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Yuusha Exkaiser

Studio: Sunrise , Tokyu Agency , Nagoya Broadcasting Network , Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

When aliens plan to invade earth, the young Kouta along with a giant robot from outspace named Exkaiser must team up to save the world and his friends.

Tags: Super Robot , Kaiju , Aliens , Episodic , Henshin , Educational , Dinosaurs

Taiyo no Shisha Tetsujin 28-gou

Also known as Shin Tetsujin 28.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Studio Jack
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha

Shortly after pre-teen Shoutarou Kaneda discovers his late father's legacy, a 60-foot-tall, 50-ton remote-controlled robot, he's put in charge of it. Shoutarou accepts the V-controller and duty that his father intended for the giant robot, Tetsujin: to fight evil and keep the peace. As the youngest member of Interpol, Shoutarou’s adventures take him around the world, under the sea, through time, and the deepest reaches of space. His mentors are Dr. Shikishima, his father’s brilliant colleague, and Inspector Ohtsuka, the sometimes buffoonish chief Interpol liaison, but in someways, Shoutarou is closest to his giant avatar, Tetsujin. Together, they battle various menaces, from mad scientists to pirates to ninjas to international criminals, all with their own unique giant robots, but the deadliest villain that Shoutarou and Tetsujin build up to is the Space Demon King, an alien so powerful that he threatens to swallow up the Solar System.



Tags: Episodic , Police , Super Robot , Kaiju , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Aliens , Crime , Artificial Intelligence , Space , War

Mazinger Z

Also known as Mazinger Z.

Studio: Toei Animation , Discotek , Dynamic Planning , Asatsu DK
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

From the island of Bardos in the Aegean Sea comes a new threat to humanity in the form of Doctor Hell and his army of mechanical beasts. However, a new hero stands in his way: Mazinger Z, a giant robot built out of the indestructible metal chogokin and equipped with an arsenal of advanced weaponry. Piloting Mazinger Z is hotheaded teenager Kouji Kabuto, who strives to avenge the death of his grandfather and protect Japan from Doctor Hell's forces.



Tags: Super Robot , Episodic , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Motorcycles , Heterosexual , Lost Civilization , Love Triangle , Tsundere

Chou Denji Robo Combattler V

Also known as Combattler V.

Studio: Sunrise , Toei Animation , Studio Nue , Discotek , TV Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The first of Tadao Nagahama's Romance Super Robot Trilogy. (#2: Chou Denji Machine Voltes V, #3: Toushou Daimos)

Thousands of years ago, the people of the planet Campbell decided to leave their planet and seek out new worlds to inhabit. One group, lead by the scientist Oreana, landed on Earth, but was delayed from their mission. In the early 21st century, Oreana's group reawakens and begins their plan to conquer the Earth. The only effective defense against the Campbellians' giant biomechanical slave beasts is the super-electromagnetic robot, Combattler V and its pilots.



Tags: Super Robot , Aliens , Kaiju , Episodic , Robots , War , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Heterosexual , Torture , Motorcycles , Tragedy , Guns

Chou Denji Machine Voltes V

Also known as VOLTES V.

Studio: Sunrise , Discotek , Toei Animation , Tohokushinsha Film Corporation , TV Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

From out of nowhere, a mysterious alien race known as the Boazan Forces has invaded the Earth. A group of individuals specially trained to handle this kind of situation has been unleashed. Kenichi, Ippei, Daijirou, Hiyoshi & Megumi are the pilots of the Choudenji Machine Voltes V (5), Earth's defense against the Boazan and their terrible Beast Warriors. The plot thickens as the Go Brothers discover their true heritage and the truth behind their father's disappearance. Conflicts and mixed emotions hinder the Go Brothers at times but due to their unwavering desire to find their dad, they must go to the place where it all started. With the help of the rebels based on Earth and on the aliens' homeworld, the Voltes Team has another mission, remove the tyrant Zu Zanbajil and liberate the people of Boazan.



Tags: Super Robot , Aliens , War , Ensemble Cast , Slavery , Politics , Tragedy , Kaiju , Space , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Swordplay , Guns , Ninja , Space Opera

UFO Robo Grendizer

Also known as UFO Robo Grendizer.

Studio: Fuji TV , Dynamic Planning , Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha

Duke Fleed is a survivor of the Fleed Planet who is escaped to the Earth, onboard a mysterious "spaceship", where is raised by Dr. Umon as his adoptive son, and known as Daisuke Umon. Years after his arrival, he's faced with the threat of King Vega and his army, who want to conquer the Earth. With his friends Koji and Hikaru (and later his younger sister Maria Grace), Duke decides to fight back using his best weapon - the almighty Grendizer.

Tags: Super Robot , Aliens , War , Kaiju , Episodic , Shounen , Space

Yuusha Raideen

Studio: Sunrise , Asatsu DK , Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

After a slumber of 12 millennia, the Demon Empire returns to seize control of the Earth. Reideen, the giant robot-like protector of the lost continent of Mu, senses the evil presence and awakens within its golden pyramid, revealing to young Japanese boy Akira Hibiki that he is the one descendant of the ancient Mu people who must help Reideen save Earth.

He was assisted by his friends, token girl Mari Sakurano (daughter of a scientist fighting the Demon Empire) and several members of his high school soccer team.



Tags: Super Robot , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Kaiju , Heterosexual , Slapstick , Motorcycles , Dragons , Archery , Primarily Male Cast , Love Triangle , Demons

Muteki Choujin Zambot 3

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

There once existed a planet named Beal, until it was wiped out by the mysterious entity known as Gaizok. The few remaining survivors escaped to Earth and split into three families, named Jin, Kamie, and Kamikita respectively. While attempting to start a new life, the collectively known "Jin Family" prepared for the inevitable Gaizok invasion on Earth and its giant mechanical beasts known as "Mecha Boosts". In order to defend their new home, they have built three vehicles which when combined form the mighty Zambot 3. The Jin Family must not only defend against Gaizok attacks, but also harsh criticisms from the very people they protect, who blame the Jin Family for the invasion in the first place.



Tags: Tragedy , Aliens , Super Robot , War , Kaiju , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Dystopian , Space , Lost Civilization

Sengoku Majin Goushougun

Also known as GoShogun.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Ashi Productions , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi

A meteor strikes the Earth and is found to emanate a powerful new energy called Beamler, which is used to power a battle robot, GoShogun, and a teleporting fortress, Good Thunder. The Docougar Crime Syndicate, lead by crime lord Neo Neros, try to steal the secret of the energy from the inventor of GoShogun, but he kills himself rather than let them acquire it. His son is targeted by Neo Neros next, but he is taken in by the crew aboard Good Thunder, who travel the world fighting NeoNeros's forces with GoShogun.



Tags: Super Robot , Ensemble Cast , Artificial Intelligence , Conspiracy , Adoption , Episodic , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Robots , War , Parody , Coming of Age , Meta

Muteki Koujin Daitarn 3

Studio: Sunrise , Sotsu , Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi

Souzou Haran was a brilliant scientist that was conducting research on Mars. He created a form of cyborg life with the ability to think for itself. These cyborgs, dubbed the Meganoids, soon ran out of control and killed Dr. Haran along with his whole family, save his youngest son, the 16-year-old Banjou Haran. Banjou escapes from Mars on a rocket with a solar-powered super robot called Daitarn 3, which was built with the special metals of Mars. Now eighteen years old and living on Earth in a luxurious mansion, Banjou fights against the Meganoids with the aid of his faithful butler Garrison and his two gorgeous companions Reika and Beauty. Together they must stop the evil Meganoids which aspire to turn all humans into cyborgs and thus "improve" the human race.



Tags: Super Robot , Cyborg , Episodic , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Butler , Revenge , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Shapeshifting , Espionage , Tragedy , Anti-Hero