Getter Robo Go

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• Airtime: Monday, 18:30-19:00
• Network: TV Setouchi, TV Tokyo
• Production: TV Setouchi, BigWest, Toei Company
• Animation studio: Toei Animation
• Planning: Yoshimasa Onishi (BigWest), Kenji Yokoyama (Toei)
• Planning cooperation: Dynamic Planning
• Producer: Chiyo Okazaki (TV Setouchi), Tatsuya Yoshida (Toei)
• Original work: Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa
• Music: Michiaki 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

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The anime is a remake of the original Getter Robo 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. The design of the Getter Robo 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.

• Opening 1: 21st century boy (21世紀少年 (21st century boy), 21 seiki shōnen (21st century boy)) (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: Getter Robo Go (ゲッターロボ號, gettā robo gō) (lyrics by Kang Jin-hwa, composition & arrangement by Michiaki Watanabe, song by Ichiro Mizuki, chorus by Mori no Ki Jidogasshodan (森の木児童合唱団))
• Ending 2: Tomodachi ni Naritai (友だちになりたい) (lyrics by Kang Jin-hwa, composition & arrangement by Michiaki Watanabe, song by Ichiro Mizuki)

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The series was released on Laserdisc by Toei Video.[11][12] Toei also released the series on DVD:

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 Robo series.

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 December 28, 1990 (1990-12-28) to April 30, 1991 (1991-04-30) and the chapters have been collected into a single volume.[33] The second one was published in the magazine Bessatsu Coro Coro Comic Special from February 1991 (1991-02) to June 1991 (1991-06) and the chapters have been collected into a single volume too.[34][35] Both of these versions were published by Shogakukan.

Another version, written and illustrated by Ken Ishikawa under the supervision of Go Nagai, was published in the magazine Shōnen Captain, published by Tokuma Shoten, from February 1991 to May 1993.[33][36] This version was originally compiled in 7 volumes, and later reprinted in other collections published by Daitosha (5 volumes) and Futabasha (3 volumes).

From this manga, the first stories were published in the United States by Viz Media in 1993 in 7 issues (not volumes) under the name Venger Robo.[1]

Some of these numbers were also published in Spain by Planeta DeAgostini 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.[37] A volume of the series was also published in South Korea by Seoul Cultural Publishers.[37] 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.[38] 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 as well as incorporating characters and storyline that would later be adapted in the OAVs Getter Robo Armageddon and Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo. Another interesting thing is the debut of the iconic Shin Getter Robo in the Manga's 5th volume.

Sixteen years after Ryouma Nagare, Hayato Jin and Benkei Kuruma defeated the Hundred Oni Empire (百鬼帝国, Hyakki Teikoku), 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.

• Hayato Jin (神隼 人)
• Ryoma Nagare (流 竜馬)
• Kei Minamikaze (南風渓)
• Schwartz Koff (シュワルツ・コフ)
• Messiah Tahir (メシア・タイール)
• Empress Jatego (女帝ジャテーゴ)