Combat Mecha Xabungle

Combat Mecha Xabungle (戦闘メカ ザブングル), also known as 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. It also had a compilation movie called Xabungle Graffiti.

Overview
Planet Zora is inhabited by a number of different sentient races. The "Innocents", with their highly developed science and technology; and the resilient and adaptable "Civilians" who rely on the Innocents for foodstuff and various means of production.

Prominent among the abovementioned 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 decides 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 Zora, where things are not as simple and innocent as they first appear to be.

Cast

 * Jiron Amos: Susumu Kotaki
 * Elchi Cargo: Mari Yokoo
 * Rag Urao: Saeko Shimazu
 * Blume: Toshio Furukawa
 * Dyke: Keisuke Yamashita
 * Chill: TARAKO
 * Maria Maria: Sumi Shimamoto (until episode 9), Hiroko Nomura (from episode 9)
 * Birin Nada: Satomi Majima
 * Kotsett Memuma: Shingo Hiromori
 * Timp Sharon: Takashi Tanaka
 * Fatman Big: Takashi Tanaka
 * Narrator: Takashi Tanaka
 * Kid Horla: Issei Futamata
 * Geraba Geraba: Tomomichi Nishimura
 * Karas Karas: Toshiya Ueda
 * Greta Karas: Kazue Komiya
 * Toron Milan: Asami Mukaidono
 * Bigman: Masaru Ikeda
 * Arthur Lank: Kaneto Shiozawa
 * Biel: Katsuji Mori
 * Viram Key: Kōji Totani
 * Kashim King: Ken'ichi Ogata

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

Production

 * Chief Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino.

Soji Yoshikawa, Tsunehisa Ito, Yoshihisa Araki.
 * Script:

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

Mitsuko Kase, Osamu Sekida, Ryoji Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Imagawa, Yuki Suzuki.
 * Episode Director:


 * Music: Kouji Makaino.

Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino.
 * Original creator:


 * Character Design: Tomonori Kogawa.

Akihiro Kaneyama, Masanori Yamada, Saburo Sakamoto.
 * Animation director:


 * Mechanical design: Kunio Okawara.


 * Mechanical Design Cooperation: Yutaka Izubuchi.

Theme Songs
Opening: Gale Xabungle (疾風ザブングル)
 * Vocals: Akira Kushida (串田アキラ)

Ending: The Dry Land (乾いた大地)
 * Vocals: Akira Kushida (串田アキラ)

Partial Episode List

 * 1) I Live By Risking My Life!
 * 2) We've Got 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