History Anime / Dangaioh

* MusicalPastiche: Pretty much the whole OST, since a lot it is recycled from Michiaki Watanabe's earlier compositions from ''Anime/{{Iczer}}-One, ''Anime/GreatMazinger'', and most notably ''the Laser Blade theme from the first trilogy of the Franchise/MetalHeroes franchise''.

* MusicalPastiche: Pretty much the whole OST, since a lot it is recycled from Michiaki Watanabe's earlier compositions from ''Anime/{{Iczer}}-One, ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and most notably ''the Laser Blade theme from the first trilogy of the Franchise/MetalHeroes franchise''.

* MusicalPastiche: Pretty much the whole OST, since a lot it is recycled from Michiaki Watanabe's earlier compositions from ''Anime/{{Iczer}}-One, ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and most notably the Laser Blade theme from the first trilogy of the ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' franchise.

* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: [[spoiler: Garimoth, to Pai/Barius. With Roll being the "kitten". She says "Hell NO!"]])

** Don't worry, this KarmaHoudini gets a just-deserved KarmicDeath in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2'' Trilogy, ''Super Robot Wars Impact'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK''. Video for K right [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLR-tu9E-Lc here]]. Video for IMPACT [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6d-LG-9uwY here.]]

* ShrinkingViolet: Lamda. Miya starts like this, but is more of NiceGirl

* ActionGirl (With an astonishing ratio of three action girls to one guy with the Dangaiou pilots. One of the girls is the team leader. They're all on the same level or stronger than the guy. And said guy actually aknowledges it. A very nice break from the norm.)
* BewareTheNiceOnes - Miya is a NiceGirl, yeah. But do NOT push her around too much. [[MamaBear And do NOT threaten her team]].)
* BitingTheHandHumor (The first episode of the OVA had the AIC building (Dangaiou's production company) destroyed by the invading bad guys.)
* BittersweetEnding ([[spoiler: Gil Berg is defeated at the end of the third episode, but at the cost of not only Dr. Tarsan but Team Dangaioh as well! Or so Garimoth ''thinks''; they survive, albeit unconscious and adrift in their severely damaged mecha.]])
* BrokenBird (Pai, [[spoiler: Shazara]])
* ButtMonkey (Tarsan almost never gets some respect)
* CallingTheOldManOut ("My name is NOT [[spoiler: Barius]]! I'm [[spoiler: Pai Thunder]]! And you are NOT my father!")
* DaddysLittleVillain (Subverted tremendously: [[spoiler: Pai was actually Barius, the daughter of Garimoth, and had a FaceHeelTurn once she recovered her memories. But when Garimoth told her to kill Roll before taking her back, [[CallingTheOldManOut Pai rebelled]] and rejoined the group.]])

* DynamicEntry (Roll's first apparition was pulling this to save Miya. Later, Miya and Lamda pull this as well [[spoiler: to save Pai and Roll from Garimoth.]])
* FallenPrincess ([[spoiler: Lamda]])

* ForTheEvulz (Gil Berg mentions this as this motivation)

* LaserGuidedAmnesia (The four pilots are given this, but they start recalling their past lives pretty soon.)

* ImportantHaircut [[spoiler: Lamda originally had long hair, but when she became a FallenPrincess, she had to cut it so she wouldn't be recognized by others.]]
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten ([[spoiler: Garimoth, to Pai/Barius. With Roll being the "kitten". She says "Hell NO!"]])
* KarmaHoudini ([[spoiler: Gil Berg]])
** Don't worry, this KarmaHoudini gets a just-deserved KarmicDeath in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2'' Trilogy, ''Super Robot Wars Impact'' and ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK''. Video for K right [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLR-tu9E-Lc here]]. Video for IMPACT [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6d-LG-9uwY here]]

* MusicalPastiche (Pretty much the whole OST, since a lot it is recycled from Michiaki Watanabe's earlier compositions from ''Anime/{{Iczer}}-One, ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and most notably the Laser Blade theme from the first trilogy of the ''Franchise/MetalHeroes'' franchise.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent (Miya used to be this)
* PhlebotinumRebel (The four kids didn't like to be kidnapped and turned into killing machines. What did they do? They decided to fight back. Ironically enough, the guy that kidnapped them in the first place [[EasilyForgiven winds up being their mentor]].)
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy (Pai, who even refuses to team work and address Miya's leadership because Miya's much more peaceful. [[spoiler: She's actually really Barius, the daughter of pirate warlord The Banker/Garimoth. Once her father tries to force her kill one of her classmates and Miya bails her out, she accepts Mia as the leaderess.]]

* [[SkirtOverSlacks Tunic over Slacks]] (Worn by all four members of Team Dangaioh at the start of episode 3.)

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Mayumi Shou (Miya), Creator/AkiraKamiya (Roll), Creator/NaokoMatsui (Pai), Creator/MayaOkamoto (Lamda), Creator/ShigeruChiba (Gil Berg), Creator/TakeshiAono (Tarsan), Creator/MasakoKatsuki (Shazara), Ichirou Mizuki (Yoldo), Mitsuko Horie (Dira), Creator/RyoHorikawa (Flash), Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Burst) and Isamu Tanonaka (Shoulder Buffoon). Michitaka Kobayashi, better known as [[Anime/TransformersHeadmasters Highbrow]], also voices Domton.

* VideoGame/SuperRobotWars ([[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Compact 2 Trilogy, Impact]] and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK K]])

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Mayumi Shou (Miya), Creator/AkiraKamiya (Roll), Creator/NaokoMatsui (Pai), Creator/MayaOkamoto (Lamda), Creator/ShigeruChiba (Gil Berg), Creator/TakeshiAono (Tarsan), MasakoKatsuki (Shazara), Ichirou Mizuki (Yoldo), Mitsuko Horie (Dira), Creator/RyoHorikawa (Flash), Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Burst) and Isamu Tanonaka (Shoulder Buffoon). Michitaka Kobayashi, better known as [[Anime/TransformersHeadmasters Highbrow]], also voices Domton.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Mayumi Shou (Miya), Creator/AkiraKamiya (Roll), Creator/NaokoMatsui (Pai), MayaOkamoto (Lamda), Creator/ShigeruChiba (Gil Berg), Creator/TakeshiAono (Tarsan), MasakoKatsuki (Shazara), Ichirou Mizuki (Yoldo), Mitsuko Horie (Dira), Creator/RyoHorikawa (Flash), Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Burst) and Isamu Tanonaka (Shoulder Buffoon). Michitaka Kobayashi, better known as [[Anime/TransformersHeadmasters Highbrow]], also voices Domton.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Mayumi Shou (Miya), Creator/AkiraKamiya (Roll), Creator/NaokoMatsui (Pai), MayaOkamoto (Lamda), Creator/ShigeruChiba (Gil Berg), Creator/TakeshiAono (Tarsan), MasakoKatsuki (Shazara).

''Dangaiou - Hyper Combat Unit'' (破邪大星ダンガイオー or 破邪大星弾劾凰, Haja Taisei Dangaiō) is an anime OVA series produced by {{AIC}} studios and released in Japan in 1987. Dangaioh featured character designs by creator Toshihiro Hirano, mechanical designs by ShojiKawamori, animation direction by Creator/MasamiObari, and key animation by Creator/HideakiAnno. A sort-of sequel named Great Dangaiou (破邪巨星Gダンガイオー, Haja Kyosei Gureito Dangaiō) ran in 2001, but was a flop.

* BittersweetEnding ([[spoiler: Gil Berg is defeated at the end of the third episode, but at the cost of not only Dr. Tarsan but Team Dangaioh as well!]] [[spoiler: Actually, Garimoth only ''thinks'' the Dangaiou Team were destroyed; they survive, albeit unconscious and adrift in their severely damaged mecha]]

* CallingTheOldManOut ("My name is NOT [[spoiler: Barius]]! I'm [[spoiler: Pai Thunder]]! And you are NOT my father!"

* BewareTheNiceOnes (Miya is a NiceGirl, yeah. But do NOT push her around too much. [[MamaBear And do NOT threaten her team]].)

* BittersweetEnding ([[spoiler: Gil Berg is defeated at the end of the third episode, but at the cost of not only Dr. Tarsan but Team Dangaioh as well!]])
** [[spoiler: Actually, Garimoth only ''thinks'' the Dangaiou Team were destroyed; they survive, albeit unconscious and adrift in their severely damaged mecha]]

* SupportingProtagonist: Roll isn't the main character, but he does pilot Dangaiou.

* LightningBruiser: Roll can use his PsychicPowers to enhance his own speed and physical endurance.
* ImportantHaircut ([[spoiler: Lamda originally had long hair, but when she became a FallenPrincess, she had to cut it so she wouldn't be recognized by others.]])
* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten ([[spoiler: Garimoth, to Pai/Barius. She says "Hell NO!"]])

%%* MightyGlacier (Pai uses her powers to enhance her strength)
* MindOverMatter (Miya is a ''very'' powerful telekinetic)

* PsychicLink (The kids can read each others's thoughts due to their enhancements)
* PsychicPowers

* ShesGotLegs (The ''three'' girls have good sets of legs.)
* ShrinkingViolet (Lamda. Miya starts like this, but is more of NiceGirl)
* SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism (Surprisingly cynical, for a Super Robots series)

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Mayumi Shou (Miya), Creator/AkiraKamiya (Roll), NaokoMatsui (Pai), MayaOkamoto (Lamda), Creator/ShigeruChiba (Gil Berg), Creator/TakeshiAono (Tarsan), MasakoKatsuki (Shazara).

* MightyGlacier (Pai uses her powers to enhance her strength)

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Mayumi Shou (Miya), Creator/AkiraKamiya (Roll), NaokoMatsui (Pai), MayaOkamoto (Lamda), ShigeruChiba (Gil Berg), Creator/TakeshiAono (Tarsan), MasakoKatsuki (Shazara).

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Mayumi Shou (Miya), Creator/AkiraKamiya (Roll), NaokoMatsui (Pai), MayaOkamoto (Lamda), ShigeruChiba (Gil Berg), TakeshiAono (Tarsan), MasakoKatsuki (Shazara).

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Mayumi Shou (Miya), AkiraKamiya (Roll), NaokoMatsui (Pai), MayaOkamoto (Lamda), ShigeruChiba (Gil Berg), TakeshiAono (Tarsan), MasakoKatsuki (Shazara).

''Dangaiou - Hyper Combat Unit'' (破邪大星ダンガイオー or 破邪大星弾劾凰, Haja Taisei Dangaiō?) is an anime OVA series produced by {{AIC}} studios and released in Japan in 1987. Dangaioh featured character designs by creator Toshihiro Hirano, mechanical designs by ShojiKawamori, animation direction by Creator/MasamiObari, and key animation by Creator/HideakiAnno. A sort-of sequel named Great Dangaiou (破邪巨星Gダンガイオー, Haja Kyosei Gureito Dangaiō?) ran in 2001, but was a flop.

** Don't worry, this KarmaHoudini gets a just-deserved KarmicDeath in the SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Trilogy, SuperRobotWarsImpact and SuperRobotWarsK. Video for K right [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLR-tu9E-Lc here]]. Video for IMPACT [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6d-LG-9uwY here]]

* SuperRobotWars ([[SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Compact 2 Trilogy]], [[SuperRobotWarsImpact Impact]] and [[SuperRobotWarsK K]])

''Dangaiou - Hyper Combat Unit'' (破邪大星ダンガイオー or 破邪大星弾劾凰, Haja Taisei Dangaiō?) is an anime OVA series produced by {{AIC}} studios and released in Japan in 1987. Dangaioh featured character designs by creator Toshihiro Hirano, mechanical designs by ShojiKawamori, animation direction by Creator/MasamiObari, and key animation by HideakiAnno. A sort-of sequel named Great Dangaiou (破邪巨星Gダンガイオー, Haja Kyosei Gureito Dangaiō?) ran in 2001, but was a flop.

* MusicalPastiche (Pretty much the whole OST, since a lot it is recycled from Michiaki Watanabe's earlier compositions from {{Iczer-1}}, GreatMazinger and most notably the Laser Blade theme from the first trilogy of the MetalHeroes franchise.

''Dangaiou - Hyper Combat Unit'' (破邪大星ダンガイオー or 破邪大星弾劾凰, Haja Taisei Dangaiō?) is an anime OVA series produced by AIC studios and released in Japan in 1987. Dangaioh featured character designs by creator Toshihiro Hirano, mechanical designs by ShojiKawamori, animation direction by Creator/MasamiObari, and key animation by HideakiAnno. A sort-of sequel named Great Dangaiou (破邪巨星Gダンガイオー, Haja Kyosei Gureito Dangaiō?) ran in 2001, but was a flop.

* SupportingProtagonist: Roll isn't the main character, but he does pilot Dangaioh.

''Dangaioh - Hyper Combat Unit'' (破邪大星ダンガイオー or 破邪大星弾劾凰, Haja Taisei Dangaiō?) is an anime OVA series produced by AIC studios and released in Japan in 1987. Dangaioh featured character designs by creator Toshihiro Hirano, mechanical designs by ShojiKawamori, animation direction by Creator/MasamiObari, and key animation by HideakiAnno. A sort-of sequel named Great Dangaioh (破邪巨星Gダンガイオー, Haja Kyosei Gureito Dangaiō?) ran in 2001, but was a flop.

It starts when a young girl named Miya Alice wakes up all of a sudden in a spaceship, frightened and confused and with her memories erased. A strange voice tells her that she's been abducted and transformed into a cyborg, due to her extremely strong PsychicPowers; soon she and other people in her same situation will be sold out as cyber soldiers to the highest bidder, alongside the Super Robot Dangaioh.

* ActionGirl (With an astonishing ratio of three action girls to one guy with the Dangaioh pilots. One of the girls is the team leader. They're all on the same level or stronger than the guy. And said guy actually aknowledges it. A very nice break from the norm.)

* BitingTheHandHumor (The first episode of the OVA had the AIC building (Dangaioh's production company) destroyed by the invading bad guys.)

** [[spoiler: Actually, Garimoth only ''thinks'' the Dangaio Team were destroyed; they survive, albeit unconscious and adrift in their severely damaged mecha]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes (Miya is a YamatoNadeshiko, yeah. But do NOT push her around too much. [[MamaBear And do NOT threaten her team]].)

* ShrinkingViolet (Lamda. Miya starts like this, but is more of YamatoNadeshiko)

* YamatoNadeshiko (Miya)

Dangaioh - Hyper Combat Unit (破邪大星ダンガイオー or 破邪大星弾劾凰, Haja Taisei Dangaiō?) is an anime OVA series produced by AIC studios and released in Japan in 1987. Dangaioh featured character designs by creator Toshihiro Hirano, mechanical designs by ShojiKawamori, animation direction by Masami Obari, and key animation by HideakiAnno. A sort-of sequel named Great Dangaioh (破邪巨星Gダンガイオー, Haja Kyosei Gureito Dangaiō?) ran in 2001, but was a flop.

* FiveManBand:
** {{The Hero}}ine: Miya
** TheLancer AND TheBigGuy: Pai
** TheSmartGuy: Roll [[spoiler:, ironic, given that he is the one who pilots Dangaioh]]
** TheChick: Lamda
** {{Mentor}}: Dr. Tarsan

Dangaioh - Hyper Combat Unit (破邪大星ダンガイオー or 破邪大星弾劾凰, Haja Taisei Dangaiō?) is an anime OVA series produced by AIC studios and released in Japan in 1987. Dangaioh featured character designs by creator Toshihiro Hirano, mechanical designs by Shoji Kawamori, animation direction by Masami Obari, and key animation by HideakiAnno. A sort-of sequel named Great Dangaioh (破邪巨星Gダンガイオー, Haja Kyosei Gureito Dangaiō?) ran in 2001, but was a flop.