Getter Robo
| Getter Robo | ||||||||||
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| Original title | ゲ ッ タ ー ロ ボ | |||||||||
| transcription | Gettā Robo | |||||||||
| genre | Science fiction , mecha , action | |||||||||
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| country |
 Japan
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| author | Go Nagai | |||||||||
| Illustrator | Ken Ishikawa | |||||||||
| publishing company | Shogakukan | |||||||||
| magazine | Shōnen Sunday | |||||||||
| First publication | April 7, 1974 - May 18, 1975 | |||||||||
| expenditure | 5 | |||||||||
| Anime television series | ||||||||||
| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese | |||||||||
| Year (s) | 1974-1975 | |||||||||
| Studio | Toei animation | |||||||||
| length | 25 minutes | |||||||||
| Episodes | 51 | |||||||||
| music | Shunsuke Kikuchi | |||||||||
| First broadcast | April 4, 1974 on Fuji TV | |||||||||
| Offshoot | ||||||||||
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Getter Robo ( Japanese ゲ ッ タ ー ロ ボ , Gettā Robo ) is a manga series by author Go Nagai and illustrator Ken Ishikawa , which appeared in Japan in 1974 and 1975. The Mecha series was continued several times and adapted as an anime . The title originally comes from the Japanese word gettā - "connect", since the robots of the three heroes can connect. This ability was later adopted in many other series.
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Three combat robots were developed by Professor Saotome: Getter-1 for the air, Getter-2 for the land and Getter-3 for the sea. Three pilots are selected for them: Ryoma, Hayato and Musashi. With the robots you are supposed to protect mankind from the dinosaurs that have survived inside the earth and want to rule the surface again. If the fight is not manageable for the individual robots, they can unite to form a particularly powerful, large robot. Depending on the combination order, the skilful dragon, the agile raiga or the strong Poseidon are created.
Publication and other mangas
The manga was published from April 1974 to May 1975 in Shōnen Sunday magazine by Shogakukan . This brought out the chapters in five anthologies. An Italian translation was published in several editions by Dynamic Italia, d / visual and J-Pop.
In 1979 and 1980 the series Shogun Warriors appeared in the USA , the stories of which were composed of various Japanese mangas with combat robots, including Getter Robo . Another US adaptation was Venger Robo , which was created by Viz Media and also came out in France and Italy. Other offshoots by the same artists as the original followed: 1975 Getter Robo G , which in turn received its own anime adaptations, Getter Robo Ark and Shin Getter Robo . Go Nagai's manga also appeared in 1991 for the anime offshoot Getter Robo Go .
In 2008, the manga offshoot Gisho Getter Robo Dash, created by Hideaki Nishikawa , was released . In December 2015 the series Getter Robo Devolution: Uchū Saigo no 3-bun Kan by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi started in the magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Champion by Akita Shoten . In 2017, Kindai Mājan published the series Getter Robo High by author Bingo Morihashi and illustrator Drill Jiru . The Mah-Jongg-Manga connects the game with the fighting robot from Getter Robo .
Anime
At the Toei Animation studio , an adaptation of the manga was made as an anime series for Japanese television in 51 episodes under the direction of various directors . The character design was created by Kazuo Komatsubara and Tadanao Tsuji was responsible for other designs . The 25-minute episodes were broadcast on Fuji TV from April 4, 1974 to May 8, 1975 . They have also been shown several times on Italian television and in the Philippines.
A 25-minute film about Getter Robo was released in Japanese cinemas as early as July 1974 . Immediately after the first series, the anime adaptation of the sequel Getter Robo G was shown, which also made it to the USA as Starvengers and was shown there as part of the Force Five series consisting of five Japanese series . There were also several crossovers with Mazinger Z - also a series by Go Nagai. In 1991 the new story Getter Robo Go followed with the same robots but a new team, which was then implemented as a manga. Later three original video animations appeared :
- 1998: Shin Getter Robo , 13 episodes of 30 minutes each, a continuation of the first series from 1974
- 2000: Shin Getter Robo tai Neo Getter Robo , 4 episodes of 30 min each, continuation after the first OVA
- 2004: Shin Getter Robo , 13 episodes of 25 min each
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Ryōma Nagare | Akira Kamiya |
| Hayato Jin | Keaton Yamada |
| Musashi Tomoe | Toku Nishio |
music
The music in the series was composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi . The opening song is Getter Robo by Isao Sasaki and Koorogi '73, the closing title is Gattai! Getter Robo by Isao Sasaki.
Reception and aftermath
The series was a huge hit when it first aired and remained popular for a long time. Getter Robo was referred to in science fiction anime until the 1990s . The getter Robo Go was then a failure that was too far removed from the original, according to the Anime Encyclopedia .
Getter Robo introduced the principle of combinable robots into the mecha genre, which was adopted by many subsequent series and had an impact up to Transformers . The principle also had a positive effect in production in terms of the recyclability of animation films and the evaluability of the series in the form of toys. Bandai , who sold toys for Getter Robo , took over the transformability and, if possible, the modularization of the robots as a principle for many subsequent toy cooperations for anime series.
Web links
- Entry on the manga and the adaptations on Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Fred Patten: Watching Anime, Reading Manga - 25 Years of Essays and Reviews . Stone Bridge Press, 2004. pp. 296, 300.
- ↑ a b c d e Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 227 f .
- ↑ Getter Robo Inspires Mahjong-Themed Manga. Anime News Network, December 1, 2016, accessed November 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Trish Ledoux, Doug Ranney: The Complete Anime Guide . Tiger Mountain Press, Issaquah 1995, ISBN 0-9649542-3-0 , pp. 22nd f .
- ↑ Jonathan Clements : Anime - A History . Palgrave Macmillan 2013. pp. 88f, 151. ISBN 978-1-84457-390-5 .
- ↑ Patrick Drazen: Anime Explosion! - The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation , p. 9. Stone Bridge Press, 2002. (English)