Getter Robo Go

Getter Robo Go
Cover of Getter Robot Go Ongakushu CD album. From left to right, characters Gai, Go and Sho, and Getter Robot's main form in the back.
ゲッターロボ號 (Gettā Robo Gō)
Genre	Mecha
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroki Shibata
Produced by	Chiyo Okazaki Tatsuya Yoshida
Written by	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama Yukiyoshi Ohashi Junki Takegami Shoji Tonoike Katsuhiko Chiba
Music by	Michiaki Watanabe
Studio	Toei Animation
Network	TV Tokyo TV Setouchi
Original run	February 11, 1991 – January 27, 1992
Episodes	50
Manga
Written by	Tatsuya Yasuda
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Kodomo
Magazine	TV-kun
Original run	December 28, 1990 – April 30, 1991
Volumes	1
Manga
Written by	Tatsuya Yasuda
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Kodomo
Magazine	Bessatsu Coro Coro Comic Special
Original run	February 1991 – February 1992
Volumes	1
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Ken Ishikawa
Published by	Tokuma Shoten Daitosha
English publisher	^US Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Monthly Shōnen Captain
Original run	February 1991 – May 1993
Volumes	7

Getter Robo Go (ゲッターロボ號 Gettā Robo Gō) or Getter Robot Go, also known as Venger Robo or Venger Robot Go outside Japan, is a Japanese mecha anime and manga series created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa.

The anime was originally broadcast from February 11, 1991 to January 27, 1992 on TV Setouchi and TV Tokyo with a total of 50 episodes.^[1][2][3][4] Along with the TV series, a few manga versions were released. One of them was released in the US under the name Venger Robo and in Spain as Venger Robot Go. The anime and manga are unrelated, and while the anime is a remake of the original series, the manga is a sequel of the original manga. The series is sometimes wrongly written in Japanese as ゲッターロボ号.

Anime

Anime plot

In the year 200X, Doctor Rando, a genius scientist gone mad, has broken the peace on the Earth by trying to conquer the world from his Polar base, using an army of his Metal Beasts, super robots developed by him to conquer the world and led by his genetically created officers. No regular weapons seem to work against the Metal Beasts. To combat him, Japan's Defense Agency request the cooperation of NISAR, the Japan International Aerospace Corporation, which has developed a robot, the Getter Robo. Dr. Tachibana, the head of the Getter Robo project, is reluctant to use the robot for battle. Despite this, Getter Robo, piloted by Go Ichimonji (later joined by Sho Tachibana and Daido Gai), is able to defeat a Metal Beast with the sacrifice of Shinichi, the son of Dr. Tachibana. This prompts the improvement of Getter to make it a transforming machine piloted by three persons, capable of defeating the Metal Beasts and stopping Dr. Rando from conquering the world.

Episodes

#	Title	Director	Writer	Original release date
1	"shutsudō!! buki naki tatakai" (出動!! 武器なき戦い)	Hiroki Shibata	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	February 11, 1991
2	"batoru heri kōbōsen" (バトルヘリ攻防戦)	Toru Yamada	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	February 18, 1991
3	"busō seyo! gettā robo" (武装せよ!ゲッターロボ)	Yoshikata Nitta	Junki Takegami	February 25, 1991
4	"daburu bonbā sakuretsu!!" (ダブルボンバー炸裂!!)	Masayuki Akechi	Shoji Tonoike	March 4, 1991
5	"gai, kesshi no daibingu" (剴、決死のダイビング)	Takao Yoshizawa	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	March 11, 1991
6	"tachibana-hakase dakkaisakusen!" (橘博士奪回作戦!)	Takenori Kawada	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	March 18, 1991
7	"sakebe!! atsuki kyōdai no kizuna" (叫べ!! 熱き兄弟の絆)	Toru Yamada	Junki Takegami	March 25, 1991
8	"kyōi! teki wa ōzora ni ari" (驚異!敵は大空にあり)	Yoshikata Nitta	Shoji Tonoike	April 1, 1991
9	"neizā honbu kikiippatsu" (ネイザー本部危機一髪)	Masayuki Akechi	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	April 8, 1991
10	"gekitotsu!! kyōfu no kaitei kessen" (激突!! 恐怖の海底決戦)	Takao Yoshizawa	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	April 15, 1991
11	"gattai seyo! kōtetsu no senshi" (合体せよ!鋼鉄の戦士)	Takenori Kawada	Junki Takegami	April 22, 1991
12	"shō, fukushū no barādo" (翔、復讐のバラード)	Toru Yamada	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	April 29, 1991
13	"hangeki seyo! gettā gai" (反撃せよ!ゲッター剴)	Yoshikata Nitta	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	May 6, 1991
14	"kurōn ningen no kyōfu" (クローン人間の恐怖)	Masayuki Akechi	Junki Takegami	May 13, 1991
15	"kodomo tachi o kyūshutsu seyo" (子供たちを救出せよ)	Takao Yoshizawa	Shoji Tonoike	May 20, 1991
16	"dekiru ka? kaichū hatsu gattai" (出来るか?海中初合体)	Takenori Kawada	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	May 27, 1991
17	"tate tetsu! jibun ni kate" (立てテツ!自分に勝て)	Hiroki Shibata	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	June 3, 1991
18	"muhō naru chousensha" (無法なる挑戦者)	Toru Yamada	Junki Takegami	June 10, 1991
19	"metaru bīsuto no bōrei" (メタルビーストの亡霊)	Yoshikata Nitta	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	June 17, 1991
20	"karei naru supīdo taiketsu" (華麗なるスピード対決)	Masayuki Akechi	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	June 24, 1991
21	"neizā kichi kaimetsu sakusen" (ネイザー基地壊滅作戦)	Takao Yoshizawa	Shoji Tonoike	July 1, 1991
22	"higeki! shinkai no dokusaisha" (悲劇!深海の独裁者)	Takenori Kawada	Junki Takegami	July 8, 1991
23	"tomoni tatakae! waga senyū yo" (共に戦え!我戦友よ)	Toru Yamada	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	July 15, 1991
24	"ningen jōhatsu jiken o oe" (人間蒸発事件を追え)	Yoshikata Nitta	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	July 22, 1991
25	"tatakae gai! namida no yakusoku" (戦えガイ!涙の約束)	Masayuki Akechi	Shoji Tonoike	July 29, 1991
26	"dai abare! yasha danshaku" (大暴れ!ヤシャ男爵)	Takao Yoshizawa	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	August 5, 1991
27	"beishitei kikiippatsu" (ベイシティ危機一髪)	Takenori Kawada	Junki Takegami	August 12, 1991
28	"seiken sōdo tomahōku" (聖剣ソードトマホーク)	Toru Yamada	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	August 19, 1991
29	"shō, ashita e no chikai" (翔,明日への誓い)	Hiroki Shibata	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	August 26, 1991
30	"todoke! aoki uchuu (sora) no teki" (とどけ!蒼き宇宙(そら)の敵)	Yoshikata Nitta	Shoji Tonoike	September 2, 1991
31	"nazo no kikōshi narukisu" (謎の貴公子ナルキス)	Masayuki Akechi	Junki Takegami	September 9, 1991
32	"g āmu raizā hatsudō!!" (Gアームライザー発動!!)	Takao Yoshizawa	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	September 16, 1991
33	"taiketsu! gettā vs yūji" (対決!ゲッターVS由自)	Takenori Kawada	Shoji Tonoike	September 23, 1991
34	"kyōfu!! kindan no kaiiki" (恐怖!!禁断の海域)	Toru Yamada	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	September 30, 1991
35	"taifū metaru bīsuto" (台風メタルビースト)	Hiroki Shibata	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	October 7, 1991
36	"ubawa reta ji kō tsurugi (sōdo tomahōku)" (奪われた磁鋼剣(ソードトマホーク))	Masayuki Akechi	Shoji Tonoike	October 14, 1991
37	"mongoru no aoki ōkami" (モンゴルの青き狼)	Takao Yoshizawa	Junki Takegami	October 21, 1991
38	"narukisu fuyū yōsai (zenpen)" (ナルキス浮遊要塞(前編))	Takenori Kawada	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	October 28, 1991
39	"narukisu fuyū yōsai (kōhen)" (ナルキス浮遊要塞(後編))	Toru Yamada	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	November 4, 1991
40	"gettā 1 o kyūshutsu seyo" (ゲッター1を救出せよ)	Hiroki Shibata	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	November 11, 1991
41	"jūryoku no wana karano dasshutsu" (重力の罠からの脱出)	Yoshikata Nitta	Katsuhiko Chiba	November 18, 1991
42	"bousō! metaru bīsuto" (暴走!メタルビースト)	Masayuki Akechi	Shoji Tonoike	November 25, 1991
43	"yasha, midori no chi ni shisu" (ヤシャ,緑の地に死す)	Takao Yoshizawa	Junki Takegami	December 2, 1991
44	"girisha no kamigami no hanran" (ギリシャの神々の反乱)	Takenori Kawada	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	December 9, 1991
45	"teiō randō shōmetsu su !?" (帝王ランドウ消滅す!?)	Toru Yamada	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	December 16, 1991
46	"narukisu, arata naru chōsen" (ナルキス,新たなる挑戦)	Hiroki Shibata	Katsuhiko Chiba	December 23, 1991
47	"kokuren ketsugi kōfuku seyo!!" (国連決議・降伏せよ!!)	Yoshikata Nitta	Shoji Tonoike	January 6, 1992
48	"totsugeki!! 4 nin no senshi" (突撃!!4人の戦士)	Masayuki Akechi	Yukiyoshi Ohashi	January 13, 1992
49	"kyōi!! jatei fukkatsu" (驚異!!邪帝復活)	Takao Yoshizawa	Junki Takegami	January 20, 1992
50	"gettā yo eien ni nemure" (ゲッターよ永遠に眠れ)	Hiroki Shibata	Hiroyuki Hoshiyama	January 27, 1992

Source(s)^[4][5][6][7]

Staff and production notes

• Airtime: Monday, 18:30-19:00
• Network: TV Setouchi, TV Tokyo
• Production: TV Setouchi, Toei Doga, BigWest
• Planning: Yoshimasa Onishi (BigWest), Kenji Yokoyama (Toei Doga)
• Planning cooperation: Dynamic Planning
• Producer: Chiyo Okazaki (TV Setouchi), Tatsuya Yoshida (Toei Doga)
• Original work: Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa
• Music: Michiaki Watanabe
• Chief animation director: Joji Oshima
• Series director: Hiroki Shibata
• 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

Source(s)^[1][2][4][5]

The anime is a remake of the original Getter Robot series with no real relationship with the previous anime or manga. Each episode features a different metal beast enemy, a similar format to the TV anime Mazinger Z. The design of the Getter Robot 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.

Theme songs

• 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 Robot 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)

Source(s) ^[3][4][7][8]

Media

Home video

The series was released on Laserdisc by Toei Video.^[9][10] Toei also released the series on DVD:

Vol.	Discs	Standard number	Release date
1	2	DSTD-7211	April 21, 2006[11][12]
2	2	DSTD-7212	May 21, 2006[13][14]
3	2	DSTD-7213	June 21, 2006[15][16]
4	2	DSTD-7214	July 21, 2006[17][18]
5	2	DSTD-7215	August 4, 2006[19][20]

Music

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,

Title	Type	Artist	Label	Standard number	Release date
Grievous Rain	8 cm single	Hiroyuki Takami	Bandai	BCDA-9	March 5, 1991[21][22]
Getter Robot Go	8 cm single	Ichiro Mizuki	Columbia	CODC-8760	May 21, 1991[23][24]
Getter Robot Go Ongakushu	Soundtrack album	Michiaki Watanabe	Columbia	COCC-7702	July 1, 1991[25][26]
Getter Robot Go hit Kyokushu	Album	Various	Columbia	COCC-9122	October 1, 1991[27][28]
Animex 1200 series 73: Getter Robot Go Ongakushu	Soundtrack album	Michiaki Watanabe	Columbia	COCC-72073	September 22, 2004[29][30]

The opening and ending themes are available in several compilation albums of the Getter Robot series.

Manga

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 to April 30, 1991^[31] and the second one in the magazine Bessatsu Coro Coro Comic Special from February 1991 to June 1991,^[32][33] both Children's publications of Shogakukan. None of these have been re-printed outside the magazines.

Another version, written by Go Nagai and illustrated by Ken Ishikawa, was published in the magazine Shōnen Captain, published by Tokuma Shoten, from February 1991 to May 1993.^[31][34] This version was originally compiled in 7 volumes, and later reprinted in other collections published by Daitosha and Futabasha.

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	June 1991	ISBN 4-19-831070-X
2	November 1991	ISBN 4-19-831120-X
3	February 1992	ISBN 4-19-832030-6
4	September 1992	ISBN 4-19-832101-9
5	January 1993	ISBN 4-19-833021-2
6	March 1993	ISBN 4-19-833041-7
7	May 1993	ISBN 4-19-833060-3

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.^[35]

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.^[36] A volume of the series was also published in South Korea by Seoul Cultural Publishers.^[36] 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.^[37] There are a lot of major differences between Go Nagai'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 last volume.

Manga plot

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.

Manga exclusive characters

• 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)

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External links

• Getter Robo Go Toei Animation official website (Japanese)
• Getter Robo Go (Japanese) at The World of Go Nagai webpage.
• Getter Robot Go (manga) (Italian) at D/visual.
• Getter Robo Go (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Venger Robo (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia