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“Three civilians pilot secret Dragonar mechs to defend Earth from lunar empire Giganos' invasion in 2087.”
Metal Armor Dragonar
機甲戦記ドラグナー
7.1
4,515 rank · 7,388 viewers · 13 favorites
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Mecha
Space
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Synopsis
Three civilians pilot secret Dragonar mechs to defend Earth from lunar empire Giganos' invasion in 2087.
A.D. 2087 - the United Lunar Empire Giganos wages war on the Earth Federation Military to take control of the planet and establish a "rebirth" of the human race. During an invasion of a colony by Giganos' forces, three civilian men stumble upon a trio of top-secret Metal Armor units called "Dragonars" and pilot them to combat the enemy forces.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
6.3
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 5
σ 1.25
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.25 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 5.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.67
Running avg · May 2011 → Jun 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “With the success of Mobile Suit Gundam, Zeta Gundam and to some extent, ZZ Gundam, Sunrise decided to create a new mecha series since they felt that Gundam was getting too old and thus created...”
- 6 “I wanted to give it average results, I love the Gundam series but felt this series tried to copy too much of that formula to make it a success. However there were some original ideas in it that it...”
- 5 “Extremely plain 80s mech anime that struggles to justify its episode length. It starts off as pretty good "sister-series" to Gundam ZZ, light hearted and enjoyable. But commits the cardinal sin of...”
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Short · 67%
Medium · 0%
Long · 33%
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- Format 48 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 19h 12m all episodes
- Aired Feb 1987 – Jan 1988 Winter 1987
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0782 catalog
Produced by
- Sotsu Producer
- Nagoya Broadcasting Network Producer