is a Japanese
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
television series that aired in 1979 to 1981. There were 73 episodes. It is also referred to as ''Champion of Gordian'' or ''Gardian''.
Original Story
The Earth had become a wasteland of deserts as the survivors work to rebuild communities. Daigo Otaki is a young orphan raised by his uncle. Becoming an adult, Daigo discovers that Victor City was in fact planned by his father who was a genius scientist. Daigo's sister Saori had been managing it. She pleaded with Daigo to take on the inheritance that Daigo's father left him, a super robot system known as Gordian. Daigo would join the Mechacon mechanic combat 18th
regiment
A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service and/or a specialisation.
In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscripted ...
unit, an organization of law enforcers that defend Victor City against attacks from the Madokuta organization.
Concept
The pilot Daigo Otaki controls a small almost human-sized robot container named Protteser. Each time Protteser is in trouble, he jumps into the next biggest robot container named Delinger. Then finally the largest container is Garbin.
Characters
Staff
* Series Directors
Masamune Ochiai
Kunihiko Okazaki
* Series Composition
Yu Yamamoto
* Design
Ippei Kuri
, real name , is a Japanese manga artist and the third president of animation production company Tatsunoko Pro.
History
Ippei Kuri was born Toyoharu Yoshida on January 1, 1940, in Kyoto. As a child, he read comics such as ''Superman'' that were di ...
* Animator
Kazuhiko Udagawa
* Music
Masaaki Jinbo
Masayuki Yamamoto
Merchandise
The original released toy set comes with all 3 robots and the human pilot. The 3 robots ranking from biggest to smallest, Garbin, Delinger, Protteser were respectively released as GB-11, GB-10, GB-09 by Popy pleasure. Their upper
sternum
The sternum or breastbone is a long flat bone located in the central part of the chest. It connects to the ribs via cartilage and forms the front of the rib cage, thus helping to protect the heart, lungs, and major blood vessels from injury. Sh ...
is also numbered 3, 2, 1. Though these numbers do not appear in the cartoon at all. It was sold in the US as "Gardian" under the
Godaikin
Godaikin or GoDaiKin (a combination of ''gokin'' (合金, "alloy") and ''dai'' (大, "big"/"great")) was a line of Super Robot toys released by Bandai America from 1982 to 1985, composed of figures from Popy-created series such as ''Chogokin'' and ...
line. Gordian was later reappropriated as Baikanfū in
Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos.
Availability outside Japan
Anime Sols funded the legal streaming of the show.
References
Sources
*Ishizuki, Saburo. Alt, Matt. Duban, Robert. Brisko Tim
005(2005). ''Super #1 Robot: Japanese Robot Toys 1972-1982''. San Francisco: Chronicle Books LLC.
External links
Tatsunoko Pro.
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1979 anime television series debuts
1981 Japanese television series endings
Super robot anime and manga
Tatsunoko Production
TV Tokyo original programming