the 1980s sitcom '' Gimme a Break!'' and Kathy on '' The Amanda Show''.
She voices the title characters in '' Clifford's Puppy Da ...
- Haruka Hoshi
* Bob Papenbrook - Bulion/Daigulion
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Paul Schrier
Paulus Laurentius Schrier II (born June 1, 1970), known professionally as Paul Schrier, is an American actor, director, and artist. He is best known for his role of Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier in the ''Power Rangers'' series. He portrayed the charac ...
- Bone Rex/Daigurex
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Joshua Seth
Joshua Seth Freedman is an American voice actor, comedian, motivational speaker, and author.
Biography
Seth was born in Kent, Ohio to Barbara Freedman (née Zapiler), a therapist. After graduating from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1987, ...
- Ryugu
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Michael Sorich
Michael John Sorich ( , born March 23, 1958) is an American actor, writer and director.
Biography
Sorich has been a voice actor for many different characters in the ''Power Rangers'' franchise (until the end of the '' Wild Force'' series), as we ...
- Daigu/Daigunder
* Tom Wyner - Ginzan
Additional voices
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Mona Marshall
Mona Marshall is an American television and voice actress, known for her work in a number of cartoons, anime shows, films and video games. Her major credits include ''South Park'', where she voices many of the female characters on the show, '' .h ...
Philece Sampler
Debra Philece Sampler (July 16, 1953 – July 1, 2021) was an American actress. She began her career on the soap operas '' Days of Our Lives'' as Renée DuMonde and '' Another World'' as Donna Love Hudson.
In addition to her acting career, Sa ...
- Dr. Bridget (in "Brits, Bots, and Betty")
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Brianne Siddall
Brianne Siddall (born August 25, 1963 in Encino, California), also known under her stage names of Jetta E. Bumpy, Ian Hawk, Murray Blue, Jetta Bird, and Brianne Brozey, is an American voice actress. She is known for voicing Tommy Himi, Koromon ...
- Jimmy (in "A New Friend")
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Kari Wahlgren
Kari Wahlgren (born July 13, 1977) is an American voice actress who has provided English-language roles for animated movies, TV series, and video games. She got her start in anime voice-overs as List of FLCL characters#Haruko Haruhara, Haruko H ...
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Crew
English Crew
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Tony Oliver
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Masaaki Endoh
is a Japanese singer-songwriter who is prominent in the area of soundtracks for anime and tokusatsu productions. He is one of the founders of the Music in Japanese animation, Anison band JAM Project and has been a regular member ever since its ...
(OP)
* "We Are the Heroes" by
Hiroshi Kitadani
is a Japanese singer, who primarily performs theme songs and other songs in anime. He also works behind the scenes of many songs. He currently works with JAM Project. He is most known for singing the first, fifteenth, nineteenth (with Kishidan), ...
(ED)
Home Media
The entire series has been released as a 10-volume
VHS
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Ma ...
in Japan by
Nippon Columbia
, often pronounced ''Korombia'', operating internationally as , is a Japanese record label founded in 1910 as Nipponophone Co., Ltd. It affiliated itself with the Columbia Graphophone Company of the United Kingdom and adopted the standard UK C ...
. The series has not been released in
DVD
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or available digitally at Amazon Japan or Hulu. It was released on DVD in Australia and New Zealand.
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