
Aura Battler Dunbine is a TV series that aried in Japan from 1983-1984. Directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, its staff includes mechanical designers Kazutaka Miyatake and Yutaka Izubuchi, character/mechanical designer Tomonori Kogawa and composer Katsuhiro Tsubonou. The story focuses on Shou Zama, a Japanese teenager who is pulled into the fantasy world Byston Well and becomes an aura battler pilot fighting against the imperial ambitions of Drake Luft. The series was followed by various novels written by Tomino, as well as multiple OVA sequels. The TV series was originally released on home video in North America by ADV Films, but it has since been re-released by Sentai Filmworks.
Aura Battlers
* Billbine
Botune
Bozune
* Dana O’Shee
* Dunbine
* Gedo
Vehicles and Support Units
Fou
* Graon
Grimley
Gunan
Guran Galan
Namwan class
Pigsy
Shoot
* Zelana
Vehicles and Support Units
AH-1S Cobra
CH-47 Chinook
Jeep
Nimitz class (Carl Vinson)
OH-6 Cayuse
UH-1S Iroquois
Vehicles and Support Units
9K52 Luna-M
NOTE: Units indicated with an asterisk (*) are available in Burke’s All the World’s Aura Battlers or Burke’s Fighting Ships & Vehicles format.
Notes on Dunbine Specs Categories
Luft tons (Lt): A unit of weight where one Luft ton is roughly equivalent to a ton.
Rill: A unit used to indicate speed or distance. The term is derived from rivers and streams. In distance, its base is determined by the length a person has to walk to reach the mouth of a river to its source. In speed, it is approximately 3-5 kph.
Aura conversion performance: A number that indicates the efficiency of aura response. The higher the number, the greater the mobility and output of a unit with a small amount of aura.
Basic aura power: The minimum amount of aura required to power a machine.
Maximum aura power: The highest amount of aura power that an aura converter can absorb. Exceeding that limit will produce no visible effects.
Dunbine Info
Director:
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Writer(s):
Minoru Yokitani
Yoshiji Watanabe
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kazutaka Miyatake
Yutaka Izubuchi
Tomonori Kogawa
Hidetoshi Ohmori
Character Designer:
Tomonori Kogawa
Musical Composer:
Katsuhiro Tsubonou
Format:
49 episodes
Airdates:
Japan 02.05.1983 – 01.21.1984
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Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
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