Armored Fleet Dairugger XV Season 1

Synopsis

In A.D. 2200, the Galaxy Garrison sends the expeditionary ship Rugger Guard to find new planets for future colonization. But when the Galveston Empire threatens the crew of the Rugger Guard with war, the 15 members of the Rugger Team sortie to form the mighty robot Dairugger to defend their ship and ensure the future of humanity.

Main Cast

Hideyuki Tanaka

ISE Shinji (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 55%

Toshio Furukawa

AKI Manabu (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 36%

Ryoma Yamamoto

KAI Shinobu (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Kozo Shioya

Shota KREUZ (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 42%

Satomi Majima

MUTSU Yasuo (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 43%

Keiko Han

Patty ELLINGTON (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 61%

Hideyuki Hori

Miranda KEATS (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 48%

Harumi Izuka

KAGA Haruka (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Episodes

Episode 1

03 March 1982 - Galactic Clash

“Once, people staked their youth on the seas. On the Seven Seas, the flames of romanticism, ambition, adventure, and aspiration burned and clashed. Now, young people of the year AD 2200 challenge the sea of stars. What awaits them there is a world beyond our imagination.”

Episode 2

10 March 1982 - The Isolated Regiment

"Having used teamwork to barely ward-off the enemy’s attack, the Rugger Team sets about exploring the planet. But the shadow of fear still lies in wait."

Episode 3

17 March 1982 - Farewell, Achilles

"The Galactic Survey Team has found an inhabitable planet, and the enemy persistently attacks them. Will they really be able to fully protect this planet?"

Episode 4

24 March 1982 - Rescue Mission To Hell

"The Rugger Guard picks-up a distress call from an electrically unstable space region and sends Keats Team to the rescue. But there, they find a Galveston trap."

Episode 5

31 March 1982 - Battle For the Experiment Planet

"The Rugger Guard arrives at a planet where no creatures seem likely to live. But while exploring there, Walther Team discovers a strange group of plants."

Episode 6

07 April 1982 - Fall To the Meteor Shower

"A Galveston fleet mercilessly attacks the Rugger Guard, which was damaged in a meteor shower. Can Aki and the others overcome this crisis?”

Episode 7

14 April 1982 - Annihilation Of the Reinforcement Fleet

"It will be three weeks until the reinforcement fleet from Earth rendezvous with the Rugger Guard. Will Galveston just sit-back and watch?"

Episode 8

21 April 1982 - Specters Of the Binary System

"Yin and Yang, two worlds that make-up a tandem system. There we encounter a ghost fleet, eerily cruising along. Are they friend or foe?"

Episode 9

28 April 1982 - The Glorious Suicide Corps

"At space time 6:00, the Earth support fleet that is to rendezvous with the Rugger Guard is attacked by a Galveston fleet. Aki and team hear of it, and their anger explodes."

Episode 10

05 May 1982 - Sneak Attack On the Space Fortress

“Planet Six: an eerie swarm of bats and a city of ruins. What did Chakker see there, and why is his fever so high?”

Episode 11

12 May 1982 - A Momentary Truce

“A Galveston fighter crashes nearby as the Rugger Team investigates the ruined city. The young pilot’s pride clashes violently with the team.”

Episode 12

19 May 1982 - Legend Of the Space Forest

“Kreuz spends a short time on a planet with a long history of slow death. Here, he’s reminded of his childhood days.”

Episode 13

26 May 1982 - The Enemy Within the Mind

“It’s been eight months since they left Earth. Galveston has attacked them again and again. What’s the suspicion within the mind of the exhausted Commander Ise?”

Episode 14

02 June 1982 - The Earth Fleet’s Counterattack

“The Galveston Empire has caused a lot of trouble for the Rugger Guard. Earth’s government decides to send an allied fleet equipped with new weapons against them.”

Episode 15

09 June 1982 - Breakdown Of the Space Talks

“A hail of bombs falls on the fifth planet. Will the opportunity for dialogue between the Earth Federation and the Galveston Empire be destroyed in the darkness of space?”

Episode 16

16 June 1982 - The Two Rebellions

“Within Galveston, judgment has been passed on the peace-inclined Teles. Meanwhile, the Rugger Guard refuses to follow orders from Earth headquarters.”

Episode 17

23 June 1982 - Orders For Asimov’s Return

“The Rugger Guard’s Captain Asimov has been ordered to return to Earth. Will they have to fight, or is there still a peaceful solution left?”

Episode 18

30 June 1982 - A Touch-and-Go Situation

“Ise and Aki take command on the bridge, carrying-on the will of Captain Asimov. To that end, a joint planetary survey with Galveston is now underway. However....”

Episode 19

07 July 1982 - Red Moon Rising

“Planet K. There Aki and team find signs of an advanced civilization. But will it prove to be meaningless?”

Episode 20

14 July 1982 - Desperate Struggle For Planet K

“Lafitte is furious about the Earth Fleet building a base on Planet K. Drive out the Earth fleet! Lafitte launches his assault!”

Episode 21

21 July 1982 - Arise, Galaxy Garrison

“Their red moon supply base cruelly destroyed, Galaxy Garrison Headquarters chooses to fight to defend Earth’s peace. What will the Rugger Guard do?”

Episode 22

28 July 1982 - Ex-Commander Teles

“The conflict between Earth and Galveston continues to escalate. Now, Commander Teles, a peace sympathizer, is dismissed from his post.”

Episode 23

04 August 1982 - The Mission To Recapture Planet K

“Retake Planet K! Drake dies valiantly in the line of duty. How far will this war escalate?”

Episode 24

11 August 1982 - Riot On Galveston

“Drake is dead. When Teles returns alone to his homeworld he finds a ruined metropolis and a raging populace.”

Episode 25

18 August 1982 - Bitter Struggle On the Planet Of Light

“Aki Team, the galactic survey’s advance party, encounters a planet emitting a mysterious light. The planet’s already in Galveston’s clutches, however.”

Episode 26

25 August 1982 - The Snare Of the Hell Planet

“During its travels, the Rugger Guard discovers a Galveston missile base on Planet L. But what awaits the Rugger Team when they go to investigate?”

Episode 27

01 September 1982 - Storming the Space Fortress

“In the wake of Teles’s dismissal, Galveston is now launching a direct attack on Earth’s space fortress. Will Earth be able to hold-back the fierce attack?”

Episode 28

08 September 1982 - Eldora's Plea

“As the Rugger Guard continues its advance, confronting it is the mysterious planet Eldora. Queen Xuneau suddenly attacks Aki Team.”

Episode 29

15 September 1982 - Uprising At the Space Fort

“The men of Eldora have been working at a Galveston space fort. But when they learn of the death of Queen Xuneau, their anger explodes.”

Episode 30

22 September 1982 - Earth’s State Of Emergency

“On its way to the enemy’s front line base, the Rugger Guard receives word of a crisis on Earth. Aki and the others are powerless to stop the enemy fleet as it invades above the megalopolis.”

Episode 31

29 September 1982 - Locate Enemy Headquarters

“The Rugger Team has survived increasingly violent attacks by Galveston. What do they see when they emerge from the asteroid belt?”

Episode 32

06 October 1982 - Destruction Of the Front Line Base

“After a tough fight, the Rugger Team finally succeeds in destroying the front line base. The price they pay, though, is much too great.”

Episode 33

13 October 1982 - The New Allied Fleet To the Rescue

“The Rugger Guard crushed the enemy front line base. Now, a new allied fleet has been dispatched to her with former Rugger Guard captain Dick Asimov in command.”

Episode 34

20 October 1982 - Planet Of the Burning Cave

“Teles was relieved of his post as Galveston front-line commander. In order to find an inhabitable planet, he and his adjutant, Sirk, have been building a new survey base.”

Episode 35

27 October 1982 - Get Yourself Together, Mutsu

“The Rugger Team gets some long-awaited letters from Earth. But Mutsu is the only one who doesn’t get any, and he can’t bring himself to deploy with the others.”

Episode 36

03 November 1982 - A Desperate Undersea Combining

“Ise goes alone to a primeval planet to negotiate a truce with Galveston. But behind it all lurks Captain Raucher’s devious trap.”

Episode 37

10 November 1982 - Air Rugger Vanishes

“On Planet J, the people have advanced science. Aki and the team try to survey this planet that Galveston considers Evil.”

Episode 38

17 November 1982 - Emma, the Female Captain

“The great pilot Emma sets-out personally with a scouting party. Now begins a counter-offensive to win back the loss at Planet J with her pride on the line.”

Episode 39

24 November 1982 - The Tears Of a Rugby Player

“The Rugger Team enjoys a momentary bond through rugby with captured Galveston soldiers. But then, a Galveston fleet attacks.”

Episode 40

01 December 1982 - The Boy Denon and the Elk

“On a planet brimming over with green, we meet Denon. The Rugger Team enjoys a brief peaceful respite. But the clutches of evil seize this place, too.”

Episode 41

08 December 1982 - Discovery Of the New World

“Galveston nears the time of its collapse. Teles receives word about an inhabitable planet. However, Raucher harbors his own ambitions.”

Episode 42

15 December 1982 - Impending Crisis On the Inhabitable Planet

“The Galveston and Earth fleets continue their survey of the third planet as they keep each other in check. But Teles’s wishes are in vain, as the first shots are fired.”

Episode 43

22 December 1982 - Teles and Asimov

“With the survival of his people depending upon migrating to the third planet, Teles holds peace talks with Asimov. But a report comes in about native people already living there.”

Episode 44

29 December 1982 - Aki Team Gets Caught

“Galveston dismisses Teles for abandoning the third planet. In order to destroy the Earth fleet, the new commander, Raucher, lays a trap for the Rugger Team.”

Episode 45

05 January 1983 - Defend the Third Planet

“The Rugger Team is on its way to the Galveston homeworld, but contact between them and the garrison on the third planet is completely cut-off. Aki goes back there immediately, and what does he find?”

Episode 46

12 January 1983 - The Fall Of the Survey Base

“New commander Raucher won’t abandon his ambition to invade the third planet. The Rugger Team finally launches a general offensive against the Galveston planetary survey base.”

Episode 47

19 January 1983 - The Invisible Super Weapon

“Now that the Earth fleet has located the Galveston homeworld, it prepares for its final battle. Meanwhile, Galveston launches its newest weapon, the Space Impulse.”

Episode 48

26 January 1983 - Get Past the Tenth Planet

“The Rugger Team finally infiltrated the Galveston star system. This encourages Aki, but a fierce Galveston counter-attack is in his way.”

Episode 49

02 February 1983 - Entering the Final Zone Of Defense

“The Earth fleet finally succeeded in getting past the tenth planet. Aki, your target lies beyond the asteroid belt: Planet Galveston!”

Episode 50

09 February 1983 - The Struggle For Galveston

“The Earth fleet finally brings the fight to Galveston itself. In the midst of the fierce battle, Sirk’s group rises-up in an attempt to rescue Teles.”

Episode 51

16 February 1983 - Fierce Battle In the Underground City

“Its back against the wall, Galveston Headquarters vows to go down fighting. But the flames of revolution are ignited by the hands of citizens led by Teles.”

Episode 52

23 February 1983 - Galactic Dawn

“The Galveston Empire has finally collapsed. Who will save the inhabitants of this dying planet? Aki’s left with only one choice.”

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Original Story	Saburo Yatsude
	Series Composition	Keisuke Fujikawa
Directing	Director	Kōzō Morishita
Visual Effects	Character Designer	Shigetaka Kiyoyama
	Mechanical Designer	Yutaka Izubuchi
Sound	Music	Seiji Yokoyama
	Theme Song Performance	Koichi Kawazu
Production	Production Manager	Masahisa Saeki
Department	Role	Name

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