"Scarred Souls Shine like Stars"
- ―Series tagline
To promote GRIDMAN UNIVERSE, the series' episodes were compiled into a film, which was screened in theaters for two weeks from March 10, 2023.[5][6]
This series can be watched on Crunchyroll, Funimation, Apple TV, and Prime Video.
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.[7]
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? BLOOD DEATH
- What Wish Can't Come True?
- What Was I Entrusted With?
Voice Drama[]
As a follow up to each episode, an original voice drama is uploaded to Pony Canyon Anime's YouTube channel, for a duration of one week much like the previous series.
Characters[]
Mecha[]
- Dynazenon/Dynarex
- Dynasoldier
- Dynawing
- Dynastriker
- Dynadiver
Protagonists[]
Antagonists[]
Supporting Characters[]
- Inamoto
- Mei
- Awaki
- Nazumi
- Ranka
- Kaneishi
- Kano Minami
- Hime
Gridknight Alliance[]
Kaiju[]
Cast[]
- Gauma : Daiki Hamano
- Yomogi Asanaka : Junya Enoki
- Yume Minami : Shion Wakayama
- Koyomi Yamanaka : Yuuichiro Umehara
- Chise Asukagawa : Chika Anzai
- Juuga : Hiroshi Kamiya
- Onija : Yuma Uchida
- Mujina : Ayaka Suwa
- Sizumu : Koki Uchiyama
- Inamoto : Mariya Ise
- Mei : Azusa Tadokoro
- Awaki : Jin Ogasawara
- Nazumi : Gakuto Kajiwara
- Ranka : Rio Tsuchiya
- Kaneishi : Hikaru Tono
- Kano Minami : Iori Saeki
- Knight : Kenichi Suzumura
- The 2nd : Karin Takahashi
Staff[]
- Director: Akira Amemiya
- Screenplay: Keiichi Hasegawa
- Character Design: Masaru Sakamoto
- Second Character Designer: Mayumi Nakamura
- Dynazenon Design: Tsuyoshi Nonaka
- Kaiju Design: Shinji Nishikawa, Yasushi Torisawa, Hiroshi Maruyama, Kiyotaka Taguchi, Hideo Okamoto, Ichirou Itano, Masayuki Gotoh
- Heroic Animation Chief: Hiroki Mutaguchi
- Mechanic Sequence Director: Gen Asano
- Assistant Director: Yoshihiro Miyajima
- 3DCG Production: Graphinica, Inc.
- 3DCG Chief Director: Shinichi Miyakaze (Graphinica, Inc.)
- 3DCG Director: Kohzi Icikawa (Graphinica, Inc.)
- Art Director: Taketo Gonpei
- Color Design: Hitoki Takeda
- Photography Director: Katsunori Shiradou (Graphinica, Inc.)
- Editor: Masato Yoshitake (Graphinica, Inc.)
- Music: Shiro Sagisu
- Music Production: PONY CANYON
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
- Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa (Chura Sound)
- Line Producer: Shunsuke Shida
- Animation Producer: Yoshiki Usa
- Animation Production: TRIGGER
Music[]
Opening Theme[]
- Imperfect [8]
- Artist: Masayoshi Oishi
Ending Theme[]
- Strobe Memory [9]
- Artist: Maaya Uchida
- Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: RIRIKO
Insert Themes[]
- ALL THIS TIME
- Artist: Shiro Sagisu
- Singer: Hazel Fernandes
- My Way
- Artist: Kenichi Suzumura (Anti)
- Humanlove
- Artist: Shiro Sagisu
- Singer: Paul Lee
Character Themes[]
- Beginning
- Artist: Daiki Hamano (Gauma)
- Lyrics/Composition: YOSHIHIRO
- Arrangement: Ryota Iida, YOSHIHIRO
- Stay Gold
- Artist: Junya Emoki (Yomogi Asanaka)
- Lyrics/Composition: Yuki Honda
- Arrangement: Masatomi Waki
- Yumegen.GREEN DAYS
- Artist: Shion Wakayama (Yume Minami)
- Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: Tatsuya Yano
- Tomei Ningen
- Artist: Yuichiro Umehara (Koyomi Yamanaka)
- Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: Shuho Mitani
- Kujira Kumo
- Artist: Chika Anzai (Chise Asukagawa)
- Lyrics: Onichio
- Composition: YOOKEY, Onoshi
- Arrangement: Onoshi
- Border
- Artist: Hiroshi Kamiya (Juuga)
- Lyrics/Composition: Yuki Honda
- Arrangement: Masatomi Waki
- STRONGEST!!
- Artist: Yuma Uchida (Onija)
- Lyrics: Yuiko
- Composition/Arrangement: Yoshinobu Takeichi
- doll
- Artist: Ayaka Suwa (Mujina)
- Lyrics/Composition: Yomogi Nekozaki
- Arrangement/Composition: Yutarou Fujishiro
- Un-Understand
- Artist: Koki Uchiyama (Sizumu)
- Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: Kentaro Fuji
- Yakusoku
- Artist: Hiroshi Kamiya, Yuma Uchida, Ayaka Suwa & Koki Uchiyama (Kaiju Eugenicists)
- Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: Takashi Souta
Home Media[]
The series was released on DVD and Blu-ray as 4 volumes from June 16 to October 20, 2021.[10] The compilation film was also released on Blu-ray on September 27, 2023.[11][12] The cover art for all five releases was illustrated by Tsuyoshi Nonaka.[10][13]
Spin-offs[]
- Gridknight Fight: A 4-episode short live-action spin-off featuring Gridknight, following the same pattern of shows like Ultra Fight, Redman, and the more contemporary Sevenger Fight.
- SSSS.DYNAZENON CHRONICLE: A novel series written by Yume Mizusawa , the author who also wrote SSSS.GRIDMAN NOVELIZATIONS; the story takes place after episode 9.
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- The series premiere was coincided with the re-airing of Gridman the Hyper Agent episode 22, which was Dyna Dragon's debut episode, on Tsuburaya Productions' official YouTube Channel earlier in the same day.
- The V-Tubers Gawr Gura and Ninomae Ina'nis streamed the first episode of the series on its air date.[14]
- All the episodes have reused frames from SSSS.GRIDMAN.
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ https://m-78.jp/news/post-5368/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SSSS_PROJECT/status/1366696533589172226
- ↑ https://m-78.jp/news/post-5723/
- ↑ https://en.tsuburaya-prod.co.jp/news/2442
- ↑ https://m-78.jp/news/post-6575
- ↑ https://m-78.jp/news/post-6597
- ↑ https://en.tsuburaya-prod.co.jp/news/2567
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SSSS_PROJECT/status/1346441442571341828
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MaayaUchida/status/1343105109241131008
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://www.dynazenon.net/product/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SSSS_PROJECT/status/1696127279347409269
- ↑ https://ssss-movie.net/product/bd/dynazenon/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/SSSS_PROJECT/status/1689592440557080576
- ↑ https://twitter.com/gawrgura/status/1376006132234383362