| SSSS.Dynazenon | |
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| Genre | Kaiju,mecha[1] |
| Created by | Tsuburaya Productions |
| Developed by | Keiichi Hasegawa |
| Directed by | Akira Amemiya |
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| Music by | Shirō Sagisu |
| Opening theme | "Imperfect" byMasayoshi Ōishi |
| Ending theme | "Strobe Memory" byMaaya Uchida |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12(list of episodes) |
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| Cinematography | Hisayoshi Yamamoto |
| Animator | Trigger |
| Editor | Masato Yoshitake |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
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| Network | Tokyo MX, MBS, BS11 |
| Release | April 2 (2021-04-02) – June 18, 2021 (2021-06-18) |
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SSSS.Dynazenon (stylized asSSSS.DYNΛZENON) is a 2021 Japanese anime television series produced byStudio Trigger. It is the sequel to the 2018 animeSSSS.Gridman and the second installment in the sharedGridman Universe established in 2018 after the 1993–94tokusatsu dramaGridman the Hyper Agent byTsuburaya Productions.[2][3][4] The 12-episode series aired in Japan from April to June 2021.
Yomogi Asanaka is just an ordinary high school boy when he encounters a young man named Gauma, who claims he is a "Kaiju User". When the city is attacked by a Kaiju, Gauma summons the giant robot Dynazenon to battle it. Yomogi, his classmate Yume Minami, and localNEET Koyomi Yamanaka are caught up in the battle and end up becoming Gauma's copilots for Dynazenon. Together, they must uncover and put a stop to whatever is behind the Kaiju attacks.
The anime project was announced in December 2019 duringTsuburaya Productions' Tsubucon convention. At that time, original production staffs fromSSSS.Gridman such as director Amemiya, writer Hasegawa, character designer Sakamoto and composer Sagisu were the ones announced to return to their old positions. Amemiya had hoped that the success ofSSSS.Dynazenon would open new potential to otherGridman-related projects.[2][3][4] The first five of the cast members were announced in May 2020, including the key visual of the main characters.[5][6] The first teaser was aired in October 2020 to promote the initial cast members.[7]
In December 2020, additional information were announced at the Tokyo Comicon 2020. Other than a few additions to the cast members, the titular mecha Dynazenon was designed by Tsuyoshi Nonaka andTakara Tomy finally return to participate in theGridman franchise afterGridman the Hyper Agent back in 1993.[8][9] The series aired from April 2 to June 18, 2021, onTokyo MX,BS11, andMBS.[10][11][12] The opening theme is "Imperfect" byMasayoshi Ōishi while the ending theme is "Strobe Memory" byMaaya Uchida.[13][14]
Funimation licensed the series and is simulcasting on its website in North America, British Isles and Brazil, onAnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand, and onWakanim in France, Germany, Russia and Scandinavia.[15] Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.[16]
A compilation film was released in cinema on March 10, 2023, before the premiere ofGridman Universe anime film.[17]
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