Anime Profile: Giant Robo: The Animation- The Day the Earth Stood Still!
Fields | USA Info | Japanese Info | Image |
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Title | Giant Robo: The Animation- The Day the Earth Stood Still! | Tetsu Koujin (ι΅η²δΊΊTHE ANIMATION) ("Giant Robo: The Animation") |  |
· · · | Giant Robo: The Animation | ||
Released | 7 OVA episodes, 3 OVA specials (GinRei Special) | ||
Dates | 1994 (Manga Entertainmant), October 26, 2004 (AnimeWorks) | July 2, 1992βJanuary 25, 1998 | |
Company | U.S. Renditions (1st VHS Release), Manga Ent. (2nd VHS Release), AnimeWorks (DVD) | Mu Animation Studio, Amuse Video, Bandai Visual | |
Creator | Mitsuteru Yokoyama | ||
Director | Yasuhiro Imagawa | ||
Genre | Action, Adventure, Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi | Action, Adventure, Drama, Mecha, Sci-Fi | |
Characters | Daisaku Kusama β | Daisaku Kusama β | |
· · · | Doujin Issei β | Doujin Issei β | |
· · · | Dr. Franken von Folger β | Dr. Franken von Vulgar β | |
· · · | Dr. Shizuma β | Dr. Shizuma β | |
· · · | Genya;Emanuel von Folger β | Genya; Emanuel von Vulgar β | |
· · · | -- more listed below -- | -- more listed below -- |
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Characters: Giant Robo: The Animation- The Day the Earth Stood Still!
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Japanese Name |
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Japanese Name |
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| Daisaku Kusama β | Daisaku Kusama β | Kenji Murasame β | Kenji Murasame β | |
| Doujin Issei β | Doujin Issei β | Ko-Enshaku β | Ko-Enshaku β | |
| Dr. Franken von Folger β | Dr. Franken von Vulgar β | Professor Go β | Go Gakujin-sensei β | |
| Dr. Shizuma β | Dr. Shizuma β | Shocking Alberto (Lord Alberto) β | Shogeki no Albert β | |
| Genya;Emanuel von Folger β | Genya; Emanuel von Vulgar β | Taiso Semenjyu β | Taisou Shinkou β | |
| Giant Robo β | Giant Robo β | Tetsygu β | Koku Senpuu β | |
| Ginrei (Famelle von Folger) β | Ginrei (Famelle von Vulgar) β | Youshi Semenjyu β | Youshi Semenjyu; Yoshi the Blue Face β | |
| Ivan, the Terrible β | Iwan, the Terrible β |
Description: Giant Robo: The Animation- The Day the Earth Stood Still!
Set against a backdrop of mystery, intrigue, super-science and super powers, Giant Robo: The Animation tells the tale of young Daisaku Kusama, a 12 year-old boy who must come to grips with his earth-shaking responsibility.
Daisaku is bequeathed control of Giant Robo, the mightiest robot in the world--a steel juggernaut with the speed of a rocket and the size, strength, and armarment of a battleship--by his dying father, Dr. Kusama, along with his father's two final requests: to protect the world and find the answer to the question, "Can happiness be achieved without sacrifice?"
Despite his youth and immaturity, Daisaku must learn to quickly face the resposibilities he now has as sole controller of the most awesomely powerful and destructive mobile weapons platform in the history of the human race.
Why? Because Giant Robo is mankind's best defense against the evil organization Bigfire (Bf Dan)--a secret, super-hi-tech criminal army, it's legion of giant robots, and it's super-powered elite agents, The Magnifient Ten. All three group's sole motivation for existense is a simple one for an organization with Bigfire's resources and materielle--ABSOLUTE domination of the world in service to their supreme master--the mysterious, and powerful Lord Bigfire. This goal would already have been accomplished but for one event....
Although Bigfire created Giant Robo, it was stolen by Daisaku, with aid from the group that would become his new guardians, mentors, and protectors, The Experts Of Justice--which includes the sub-group, The Celestial 9--also an elite cadre of super-powered secret agents. Both groups were formed by the International Police Organization, with their purpose being to thwart Bigfire in it's efforts to subjegate mankind. Efforts that are aided immensely by the presence of Daisaku and Giant Robo amongst their ranks. This assistance helps turn the tide for the International Police Organization against Bigfire, but alas, this also comes at great cost, as Bigfire continually seeks to recapture Daisaku, forcing the Experts Of Justice to loose many good agents in his defense....
The seven episodes in the anime serve to tell a chapter in ongoing war between the International Police Organization and Bigfire, the story itself revolving around Bigfire's attempt to gain control of all the world's Shizuma Drives--an infintely renewable and pollution free energy source that has replaced all other energy resources, but also AT A PRICE, one that now could spell destruction for all life on Earth....
