SSSS.DYNAZENON

"Scarred Souls Shine like Stars"

―Series tagline

SSSS.DYNAZENON
Information
Format/Genre	Anime
Created by	Tsuburaya Productions Studio Trigger
Starring	Daiki Hamano Junya Enoki Shion Wakayama Yuuichiro Umehara Chika Anzai Hiroshi Kamiya Yuma Uchida Ayaka Suwa Koki Uchiyama
Opening Theme	Imperfect
Ending Theme	Strobe Memory
Original Air Date	April 2nd, 2021 - June 18th, 2021
Number of Episodes	12
Running Time	24 minutes
Original Channel	MBS BS11 Tokyo MX
Continuity
Previous	SSSS.GRIDMAN
Next	GRIDMAN × DYNAZENON
Production/Release
Previous	SSSS.GRIDMAN
Next	Gridknight Fight GRIDMAN × DYNAZENON

SSSS.DYNAZENON（ダイナゼノン） (Dainazenon) is an anime series produced by Tsuburaya Productions in collaboration with Studio Trigger, first unveiled at Tsuburaya Convention in December 2019. The series premiered in April 2, 2021 as the second installment in the GRIDMAN UNIVERSE project after SSSS.GRIDMAN.

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.

Episodes

1. What is a Kaiju User?
2. What's Your Reason For Fighting?
3. What is a Traitor?
4. What is this Thumping Heart?
5. What's Lover-Like Mean?
6. What Is This Pain?
7. What's Our Reason for Coming Together?
8. What Is This Wavering Emotion?
9. What Are These Overlapping Emotions?
10. Which Memories Do You Regret? BLOOD DEATH
11. What Wish Can't Come True?
12. 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

• Gauma
• Yomogi Asanaka
• Yume Minami
• Koyomi Yamanaka
• Chise Asukagawa

Antagonists

• Kaiju Eugenicists
  • Juuga
  • Onija
  • Mujina
  • Sizumu

Supporting Characters

• Inamoto
• Mei
• Awaki
• Nazumi
• Ranka
• Kaneishi
• Kano Minami

Kaiju

Good

• Goldburn

Evil

• Shalbandes
• Greyjhom
• Burnaddon
• Didoras
• Neophobia
• Bullbind
• Zaiohn
• Gibzorg
• Garnix
• Gagula

Gridknight Alliance

• Knight/Gridknight
• The 2nd

Cast

• Gauma (ガウマ, Gauma): Daiki Hamano (濱野大輝 Hamano Daiki)
• Yomogi Asanaka (麻中 蓬 Asanaka Yomogi): Junya Enoki (榎木淳弥 Enoki Junya)
• Yume Minami (南 夢芽 Minami Yume): Shion Wakayama (若山詩音 Wakayama Shion)
• Koyomi Yamanaka (山中 暦 Yamanaka Koyomi): Yuuichiro Umehara (梅原裕一郎 Umehara Yūichirō)
• Chise Asukagawa (飛鳥川ちせ Awukagawa Chise): Chika Anzai (安済知佳 Anzai Chika)
• Juuga (ジュウガ, Juuga): Hiroshi Kamiya (神谷浩史 Kamiya Hiroshi)
• Onija (オニジャ, Onija): Yuma Uchida (内田雄馬 Uchida Yūma)
• Mujina (ムジナ, Mujina): Ayaka Suwa (諏訪彩花 Suwa Ayaka)
• Sizumu (シズム, Sizumu): Koki Uchiyama (内山昂輝 Uchiyama Kōki)
• Inamoto (稲本さん Inamoto-san): Mariya Ise (伊瀬茉莉也 Ise Mariya)
• Mei (鳴衣, Mei): Azusa Tadokoro (田所あずさ Tadokoro Asuza)
• Awaki (淡木, Awaki): Jin Ogasawara (小笠原仁 Ogasawara Jin)
• Nazumi (なずみ, Nazumi): Gakuto Kajiwara (梶原岳人 Kajiwara Gakuto)
• Ranka (らんか, Ranka): Rio Tsuchiya (土屋李央 Tsuchiya Rio)
• Kaneishi (金石, Kaneishi): Hikaru Tono (遠野ひかる Tōno Hikaru)
• Knight (ナイト Naito): Kenichi Suzumura (鈴村 健一 Suzumura Ken'ichi)
• The 2nd (２代目 Ni-daime): Karin Takahashi (高橋花林 Takahashi Karin)

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

• Artist: Masayoshi Oishi (オーイシマサヨシ Ōishi Masayoshi)

Ending Theme

Strobe Memory

• Artist: Maaya Uchida (内田 真礼 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

Gallery

Teaser visual

Release Date Promotional Drawing

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Videos

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【プレミア公開】SSSS.DYNAZENON PV1

2021年4月放送決定！『SSSS.DYNAZENON』PV2

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Triva

• 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.
• All the episodes have reused frames from SSSS.GRIDMAN.

External Links

• Official Japanese website
• Official English website
• Official Twitter account