"Metal Armor Dragonar (\u6A5F\u7532\u6226\u8A18\u30C9\u30E9\u30B0\u30CA\u30FC, Kik\u014D Senki Doragun\u0101) is a 48-episode mecha anime series, created by Sunrise and aired from 1987 to 1988. Devised shortly after the release of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Dragonar was intended to be both a \"starter\" series to get new fans into mecha anime, and a potential successor to the Gundam franchise. In fact, its concept is to be the renewal of the first Gundam."@en . .