Metal Armor Dragonar (Studio Sunrise, 1987/88) Original Animation Drawing Very Rare! Hand-drawn by an official animator who worked on the anime They are drawn once, and is unique. It’s made during the production and for the production. Very rare and incredible artwork See photos. Metal Armor Dragonar, (機甲戦記ドラグナー, Kikō Senki Doragunā) is a 48-episode mecha anime series, created by Nippon Sunrise (later renamed Sunrise during production) and aired from 1987 to 1988. Devised shortly after the release of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Dragonar was intended to be both a "starter" series to get new fans into mecha anime, and a potential successor to the Gundam franchise. In fact, its concept is to be the renewal of the first Gundam; and the mecha are designed by Kunio Okawara, the mechanical designer for most of the Gundam series.