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{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Dinosaur Great War Izenborg
| image           = IzenborgVol8.jpg
| caption         = Vol. 8 DVD cover
| ja_kanji        = 恐竜大戦争アイゼンボーグ
| ja_romaji       = Kyōryū Daisensō Aizenbōgu
| genre           = [[Tokusatsu]]<br />[[Science fiction]]<br />[[Superhero]]<br />[[Kyodai Hero]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = Kanji Otsuka
| producer        = Takao Niimi<br />Hiroshi Ishikawa ([[TV Tokyo]])<br />Tadashi Matsushima (Tokyu Agency)<br />Akira Tsuburaya<br />Junkichi Oki ([[Tsuburaya Productions]])
| writer          = Keiichi Abe
| music           = [[Toshiaki Tsushima]]
| studio          = [[Tsuburaya Productions]] (live action)<br />[[Studio Deen|Oka Studios]] (animation)
| network         = [[TV Tokyo]]
| first           = {{Start date|1977|10|17|df=y}}
| last            = {{End date|1978|06|30|df=y}}
| episodes        = 39
| episode_list    = 
}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Dinosaur War Izenborg'''''|恐竜大戦争アイゼンボーグ|Kyōryū Daisensō Aizenbōgu}} is a Japanese television program produced by [[Tsuburaya Productions]]. It is the second installment of the ''Tsuburaya Dinosaur Trilogy'', which included ''[[Dinosaur Expedition Born Free]]'' and ''[[Dinosaur Corps Koseidon]]''. It aired on [[TV Tokyo]] from October 17, 1977 to June 30, 1978, running for 39 episodes. It combined Tsuburaya's [[tokusatsu]] techniques with [[anime]].

The first four episodes were released to VHS in the United States in the form of a [[compilation film]] titled ''Attack of the Super Monsters''.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

Comedy podcast [[RiffTrax]] ([[Michael J. Nelson]], [[Bill Corbett]] and [[Kevin Murphy (actor)|Kevin Murphy]]) recorded and released a riff in 2019.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

==Premise==
In 2000, it has been discovered that [[Dinosaur|dinosaurs]] have survived past their [[Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event|supposed extinction]] and reside in a [[Hollow Earth|vast underground environment]] where they have gained an intelligence on par with that of the human race.

They are led by a hyper-intelligent [[tyrannosaurus]] named Ururu (known as Emperor Tyrannus in the English dub) who plans to eradicate humanity and reinstate dinosaurs as the dominant life-forms on Earth by using his powers to brainwash his subjects into destructive monsters that obey his every command, sending them out on to the surface world to wreak havoc on human civilization. The special OPs unit D-Force is founded to combat the monstrous dinosaurs with specialized combat vehicles and cybernetic implants given to its members.

==The Return of Izenborg==
{{nihongo|'''''The Return of Izenborg'''''|帰ってきたアイゼンボーグ|Kaettekita Aizenbōgu}} is a Japanese-Arabic documentary produced as a collaboration between the Japanese company Tsuburaya Productions, Mr. Jarrah Alfurih from Saudi Arabia and Cultures Factory (an NLC company). It is the first Arabic-Japanese production in the art of Japanese tokusatsu, which is a special live action effects category. This documentary was filmed in 2016 and aired on Friday 15 December 2017 on the Arabic channel [[Space Power TV|Space Power]] at&nbsp;8:30p.m.&nbsp;local Saudi time.<ref>[https://www.tsuburaya-prod.co.jp/en/news/documentary-of-izenborg/ Tsuburaya official page announces the Arabic broadcast of the film in the Middle East]</ref> The documentary was translated back to Japanese by Tsubaraya and officially streamed on [[YouTube]] on 29 December 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2018-01-27/japanese-version-of-saudi-arabian-kyoryu-daisenso-aizenborg-documentary-streamed/.126754|title=Japanese Version of Saudi Arabian Kyoryu Daisenso Aizenborg Documentary Streamed}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0292813| Kyōryū Daisensō Aizenbōgu}}
*{{IMDb title|0202250| Attack of the Super Monsters}}
*{{ann|anime|1768|Kyoryu Daisenso Aizenborg}}

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[[Category:1977 Japanese television series debuts]]
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[[Category:Dinosaurs in anime and manga]]
[[Category:Mecha anime and manga]]
[[Category:Animated television series about dinosaurs]]
[[Category:Tokusatsu television series]]
[[Category:Tsuburaya Productions]]
[[Category:Studio Deen]]
[[Category:TV Tokyo original programming]]
[[Category:Ultra television series]] 
[[Category:Television series set in 2000]]
[[Category:Japanese television series with live action and animation]]
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