Name(s): Dancouga: Requiem for Victims / Choujuu Kishin Dancougar: Ushinawareta Mono-tachi e no Requiem / Dancouga: Ushinawareta Mono Tachi e no Chinkonka / 超獣機神ダンクーガ 失われた者たちへの鎮魂歌（レクイエム）/ Dancougar: Requiem for Victims
Format: Original video animation [OVA] (1 episodes)
Studio(s): Ashi Productions (then Production Reed)
Related: Dancouga: Super Beast Machine God (1985)

Dancouga: Requiem for Victims Review

Requiem for Victims is the sequel and proper ending to Dancouga: Super Beast Machine God. My general feelings about it are the same as the series, so you should first read my review for that.

It was really nice for Ashi Productions to provide a proper ending to the series. When excising the recap, this OVA’s meager ~30 minute runtime is disappointing. It leaves a bad taste knowing they could’ve continued for a meager two episodes and wrapped it up just as well.

The Death Gaia fight also takes up more screen time than the Zorbados emperor himself. That’s just bizarre, and when the battle is settled in one blow, it’s… have I said “disappointing” too many times?

There are some positives. Ashi Productions didn’t screw around with the budget this time. The only reused frames I saw were character reactions. There’s more in-between frames. The art has improved; even though things mostly look the same, there’s more detailed shading.

My favorite part about this OVA was Shinobu passing Dancouga’s controls to Ryo. This is something we haven’t seen before that helps make Dancouga feel more like teamwork, rather than only Shinobu being at the helm.

Anyway, this is an acceptable conclusion to a good anime. I’m happy to see a resolution with characters I really like. Suitably, there’s a theatrical vibe to the whole thing with the lack of background music. Though I view Requiem as a part of the series, it gets a lower rating than it for not having the build-up the longer series allowed.