Armored Fleet Dairugger XV was an anime series aired in Japan from 1982 to 1983. It is also referred to as Dairugger 15, Dairugger XV, Armored Armada Dairugger XV,…
Animation, Action & Adventure • Series • 1982 • 1 season
Starring: Hideyuki Tanaka, Toshio Furukawa, Ryoma Yamamoto
S1 E1 - Galactic Clash
“Once, people staked their youth on the seas. On the Seven Seas, the flames of romanticism, ambition, adventure, and aspiration burned and clashed. Now, young people of the year AD 2200 challenge the sea of stars. What awaits them there is a world beyond our imagination.”
Mar 3, 1982 • 25m
S1 E2 - The Isolated Regiment
"Having used teamwork to barely ward-off the enemy’s attack, the Rugger Team sets about exploring the planet. But the shadow of fear still lies in wait."
Mar 10, 1982 • 25m
S1 E3 - Farewell, Achilles
"The Galactic Survey Team has found an inhabitable planet, and the enemy persistently attacks them. Will they really be able to fully protect this planet?"
Mar 17, 1982 • 25m
S1 E4 - Rescue Mission To Hell
"The Rugger Guard picks-up a distress call from an electrically unstable space region and sends Keats Team to the rescue. But there, they find a Galveston trap."
Mar 24, 1982 • 25m
S1 E5 - Battle For the Experiment Planet
"The Rugger Guard arrives at a planet where no creatures seem likely to live. But while exploring there, Walther Team discovers a strange group of plants."
Mar 31, 1982 • 25m
S1 E6 - Fall To the Meteor Shower
"A Galveston fleet mercilessly attacks the Rugger Guard, which was damaged in a meteor shower. Can Aki and the others overcome this crisis?”
Apr 7, 1982 • 25m
S1 E7 - Annihilation Of the Reinforcement Fleet
"It will be three weeks until the reinforcement fleet from Earth rendezvous with the Rugger Guard. Will Galveston just sit-back and watch?"
Apr 14, 1982 • 25m
S1 E8 - Specters Of the Binary System
"Yin and Yang, two worlds that make-up a tandem system. There we encounter a ghost fleet, eerily cruising along. Are they friend or foe?"
Apr 21, 1982 • 25m
S1 E9 - The Glorious Suicide Corps
"At space time 6:00, the Earth support fleet that is to rendezvous with the Rugger Guard is attacked by a Galveston fleet. Aki and team hear of it, and their anger explodes."
Apr 28, 1982 • 25m
S1 E10 - Sneak Attack On the Space Fortress
“Planet Six: an eerie swarm of bats and a city of ruins. What did Chakker see there, and why is his fever so high?”
May 5, 1982 • 25m
S1 E11 - A Momentary Truce
“A Galveston fighter crashes nearby as the Rugger Team investigates the ruined city. The young pilot’s pride clashes violently with the team.”
May 12, 1982 • 25m
S1 E12 - Legend Of the Space Forest
“Kreuz spends a short time on a planet with a long history of slow death. Here, he’s reminded of his childhood days.”
May 19, 1982 • 25m
S1 E13 - The Enemy Within the Mind
“It’s been eight months since they left Earth. Galveston has attacked them again and again. What’s the suspicion within the mind of the exhausted Commander Ise?”
May 26, 1982 • 25m
S1 E14 - The Earth Fleet’s Counterattack
“The Galveston Empire has caused a lot of trouble for the Rugger Guard. Earth’s government decides to send an allied fleet equipped with new weapons against them.”
Jun 2, 1982 • 25m
S1 E15 - Breakdown Of the Space Talks
“A hail of bombs falls on the fifth planet. Will the opportunity for dialogue between the Earth Federation and the Galveston Empire be destroyed in the darkness of space?”
Jun 9, 1982 • 25m
S1 E16 - The Two Rebellions
“Within Galveston, judgment has been passed on the peace-inclined Teles. Meanwhile, the Rugger Guard refuses to follow orders from Earth headquarters.”
Jun 16, 1982 • 25m
S1 E17 - Orders For Asimov’s Return
“The Rugger Guard’s Captain Asimov has been ordered to return to Earth. Will they have to fight, or is there still a peaceful solution left?”
Jun 23, 1982 • 25m
S1 E18 - A Touch-and-Go Situation
“Ise and Aki take command on the bridge, carrying-on the will of Captain Asimov. To that end, a joint planetary survey with Galveston is now underway. However....”
Jun 30, 1982 • 25m
S1 E19 - Red Moon Rising
“Planet K. There Aki and team find signs of an advanced civilization. But will it prove to be meaningless?”
Jul 7, 1982 • 25m
S1 E20 - Desperate Struggle For Planet K
“Lafitte is furious about the Earth Fleet building a base on Planet K. Drive out the Earth fleet! Lafitte launches his assault!”
Jul 14, 1982 • 25m
S1 E21 - Arise, Galaxy Garrison
“Their red moon supply base cruelly destroyed, Galaxy Garrison Headquarters chooses to fight to defend Earth’s peace. What will the Rugger Guard do?”
Jul 21, 1982 • 25m
S1 E22 - Ex-Commander Teles
“The conflict between Earth and Galveston continues to escalate. Now, Commander Teles, a peace sympathizer, is dismissed from his post.”
Jul 28, 1982 • 25m
S1 E23 - The Mission To Recapture Planet K
“Retake Planet K! Drake dies valiantly in the line of duty. How far will this war escalate?”
Aug 4, 1982 • 25m
S1 E24 - Riot On Galveston
“Drake is dead. When Teles returns alone to his homeworld he finds a ruined metropolis and a raging populace.”
Aug 11, 1982 • 25m
S1 E25 - Bitter Struggle On the Planet Of Light
“Aki Team, the galactic survey’s advance party, encounters a planet emitting a mysterious light. The planet’s already in Galveston’s clutches, however.”
Aug 18, 1982 • 25m
S1 E26 - The Snare Of the Hell Planet
“During its travels, the Rugger Guard discovers a Galveston missile base on Planet L. But what awaits the Rugger Team when they go to investigate?”
Aug 25, 1982 • 25m
S1 E27 - Storming the Space Fortress
“In the wake of Teles’s dismissal, Galveston is now launching a direct attack on Earth’s space fortress. Will Earth be able to hold-back the fierce attack?”
Sep 1, 1982 • 25m
S1 E28 - Eldora's Plea
“As the Rugger Guard continues its advance, confronting it is the mysterious planet Eldora. Queen Xuneau suddenly attacks Aki Team.”
Sep 8, 1982 • 25m
S1 E29 - Uprising At the Space Fort
“The men of Eldora have been working at a Galveston space fort. But when they learn of the death of Queen Xuneau, their anger explodes.”
Sep 15, 1982 • 25m
S1 E30 - Earth’s State Of Emergency
“On its way to the enemy’s front line base, the Rugger Guard receives word of a crisis on Earth. Aki and the others are powerless to stop the enemy fleet as it invades above the megalopolis.”
Sep 22, 1982 • 25m
S1 E31 - Locate Enemy Headquarters
“The Rugger Team has survived increasingly violent attacks by Galveston. What do they see when they emerge from the asteroid belt?”
Sep 29, 1982 • 25m
S1 E32 - Destruction Of the Front Line Base
“After a tough fight, the Rugger Team finally succeeds in destroying the front line base. The price they pay, though, is much too great.”
Oct 6, 1982 • 25m
S1 E33 - The New Allied Fleet To the Rescue
“The Rugger Guard crushed the enemy front line base. Now, a new allied fleet has been dispatched to her with former Rugger Guard captain Dick Asimov in command.”
Oct 13, 1982 • 25m
S1 E34 - Planet Of the Burning Cave
“Teles was relieved of his post as Galveston front-line commander. In order to find an inhabitable planet, he and his adjutant, Sirk, have been building a new survey base.”
Oct 20, 1982 • 25m
S1 E35 - Get Yourself Together, Mutsu
“The Rugger Team gets some long-awaited letters from Earth. But Mutsu is the only one who doesn’t get any, and he can’t bring himself to deploy with the others.”
Oct 27, 1982 • 25m
S1 E36 - A Desperate Undersea Combining
“Ise goes alone to a primeval planet to negotiate a truce with Galveston. But behind it all lurks Captain Raucher’s devious trap.”
Nov 3, 1982 • 25m
S1 E37 - Air Rugger Vanishes
“On Planet J, the people have advanced science. Aki and the team try to survey this planet that Galveston considers Evil.”
Nov 10, 1982 • 25m
S1 E38 - Emma, the Female Captain
“The great pilot Emma sets-out personally with a scouting party. Now begins a counter-offensive to win back the loss at Planet J with her pride on the line.”
Nov 17, 1982 • 25m
S1 E39 - The Tears Of a Rugby Player
“The Rugger Team enjoys a momentary bond through rugby with captured Galveston soldiers. But then, a Galveston fleet attacks.”
Nov 24, 1982 • 25m
S1 E40 - The Boy Denon and the Elk
“On a planet brimming over with green, we meet Denon. The Rugger Team enjoys a brief peaceful respite. But the clutches of evil seize this place, too.”
Dec 1, 1982 • 25m
S1 E41 - Discovery Of the New World
“Galveston nears the time of its collapse. Teles receives word about an inhabitable planet. However, Raucher harbors his own ambitions.”
Dec 8, 1982 • 25m
S1 E42 - Impending Crisis On the Inhabitable Planet
“The Galveston and Earth fleets continue their survey of the third planet as they keep each other in check. But Teles’s wishes are in vain, as the first shots are fired.”
Dec 15, 1982 • 25m
S1 E43 - Teles and Asimov
“With the survival of his people depending upon migrating to the third planet, Teles holds peace talks with Asimov. But a report comes in about native people already living there.”
Dec 22, 1982 • 25m
S1 E44 - Aki Team Gets Caught
“Galveston dismisses Teles for abandoning the third planet. In order to destroy the Earth fleet, the new commander, Raucher, lays a trap for the Rugger Team.”
Dec 29, 1982 • 25m
S1 E45 - Defend the Third Planet
“The Rugger Team is on its way to the Galveston homeworld, but contact between them and the garrison on the third planet is completely cut-off. Aki goes back there immediately, and what does he find?”
Jan 5, 1983 • 25m
S1 E46 - The Fall Of the Survey Base
“New commander Raucher won’t abandon his ambition to invade the third planet. The Rugger Team finally launches a general offensive against the Galveston planetary survey base.”
Jan 12, 1983 • 25m
S1 E47 - The Invisible Super Weapon
“Now that the Earth fleet has located the Galveston homeworld, it prepares for its final battle. Meanwhile, Galveston launches its newest weapon, the Space Impulse.”
Jan 19, 1983 • 25m
S1 E48 - Get Past the Tenth Planet
“The Rugger Team finally infiltrated the Galveston star system. This encourages Aki, but a fierce Galveston counter-attack is in his way.”
Jan 26, 1983 • 25m
S1 E49 - Entering the Final Zone Of Defense
“The Earth fleet finally succeeded in getting past the tenth planet. Aki, your target lies beyond the asteroid belt: Planet Galveston!”
Feb 2, 1983 • 25m
S1 E50 - The Struggle For Galveston
“The Earth fleet finally brings the fight to Galveston itself. In the midst of the fierce battle, Sirk’s group rises-up in an attempt to rescue Teles.”
Feb 9, 1983 • 25m
S1 E51 - Fierce Battle In the Underground City
“Its back against the wall, Galveston Headquarters vows to go down fighting. But the flames of revolution are ignited by the hands of citizens led by Teles.”
Feb 16, 1983 • 25m
S1 E52 - Galactic Dawn
“The Galveston Empire has finally collapsed. Who will save the inhabitants of this dying planet? Aki’s left with only one choice.”
Feb 23, 1983 • 25m
About This Show
Armored Fleet Dairugger XV
Armored Fleet Dairugger XV was an anime series aired in Japan from 1982 to 1983. It is also referred to as Dairugger 15, Dairugger XV, Armored Armada Dairugger XV, Armored Squadron Dairugger XV, or Machine Platoon Dairugger. In the United States, it was heavily edited to become part of the Voltron series. The Dairugger footage was the primary source for the "Vehicle Voltron" episodes, though various footage was also inserted into the more commonly known "Lion Voltron" episodes.
Animation, Action & Adventure • TV Series • 1982
