▁" st arter " ▁series ▁to ▁get ▁new ▁fans ▁into ▁me cha ▁an ime , ▁and ▁a ▁potential ▁successor ▁to ▁the ▁G und am ▁franch ise . ▁ ▁In ▁fact , ▁its ▁concept ▁is ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁renew al ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁G und am ; ▁and ▁the ▁me cha ▁are ▁designed ▁by ▁Kun io ▁O ka w ara , ▁the ▁mechanical ▁designer ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁G und am ▁series . ▁Though ▁the ▁series ▁enjoyed ▁good ▁ratings ▁and ▁earned ▁a ▁loyal ▁fan ▁following , ▁it ▁failed ▁to ▁sur pass ▁G und am ▁and ▁ended ▁up ▁as ▁a ▁single ▁series , ▁probably ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁light , ▁Z Z ▁G und am - like ▁take ▁on ▁the ▁real ▁robot ▁me cha ▁genre . ▁ ▁Game ▁developer ▁Ban pr esto ▁had ▁Dragon ar ▁appear ▁in ▁two ▁of ▁its ▁popular ▁franch ises , ▁Super ▁Rob ot ▁Wars ▁and ▁Another ▁Century ' s ▁E pisode ; ▁fans ▁respond ed ▁posit ively , ▁and ▁Sun r ise ▁acknowled ged ▁them ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁by ▁re le asing ▁a ▁mem orial ▁DVD ▁collection ▁of ▁the ▁series , ▁a ▁rem aster ed ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁two - part ▁las erd isc ▁box set ▁releases ▁years ▁before . ▁ ▁Story ▁Dragon ar ▁takes ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁ 2 0 8 7 ▁AD , ▁when ▁a ▁military ▁force ▁called ▁the ▁United ▁L un ar ▁Empire ▁G ig ano ▁has ▁ris en ▁and ▁captured ▁the ▁Moon . ▁ ▁Their ▁stated ▁goal ▁is ▁the ▁reb irth ▁of ▁man