Sanger Zonvolt
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Sanger Zonvolt (ゼンガー・ゾンボルト zengā zonboruto) is a character from the Super Robot Taisen series of video games. His first appearance was in Super Robot Taisen Alpha Gaiden as an enemy character who could be recruited late in the game, and was fully playable in the sequel, 2nd Super Robot Taisen Alpha. Though most SRW fans had spelt his name as "Zengar" when he was first introduced, the official spelling of his name is and had always been Sanger. Likewise, whilst many people refer to his personal mech as the "Daizengar", it is officially the Dygenguard (Dygenguar in original Japaneese edition).
[edit] Personal Data
- Name: Sanger Zonvolt
- Voice Actor: Kenichi Ono
- Army Affiliation: Aggressors (Before OG 1), ATX Team (OG 1/2), Divine Crusaders (OG 1), Ancestors (Alpha Gaiden), Londo Bell (Alpha Gaiden), Alpha Numbers (Alpha 2/3)
- Personal Affiliation: Elzam V. Branstein (Friend), Sophia Nate (Lover)
- Mecha: Thrudgelmir (Alpha Gaiden), Grungust Type 0 (OG 1), Grungust Type 3 (OG 2, Alpha 2), Dygenguard (OG 2, Alpha 2/3)
[edit] Personality and Traits
Self-styled "The Sword That Smites Evil" (aku wo tatsu tsurugi 悪を断つ剣 The Sword That Cleaves Evil in the original Japanese), Sanger is a very honorable individual who fights for his own personal beliefs. Hardened by a long career as a soldier, Sanger has an amazing amount of wisdom on the battlefield and can sense the potential in allies and enemies alike. His demeanor and manners of speech are reminiscient of a samurai, and as such, Sanger and his personal machines are always depicted with a sword--in the case of the latter, all of his machines have a gigantic, specially-made sword called the Zankantou (Colossal Blade in the Atlus localization of Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation). Sanger also has a tendency to speak with yojijukugo -- four-kanji idioms -- a trait which his fellow swordsman-in-training Brooklyn Luckfield inherits in future games. Examples of such phrases are ichiisenshin (一意専心, With all my heart and soul), ittou ryoudan (一刀両断, One blade that cuts in half), and jinba ittai (人馬一体, The rider and his horse are one), though Sanger uses an alternate version (刃馬一体, The blade and the horse are one）.
[edit] Storyline
Early on in Original Generation, led by such convictions, Sanger chooses to leave his teammates in the ATX Team and join forces with the Divine Crusaders (DC), fighting once more alongside his old friend, Elzam von Branstein. As a member of the DC, Sanger upholds the more honorable intentions of Bian Zoldark, and seems to understand the point of Bian's rebellion: it is suppose to strengthen the forces of Earth and prepare them for an impending invasion by alien forces. This dedication to valor often causes Sanger to butt heads with another high-ranking soldier, Siebel Mistel, who feels that the ends justify some truly devious means, such as trying to kill his enemies with poison gas, or making the threat of gassing a space colony.
Near the end of Original Generation, both Sanger and Elzam join the Earth's forces in time for Operation SRW, the final offensive against the alien forces of the Aerogaters, before going their separate ways. In Original Generation 2, Sanger once more joins his old allies in the battle against the Neue DC (Neo DC in English translation), first using the Grungust Type 3, and then a new machine created especially for him, the Dygenguar, or Dynamic General Guardian. This machine is nicknamed "Dai Sanger" (Great Sanger), an alternate reading of the katakana.
In the Alpha series, Sanger has a deep sense of devotion to the main designer of the Earth Cradle shelter, Sophia Nate, to the point where he is seemingly in love with her. This devotion plays a role in the dystopian alternate future of Alpha Gaiden, wherein Sanger shows fanatical loyalty to Magus, the central computer of Earth Cradle that had fused with Sophia. Through the persuasion of Londo Bell's pilots, however, Sanger realizes that Magus is not the same Sophia Nate he swore to protect, and chose to fight against the Ancestors and free Sophia from Magus' control.
