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{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
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{{For|the god named Mars|Mars (mythology)}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Six God Combination God Mars
| name = Six God Combination God Mars
| image = Godmars.jpg
| image = God mars intertitle from 2nd opening.png
| caption = Intertitle from the second opening credits
| image_size = 230px
| caption =
| ja_kanji = 六神合体ゴッドマーズ
| ja_kanji = 六神合体ゴッドマーズ
| ja_romaji = Rokushin Gattai Goddomāzu
| ja_romaji = Roku Shin Gattai Goddo Māzu
| genre = [[Mecha anime|Mecha]], [[Drama]]
| genre = [[Mecha anime|Mecha]], [[Drama]]
| creator = [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]] (manga ''Mars'')
| creator = [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]] (manga ''Mars'')
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| NA = [[Discotek Media]]
| NA = [[Discotek Media]]
}}
}}
| network = [[Nippon Television|Nippon TV]]
| network = [[Nippon Television Network System|NNS]] ([[Nippon TV]])
| first = October 2, 1981
| first = October 2, 1981
| last = December 24, 1982
| last = December 24, 1982
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{{Infobox animanga/Video
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = OVA
| type = OVA
| title = Godmars: The Untold Legend
| title = God Mars: The Untold Legend
| director = Masakatsu Iijima
| director = Masakatsu Iijima
| producer = Tadahito Matsumoto
| producer = Tadahito Matsumoto
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{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}


{{nihongo|'''''Six God Combination God Mars'''''|六神合体ゴッドマーズ|Rokushin Gattai Goddomāzu}} is a [[Mecha anime|mecha]] [[anime]] [[television series]] that was popular during its broadcast between 1981 and 1982 in [[Japan]], [[Hong Kong]], and [[Italy]]. The series consists of 64 episodes and 2 movies. Other loosely translated names are "''Hexademon Symbiote God Mars''", "''Six God Union God Mars''", and "''Six Gods United As One Being''"; sometimes spelling the title mecha as "'''Godmars'''".
{{nihongo|'''''Six God Combination God Mars'''''|六神合体ゴッドマーズ|Roku Shin Gattai Goddo Māzu}}, commonly known in English as '''''God Mars''''', is a 1980s [[Mecha anime and manga|mecha anime]] [[Television show|television series]] that was popular during its broadcast between 1981 and 1982 in [[Japan]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[Italy]]. The series consists of 64 episodes and 2 special presentations. Other loosely translated names are "''Hexademon Symbiote God Mars''", "''Six God Union God Mars''", and "''Six Gods United As One Being''".


The anime show is loosely based on the 1976 ''[[w:ja:マーズ (漫画)|Mars]]'' manga from Shōnen Champion magazine by [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]]. God Mars is named as such to represent the mythological [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Mars (mythology)|God of war]].
This television mecha-genre anime is loosely based on the 1976 ''[[w:ja:マーズ (漫画)|Mars]]'' manga from ''[[Weekly Shōnen Champion]]'' magazine by [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]]. God Mars is named as such to represent the mythological [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Mars (mythology)|god of war]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
In the year 1999, humanity begins to advance beyond the known Solar System. The small planet Gishin, led by the Emperor Zul, who aims to conquer the galaxy, runs into conflict with Earth. He targets Earth for elimination and to do this, he sends a male baby called Mars to live among humanity. Accompanying the baby is a giant robot named Gaia, which utilizes a new power source strong enough to destroy an entire planet. As planned, Mars is expected to grow up, where he will activate the bomb within Gaia to fulfill the mission of destroying the Earth. However, when Mars arrives on Earth he is adopted into a Japanese family and given the name Takeru. Seventeen years later, Takeru grows up with a love for humanity and refuses to detonate the bomb as ordered by Zul. However, if Takeru was to die, the bomb within Gaia would explode destroying the earth.
In 1999, humanity begins to advance beyond the known Solar System. The small planet Gishin, led by Emperor Zul, who aims to conquer the galaxy, runs into conflict with Earth which he targets for elimination and to do this, he sends a male baby named Mars to live among humanity. Accompanying the baby is a giant robot named Gaia, which utilizes a new power source strong enough to destroy an entire planet. As planned, Mars is expected to grow up, where he will activate the bomb within Gaia to fulfill the mission of destroying the Earth. However, when Mars arrives on Earth he is adopted into a Japanese family and renamed Takeru. 17 years later after arrival, Takeru matures with a love for humanity and refuses to detonate the bomb as ordered by his sender, Zul. However, if Takeru was to die, the bomb within Gaia would explode destroying Earth.


Takeru possesses psychic powers ([[Extra-sensory perception|ESP]]). Takeru also can pilot the God Mars robot with his mind. Takeru decides to join the Earth defense forces and becomes a member of the Crasher Squad (an elite space-defense force), where he and his friends take a last stand against the Gishin's attack. The relationship of Takeru with his brother Marg, which as fate would have it, pitted the two against each other in the war.
Takeru possesses psychic powers ([[Extra-sensory perception|ESP]]) and also pilots the series' title super robot with mentality. He decides to join the Earth defense forces and becomes a member of the Crasher Squad (an elite space-defense force) where he and the friends he makes in his life on Earth take a last stand against his true home world Gishin's attack. The relationship of Takeru with his brother Marg, which as fate would have it, pits them against each other in the war.


Unknown to the Gishin, five other robots were created in secrecy alongside Gaia by Takeru's father and sent with Gaia to protect Takeru. Whenever Earth is in danger, Takeru is able to summon the five other robots to combine with Gaia to form the giant robot God Mars. The five other robots are Sphinx, Uranus, Titan, Shin and Ra.
Unknown to the Gishin, five other mecha were created in secrecy alongside and then sent with Gaia by Takeru's father...
* Sphinx
* Uranus
* Titan
* Shin
* Ra
...to safeguard his boy. Whenever Earth is in danger, Takeru is able to summon the five other secretly created units to combine with Gaia to assemble the title Six-God Combination God Mars. The five other robots are Sphinx, Uranus, Titan, Shin and Ra.


===Voice actors===
===Cast===
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
! Name
! Name
! Kanji/katakana
! Japanese Name
! Romanization
! Voices by
! Actor(s)
|-
|-
| Mars/Takeru Myojin || マーズ／明神タケル || [[Yū Mizushima]]
| Mars/Takeru Myojin || マーズ／明神タケル || Māzu/Myōjin Takeru || [[Yū Mizushima]]
|-
|-
| Kenji Asuka || 飛鳥ケンジ || [[Hiroya Ishimaru]]
| Kenji Asuka || 飛鳥ケンジ || Asuka Kenji || [[Hiroya Ishimaru]]
|-
|-
| Naoto Ijuin || 伊集院ナオト || [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (anime)<br>Gô Shinomiya (''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' Series)
| Naoto Ijuin || 伊集院ナオト || Ijūin Naoto || [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (anime)<br>Gô Shinomiya (''[[Super Robot Wars]]'')
|-
|-
| Mika Hyuga || 日向ミカ || [[Youko Kawanami]]
| Mika Hyuga || 日向ミカ || Hyuga Mika || [[Youko Kawanami]]
|-
|-
| Akira Kiso || 木曽アキラ || [[Yoku Shioya]]
| Akira Kiso || 木曽アキラ || Kiso Akira || [[Yoku Shioya]]
|-
|-
| Namida Akashi || 明石ナミダ || [[Eiko Yamada]]
| Namida Akashi || 明石ナミダ || Akashi Namida || [[Eiko Yamada]]
|-
|-
| Shigeru Otsuka || 大塚長官 || [[Kousei Tomita]]
| Shigeru Otsuka || 大塚長官 || Ōtsuka Shigeru || [[Kōsei Tomita]]
|-
|-
| Dr. Myojin || 明神博士 || [[Takeshi Aono]]
| Dr. Myojin (Note: This character's first name is unknown, which means he is known only with his family name) || 明神博士 || Myōjin Hakase || [[Takeshi Aono]]
|-
|-
| Shizuka Myojin || 明神静子 || [[Toshiko Maeda]]
| Shizuka Myojin || 明神静子 || Myōjin Shizuka || [[Toshiko Maeda]]
|-
|-
| Marg || マーグ || [[Yūji Mitsuya]]
| Marg || マーグ || Māgu || [[Yūji Mitsuya]]
|-
|-
| Rose || ロゼ || [[Rumiko Ukai]]
| Rose || ロゼ || Rozu || [[Rumiko Ukai]]
|-
|-
| Flore || フローレ || [[Yoshiko Sakakibara]]
| Flore || フローレ || Forōre || [[Yoshiko Sakakibara]]
|-
|-
| Gasshu || ガッシュ || [[Akio Nojima]]<br>[[Kazuyuki Sogabe]] (eps 43-44)
| Gasshu || ガッシュ || Gasshu || [[Akio Nojima]]<br>'''Special replacement for episodes 43 to 44:''' [[Kazuyuki Sogabe]]
|-
|-
| Emperor Zuul || ズール皇帝 || [[Goro Naya]]
| Emperor Zuul || ズール皇帝 || Zūru Kōtei || [[Gorō Naya]]
|-
|-
| Gyron || ギロン総統 || [[Osamu Kobayashi (voice actor)|Osamu Kobayashi]]
| Leader Gyron || ギロン総統 || Giron Sōtō || [[Osamu Kobayashi (voice actor)|Osamu Kobayashi]]
|-
|-
| Rui || ルイ || [[Kumiko Takizawa]]
| Rui || ルイ || Rui || [[Kumiko Takizawa]]
|-
| Narrator || ナレーター || [[Eiji Kanie]]
|-
|-
|}
|}


==Staff==
==Staff==
* Original Manga author and Creator: [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]]
* Original author and creator: [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]]
* Series director: Tetsuo Imazawa
* Series director: Tetsuo Imazawa
* Producer: Atsushi Shimizu, Shigeru Akagawa, Toru Horikoshi, Yasuji Takahashi
* Producer: Atsushi Shimizu, Shigeru Akagawa, Toru Horikoshi, Yasuji Takahashi
* Character Design: Hideyuki Motohashi
* Character design: Hideyuki Motohashi
* Animation director: Hideyuki Motohashi
* Animation director: Hideyuki Motohashi
* Music: Kei Wakakusa
* Music: Kei Wakakusa
* Mecha design: Hajime Kamegaki
* Mecha design: Hajime Kamegaki
* Background Art: Tsutomu Ishigaki
* Background art: Tsutomu Ishigaki
* Narration: [[Eiji Kanie]]


==Media==
==Media==
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===Original video animation===
===Original video animation===
Later in 1988, a God Mars [[Original Video Animation|OVA]] was released under the title ''God Mars: The Untold Legend'' which focused on the life of Marg, Mars' twin brother. Gaia, God Mars, and the Gishin robot Zeron receive redesigns although the OVA mostly focuses on an alternate telling of Marg's life on Gishin up until the events of episode 19.
Later in 1988 (6 years after the television series' final airing in 1982), an [[Original video animation|OVA]] was released under the title ''God Mars: The Untold Legend'' which focused on the life of Marg, Mars' twin brother. Gaia, God Mars, and the Gishin's robot Zeron receive redesigns although the OVA mostly focuses on an alternate telling of Marg's life on Gishin up until the events of the series' 19th television episode.


===Video games===
===Video games===
God Mars would go on to make guest appearances in games like ''[[Super Robot Wars]]''. In ''[[Super Robot Wars Destiny]]'' and ''[[Super Robot Wars Z]]2: Hakai-hen'', the player gets a "Game Over" whenever God Mars is destroyed, due to the God Mars storyline for the first 25 episodes. In ''Hakai-hen'', there is even a special game-over screen for when this happens.
God Mars would go on to make guest appearances in games like entries of the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series. In ''[[List of Super Robot Wars video games|Destiny]]'' and ''[[Super Robot Wars Z|Z]]2: Hakai-hen'', the player gets a "Game Over" whenever God Mars is destroyed, due to the God Mars storyline for the first 25 episodes with a special game-over screen only in '''Z2: Hakai-hen'' for when this happens.


===Home release===
==Home media==
[[Discotek Media]] has announced its license to the series at [[Otakon]] 2018 on August 12. Announced on October 23, 2018, the [[SD Blu-ray|SDBD]] set will be released on December 18, 2018. Throughout its 2 discs, it will contain the series, the movie, and the OVA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Discotekmedia/photos/a.196378827057886/2331401293555618/?type=3&theater|title=God Mars complete series and movie on SDBD Blu Ray!|accessdate=October 23, 2018|date=October 23, 2018}}</ref>
[[Discotek Media]] announced its license to the series and its post-television presentations at [[Otakon]] 2018 on August 12 and the entire series was released on a [[SD Blu-ray|SDBD]] 2-disc set on December 18 - throughout the included discs combined, it contained the series, the movie and the OVA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Discotekmedia/photos/a.196378827057886/2331401293555618/?type=3&theater|title=God Mars complete series and movie on SDBD Blu Ray!|website=[[Facebook]] |access-date=October 23, 2018|date=October 23, 2018}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
God Mars came out very early in the super-robot animation era of the 1980s, having been created by [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]] and did very well when it aired. In 1982 it won the [[Anime Grand Prix]].
God Mars came out very early in the [[super robot]] animation era of the 1980s, having been created by [[Mitsuteru Yokoyama]] and did very well in airing. In 1982 it won the [[Anime Grand Prix]].


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.tms-e.com/library/tokushu/godmars/ TMS Godmars Library] {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.tms-e.com/library/tokushu/godmars/ TMS Godmars Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206131248/http://www.tms-e.com/library/tokushu/godmars/ |date=2018-12-06 }} {{in lang|ja}}
*{{ann|anime|2033|God Mars}}
*{{ann|anime|2033|God Mars}}


{{Anime Grand Prix}}
{{Anime Grand Prix}}
{{TMS Entertainment}}
{{TMS Entertainment}}
{{TMS Entertainment films}}
{{TMS Entertainment OVAs}}


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Latest revision as of 05:54, 12 October 2023

For the god named Mars, see Mars (mythology).
Six God Combination God Mars
Intertitle from the second opening credits
六神合体ゴッドマーズ
(Roku Shin Gattai Goddo Māzu)
GenreMecha, Drama
Created byMitsuteru Yokoyama (manga Mars)
Anime television series
Directed byTetsuo Imazawa
Produced byTōru Horikoshi
Shigeru Akagawa
Atsushi Shimizu
Yasuji Takahashi
Written byKeisuke Fujikawa
Music byKei Wakakusa
StudioTokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensed by
Original networkNNS (Nippon TV)
Original run October 2, 1981 – December 24, 1982
Episodes64
Anime film
God Mars: The Movie
Directed byTetsuo Imazawa
Produced byShigeru Akagawa
Written byKeisuke Fujikawa
Music byKei Wakakusa
StudioTokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensed by
ReleasedDecember 18, 1982
Runtime97 minutes
Original video animation
God Mars: The Untold Legend
Directed byMasakatsu Iijima
Produced byTadahito Matsumoto
Written byKeisuke Fujikawa
Music byReijirō Koroku
StudioTokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensed by
ReleasedJune 5, 1988
Runtime55 minutes

Six God Combination God Mars (六神合体ゴッドマーズ, Roku Shin Gattai Goddo Māzu), commonly known in English as God Mars, is a 1980s mecha anime television series that was popular during its broadcast between 1981 and 1982 in Japan, Hong Kong and Italy. The series consists of 64 episodes and 2 special presentations. Other loosely translated names are "Hexademon Symbiote God Mars", "Six God Union God Mars", and "Six Gods United As One Being".

This television mecha-genre anime is loosely based on the 1976 Mars manga from Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. God Mars is named as such to represent the mythological Roman god of war.

Plot[edit]

In 1999, humanity begins to advance beyond the known Solar System. The small planet Gishin, led by Emperor Zul, who aims to conquer the galaxy, runs into conflict with Earth which he targets for elimination and to do this, he sends a male baby named Mars to live among humanity. Accompanying the baby is a giant robot named Gaia, which utilizes a new power source strong enough to destroy an entire planet. As planned, Mars is expected to grow up, where he will activate the bomb within Gaia to fulfill the mission of destroying the Earth. However, when Mars arrives on Earth he is adopted into a Japanese family and renamed Takeru. 17 years later after arrival, Takeru matures with a love for humanity and refuses to detonate the bomb as ordered by his sender, Zul. However, if Takeru was to die, the bomb within Gaia would explode destroying Earth.

Takeru possesses psychic powers (ESP) and also pilots the series' title super robot with mentality. He decides to join the Earth defense forces and becomes a member of the Crasher Squad (an elite space-defense force) where he and the friends he makes in his life on Earth take a last stand against his true home world Gishin's attack. The relationship of Takeru with his brother Marg, which as fate would have it, pits them against each other in the war.

Unknown to the Gishin, five other mecha were created in secrecy alongside and then sent with Gaia by Takeru's father...

  • Sphinx
  • Uranus
  • Titan
  • Shin
  • Ra

...to safeguard his boy. Whenever Earth is in danger, Takeru is able to summon the five other secretly created units to combine with Gaia to assemble the title Six-God Combination God Mars. The five other robots are Sphinx, Uranus, Titan, Shin and Ra.

Cast[edit]

Name Kanji/katakana Romanization Actor(s)
Mars/Takeru Myojin マーズ／明神タケル Māzu/Myōjin Takeru Yū Mizushima
Kenji Asuka 飛鳥ケンジ Asuka Kenji Hiroya Ishimaru
Naoto Ijuin 伊集院ナオト Ijūin Naoto Hirotaka Suzuoki (anime)
Gô Shinomiya (Super Robot Wars)
Mika Hyuga 日向ミカ Hyuga Mika Youko Kawanami
Akira Kiso 木曽アキラ Kiso Akira Yoku Shioya
Namida Akashi 明石ナミダ Akashi Namida Eiko Yamada
Shigeru Otsuka 大塚長官 Ōtsuka Shigeru Kōsei Tomita
Dr. Myojin (Note: This character's first name is unknown, which means he is known only with his family name) 明神博士 Myōjin Hakase Takeshi Aono
Shizuka Myojin 明神静子 Myōjin Shizuka Toshiko Maeda
Marg マーグ Māgu Yūji Mitsuya
Rose ロゼ Rozu Rumiko Ukai
Flore フローレ Forōre Yoshiko Sakakibara
Gasshu ガッシュ Gasshu Akio Nojima
Special replacement for episodes 43 to 44: Kazuyuki Sogabe
Emperor Zuul ズール皇帝 Zūru Kōtei Gorō Naya
Leader Gyron ギロン総統 Giron Sōtō Osamu Kobayashi
Rui ルイ Rui Kumiko Takizawa

Staff[edit]

  • Original author and creator: Mitsuteru Yokoyama
  • Series director: Tetsuo Imazawa
  • Producer: Atsushi Shimizu, Shigeru Akagawa, Toru Horikoshi, Yasuji Takahashi
  • Character design: Hideyuki Motohashi
  • Animation director: Hideyuki Motohashi
  • Music: Kei Wakakusa
  • Mecha design: Hajime Kamegaki
  • Background art: Tsutomu Ishigaki
  • Narration: Eiji Kanie

Media[edit]

Film[edit]

A compilation theatrical feature was released in 1982 called God Mars: The Movie.

Original video animation[edit]

Later in 1988 (6 years after the television series' final airing in 1982), an OVA was released under the title God Mars: The Untold Legend which focused on the life of Marg, Mars' twin brother. Gaia, God Mars, and the Gishin's robot Zeron receive redesigns although the OVA mostly focuses on an alternate telling of Marg's life on Gishin up until the events of the series' 19th television episode.

Video games[edit]

God Mars would go on to make guest appearances in games like entries of the Super Robot Wars series. In Destiny and Z2: Hakai-hen, the player gets a "Game Over" whenever God Mars is destroyed, due to the God Mars storyline for the first 25 episodes with a special game-over screen only in 'Z2: Hakai-hen for when this happens.

Home media[edit]

Discotek Media announced its license to the series and its post-television presentations at Otakon 2018 on August 12 and the entire series was released on a SDBD 2-disc set on December 18 - throughout the included discs combined, it contained the series, the movie and the OVA.[1]

Reception[edit]

God Mars came out very early in the super robot animation era of the 1980s, having been created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama and did very well in airing. In 1982 it won the Anime Grand Prix.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "God Mars complete series and movie on SDBD Blu Ray!". Facebook. October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  • Ishizuki, Saburo. Alt, Matt. Duban, Robert. Brisko Tim [2005] (2005). Super #1 Robot: Japanese Robot Toys 1972-1982. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books LLC. ISBN 0-8118-4607-5
  • Clements, Jonatha. McCarthy Helen. [2006] (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5

External links[edit]

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