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{{quote|''Fortunate are those who remember the story of Byston Well...''}}
What do unicorns, pixies and colossal, insect-like robots all have in common? They're all heavily featured in '''''Aura Battler Dunbine'''''. Brainchild of [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] of ''[[Gundam]]'' fame, ''Dunbine'' tells the story of Show Zama, a Japanese motocross fan who, after a botched trick, falls into the fantasy world of Byston Well. There he is taken in by Drake Luft, a local lord, and is taught to pilot "Aura Battlers", which serve as the show's mecha. Things seem to be going well for him in the new world until Show meets with local [[La Résistance|resistance]] leader Neal Given, who tells Show about a much darker side to Drake. Thus, Show takes up his Dunbine to fight alongside his new allies, and eventually takes his fight to odder and more fantastic locales.
''Dunbine'' is mostly known not for its rather formulaic plot, but for its interesting concept of setting [[Humongous Mecha]] battles in the middle of a [[Medieval European Fantasy]]. The mecha themselves take fluid, organic shapes and are much smaller than most mecha designs. The show starts strong, but the second half drags on until the grand finale, which is among the most flashy and explosive in anime history.
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* [[Anyone Can Die]]: This '''IS''' Tomino we're talking about.
* [[Black Knight]]
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* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: {{spoiler|Todd, whose whole reason for fighting other than defeating Show is to protect his mother.}}
* [[Evil Matriarch]]: Drake's wife Luuza. You will be hard-pressed to find a worse mother in ''any'' anime. {{spoiler|Of course, it's not like Show's mom is any better...}}
** ... Compared to [[
*** ''At least'' equal. The ''very'' least.
* [[Evil Overlord]]: Drake.
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* [[Kill'Em All]]: {{spoiler|Nearly every named character on the cast is killed during the final battle, including the hero.}}
** Possibly averted: {{spoiler|Maybe they all just went back to Byston Well. After all "Byston Well is the birthplace of peoples' souls."}}
*** This is definitely possible. In ''[[The Wings of Rean]]'' (which takes place in the same setting but several ([[Year Inside, Hour Outside|Byston Wellian]]) centuries later), some [[Red Shirt
** Of course, {{spoiler|this is averted in the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' episodes where Dunbine makes an appearance. There, all the good-aligned characters get to live. And sometimes, even Todd, though to be fair he's not actually that bad...}}
* [[Mask Power]]: The Black Knight
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* [[Mini-Mecha]]: Aura Battlers are pretty small by [[Humongous Mecha]] standards. For perspective, Dunbine's entire torso is about the size of that protruding red bit on [[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'s abdomen where its cockpit hatch is.
* [[Offing the Offspring]]: {{spoiler|A very chilling example near the end. Also counts as a crossing of the [[Moral Event Horizon]].}}
* [[The Punishment]]: In the ''Tales of Neo Byston Well'' OVA, it turn out that {{spoiler|as the head developer of Aura Machines, Shot Weapon was cursed to [[Fate Worse Than Death|live forever even if his body become rotten.]]}}▼
* [[Pretty Little Headshots]]: {{spoiler|Riml's death}}
▲* [[
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Jerril
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Riml, Drake's daughter. She cares about her father, but hates what he's doing.
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