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Mechander Robo

Original story

The Doron Empire, hailing from the Ganymede system came to Earth in order to conquer it. General Doron already overthrew the queen Medusa of Ganymede in the Magellan star cluster. Earth’s defenses were no match; in a matter of days, 95% of the Earth fell under Doron’s occupation. Doctor Shikishima, a brilliant scientist, places his last hopes for Earth in a robot (Mechander Robo) that he has created. The mother of Jimi would be reborn into a cyborg who is now the leader of the opposing forces and her memory could not recall the past.

Production note

The production company was plagued with bankruptcy issues, so the main sponsors forced the studios to reuse footage from old episodes to patch newer episodes without redrawing new animation. The final episode was merely a complete recap of the series.

Concept

Mechander Robo following combination

Three command jets – Mechander-1, Mechander-2 and Mechander-3 – combine to form one larger jet known as Mechander Max, which would then would dock at the back of Mechander Robo. Some of the trademark weapons include spiked shields, missile pod forearms, chest flame throwers and missiles shaped like sharks. Halfway through the series, Mechander Robo is severely damaged, but is rebuilt as four component ships combining to form the robot before docking with Mechnder Max.

Despite the show targeting young audiences at the time, and that the opposing forces were robots, the attack techniques and damages in battle are quite violent by today’s standards.

Staff

Additional Director

Takashi Anno

Yasuo Hasegawa

Masayuki Hayashi

Producer

Sumio Takahashi

Screenwriter

Jaruhiko Kaido

Designer

Nobuhiro Okasako

Tsuneo Ninomiya

Mechanical Designer

Kunio Okawara

Animator

Satoshi Touzan

Tsuneo Ninomiya

Masayuki Hayashi

Satoshi Tozan

Takeshi Honda

Music

Michiaki Watanabe

Opening theme

“Tri-Attack! Mechander Robo” by Ichiro Mizuki and the Columbia Cradle Club

Characters

Name

Vehicle

Voices by

Narrator

Kouji Nakata

Jimmy Orion

Mechander-1

Akira Kamiya

Kojiro Hachijima (Marcus Vance)

Mechander-2

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Ryosuke Shikishima (David Humbolt)

Toraika B-3

Akio Nojima

Mika Shikishima (Jenny Humbolt)

Keiko Yokozawa

General Ozmel (Gen. Goznel)

Masane Tsukayama

Professor Shikishima (Prof. Humbolt)

Masaya Taki

Medusa

Natsuko Fuji

Video game appearance

Mechander Robo debuted in the Super Robot Wars series as part of Super Robot Wars Compact 3 for the Wonderswan Color. True to the anime, if Mechander is deployed and a certain amount of turns pass, the devastating Omega Missile will appear and attempt to destroy the robot (as well as the other robots on the player’s force).

Toys

During the series’ release, a toy of Mechander Robo was released by Bullmark.

In 2009, CM’s Corporation released an 18 cm. action figure of Mechander Robo as part of the Mecha Action Series line. The figure features a Mechander Max jet that docks in the back, as well as cargo bays on the feet to store either the Triger-3 ship, the New Triger or two Jaws shark missiles. The forearm shields can combine into the Mechander UFO weapon. Other accessories include the Mechander Fencer sword, additional hands and an Omega Missile. A second edition in a metallic finish was also released.

References

^ Clements, Jonatha. McCarthy Helen. (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5

^ Mechander Robo Transformation

^ ToyBoxDX Brog – Forever Young: Bullmark Zinclon Young Mekanda Robo

^ HobbyLink Japan – Mecha Action Series Mechander Robo

^ HobbyLink Japan – Mechander Robo Standard Version Limited Edition Metallic Color

Categories: Anime series | Super Robots | Mecha anime and manga | Anime of 1977 | Japanese television series | Anime featured in the Super Robot Wars seriesHidden categories: Articles needing additional references from April 2008 | All articles needing additional references | Articles containing Japanese language text | Wikipedia requested photographs of anime and manga
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