▁of ▁their ▁front , ▁and ▁three ▁smoke ▁disp ens ers ▁on ▁each ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁body . ▁ ▁In flu ence ▁Dou gram ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁success ors ▁to ▁the ▁" Real ▁Rob ot " ▁ ▁genre ▁created ▁by ▁Mobile ▁Su it ▁G und am . ▁The ▁popular ▁technical ▁designer ▁Kun io ▁O ka w ara ▁produced ▁the ▁designs ▁for ▁both ▁shows . ▁ ▁Dou gram ▁featured ▁a ▁similar ▁plot ▁centered ▁around ▁a ▁small ▁team ▁fighting ▁a ▁running ▁battle ▁with ▁a ▁powerful ▁enemy , ▁using ▁an ▁advanced ▁giant ▁robot ic ▁prototype ▁combat ▁arm or . ▁The ▁show ▁was ▁a ▁surprise ▁success , ▁especially ▁considering ▁the ▁heavy ▁emphas is ▁on ▁military ▁tact ics ▁which ▁slow ed ▁the ▁pace ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁and ▁further ▁confirmed ▁that ▁military ▁' gi ant ▁robot ' ▁science - f iction ▁was ▁here ▁to ▁stay . ▁Tak ah ashi ▁and ▁Sun r ise ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁create ▁a ▁follow - up ▁series , ▁Arm ored ▁Tro oper ▁V ot oms , ▁which ▁used ▁similar ▁sty ling ▁and ▁them es ▁but ▁was ▁otherwise ▁un related ▁in ▁plot , ▁characters ▁or ▁setting . ▁ ▁Mer ch and ising ▁To ym aker ▁Tak ara ▁was ▁the ▁show ' s ▁main ▁license e . ▁They ▁made ▁a ▁very ▁successful ▁pl astic ▁model ▁k it ▁series , ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁die cast ▁to ys , ▁and ▁also ▁released ▁several ▁strategy ▁w arg ames ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁Dou gram ▁world . ▁The ▁latter ▁included ▁tiny , ▁un p aint ed ▁die cast