, sometimes romanized as ''Getter Robot Go'' and known in the United States as ''Venger Robo'',
is a Japanese
mecha
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anime
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and
manga series and the third entry in the
''Getter Robo'' franchise originally created by
Go Nagai
, better known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with ''Meakashi Polikichi'', but is best known for creating popular 1970s ...
and
Ken Ishikawa
was a Japanese manga artist. He is renowned as the co-creator (with Go Nagai) of the ''Getter Robo'' anime series, as well as four of their subsequent manga continuations. According to Nagai, he considered Ishikawa his greatest friend and all ...
.
The anime was originally broadcast from February 11, 1991, to January 27, 1992, on
TV Setouchi
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It is one of the TX Network (TXN) stations, broadcasting in Okayama Prefecture and Kagawa Prefecture, and it is the only TXN TV station in the Chugoku-Shikoku region.
Anime produced
TV Setouchi produced a few a ...
and
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certifie ...
with a total of 50 episodes.
Along with the TV series, a few manga versions were released. One of them was released in the US under the name ''Venger Robo'' and in Spain as ''Venger Robot Go''. The anime and manga are unrelated, and while the anime is a remake of the original series, the manga is a sequel of the original manga. The international title given to the anime on Toei's website is ''Goldbang''.
"Goldbang" on http://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/
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Anime
Anime plot
In the year 200X, Doctor Rando, a genius scientist gone mad, has broken the peace on the Earth by trying to conquer the world from his Polar base, using an army of his Metal Beasts, super robots developed by him to conquer the world and led by his genetically created officers. No regular weapons seem to work against the Metal Beasts. To combat him, Japan's Defense Agency requests the cooperation of NISAR, the Japan International Aerospace Corporation, which has developed a robot, the Getter Robo. Dr. Tachibana, the head of the Getter Robo project, is reluctant to use the robot for battle. Despite this, Getter Robo, piloted by Go Ichimonji (later joined by Sho Tachibana and Gai Daido), is able to defeat a Metal Beast with the sacrifice of Shinichi, the son of Dr. Tachibana. This prompts the improvement of Getter to make it a transforming machine piloted by three persons, capable of defeating the Metal Beasts and stopping Dr. Rando from conquering the world.
Episodes
Source(s)
Staff and production notes
*Airtime: Monday, 18:30-19:00
*Network: TV Setouchi, TV Tokyo
*Production: TV Setouchi, BigWest, Toei Company
*Animation studio: Toei Animation
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*Planning: Yoshimasa Onishi (BigWest), Kenji Yokoyama (Toei)
*Planning cooperation: Dynamic Planning
is a licensing company owned by manga artist Go Nagai. It was established in 1974 as a sister company of Dynamic Productions.
Dynamic Planning is credited in all of Go Nagai's animated works since 1974 as the "planner" and/or "producer".
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*Producer: Chiyo Okazaki (TV Setouchi), Tatsuya Yoshida (Toei)
*Original work: Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa
*Music: Michiaki Watanabe
, born , (August 19, 1925 – June 23, 2022) was a Japanese film score and television score composer. He worked on various tokusatsu shows and mecha anime.
Personal life
His son, Toshiyuki Watanabe
Toshiyuki Watanabe (渡辺 俊幸 ''Watanabe ...
*Chief animation director: Joji Oshima
*Series director: Hiroki Shibata
*Series composition: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
*Script: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, Yukiyoshi Ohashi, Junki Takegami, Shoji Tonoike, Katsuhiko Chiba
*Episode direction: Hiroki Shibata, Toru Yamada, Yoshikata Nitta, Masayuki Akechi, Takao Yoshizawa, Takenori Kawada
*Animation supervisor: Joji Oshima, Yuji Hakamada, Takahiro Kagami, Keiichi Sato, Joji Kikuchi, Seiya Nakahira, Takashi Nashizawa, Satoru Minowa, Masahiko Okura
*Art: Shinzo Ko, Kayoko Koitabashi, Masazumi Matsumiya, Ryu Tomamura
Source(s)
The anime is a remake of the original '' Getter Robot'' series with no real relationship with the previous anime or manga. Each episode features a different metal beast enemy, a similar format to the anime television series ''Mazinger Z
is a Japanese super robot manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later was reissued in Kodansha ''TV Magazin ...
''. The design of the Getter Robot has some features reminiscent of Mazinger Z, such as a "Rocket Punch" attack. The series also marked the renewal of business relationships between Toei Animation and Go Nagai, which were interrupted by the conflict with '' Daiku Maryu Gaiking''.
Theme songs
*Opening 1: (lyrics by Bun Onoe, composition by Daiji Okai, arrangement by Hiroshi Toyama & Daiji Okai, song by Hiroyuki Takami)
*Ending 1: ''Grievous Rain'' (lyrics by Bun Onoe, composition by Daiji Okai, arrangement by Hiroshi Toyama, song by Hiroyuki Takami)
*Opening 2: (lyrics by Kang Jin-hwa
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, composition & arrangement by Michiaki Watanabe
, born , (August 19, 1925 – June 23, 2022) was a Japanese film score and television score composer. He worked on various tokusatsu shows and mecha anime.
Personal life
His son, Toshiyuki Watanabe
Toshiyuki Watanabe (渡辺 俊幸 ''Watanabe ...
, song by Ichiro Mizuki, chorus by )
*Ending 2: (lyrics by Kang Jin-hwa, composition & arrangement by Michiaki Watanabe, song by Ichiro Mizuki)
Source(s)
Media
Home video
The series was released on Laserdisc by Toei Video. Toei also released the series on DVD:
Music
The opening and ending themes have been released as singles and have been compiled in albums of the artists who performed them. The soundtrack is available in two CDs, one of which was re-released years later,
The opening and ending themes are available in several compilation albums of the ''Getter Robot'' series.
Manga
Three manga versions were published with the release of the TV series. Two of them were drawn by Tatsuo Yasuda, the first one was published in the magazine '' TV-kun'' from to and the chapters have been collected into a single volume. The second one was published in the magazine '' Bessatsu Coro Coro Comic Special'' from to and the chapters have been collected into a single volume too. Both of these versions were published by Shogakukan
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Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the H ...
.
Another version, written and illustrated by Ken Ishikawa
was a Japanese manga artist. He is renowned as the co-creator (with Go Nagai) of the ''Getter Robo'' anime series, as well as four of their subsequent manga continuations. According to Nagai, he considered Ishikawa his greatest friend and all ...
under the supervision of Go Nagai
, better known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with ''Meakashi Polikichi'', but is best known for creating popular 1970s ...
, was published in the magazine '' Shōnen Captain'', published by Tokuma Shoten
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, from February 1991 to May 1993. This version was originally compiled in 7 volumes, and later reprinted in other collections published by Daitosha (5 volumes) and Futabasha
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(3 volumes).
From this manga, the first stories were published in the United States by Viz Media
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in 1993 in 7 issues (not volumes) under the name ''Venger Robo''.
Some of these numbers were also published in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini
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in 1995, under the name ''Venger Robot Go''. In France, the series was published from 1999 to 2001 for a total of 5 volumes by Dynamic Vision. A volume of the series was also published in South Korea
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by Seoul Cultural Publishers. In Italy, the series was published integrally as part of the ''Getter Saga'' series, which included all ''Getter Robot'' series in a single series of 12 volumes. There are a lot of major differences between Ken Ishikawa's version and the TV version. The whole plot is rewritten to match as the sequel to the last series, Getter Robo G
, known as ''Starvengers'' in the United States, is a super robot anime series by Toei Animation based on ''Hundred Demons Empire'' arc of ''Getter Robo'' manga by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa. This direct sequel to ''Getter Robo'' was broadc ...
as well as incorporating characters and storyline that would later be adapted in the OAVs Getter Robo Armageddon
''Getter Robo Armageddon'', known in Japan as , is an OVA released between August 25, 1998 to May 25, 1999 by Bandai Visual and was animated by Brain's Base and Studio OX. The OVA is based on the manga and anime series ''Getter Robo'', create ...
and Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo
is an anime OVA series based on the works of Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa. It was released in four episodes on four DVDs ranging from December 2000 to June 2001.
''Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo'' draws heavily from Ken Ishikawa's manga ...
. Another interesting thing is the debut of the iconic Shin Getter Robo in the Manga's 5th volume.
Manga plot
Sixteen years after Ryouma Nagare, Hayato Jin and Benkei Kuruma defeated the , research has begun to develop a new set of Getter Machines in order to fight the threat of a new, cyborg-like species known as Metal Beasts, led by the evil Professor Rando of the "Vega Zone". Leading this project is Hayato himself, who soon scouts and enlists three young pilots: Go Ichimonji, a young professional athlete, Sho Tachibana, the daughter of Prof. Tachibana (leader of the Getter-Go project) and a skilled sword-fighter, and Gai Daidou, a former Getter mechanic. Together, these three pilots use a new set of Getter Machines to form the super robot known as "Getter Robo Go", and begin a battle to stop Rando once and for all.
Manga exclusive characters
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References
External links
''Getter Robo Go Toei Animation official website''
at ''The World of Go Nagai'' webpage.
''Getter Robot Go'' (manga)
at D/visual
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It was established in October 2002 by Federico Colpi and Ka ...
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