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Godannar
神魂合体ゴーダンナー!!
(Shinkon Gattai Godannar!!)
Genre Mecha, Romance, Comedy, Science Fiction
TV anime
Directed by Yasuchika Nagaoka
Studio AIC
A.S.T.A.
Oriental Light and Magic
Network AT-X
Bandai Visual
Original run October 1, 2003 – June 29, 2004
No. of episodes 26 total:
13 (Season 1) + 13 (Season 2)

Godannar (神魂合体ゴーダンナー!! Shinkon Gattai Gōdannā!!?) is an anime series created and directed by Yasuchika Nagaoka. It has elements of comedy, ecchi and mecha. The success of the first season has led to a sequel (known as Shinkon Gattai Godannar!! Second Season).

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[edit] Background

In 2042, alien threats known as the Mimetic beasts (擬態獣 gitaijū?) laid waste to Japan. During a final battle against the Mimetic beasts, Goh defeats the alien "boss" and saves his future wife, Anna, with his robot called "Dannar."

Now, on their wedding ceremony, the Mimetic beasts emerge after five years of tranquility. Goh and his robot, Dannar, are called to action, forcing Goh to leave Anna at the altar.

As Goh struggles in his battle against the Mimetic beast, Anna stumbles upon a top secret robot known as the "Neo-Okusaer". She is able to pilot Neo-Okusaer to save her fiancee by merging it with Dannar to form the mighty robot "Godannar."

The series (both seasons) is famous for its fanservice: upskirt shots, bouncing breasts, and the scantily clad female pilots.

There was also a dōjinshi made by staff which was sold to fund the production of the second series.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Characters

  • Goh Saruwatari (猿渡ゴオ Saruwatari Gō) Hero of the story and pilot of the Dannar. Prior to the start of the series, he rescues Anna in a battle with the Mimetic beasts. 5 years later Goh and Anna are to be married just as the Mimetic beasts begin to move once again.
Voiced by: Takayuki Kondo (Japanese), Brett Weaver (English)
  • Anna Aoi (葵杏奈 Aoi An'na) A high school student and skilled robot pilot, she was to be married to Goh before the re-emergence of the Mimetic beasts interrupted their ceremony. Becomes the pilot of Neo-Okusaer, and later Go-Okusaer.
Voiced by: Mai Nakahara (Japanese), Hilary Haag (English)
  • Shizuru Fujimura (藤村静流 Fujimura Shizuru) Busty pilot of the Core-Gunner and a remarkable sharp shooter, who is also in love with Goh, yet is unable to confess these feelings. Much later develops a close friendship with Goh's younger brother, Shinobu.
Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (Japanese), Tiffany Grant (English)
  • Kiriko Aoi (葵霧子 Aoi Kiriko) - Anna's extremely busty mother and Goh's boss. Together with her husband, Tatsuya, she was responsible for the development of the Dannar project.
Voiced by: Takako Honda (Japanese), Laura Chapman (English)
  • Kagemaru (影丸) The dashing Commander of Danner Base. Seems to have feelings for Kiriko Aoi, but the feelings are not reciprocated.
Voiced by: Taro Yamaguchi (Japanese), Mike Vance (English)
  • Mira Ackerman - original pilot of Neo-Okusaer. She was Goh's old combat partner and lover, until the battle 5 years previous in which she was thought to have been killed.
Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)
  • Lou Roux - a young orphan girl taken in by Goh and Anna. Once an operator for the orbital space station that monitors the Earth for the presence of Mimetic beasts, she is the lone survivor when the space station is destroyed and her father killed by Mimetic beasts that somehow managed to stow away on one of their shuttles. She becomes obsessed with becoming a robot pilot to avenge her father's death.
Voiced by: Kaori Shimizu (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English)
  • Shinobu Saruwatari (猿渡忍 Saruwatari Shinobu) - Goh's younger brother who lives with Goh and Anna. Shinobu kids his older brother about his age and goes to school with Anna. Though he was once infatuated with Anna, he later refers to himself as her "big brother". May have later developed close feelings for Shizuru, much to Kouji's chagrin.
Voiced by: Junko Minagawa (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)
  • Konami Sasagure (笹暮小波 Sasagure Konami) - One of the 2 operators of the main ship's console (along with Momoko).
Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Mariela Ortiz (English)
  • Momoko "Momochi" Momozono (桃園桃子 Momozono Momoko) - One of the 2 operators of the main ship's console (along with Konami). Her name means "peach child".
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Brittney Karbowski (English)
  • Tetsuya Kouji (光司鉄也 Kōji Tetsuya) - Easily excitable partner of Shizuru and pilot of the G-Gunner. Spends most of the series recovering from injuries sustained in the battle from the first episode. Has feelings for Shizuru and is a little wary of Shinobu who seems to be getting a little too close to her. It's fun to note that he is named after the pilots of Mazinger Z and the Great Mazinger, Kouji Kabuto and Tetsuya Tsurugi.
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama (Japanese), Chris Ayres (English)
  • Shadow - Pilot of the American giant robot team, Genesister, and partner of Luna. Strong, beautiful, athletic, but a bit masculine.
Voiced by: Yuko Kaida (Japanese), Christine Auten (English)
  • Luna - Pilot of the American giant robot team Genesister and partner of Shadow. Small, petite and cute, but surprisingly strong.
Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Japanese), Sasha Paysinger (English)
  • Moukaku - Pilot of the Chinese giant robot team, Godiner. Loud and brash, he surprisingly has a soft side. He's in love with Shukuyu. Named after the Japanese pronunciation of Meng Huo, who was the leader of the Nan Zhong tribes during China's Three Kingdoms era.
Voiced by: Juurouta Kosugi (Japanese), George Manley (English)
  • Shukuyu - Pilot of the Chinese giant robot team, Godiner, and partner of Moukaku. Younger than Moukaku, she reins him in. Named after Lady Zhurong, who was Meng Huo's wife.
Voiced by: Wakana Yamazaki (Japanese), Kelly Manison (English)
  • Ekaterina - Fantastically well-endowed pilot of the Russian giant robot team, Volspina. Beautiful and magnificently busty, her relationship with her partner Kukrachyov is much like a dominatrix.
Voiced by: Miho Yamada (Japanese), Marcy Rae (English)
  • Kukrachyov - Pilot of the Russian giant robot team, Volspina. Tall, thin and quiet, he obeys every command of his partner Ekaterina without question.
Voiced by: Shinji Kawada (Japanese), Illich Guardiola (English)
  • Knight Valentine - Pilot of the British giant robot team, Dragliner. Handsome and conceited, he's always chasing girls.
Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese), Chris Patton (English)
  • Ellis Valentine - Pilot of the British giant robot team, Dragliner. Knight and Ellis refer to each other as brother and sister, though they are not related. Constantly frustrated by Knight's skirt-chasing.
Voiced by: Yukari Tamura (Japanese), Shannon Emmerick (English)
  • Low Roux - Lou's late father, killed during an attack on the orbital space station he commanded. He was able to send his daughter to Earth in the Cosmo Diver, where she crashlanded and was found and rescued by Dannar Base personnel.
Voiced by: Hisanori Koyatsu (Japanese), John Gremillion (English)
  • Ken (剣) A rogue Robot pilot who makes it his life mission to defeat the Mimetic beasts after the loss of his wife. Often referred to by the world at large as a "Menage Zero", a code name for a rogue robot acting without authority. Later takes Lou in when she begs Ken to teach her to be a pilot.
Voiced by: Toru Ohkawa (Japanese), John Gremillion (English)
Spoilers end here.

[edit] Robots

Japan - Dannar Base

  • Dannar (Its name is a play on だんな (da-n-na), meaning husband in Japanese.) (Pilot: Goh)
  • Neo-Okusaer (Pilot: Anna / Mira)
  • Go-Okusaer (Pilot: Anna)

(Dannar's partner units have their names playing off the Japanese root おくさ (o-ku-sa), which means wife.)

  • Godannar (Dannar and Neo-Okusaer/Go-Okusaer merged)
  • Core Gunner (Pilot: Shizuru)
  • G Gunner (an armored carrier/shell for Core Gunner) (Pilot: Kouji)
  • Crabmariner (once piloted by Max)
  • Jet Boy (unmanned AI Jets that can attach to robots, allowing high-speed flight. Can transform into humanoid form if required)
  • Cosmo Diver (originally from the orbital space station Cosmo Base. Capable of operating in Space or Underwater.) (Pilot: Lou)


England - Union Base

  • Dragliner (Pilots: Ellis and Knight)
  • Drag Fighter: humanoid robot hidden in the Dragliner's fuselage
  • Beast Mode: once Drag Fighter separates, the winged portion of Dragliner can change into this dragon-like robot


Russia - Vega Base

  • Volspinner (Pilot: Ekaterina)
  • Slave Wing (Pilot: Kuklachov)
  • Volspina (Volspinner and Slave Wing merged)


North America - Silicone Base

  • Geneshadow (Pilot: Shadow)
  • Lunasister (Pilot: Luna)
  • Genesister (Geneshadow and Lunasister merged)


China - Dino Base

  • God Horn (Pilot: Moukaku)
  • God Sonic (Pilot: Shukyou)
  • Goddiner (God Horn and God Sonic merged)
  • Fat Boy (AI mobile ground artillery units)


"Menage Zero" (Rogue Fighters)

  • Gainar (Robot wearing a cloak. Uses a katana-like blade as it's primary weapon.) (Pilot: Ken)
  • Celleblader (Female styled robot once piloted by Ken's wife. The robot can transform into a giant blade/sword.) (Pilot: Lou)
  • Blade Gainer (Gainar using the transformed Celleblader).


Boy Series

  • Jet Boy (see Japan - Dannar Base above)
  • Fat Boy (see China - Dino Base above)
  • Thunder Boy (AI fighter jets - slightly similar to Jet Boys but armed)

[edit] Godannar's Attacks

The Dannar by itself, is shown to be rather unimpressive in the series, as it carries no external weaponry, and doesn't do anything spectacular. However, once Dannar merges with Neo-Okusaer (and later, Go Okusaer) to form Godannar, its power is dramatically increased. Dannar's blue armor plating turns red, giant revolver chambers in the machine's forearms and lower legs are revealed (Godannar's primary weapons) and a long plume of red flame (Blue when merging with Go Okusaer) bursts from the back of Godannar's head, resembling a long scarf. In this combined form, Godannar has access to an impressive array of attacks, all of which are loudly announced by Godannar's pilot, Saruwatari Go.

  • Spiral Fire

Godannar raises into the air and spins rapidly, creating a tornado of flame around its body. Primarily a defensive move.

  • Counter Knuckle

Godannar fires a short range energy burst from its fist via punching motion. Primarily used to counter enemy ranged attacks (hence the name of the move) allowing Godannar to engage its target at close range, where it can make use of its truly powerful attack options.

  • Soul Spin Crush

A flipping axe kick. Sometimes used to stun the enemy long enough to land Heart Breaker.

  • Heart Breaker

THe first part of Godannar's finishing combination. Godannar executes a powerful straight punch, burying its fist into the target's body. The co-pilot (who was piloting one of the 2 Okusaer units before merging with Dannar) then pulls the trigger on a gun-shaped control device. This fires one of the shells in Godannar's revolver chambers, causing a massive energy burst. The exact effect is not stated in the series, but it seems to cause a the organic components of a Mimesis to harden into a stone-like substance, immobilizing the target and making it more prone to being shattered by Soul Breaker, the inevitable follow up to Heart Breaker. While Anna only pulls the trigger once, Milla (the original pilot of Neo Okusaer) pulls the trigger multiple times, amplifying the effect of the attack.

  • Soul Breaker

After stunning an enemy with Heart Breaker, Godannar leaps high into the air, and comes down with a powerful diving kick that shatters the target's body. When merged with Go Okusaer, this move becomes Fire Soul Breaker. When using Fire Soul Breaker, Godannar kicks with both feet, and is wreathed in blue flame.

[edit] Episodes

Shinkon Gattai Godannar!!

  1. Wedding Bells on the Battlefield (戦場のウェディングベル Senjou no Uedeingu Beru?)
  2. Burning Virgin Road (炎のバージンロード Honoo no Baajin Rodo?)
  3. Battle Royal Honeymoon (バトルロイヤル・ハネムーン Batoru Roiyaru Hanemuun?)
  4. Shizuru, Once Again (静流、再び Shizuru , Futatabi?)
  5. The Girl From the Sky
  6. The End of the Dream
  7. Death by Reminiscing
  8. The Graceful Shooting Star
  9. The Castaway Survival
  10. Lu Takes Off
  11. A Flawless Departure
  12. Those Who Have Departed
  13. Last First-Kiss

Shinkon Gattai Godannar!! SECOND SEASON

  1. The Reviving Soul
  2. The New Confession
  3. Its Name Is Go Okusaer!
  4. Tonko, My Love
  5. Ice Cold Smile
  6. Genesister Out of Control!
  7. Sorrowful Song of the Plum Blossoms
  8. Godannar Ground Order!
  9. Crash! Danner vs. Gainer
  10. Dannar Base S.O.S.
  11. After the Mortal Combat
  12. The Eternal Couple
  13. The Inevitable Tomorrow

[edit] External links

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