SSSS.DYNAZENON (ダイナゼノン, Dainazenon) is a 2021 animated series that is the second installment in the "GRIDMAN UNIVERSE" project produced by Tsuburaya Productions in collaboration with Studio Trigger. The series aired from April 2 to June 18, 2021.[1]
A crossover sequel film, Gridman Universe was released in Japan on March 24, 2023[2] and is now streaming on Crunchyroll in North America.
To commemorate the release of the above film, a compilation film of the series played in theatres for a 2-week limited time from March 10, 2023, with illustration cards given out to those who attended.
Synopsis[]
One day on his way home, a first-year student of Fujiyokidai High School named Yomogi Asanaka meets a mysterious man named Gauma who claims to be a "Kaiju User". Suddenly, a Kaiju and a giant robot, Dynazenon, appear! Yume Minami, Koyomi Yamanaka, and Chise Asukagawa also happen to be passing by, and together with Yomogi they are caught up in a battle with the Kaiju.[3]
Cast & Characters[]
- Daiki Hamano as Gauma
- Junya Enoki as Yomogi Asanaka
- Shion Wakayama as Yume Minami
- Yuichiro Umehara as Koyomi Yamanaka
- Chika Anzai as Chise Asukagawa
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Juuga
- Yūma Uchida as Onija
- Ayaka Suwa as Mujina
- Kouki Uchiyama Sizumu
- Mariya Ise as Inamoto
- Azusa Tadokoro as Mei
- Jin Ogasawara as Awaki
- Gakuto Kajiwara as Nazumi
- Rio Tsuchiya as Ranka
- Hikaru Tohno as Kaneishi
- Kenichi Suzumura as Knight
- Karin Takahashi as Anosillus the 2nd
Episodes[]
- What is a Kaiju User?
- What's Your Reason for Fighting?
- What is a Traitor?
- What Is This Thumping Heart?
- What's Lover-Like Mean?
- What Is This Pain?
- What's Our Reason for Coming Together?
- What Is This Wavering Emotion?
- What Are These Overlapping Emotions?
- Which Memories Do You Regret?
- What Wish Can't Come True?
- What Was I Entrusted With?
Media[]
Voice Drama[]
Each episode is followed up with an original Voice Drama which was uploaded to Pony Canyon's channel.
Movie[]
A compilation movie came out on March 10, 2023.[4]
Music[]
The musical score was composed by Shiro Sagisu.
Opening Theme[]
「Imperfect」 by Masayoshi Ōishi
Ending Theme[]
「Strobe Memory」 by Maaya Uchida
Staff[]
- Director: Akira Amemiya
- Screenplay: Keiichi Hasegawa
- Music: Shiro Sagisu
- Character Designer: Masaru Sakamoto
Previews[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- This is the second animated installment of the "Gridman Universe".
- The series also serves as the sequel to "The Legend of Dragon", the eighteenth episode of Gridman the Hyper Agent, picking up where the tale of the Chinese mummy left off and revealing his identity to be Gauma.
- The title's etymology is in conjunction with the names "Dyna" from Dyna Dragon and "Zenon" from "God Zenon", the two assist mecha from the original Gridman series.
- The series' tagline, "Scarred Souls Shine like Stars", alludes to an inversion of the portrayal of emotionally troubled teenagers in Gridman the Hyper Agent and Gridman who assumed antagonistic roles as the pawn of major threats. Here in Dynazenon the distressed teenagers take the main protagonist role and choose to combat Kaiju threats. Their fight sees them gradually finding closure over their personal issues just as said fights serve as a sort-of coping mechanism.
- Another plot element from previous installments that is similarly inverted is the main antagonists' background and tactics in employing Kaiju attack. Whereas Khan Digifer and Alexis・Kerib have an unwitting pawn designing a Kaiju on their behalf that is sent against the heroes, Kaiju Eugenicists are a band of ancient humans who masterminded Kaiju emergence in a targeted populace by spreading Kaiju seeds which feed on emotions from nearby unsuspecting inhabitants and wait for the seeds to mature and ready to be controlled via Instance Domination.
- Many places in the city where Yomogi and co. lives, Fujiyokidai, bears some similarities with Tsutsudjidai from the previous series, which no surprise considering some shots in the show being recycled from ones in SSSS.Gridman.
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