Alternative TitlesJapanese: ドラゴノーツ-ザ・レソナンス-
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Type: TV
Episodes: 25
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 3, 2007 to Mar 26, 2008
Duration:
25 min. per episode Rating:
R+ - Mild Nudity
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SynopsisTwenty years prior to the story's beginning, an asteroid headed for Earth destroys Pluto. Due to Pluto's destruction, the asteroid, which is dubbed Thanatos, becomes temporarily stagnant. Now, in order to avoid Earth's impending destruction, the International Solarsystem Development Agency (ISDA) works on the "D-Project", and creates the "Dragonaut" after finding a dragon egg under the ocean. This weapon's primary purpose is to destroy the asteroid when the time comes. However, they soon find out that the asteroid is not their only threat, as powerful dragon-like creatures, which are bent on destruction, appear on Earth.
After witnessing a murder by one of the creatures, Jin Kamishina, a lonely 18-year-old boy who lost his family in a shuttle accident two years ago, gets involved in the mysteries of the dragons and becomes the chosen pilot of the Dragonaut. Helping him on his journey is Toa, a mysterious girl who saves him from falling to his death after the creature attacks him. As they get deeper into the mysteries of the dragons, they encounter new friends and enemies, and also begin to develop a closer relationship.
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Dragonaut -The Resonance
Side story: Dragonaut: The Resonance Special
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Wasabi
56 of 80 people found this review helpful
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25 of 25 episodes seen
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| Overall |
6 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
6 |
| Enjoyment |
7 |
Dragonauts is another anime done by Gonzo. This show shows some promise, but due to certain presentation of its characters and style, it pretty much falls back quite a bit.
Story: The beginning of the show starts off with a young Kamashina Jin as he witnesses his family's deaths as their space shuttle gets blown to bits by a mysterious falling object from space. The main plot then follows an older Kamashina Jin as he gets thrust into a world of government secrets concerning "dragons", envoys sent by a living asteroid... thing called Thanatos floating around the remains of Pluto. Enter the Dragonauts, an elite team of humans paired up with their own artificially born Dragon. Jin and the Dragonauts are on opposing sides at first, but a government conspiracy eventually leads them to the same objective. The plot progresses at a fair pace and even has a nice short timeskip to compliment its mid-climax.
Art: The character designs are done by the very same man who did the designs for Witchblade... so you can definitely expect lots of women with unnatural proportioned bodies. The show also makes use of CGI for its dragon battles. The CGI is not very good looking as it clashes with its 2D counterpart if you even dare to compare them. The dragons themselves all have unique looks to them but it is hard to determine if the dragons are suppose to be organic beings or some kind of bio-mecha. Other than that, the art is decent except for weird proportioned women but you can never forget Sieglinde's 6th finger. Good job, Gonzo.
Sound: The music in the show is nothing special. All the tracks are not memorable enough. There are your generic suspenseful themes and romance themes and of course your action themes. I can't even write anything about it since I forgot what music the show even had.
Character: Never has a show made me hate so many characters before. I will say that the main characters have their fair share of development but the supporting characters don't shine much.
Jin is one of those "I-don't-want-to-fight-anymore" guys that does nothing but tries to talk his way out of life and death situations and Kazuki is one of those annoying cretins that just keeps coming back to kill our beloved hero blind to the fact that he's a complete asshole. I hate Kazuki as much as I hate Kururugi Suzaku. Other than that, everybody just seems... completely flat.
Enjoyment/Overall: I had hoped this show redeemed itself constantly especially through its character department but is still fairly disappointed. If you focus solely on the story, you might enjoy it some but other than that, everything else just completely ruins a potentially decent shounen show. read more
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SuperManW3
19 of 28 people found this review helpful
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25 of 25 episodes seen
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| Overall |
5 |
| Story |
6 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
6 |
| Character |
3 |
| Enjoyment |
5 |
Like said in other reviews... it started off good then went downhill from episode 2... seemingly like its saying I'm getting worse... stay with me... it was a decent story to begin with... but the horrible CG just ruined it 4 me.....
story:
overall it was a nice story....if not typical... but hey... how many ways is there to make this kind of genre... anyways it started out good... but as it progressed it became diluted with plot holes and things that seemed just thrown in here and there... overall it just didn't add up for me... in the end it was the characters that seem flat and each episode didn't seem to line up in terms of development... mainly with the main characters Jin and Toa... from their first meeting they in love and the rest of the time its just repeating the same scene over and over from my perspective....
art:
the art was very nice for me... nicely drawn characters and backgrounds... but when the CG comes in close your eyes because its like throwing water over a beautiful water painting... the CG is just horrible compared to the other animation.... in itself the CG isn't bad.. but when its added to this show it becomes an eyesore... i generally skipped through the CG scenes because it just seems like it doesn't fit.... if the battle scenes were drawn in regular animation it would have been much more enjoyable...
sound:
I don't generally care much for op's and endings because generally they have nothing to do with the story or anything else for that matter....but generally speaking the sound was good except for the generic sounds during the CG battles... the background music was nice during serious scenes but the flat characters seemed to ruin it...
character:
only thing i will say here is the characters were horrible..from the first few episodes i expected the characters to grow and develop along with the story... well i was madly mistaken.... from the first time they are introduced... nearly all of them never change from the first 10 seconds... i found that rather annoying....
enjoyment:
the first half was very enjoyable... the a rather UN-enjoyable plot twist and time skip.... then it's down hill from there and you almost have to force yourself to keep watching... if you like this type of genre than by all means give it a try and you might find it very enjoyable overall....myself i enjoy anime based on the characters...
overall:
overall this is a great show if you like this kind of genre... as for me i like shows based on characters and the interactions of them.... so this show for me only gets a 6 overall... don't get me wrong... for its genre it was a good... as for overall taste its very lacking in ways of character and romance and such....
if you like then genre then by all means give it a try because you are probably going to enjoy it... but if you are looking for great characters and romance and a good overall plot... this show isn't for you... and don't waste your time..... read more
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Many similarities with Dragon Crisis except that it's a more older version , both involve dragons, the main character is attached to his dragon which is a girl. Also the dragon girl saves him when they first met.
-Both animes features Dragons that has human from as the main focus.
-However in Dragonaut, the female lead is the same age as the male lead.
-In Dragonaut, the male lead is comnpletely relies on the other male lead, which is also a dragon, to protect him and the female lead who is also a dragon. But, in Dragon crisis the male lead has the means and his cousin to protect the female lead who is a dragon.
-One anime has an extra genre which is "Sci-fi," while the other one has a couple of extra genre which are compose of school, comedy, harem and supernatural.
-In Dragonaut, the female lead has no other competition for the male lead's affection, while in Dragon crisis, the male lead aside from his dragon that love's him very much, there is another girl that also has feelings for the male lead.
Both contain a dragon based plot where random people are chasing after the main protagonists. Both have some kind antagonist to mess up the daily lives/stir up the plot. Both action with a hint of romance, if you're into that kind of stuff. In Dragonaut the dragons don't even look like dragons they're more machine-like.
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Dragonaut will remind you Eureka Seven every moment while watching it. We have mechas, we have a newbie boy and experienced girl as a main characters, we have great airships, we have crazy enemies and we have a problem with the destruction of the Earth.
romance mecha anime with a similiar story
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Opening Theme"perfect blue" by Jazzin' Park
Ending Theme#1: "Rain Of Love" by Yukari Fukui
#2: "Fight Or Flight" by Yuu Kobayashi
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