Gold orak
Goldorak ( Japanese UFO ロ ボ グ レ ン ダ イ ザ ーUFOrobo gurendaizā ) is a manga by the Japanese artist Go Nagai , which was also implemented as an anime and was also presented under Grendizer in many countries . It is the first to address the relationship between combat robots and their pilots.
Goldorak is known in the USA and in Arabic-speaking countries as Grandizer , in Germany, Sweden, France and Canada as Goldorak and in Italy and Malta as Atlas Ufo Robot Goldrake .
action
The strategist Vega plans to rule the universe, and for this purpose assigns the human-like inhabitants of the planet Euphoria to create an army of combat robots. When he has enough robots, he devastates Euphoria. Shortly before, however, Prince Actarus was able to flee from his homeworld with the secret, emergency super combat robot Goldorak . After a long odyssey in space, he finally falls close to death on earth. The Japanese space organization retrieves the find and helps the prince. Professor Genzo Umon adopts Actarus and gives him the code name Daisuke Umon.
Actarus / Daisuke reports on the threat to the earth from Vega and explains that he wants to take revenge on Vega and his armed forces and wants to protect the earth with all his might. He is supported by Alcor (former pilot of Mazinger Z ), who controls the Double Spacer for air missions, and Hikaru Makiba, the pilot of the Marine Spacer for underwater missions.
In episode 49, Actarus finds his sister Maria Grace, whom he previously thought was dead. She was saved from the devastation of her home planet by a servant of the royal family and brought to earth. Maria Actarus later helps against Vega and controls the drill spacer for operations underground.
After numerous battles, Duke succeeds in killing Vega with the help of Goldorak and destroying his armies. Eventually Actarus and Maria return to Euphoria to rebuild their planet.
Characters
- Actarus ( code name: Daisuke Umon )
- He is the pilot of the space robot Grendizer and the crown prince of the planet Fleed. When his planet was invaded by Vega, he stole the Vega owned Grendizer and sought refuge on earth. There he was adopted by Professor Genzo Umon, who gave him the code name Daisuke Umon in order to hide his identity from his enemies. Duke Fleed is sensitive and a pacifist. He is known in the USA as Orion Quest / Johnny Bryant, in France as Prince d'Euphor / Actarus and in Italy as Duke Fleed / Actarus.
- Alcor
- The impetuous former pilot of the Mazinger Z robot is a friend of Duke Fleed and controls the Double Spacer. Kouji is known as Lance Hyatt in the US and Alcor in France and Italy.
- Vega
- Conqueror of the planet Fleed and main enemy of Actarus, also called "The Strategist".
- Professor Genzo Umon
- The scientist is the head of the space science laboratory. When Actarus came to Earth, Professor Umon adopted him. He is known in the USA as Professor Valconian, in France as Professeur Procyon and in Italy as Dottore Procton.
- Hikaru Makiba
- She is the pilot of the Marine Spacer and is secretly in love with Actarus. It is known as Vénusia in France and Venusia in Italy.
- Danbi Makiba
- He is the father of Hikaru. Danbi Makiba is known as Rigel in France and Italy.
- Maria Grace
- She is the sister of Actarus and the princess of the planet Fleed. She controls the drill spacer. Duke initially believed that his sister was murdered while conquering the planet. In reality, however, she was saved by a loyal servant and brought to earth, where the siblings found themselves again. Maria is in love with Kouji Kabuto. It is known as Phenicia in France.
Origin and publications
Manga
Goldorak / Grendizer appeared in Japan from October 1975 to May 1976 in individual chapters in the Manga magazine Terebi Magazine of the Kodansha publishing house. These individual chapters have also been summarized in two anthologies.
Anime
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | UFO ロ ボ グ レ ン ダ イ ザ ー UFOrobo gurendaizā |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 1975-1977 |
| Episodes | 74 |
| genre | Mecha |
| idea | Go Nagai |
| First broadcast | October 5th, 1975 on Fuji TV |
On the basis of the manga Toei Animation produced a television series with 74 episodes, which was broadcast in Japan from October 5, 1975 to February 27, 1977 once a week in the evening program on Fuji TV . In addition, four movies were made, two of which were produced unofficially.
While Goldorak z. B. achieved high ratings in the afternoon program in France after its launch in 1978, ARD and ZDF refused to broadcast it in Germany because the series was classified as "too brutal". In German, Grendizer only released four episodes on Super 8 film under the title Goldorak at the end of the 1970s and one film on VHS , Betamax and Video 2000 in the early 1980s , using the French version as source material .