Combat Mecha Xabungle

Combat Mecha Xabungle
Combat Mecha Xabungle(TV-Y)
Combat Mecha Xabungle DVD box part 1 cover.jpg
Cover of the first DVD box set for Xabungle.
戦闘メカ ザブングル
(Sentō Meka Zabunguru)
Genre Space Western, Military science fiction, Real Robot, Mecha, Drama, Comedy
TV anime
Directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino
Studio Sunrise
Network Nagoya TV, TV Asahi, Animax
Original run February 6, 1982January 29, 1983
Episodes 50
Anime film
Xabungle Graffiti
Directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino
Studio Sunrise
Released July 9, 1983
Runtime 84 minutes
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Combat Mecha Xabungle (戦闘メカ ザブングル Sentō Meka Zabunguru?), infrequently called Blue Gale Xabungle, is a mecha anime television series by Sunrise, and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. It was broadcast on the Nagoya TV and TV Asahi networks at 5:30 PM each Saturday from February 6, 1982 through January 29, 1983. Promotional toys were produced by Clover.[1] It also had a compilation movie called Xabungle Graffiti, which added a few minutes and a whole-new ending to the series.

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Overview

The planet Zola is separated into a number of different cultures. Most prominent of these are the Innocent, with their mastery of highly-developed ancient science and technology, and the resilient and adaptable Civilians who rely on the Innocent for replacement technology and things that need to be mechanically-produced. The Innocent use their multiple contacts with various Civilian groups to keep them at odds with each other, and maintain their own narrow mastery of power.

Prominent among the above mentioned means of production are Walker Machines, ubiquitous vehicles with vaguely humanoid silhouettes, which Civilians use for such various purposes as mining, transport of persons and goods, construction, and combat.

While many, if not all Walker Machines are armed to a degree, purely combat-oriented Walker Machines are a rarity, and it was one such rare variety of Walker Machine that a young Civilian named Jiron Amos, prompted by his new acquaintances, the Sand Rats, decide to liberate for his own use. Using the stolen combat machine, revealed to be a Xabungle-type Walker Machine, Jiron soon gets himself and his allies into (and out of) all sorts of trouble, which make for an entertaining romp across the desolate planet Zola, where things are not as simple and innocent as they first appear to be. Eventually a showdown is forced between Jiron and his allies and the forces of the Innocent.

Cast

Note: Maria Maria was voiced by Ayako Kawasumi in the Xabungle game.

Production

  • Chief Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino.
  • Script:

Soji Yoshikawa, Tsunehisa Ito, Yoshihisa Araki.

  • Storyboard:

Kazuhito Kikuchi, Masakazu Yasumaru, Mitsuko Kase, Osamu Sekida, Toshifumi Takizawa, Yasuhiro Imakawa, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Yuki Suzuki.

  • Episode Director:

Mitsuko Kase, Osamu Sekida, Ryoji Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Imagawa, Yuki Suzuki.

  • Music: Kouji Makaino.
  • Original creator:

Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino.

  • Animation director:

Akihiro Kaneyama, Masanori Yamada, Saburo Sakamoto.

  • Mechanical Design Cooperation: Yutaka Izubuchi.

List of Walker Machines

  • Xabungle
  • Xabungle 2
  • Galliar
  • Gallop
  • Trad 11
  • Crab
  • Dugger
  • Promeus
  • Ottrich
  • Sendvead
  • Government
  • Caprico
  • Galabagos
  • Blockary
  • Durun
  • Legg
  • Phogg
  • Burun
  • VLKR

Theme Songs

Opening: Gale Xabungle (疾風ザブングル Shippū Zabunguru?)

Ending: Dried-up Earth (乾いた大地 Kawaita Daichi?)

  • Vocals: Akira Kushida (串田アキラ Kushida Akira?)

Partial Episode List

  1. I Live By Risking My Life!
  2. We got a Xabungle!
  3. Everyone's Got It Wrong!
  4. Why Do You Break The Law?
  5. Three's A Crowd!
  6. What Are You Up To, Jiron?
  7. Those Who Believe Are Saved
  8. Miss Never Misses!
  9. In The Field Blooms A Flower Named Maria
  10. Brave Women Are Frightening
  11. Chase Me! Chase Me!
  12. The Many Mysteries Of The Innocent
  13. A Great Destruction Leaving Nothing Behind
  14. Timp's Futile Resistance
  15. Covered In Mud And Desperate
  16. Sorrowful Elegy

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