is a 47 episode
animated
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shōnen mecha
In science fiction, or mechs are giant robots or machines controlled by people, typically depicted as humanoid walking vehicles. The term was first used in Japanese (language), Japanese after shortening the English loanword or , but the mean ...
television series, and the second series produced for the
Eldran franchise funded by
Tomy
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and produced by
Sunrise
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Terminology
Al ...
. It aired on
TV Tokyo
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from April 1, 1992, to February 24, 1993. It was the first to introduce helmets, signature colors and signature vehicles.
Plot
Ever since Jin Hyuga, Asuka Tsukishiro and Kouji Hoshiyama had defeated the Evil Empire, peace has returned to Hinobori. In Aozora City (a neighboring town to Hinobori City which Jin and his friends lived), Toubei is trying to train his son Kotaro in the art of the
ninja
A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance
In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enem ...
, but a bomb accidentally releases Gokuark, a great
demon
A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, ani ...
king of that Eldran had been keeping contained. Eldran manages to contain him, but one of his servants manages to escape as well, and now attempts to free his master.
Eldran grants the three new mechas named Go Tiger, King Elephant, and Mach Eagle to Kotaro and his two friends, Yosuke and Rikiya, as well as
supersuits that grant each of them a superpower. However, there are also cursed and each of them can turn into a dog when their identity is known to others by a dark
wizard, Yaminorius III.
Unless Yaminorius, the Demon Lords and the evil
monsters
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must be defeated, the must keep their identities until Gosaurer's debut a year later while Kotaro's father; Toubee has been turned into a dog by the curse.
Characters
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Kotaro Kirigakure is the son of a kindergarten principal and a ninja and is also a fourth grader in Aozora
Elementary
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* ''Elementary'', a Melvin "Wah-Wah Watson" Ragin album, 1977
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who has a great sense of ability and has a thoughtful of thoughts. He is being trained as a
ninja
A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance
In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enem ...
by his father Toubei but he often skips it well. As with Ganbare Suit, he gains super-
speed
In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a scalar quanti ...
. His "Ride On" vehicle is the Ganbar
Bike
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Bic ...
, a tiger-motif motorcycle, and he pilots Go Tiger, as well as being the main pilot of Ganbaruger and Great Ganbaruger. Kotaro puts his favorite sweet; banana
daifuku
, or (literally "great luck"), is a wagashi, (a type of Japanese confection) consisting of a small round mochi (a glutinous rice cake) stuffed with a sweet filling, most commonly '' anko'', (a sweetened red bean paste made from azuki beans). D ...
ahead of his transformation item, abused his own superpowers at last episode. Unlike his predecessor Jin and later his successor Kenichi, he is a naughty juvenile prankster who always pranks Aozora's population for the fun of it which led to everyone into keeping on hating him even more and more and his mischievousness still never end for his whole life even in his maturity. He's the one resident in Aozora in which everybody hates him the most.
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Yousuke Kazamatsuri is the
geek
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nerd
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of the group, shy, sometimes unexpected-acting, curious boy whom troubled by his grade-conscious mother, and crush on Yurika, do anything for her. As , he is the first to discover their superpowers in the Ganbare Suits, which in his case is super-
senses
A sense is a biological system used by an organism for sensation, the process of gathering information about the world through the detection of stimuli. (For example, in the human body, the brain which is part of the central nervous system rec ...
. he flies the Ganbare Jet (which is actually a prop-driven plane) and Mach
Eagle
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...
. After he protects the egg containing it, he becomes the pilot of Gekiryuger as well.
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Rikiya Ryuzaki is a caring, diligent, loving brother and hard worker that wants to become a
professional baseball
Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world.
Mod ...
player. He has the most sense of duty in Gambar team, getting angry with Kotaro's sloppiness. As , Rikiya Ryuzaki gains
super-strength
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. His vehicle is the Ganbar Buggy, which looks like a red
go-cart
A go-kart, also written as go-cart (often referred to as simply a kart), is a type of sports car, close wheeled car, open-wheel car or quadracycle. Go-karts come in all shapes and forms, from non-motorised models to high-performance racing ...
, and like the other two vehicles becomes part of the cockpit for his mech, in this case King Elephant. He is the son of the owner of the ramen restaurant. When anyone needs more help, he ends up becoming the pilot of Revolger as well.
Friends and Allies
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Kotaro's father. Toubei is a great
ninja
A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance
In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enem ...
who is ninja
dojo
A is a hall or place for immersive learning or meditation. This is traditionally in the field of martial arts, but has been seen increasingly in other fields, such as meditation and software development. The term literally means "place of the ...
's master but no pupils, However, early on Yaminorius turns him into a dog when he attempts to battle him, a form he stays in for most of the rest of the series, called , or Gon for short. Under his doghouse is a secret ninja training chamber. Eventually he is returned to human form in time for the final battle. He had disguised as "Shinobi Ganbar" once, and destroyed Devil Beast as a main pilot of Ganbaruger, Great Ganbaruger instead of Kotaro.
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Kotaro's older sister. Kasumi is a strong willed, sense of justice, unyielding 2nd year student in Aozora
Junior High
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who is ace player of
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
club, whom she often fights and argues with the juvenile Kotaro. In episode 33, Kasumi was (accidentally) turned into evil wizard, Kasumirius by the Yaminorius's evil magic once and defeat Yaminorius and fight with Ganbaruger in which she was defeated by the latter and return to normal.
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Kotaro and Kasumi's mother. Yayoi is a laid back, gentle
principal in Aozora
Kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...
that has been managed, Yayoi and Kasumi believe Toubei went to the training of ninja.
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The
homeroom teacher of the 4–1
class
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Common uses not otherwise categorized
* Class (biology), a taxonomic rank
* Class (knowledge representation), a collection of individuals or objects
* Class (philosophy), an analytical concept used differentl ...
in Aozora Elementary. Ms. Aiko is a strict teacher but is gentle and loves students, and is a
judo
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master, can fling even a thugs and Makai Beast. On the later, Ms. Aiko fell in love with Mr. Yamino, Yaminorius's
human form when he lost memories, she was deeply shocked when his true identity was revealed. However, she decided to make Yaminorius good, to begin persuade Yaminorius with a
megaphone
A megaphone, speaking-trumpet, bullhorn, blowhorn, or loudhailer is usually a portable or hand-held, cone-shaped acoustic horn used to amplify a person's voice or other sounds and direct it in a given direction. The sound is introduced into ...
to make good him when Yaminorius and Demon Beasts appears.
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School newspaper's photographer, Chinatsu wants to be a journalist, is always raving about finding the next "Great Scoop" even though she is only a 4th year elementary student like the Ganbar guys. Chinatsu is a childhood friend of Kotaro and always quarrels with him, but she's Yellow Ganbar's fan since being saved by him.
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Yousuke's beloved girl. Yurika is a quiet, serious and ladylike, her home is a hospital, and also has violin lessons with him despite Yousuke's failed attempts at violin. Yurika has romantic feelings to Blue Ganbar since being saved by him.
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The daughter of Defense Force's General Takeda. Katsura is a stubborn, prim, fangirl, and class committee members same with Rikiya. Katsura had hated Ganbar Team, but get soft a little by little since being saved by Red Ganbar. In
Nekketsu Saikyo Gosaurer, she appears in a cameo with her father in the Takeda residence.
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Rikiya's little brother who is in Aozora Kindergarten and always acted with Akie. Tetsuya respects Rikiya but saying Red Ganbar is cooler than his brother since he saved by him, discouraging Rikiya.
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Chinatsu's little sister. Akie wants to be a journalist like her sister, and more reckless than her sister. Akie had combining the Great Ganbaruger only once.
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The coach of the
Little League Baseball
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is a 51 episode Japanese anime television series, and the first series produced for the Eldran franchise funded by Tomy and produced by Sunrise. It aired in Japan from April 3, 1991 to March 25, 1992. The story revolves around a group of el ...]
'' is because he was busy over in Aozora City with his daughter and Makaijuu (Hellbeast) attacks. He later returns one last time in
Nekketsu Saikyo Gosaurer.
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The guardian of the light of earth who gives out Raijin-Oh to Jin Hyuga one year prior. Now, he has entrusted Ganbaruger to the Ganba Team and sealed Gokuark once again. Eldran has sealed Gokuark at 400 years ago prior to Raijin-Oh's appearance and the formation of the Earth Defense Class, and now, he has been fighting against Gokuark but the result is that he had transformed into a
white dragon
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Origin of tradition
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at demon world due to a powerful, evil curse. Later, he would entrust the third Eldran Robo Gosaurer to Kenichi Minezaki and the fourth, Daiteioh to Tarou Oomomo.
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Dark
sorcerer and
servant
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of Gokurark, also a kind of Demon Beasts. although Gokurark fails his first escape attempt, he slips Yaminorius out to work on freeing him. Yaminorius swears fidelity to demon world, and has greatest magic power but it's spoiled by his blunder and goofy personality. Possessed in a human skeleton model of Aozora Elementary's science prep room usually, will materialize with preparation room's equipments, and put on his head a
flask
Flask may refer to:
Container
* Hip flask, a small container used to carry a small amount of liquid
* Laboratory flask, laboratory glassware for holding larger volumes than simple test tubes
** Erlenmeyer flask, a common laboratory flask wit ...
filled with water that's same ingredients with devil world's atmosphere. His human form is young journalist aka Mr. Yamino mainly. After his master's defeat (since he attacked his master falsely), embeds Gokuark's soul in himself, granting him more power and a slightly altered form. From this point on, until the other two demons free Gokuark from his body and restore Gokuark's power, he is able to convert pre-existing objects directly into Devil Beast. At the later, Yaminorius is loved by Ms. Aiko as human Mr. Yamino when lost memories; he showed own identity after a while, however, to shrink from Ms. Aiko to persuade to trying reform him always. Yaminorius succeeds in the revival of The Three Great Demons; in addition, he finally rebels and helps the Ganbar Team since Gokuaku began to destroy the earth; not rule it, and leaves somewhere after they defeated Three Kings. Yaminorius get away to somewhere, but returned as human Mr. Yamino to Ms. Aiko at ending.
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The first of the three
demon
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king of Demon World, originally sealed under a big rock in
shrine
A shrine ( la, scrinium "case or chest for books or papers"; Old French: ''escrin'' "box or case") is a sacred or holy sacred space, space dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor worship, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, Daemon (mythology), daem ...
at hill behind in Aozora City, so want to rules the entire universe. After his initial defeat by the Ganbar Team, he hides himself within Yaminorius, until his revived brothers pull him free once more.
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The second of the three demons. He had been sealed by the
Christ the Redeemer statue in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil, until Yamino Ryuuse broke the master seal in Japan and freed him and Retsuark. Has control of
Lightning
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.
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The last of the three demons. He had been sealed near the
Great Pyramids of Giza
The Giza pyramid complex ( ar, مجمع أهرامات الجيزة), also called the Giza necropolis, is the site on the Giza Plateau in Greater Cairo, Egypt that includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Men ...
until freed by the breaking of the combined
seal
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* Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly:
** Earless seal, or "true seal"
** Fur seal
* Seal (emblem), a device to impr ...
in Japan. Has the power of demon summoning.
Mechanics
*Specs
**Animal Mode
***Length: 20.8 meters
***Weight: 18.2 tons
***Top Speed: 1,180 kilometers per hour
***Power Output:
**Fighter Mode
***Height: 16.0 meters
***Weight: 18.2 tons
***Top Speed: 560 kilometers per hour
***Power Output:
The
robot
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piloted by Yellow Ganbar, Kotaro. It typically launches from either underneath a park, or from a
warehouse
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in a mall. In addition to its claws in beast mode, it has a pair of back
cannons
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(Go Cannon), and fire breath that it only seems to use when executing the team attack Ganbar Ninpo with Mach Eagle and King Elephant.
In robot mode, it wields the Go Saber. It forms the lower torso and upper legs of Ganbaruger.
*Specs
**Animal Mode
***Length: 17.8 meters
***Weight: 27.9 tons
***Top Speed: 380 kilometers per hour
***Power Output:
**Fighter Mode
***Height: 15.6 meters
***Weight: 35.5 tons
***Top Speed: 470 kilometers per hour
***Power Output:
This is Rikiya/Red Ganbar's vehicle. Its main launch points are under an
apartment building
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and under a highway
overpass
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. It has the King
Missile
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in its trunk in beast mode, besides crushing things with its feet, and using its
tusks
Tusks are elongated, continuously growing front teeth that protrude well beyond the mouth of certain mammal species. They are most commonly canine teeth, as with pigs and walruses, or, in the case of elephants, elongated incisors. Tusks share ...
. In robot mode it uses the King Tomahawk. It forms the legs from the knees down of Ganbaruger.
*Specs
**Animal Mode
***Length: 21.5 meters
***Weight: 16.8 tons
***Ground Movement Speed: 120 kilometers per hour
***Top Flying Speed: Mach 9.4
***Power Output:
**Fighter Mode
***Height: 16.5 meters
***Weight: 16.8 tons
***Top Speed: 620 kilometers per hour
***Power Output:
The third of the original Ganbare Team robots, controlled by Yousuke aka Blue Ganbar. It can launch from either an
intersection
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, or from under a
toll road
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, just past the
toll booths. In beast mode it has vulcans on the
wing
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s, and can twirl to create a
tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, altho ...
(Mach Cyclone), which is one of the parts of the Ganbar Ninpo team attack. In robot mode it fires the Mach Arrow. It forms the arms, wings and chest of Ganbaruger.
*Specs
**Height: 28.4 meters
**Weight: 65.7 tons
**Ground Movement Speed: 1,880 kilometers per hour
**Top Flying Speed: Mach 12.5
**Power Output:
When Koutaro activates the sequence for "" the three above robots combine into Ganbaruger. Its attacks are:
* Ganbar Fire
A stream of fire from the tiger head on the chest
* Ganbar Flare
It is the same as above, but a single ball of fire
* Ganbar
Missile
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It fires a missile form the trunk on the
shield
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* Ganbar Slugger
It throws an energy
boomerang
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created from the
mohawk Mohawk may refer to:
Related to Native Americans
*Mohawk people, an indigenous people of North America (Canada and New York)
*Mohawk language, the language spoken by the Mohawk people
*Mohawk hairstyle, from a hairstyle once thought to have been t ...
on the head
* Ganbar Flasher
Two balls of light come flying from its sides(from the
shoulders
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perhaps) and disintegrate the part of the Makaijuu they hit(arms both times it was used)
* Ganbar
Sword
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It summons the Ganbare Sword
* Ganbar Final Attack
The finisher. Energy bands launch from the tusks of the shield, holding the enemy in place while the Ganba sword is drawn out of the ground, after which it ignites. Ganbaruger then jets forward and cuts the Makaijuu into quarters, and after it explodes, extinguishes the sword with the shield's tusks.
*Specs
**Animal Mode
***Length: 29.9 meters
***Weight: 56.4 tons
***Ground Movement Speed: 2,480 kilometers per hour
***Top Flying Speed: Mach 10.2
***Power Output:
**Fighter Mode
***Height: 25.6 meters
***Weight: 47.8 tons
***Top Speed: 1,540 kilometers per hour
***Power Output:
The first of the two
reinforcements
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. Its transforming command is "", as opposed to the "Miracle Change" of the previous robots(although later on they do use Miracle Change for it a few times). Its pilot is Red Ganbare, and the
cockpit
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The cockpit of an aircraft contains flight instruments on an instrument panel, and the ...
is close to what Rikiya is used to in King Elephant. It launches from underneath a railroad crossing. In beast mode it can use its
claws
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and
teeth
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to attack, as well as fire shots form the
tail
The tail is the section at the rear end of certain kinds of animals’ bodies; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso. It is the part of the body that corresponds roughly to the sacrum and coccyx in mammals, r ...
, and in robot mode it has:
* Head Bomber
It fires shots from the "
revolver
A revolver (also called a wheel gun) is a repeating handgun that has at least one barrel and uses a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers (each holding a single cartridge) for firing. Because most revolver models hold up to six roun ...
" in the head
* Shot Blaster
It fires blasts from its rifle
The gun mode. When the command "Miracle Bussou"is given, it transforms into a huge
double-barrel gun. This mode is called the RevolBuster, and used for the finisher RevolBuster Last Fire.
*Specs
**Animal Mode
***Length: 24.8 meters
***Weight: 94.9 tons
***Ground Movement Speed: 240 kilometers per hour
***Top Flying Speed: Mach 15.4
***Power Output:
**Fighter Mode
***Height: 27.8 meters
***Weight: 60.8 tons
***Ground Movement Speed: 1,940 kilometers per hour
***Top Flying Speed: Mach 15.4
***Power Output:
Gekiryuger is the last of the reinforcements, granted to Yuusuke. Besides its
natural
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weapons
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it can fire shots from the tailguns(Back Shot) and duplicate the tornado that Mach Eagle creates(Gekiryu Hurricane). After it transforms with Miracle Henkei(and also Change later):
* Dragon Shot
It summons and fires shots from its handheld rifle
* Gekiryu
Cannon
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The first part of the major attack(and sometimes finisher). It summons two over-the-shoulder cannons and starts charging an energy blast between them.
*
Dragon
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Thunder
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Crash
The second part of the major attack. It launches the generated
plasma
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Science
* Plasma (physics), one of the four fundamental states of matter
* Plasma (mineral), a green translucent silica mineral
* Quark–gluon plasma, a state of matter in quantum chromodynamics
Biology
* Blood pla ...
ball at the enemy with a blast from the dragon head on the chest.
* There is also a nameless energy
boomerang
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launched from the head crest.
* It can also join hands with Revolger and Ganbaruger for a team attack and part-time finisher called Ultra Ganbare Ninpo. They become a wheel of flame and roll through the enemy.
*Specs
**Height: 43.8 meters
**Weight: 168.5 tons
**Ground Movement Speed: 3,800 kilometers per hour
**Top Flying Speed: Mach 32
**Power Output:
The final form. The main
torso
The torso or trunk is an anatomical term for the central part, or the core, of the body of many animals (including humans), from which the head, neck, limbs, tail and other appendages extend. The tetrapod torso — including that of a human ...
is Ganbaruger, though Revolger adds onto it, and forms the head, and lower arms at least. Gekiryuger becomes the legs, and
wing
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is expres ...
s. Its attacks are:
* Ganbar
Breast
The breast is one of two prominences located on the upper ventral region of a primate's torso. Both females and males develop breasts from the same embryological tissues.
In females, it serves as the mammary gland, which produces and secret ...
Flash
It fires an energy blast shaped like the symbol on its chest from its chest at the enemy.
* Final Ganbar
Sword
A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be straight or curved. A thrusting sword tends to have a straighter blade with a pointed ti ...
It summons the sword from a pillar of light between earth and sky. Note: It seems as if it can barely handle the weight of the sword!
* Great Final Attack
The finishing move, firing an electric blast form the sword to immobilize the enemy, then jet forward and slash it in half.
* It can also swap the hand for a
cannon
A cannon is a large- caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder ...
and fire in a nameless attack.
List of episodes
Translation
This series was dubbed into English and was part of Cartoon Network's lineup in the Philippines. The only commercially available release of this English dub is a licensed set of four ''VCD'' boxsets which include the original Japanese track as well.
Game Appearances
Ganbaruger appeared in the
Super Robot Wars
''Super Robot Wars'', known in Japan as is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Banpresto. Starting out as a spinoff of the ''Compati Hero'' series, the main feature of the franchise is ...
video game series by
Bandai Namco
also known as the Bandai Namco Group and generally Bandai Namco, is a Japanese multinational holding company, production enterprise and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, formed from the merger of Bandai and Namco on S ...
and
Banpresto
(formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in the New Territories. Banpresto was a partly-own ...
, starting with
Super Robot Wars NEO for the
Wii
The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America and in December 2006 for most other Regional lockout, regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major ho ...
, along with the other 3 Eldran robots.
References
http://www.starfox.net/hangar/eldoran/GBRobo.html
External links
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Eldran Official Website (Japanese)Sunrise's Information Page (Japanese)
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