It has been announced that the Blu-ray Disc (BD) box "Dancouga:Super Beast Machine God 40th Anniversary Blu-ray Box" commemorating the 40th anniversary of the TV anime "Dancouga:Super Beast Machine God" broadcast in 1985 will be released on March 26, 2025. In addition to all 38 episodes of the TV series, it will include the OVA (original video animation) "Requiem for the Lost Ones", the OVA "GOD BLESS DANCOUGA", the OVA "Incandescent Final Chapter", and the video clip collection OVA "Juusenkishin SONGS". Masami Ohbari will be doing the box illustrations, while Kazuko Tadano, Takahiro Yamada, and Hirotoshi Sano will be doing the inner jacket illustrations. The enclosed booklet contains interviews with the cast and original staff of the Juusenkishin. It is aimed to be the definitive edition that covers the history of the 40th anniversary. It will be priced at 44,000 yen.
The story is about Shinobu Fujiwara, a trainee at the Space Military Academy, who is assigned to the special armored unit, the Beast Fighter Unit, and pilots the Beast Fighter Machine, a mecha that contains the power of a wild beast, to fight against the invading Muge Zorvados Empire. It aired from April to December 1985.
◇Staff (titles omitted) Series Composition: Fujikawa Keisuke▽General Director: Okuda Seiji▽Character Design: Indorigoya▽Mechanic Design: Hirai Hisashi (Nakamura Productions), Obari Masami▽Art Director: Arai Torao▽Sound Director: Matsuura Noriyoshi▽Sound Production: Gen▽Music: Iketakeshi, Tozuka Osamu▽TV Opening Theme "Ai yo Faraway" Sung by Fujiwara Rie▽Production: Ashi Productions and others ◇Cast (titles omitted) Fujiwara Shinobu: Yao Kazuki▽Yuki Sara: Yamamoto Yuriko▽Shikibu Masato: Nakahara Shigeru▽Shiba Ryo: Shiozawa Kaneto▽Shapiro Keats: Wakamoto Noriaki (now Wakamoto Norio)▽Ross Igor: Ikeda Masaru▽Alan Igor: Tanaka Hideyuki▽Hazuki: Ishimaru Hiroya▽Luna: Shimazu Saeko▽Guildrome: Sato Masaharu▽Bistall: Toya Koji▽Gel: Tanaka Kazumi and others
