Mirai Robo Daltanious
| Mirai Robo Daltanious | |
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Screenshot of Daltanious. | |
| 未来ロボ ダルタニアス | |
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| Genre | Mecha |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Katsutoshi Sasaki |
| Written by |
Fuyunori Gobu Masaki Tsuji |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Network | Tokyo Channel 12 |
| Original run | March 21, 1979 – March 5, 1980 |
| Episodes | 47 |
Future Robot Daltanious (未来ロボ ダルタニアス Mirai Robo Darutaniasu) is an anime series that aired from 1979 to 1980.
Story
It is the year 1995. Earth has been conquered by an alien army from the star cluster known as the Akron. All of Earth's cities have been destroyed, and the remaining survivors live in harsh shanty towns and villages. Kento, a war orphan, hides within a cave along with his companions in order to escape some bandits.
In the cave, they find the secret base of Doctor Earl, who was an inhabitant of the planet Helios, a planet conquered by the Akron. Doctor Earl then fled to Earth, bringing with him the greatest achievement in Helian technology: the super robot Atlaus, whose power is increased when combined with the intelligent lion robot, Beralios. Doctor Earl entrusts the fight for Earth to Kento, who happens to be a descendant from the long disappeared Helian royal line.
Voice Actors
- Kento Tate
Toshio Furukawa - Sanae Shiratori
Keiko Han - Tanosuke Hata
Tomomichi Nishimura - Danji Hiiragi
Yoshito Yasuhara - Manabu
You Inoue - Ochame
Yūko Mita
Staff
- Director
Tadao Nagahama - Additional Director
Norio Kashima, Akira Suzuki - Screenwriter
Fuyunori Gobu, Masaki Tsuji - Character Design
Yuki Hijiri, Akihiro Kanayama - Mechanical Design
Submarine - Music
Hiroshi Tsutsui - Original Work
Saburo Yatsude
Concept
Tadao Nagahama had a heavy influence in the artistic style and direction of the show. The style resembles that of Voltes V and Combattler V.
The super robot Daltanious was formed with 3 components: Atlaus (the main robot), Gunper (the space ship), and Beralios, the mechanical lion who was recovered after the first battle with Akron. The robot is named after the main hero of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan.[1] Daltanious is 56 meters tall and weighs 678 tons. Daltanious was the first combining super robot to have an animal component, as well as the first to have a lion's head on its chest; the lion's head would be incorporated into several Brave Series robots, most notably GaoGaiGar.
Daltanious and Voltron
The Japanese Mirai Robo Daltanious series was originally planned to be adapted by World Events Productions as one act of the Voltron: Defender of the Universe series in the United States and abroad. The intention was for Voltron to have 3 series components made up of Daltanious, Dairugger XV (the "Vehicle Voltron"), and Albegas ("Gladiator Voltron"). When requesting master tapes from Toei Animation for translation purposes, the World Events Productions producers requested the "[The] ones with the lion." Mistakenly, Toei then proceeded to ship World Events copies of Beast King GoLion, another "combining-robot" anime featuring lion-shaped fighters. However, the World Events producers greatly preferred the GoLion series over Daltanious, and the GoLion episodes went on to become the most popular portion of the original Voltron run.
Toys
As with all Super Robot anime titles, Daltanious had a deluxe die-cast toy replica produced by Popy during its broadcast. In 2011, a new Daltanious toy was released by Bandai in their Soul of Chogokin line.[2][3]
Daltanious' weapons
- Tran Saber (トランセイバー Toran Seibā)
A single handed sword is summoned by the disk placed on the right hip of Daltanious. - Tran Shield (トランシールド Toran Shīrudo)
A metal shield is summoned by the disk placed on the left hip of Daltanious. - Double Knuckle (ダブルナックル Daburu Nakkuru)
Daltanious' punches are launched like rockets against the enemy. - Gyro Spinner (ジャイロスピンナー Jairo Supinnā)
Metal blades appear from the golden metal ring on the forearms of Daltanious to cut through enemies. They can be even launched or combined with the Double Knuckle weapon. - Lysander (ライサンダー Raisandā)
A crossbow appears on the right forearm of Daltanious. It is used to shoot metal arrows against the enemies. - Sigma Beam (シグマビーム Shiguma Bīmu)
From the four crosses on the shoulders and knees of Daltanious, four purple beams are fired and combined into a single, cross-shaped laser beam. - Super Electromagnetic Eraser (超電磁イレーサー Chōdenji Irēsā)
From the Beralios's mouth, a giant ball of fire is shot against the enemy. - Kaenken: Cross Slash - Flaming Sword: Cross Slash (火炎剣・火炎十文字斬り Kaenken: Kaen jū moji kiri)
From the mouth (or eyes) of Beralios, a giant flamberge is summoned, and used to do the final attack of Daltanious, the Flaming Sword Cross Slash. - Cannon Cubic (キャノンキュービック Kyanon Kyūbikku)
A power-up from episode 29. From the arms of Daltanious, extended to the forearms, a double pair of cannons are summoned to fire repeatable shots against the enemy. - Chain Slicer (チェーンスライサー Chēn Suraisā)
A power-up from episode 29. From the right metal disk on the right hip of Daltanious, a chain with a hook and a sickle is summoned. It is used to grab enemies. - Kaenken: Flame Attack - Flaming Sword: Flame Attack (火炎アタック Kaen Atakku)
Once the Flaming Sword is summoned, a flaming beam is shot against the enemy to spin against it and to seal its movement. Then, Daltanious performs the Cross Slash.
Video games
The series was introduced into Banpresto's Super Robot Wars series as part of Super Robot Wars Destiny's line-up in 2003. It was also featured in Super Robot Wars GC in 2004 and Super Robot Wars XO in 2006.
References
- ↑ Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2007). The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 (Rev. & expanded ed.). Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5.
- ↑ "超合金魂 GX-59 ダルタニアス | 魂ウェブ". Tamashii.jp. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ↑ "Soul of Chogokin GX-59 Daltanious". www.collectiondx.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2010. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
External links
- Mirai Robo Daltanious (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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