Free distribution of "Saint Dunbine" and "Armored Trooper Votoms" on YouTube! 6 Masterpiece Animations Now Available on "Sunrise Channel"!

Six popular titles will be distributed on the official Sunrise YouTube channel "Sunrise Channel.

The "Sunrise Channel" (407,000 channel subscribers as of August 2023) offers free distribution of works by Namco Bandai Filmworks.

This time, it was announced that six titles will be distributed as the 11th distribution: "Danvine the Saint," "Mai-HiME," "Armored Trooper Votoms," "Armored Trooper Dragner," "Fibad the Brave of the Sun," and "Da Gahn the Legendary Hero.

The first titles to be distributed for the first time are "Saint Dunbine," a heroic fantasy anime by Yoshiyuki Tomino, general director of Mobile Suit Gundam, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this year, and "Mai-HiME," the first title in the popular "Mai-HiME" series that has been broadcast since 2004, in which the characters are seen as actors. The first of the "Mai-HiME" series, "Mai-HiME," aired in 2004 and drew much attention for its characters as actors.
Armored Trooper Votoms," which also celebrated its 40th anniversary, began its long-awaited Sansa Arc as the story reached its climax. From the "Yusha" series, "Fibad the Brave of the Sun" and "Densetsu no Yusha Da Gahn" will start with 19 episodes each, and "Armored Senki Dragner," a popular realistic robot anime for a new generation broadcast in 1987, will start with 27 episodes.
Take this opportunity to check out the wide variety of Sunrise brand works.

Distribution Information


Sunrise Channel on YouTube
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<Distribution Schedule
August 15, 2023- Phibird, the Brave of the Sun (Episode 19~)
August 18, 2023- Armored Trooper Votoms (Episode 29~)
August 23, 2023- Mai-HiME
Aug. 24, 2023- Densetsu no Yusha Da Gahn (Ep. 19-)
August 28, 2023- Kikkou Senki Dragner (Ep 27-)
September 2, 2023- Saint Dunbine
*Some series will start in the middle of the series due to periodic updates.

Information on distribution works

Distributed every Monday
Kikkou Senki Dragner


In the year 2087, the moon-based "Unified Empire of Giganos" declares war against the Earth.
Kane, a young man living in the neutral space colony of Alucard, is accidentally registered as a crew member of the D-weapon "Dragner" and ends up fighting against Giganos.


Distributed every Tuesday.
Phibird, the Brave of the Sun


This is the second in the series of "The Brave of the Sun". The evil space life form Dryas, who calls himself the Space Emperor, attacks the earth. Fibard, the commander of the Space Patrol, comes to earth in pursuit of Doriath. He fuses with an android developed by the genius scientist Dr. Amano and fights to protect the peace of the earth under the name of Yutaro Hitori.


Distributed every Wednesday
Mai-HiME


Mai Tokiwa receives a scholarship from Fuka Gakuen, a large school with elementary, middle, and high schools, and transfers in with her younger brother, Takumi. When Maii begins her life at the school, she tries to save Takumi from being attacked by the deformed monster "Orphan" and awakens a special ability called "HiME (Highly-advanced Materialising Equipment)". Upon awakening, Mai gets involved in a mysterious incident related to "HiME" and "Orphan". ......


Distributed every Thursday
The Legendary Hero Da-Gaan

The third installment in the "Yusha" series. An elementary school student, Hoshi Takasugi, hears a mysterious voice that calls itself "Orrin. The light that appears with Orin's call to fight to protect the earth fuses with a police car and transforms into a humanoid robot. Hoshifumi, now the captain of 10 brave men and women, faces the invaders from outer space...


Distributed every Friday
Armored Trooper Votoms


At the end of the Hundred Years War, Chirico participates in an attack on a facility with an unknown objective, but it turns out to be a friendly military facility. There, Chirico discovers a nude woman in a capsule filled with blue light. The capsule is filled with blue light, and Chirico discovers that it is a military secret called an "elemental body," which puts him in the position of being hunted by the military and his former comrades, and he begins a hellish life of wandering.


Every Saturday
Saint Dunbine


A young man named Shaw is drawn into the otherworldly world of Baiston Well, where he is given the mysterious humanoid combat weapon "Dunbine," and is taken in as a "holy warrior" by the ambitious local lord, Drake. When Shaw meets Nee, the young leader of the resistance, and the Marvels who cooperate with him, he stands up with them to stop Drake's ambitions.

Dragner" (c) Sotsu, Sunrise
Phibird, the Brave Guardian of the Sun" (c) Sunrise
Mai-HiME" (c) Sunrise
The Legendary Da-Gaan" (c)SUNRISE
Armored Trooper Votoms" (c) Sunrise
Danvine" (c) SOTSU, SUNRISE

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