UFO Robot Grendizer

1975
UFO Robot Grendizer

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EP1 Brothers of the Universe Oct 05, 1975

Koji Kaboto tries his OVT that he made with pieces of mecano. When flying, he is attacked by the UFOs of Vega. Fortunately Duke Fleed arrives on time to save the day (but not too quickly nonetheless). Koji does not actually know that Duke Fleed is the prince of Fleed.

EP2 Prince of the Other World Oct 12, 1975

Koji discovers the identity of the Duke Fleed, but has no time to ask questions because Vega attacks. Duke Fleed and Koji unite their power and push back the enemy.

EP3 The Tragic Fiesta Oct 19, 1975

Dampee Makeeba organizes a party at the ranch and invites Koji and Duke Fleed. The latter has no time to eat anything because Vega attacks. Will he have the time to make it to Grendizer before the earth is ravaged? All bets are open...

EP4 The Island of Fear Oct 26, 1975

Gandal wants to discover the hiding place of Grendizer. So he launches a massive attack. Koji tries to confront the enemies alone, but he only succeeds to crush himself on a deserted island. Finally Duke Fleed makes it there and saves the day.

EP5 The Pitfall of Death Nov 02, 1975

Koji, Hikaro, Goro and Bunta are taken in hostage. Actarus interrupts his siesta to free them.

EP6 Attack on Perlepolis Nov 09, 1975

Hikaro leaves for Perlepolis with Bunta. Their bus is attacked by a monster of Vega. Koji distracts the monster the time that Duke Fleed arrives (Grendizer has trouble to start up in winter).

EP7 The Feast of the Wolves Nov 16, 1975

Janus, from the fearsome Ruins' Division, attacks Grendizer that is powerless in front of the brutality and the agility of his enemy.

EP8 The Radars are Off Nov 23, 1975

Blaki sets a trap to Grendizer by hiding mines in a cloud of spatial dust. Koji falls in the trap. Fortunately Duke Fleed helps him and destroys the Golgoth 8.

EP9 The Black Moon Camp Nov 30, 1975

Koji is captured with his UFO by the Vegans. Grendizer attacks the camp of the black Moon to save him.

EP10 Vega's Spy Dec 07, 1975

An inhabitant of the planet Rubi is contacted by Vega to explode the UFO carrier of Grendizer. The mission fails because of Duke Fleed and the Vegans try to kill the Rubinian. But Duke Fleed flies to his help.

EP11 The Day when the Sun will Stop Dec 14, 1975

The Vegans plan is to bring Grendizer to the shadow of the moon during the eclipse because Grendizer's systems will shut down temporarily under it and then destroy it.

EP12 Blood on Snow Dec 21, 1975

Daisuke and Kogi are sent to investigate an avalanche and to find survivors. They find a girl named Mirana who lost her memory. Back at Space Science Centre she begins to remember how a saucer destroyed her home.

EP13 By Iron and by Fire Dec 28, 1975

A new Vegan mecha comes to destroy Earth. It sucks power from the sun and burns everything in its path. Grendizer is damaged by it and has to withdraw. As the mecha attacks again Grendizer has to go to battle weaponless.

EP14 The Day of the Rising Sun Jan 04, 1976

Boss, Nuké, and Mocha are in this episode. They are visiting their old friend Koji Kabuto. The Vegans keep their eye on a mysterious orange robot that is found skiing near-by. Commander Blacki orders the Minifo to follow it and investigate.

EP15 Red Akerae Jan 11, 1976

Commander Yara is forced to create a mecha that creates earthquakes and use it on the city Kanto.

EP16 The Fiancé of Death Jan 18, 1976

A Vegan pilot lands near the Space Science Centre and makes Mr. Hayashi's fiancé, Kaori, a spy for him. She takes Dr. Umon as a hostage.

EP17 The Infernal Ride Jan 25, 1976

The Vegans begin building a base for their operations on Earth. The saucer "Giba Giba" begins to attack but Grendizer comes to save the day by saving a town and a mountain.

EP18 The New Time of the Caves Feb 01, 1976

Dr. Umon made a project so that Grendizer is able to launch without revealing his whereabouts to the enemy. Kabuto is control by the Vegans and fights Duke.

EP19 The Crushed Town Feb 08, 1976

A huge meteor is headed straight gives order to fire on the meteor and change its course to head for the planet Earth. The meteors are detected and Grendizer launches to intercept them before they hit land.

EP20 Earth in Danger Feb 15, 1976

Daisuke gets the suspicion that the Vegans may be planning to pull the moon down to Earth. Duke Freed launches Grendizer and follows Koji who already went to explore the area of Mount Kirofoki.

EP21 The Submerged Continents Feb 22, 1976

The Vegans plan to melt ice in the North Pole. This will cause the sea level to rise with catastrophic results to the shores on Earth.

EP22 The Slayers of the Sky Feb 23, 1976

The Vegans are planning to steal Dr. Chibana's new device so that they can use it to silence Duke Freed and his Grendizer.

EP23 The Flood of the New Worlds Mar 05, 1976

The Vegans continue their attempts to discover Grendizer's secret hideout as they are sure that the Space Science Centre has something to do with it. Hikaru finds out who Daisuke really is.

EP24 The Enforcer Mar 12, 1976

Commander Witer successfully sneaks into Earth as Dr. Space who is a well-known acquaintance of Dr. Umon and a reliable person so he can find Duke Fleed and kill him.

EP25 Fleed's Lovers Mar 19, 1976

uke Freed's childhood friends Nayda, brainwashed by the Vegans, attempts to put a bomb on Grendizer but Duke stops her. Nayda accuses Duke of being a traitor. Koji attempts to pilot Grendizer but is almost killed.

EP26 The Edges of the Abyss Mar 26, 1976

Dr. Umon sends Koji and Hayashi on a mission in outer space to build a satellite station. At the same time, the Space Science Centre is surrounded by a huge Minifo saucer squadron.

EP27 Win or Perish Apr 04, 1976

Grendizer's delicate weapon systems malfunction and he finds himself struggling against the enemy. The Vegans arrive and descend upon the Center. Hikaru and Daisuke must fix Grendizer and save the Center.

EP28 The New Masters of Darkness Apr 11, 1976

General Zuril is a brilliant scientist who will try to find different ways of taking down Grendizer. Daisuke, Hikaru, and Goro are attacked by Vegans and Danbi puts on his gear and begins fighting them too.

EP29 The Fire Bird Apr 18, 1976

Vegans shrink the cells of the living body to make Harook become a young boy for a time so he can spy Space Science Centre. Harrok and Goro become friends but later the effects of the shrinking begin to wear off so Harook captures Goro.

EP30 The Lightning Rock Apr 25, 1976

A strange rock full of radiation energy lands on Earth and Dr. Umon can't make much of this new phenomenon. At the same time, the Vegans discover this strong source of energy and put it to use in their next saucer beast.

EP31 A Dreamer from Outer-Space May 02, 1976

The Boss, Koji, and Bunta go to the Boss Borot to begin their counterattack of the Vegan attack on them but will face some technical difficulties. Grendizer gets into some trouble while trying to help them but the Boss Borot will help Grendizer in the funniest way but will lose his Boss Spazer.

EP32 The Ghost Queen May 09, 1976

The Vegans send a woman by the name of Marian who looks identical to Duke Freed's mother who passed away on planet Freed.

EP33 The Wings of Death May 16, 1976

The Vegans send a bird named "Zari Zari" to distroy Grendizer, but Duke remember a similar bird from his home planet Fleed and will use this knowledge to go and finish it off.

EP34 The Mercenary of Oppression May 23, 1976

Vega promised Commander Gos that if he kills Duke Freed then Vega would spare the Wolf Planet from Vegan brutality.

EP35 The First Raid May 30, 1976

General Gandal assigns Commander Beetle with his saucer beast to attack the Space Science Centre from underground. Meanwhile, Koji Kabuto's new Double Spazer ship has just been completed and Koji is ready to be air-born again.

EP36 The Invincible Cosmos Jun 06, 1976

Dr. Umon calls Daisuke and Koji to show them the way that Grendizer and Double Spazer can unite together and fly. The objective of this is to minimize the need for Grendizer to have to lock in and out of Spazer as these are Grendizer's weakest moments and he is helpless in them.

EP37 A Star is Dead Jun 13, 1976

The Vegan plan is to steal a huge capsule full of Super Uranium from Earth. Vegan forces are dispatched immediately to do just that.

EP38 Darkness Makers Jun 20, 1976

Hikaru becomes a pilot. Duke Freed faces another Vegan saucer beast loaded with Vegatron rays, and Koji nearly gets captured by the Minifo after gathering the energy but manages to escape very injured.

EP39 The Patrol of Eagles Jun 27, 1976

Danbi tells Daisuke that his daughter is outstanding and capable of helping him and Koji. Daisuke disagrees insisting that war and sport are two different things. Finally Daisuke will allow Hikaru to be part of the team after her vital help.

EP40 The Awakening of Volcanoes Jul 04, 1976

A series of explosions start to occur under the sea and General Zuril wastes no time in discovering that this is raw Uranium. Saucer beast "Boi Boi" is launched to go and get this energy as this saucer beast naturally collects Uranium. At the same time Dr. Umon is alerted by these explosions which are close to an island with a Uranium capsule.

EP41 Baptism of Fire Jul 11, 1976

Hikaru loses her consciousness during training and Duke Freed gets injured and his old wound gets worse. The Vegans begin their attack and Daisuke goes to the battle even though he is injured.

EP42 Peril in Abode Jul 18, 1976

Dr. Umon's Space Science Centre is undergoing some major changes to keep up with Vega's attacks. A super computer is installed in the base, and turning it on will be the final step. The Vegans plan to get rid of the base and leave Grendizer without a place to hide.

EP43 The Victory of Eagles Jul 25, 1976

A strange meteor heads slowly towards Earth and Koji will go unilaterally and see what it's all about. After nearly getting blinded by a ray that came out of the meteor, Koji's Double Spazer begins to exit the Earth's atmosphere.

EP44 When Dogs are Loosened Aug 01, 1976

A young man by the name of Hiyoshi is very interested in searching for ancient evidence to prove that spacemen came to Earth in the past. He goes to look at walls in a near-by cave for ancient scripts to prove his theory, but the villagers think he is crazy. Hundreds of years ago, the Vegans had sent some of their people to Earth. There still is a metal on the wall that they used for landing, and this metal cannot be detected by the radar.

EP45 Ants and Men Aug 08, 1976

With his telescope, Goro spots a meteor that splits in two with each piece landing in a different mountain. These actually contain eggs of the Vegan ants. When Goro tells everyone about it he is not taken seriously. Soon Grendizer and Drill Spazer will unite to face the new danger.

EP46 The Ballet of Sharks Aug 15, 1976

Vegan robot sharks land one night and are hidden in a public pool for their next plan. Koji finds himself a hostage of the Vegans who tell him about their plans to take all of the people as hostages.

EP47 The Ignited Lake Aug 22, 1976

Danbi induces a race between Daisuke and Koji. Koji takes it to seriously. The group goes camping near a lake. Vegans begin to descent in the lake and then the Space Science Centre suddenly gets attacked by missiles from the near-by lake where the Vegans stay hidden.

EP48 World in Fusion Aug 29, 1976

Duke Freed unites with Koji and the Drill Spazer to chase a Vegan saucer beast. The Vegans make an acid swamp to sink the Space Science Centre.

EP49 The Last Survivor Sep 05, 1976

Maria tries to kill Duke, thinking the person who pilots Grendizer is evil but during the fight Duke necklace falls and the siblings discover who each other is.

EP50 The Four-Headed Eagle Sep 12, 1976

Maria the new member on the team, is able to control Grendizer and Marine Spazer. She also has the ability to foresee events so she is able to save Koji from Vegans.

EP51 The Black Star Sep 19, 1976

The Vegan plan is to make this moon enter the Earth's atmosphere and cause a catastrophe. The battle between Vegans and Grendizer takes longer than anticipated and it is too late for Grendizer to fire the missile.

EP52 The Generation Of Monsters Sep 26, 1976

General Zuril orders a powerful attack with his latest saucer beast "Domo Domo" to defeat Grendizer before General Dantos gets the chance.

EP53 The Beast Oct 03, 1976

Duke Freed will go after Hikaru who is hostige on foot not using Grendizer and help her escape from the giant beast while Koji takes Grendizer back for repairs.

EP54 The Snake Oct 10, 1976

The Vegan built a base underwater knowing that Grendizer cannot withstand depths great than 400 meters.

EP55 The Loch Ness Monster Oct 17, 1976

Vegans gather some fuel from an industrial island. General Zuril instructs General Gandal on what to do but he doesn't listen and he gets into trouble because his unilateral action revealed that the Vegans have a base on Earth.

EP56 The Lynx of Outer-Space Oct 24, 1976

Dr. Umon launches a satellite into space to track Vegan movements on Earth.

EP57 The Monster And The Child Oct 31, 1976

Koji and Maria are on their vacation in Tokyo, they get into a fight as usual and split up.

EP58 The Lookalike Nov 07, 1976

The Vegans make a false Grendizer that attacked Earth people so the real Grendizer will be hated.

EP59 The Commando Nov 14, 1976

A group of Vegan kids come to Earth and hold hostages the people inside the observatory.

EP60 Rats Nov 21, 1976

The Vegans attract a huge number of rats to use for their next mission. These rats are implanted with Vegatron bombs for the purpose of blowing up different targets in Tokyo.

EP61 Pegasus Nov 28, 1976

Toko 1, Toko 2, Toko 3, and Toko 4 are Vegan agents taking appearances of other people trying to distroy Space Science Centre.

EP62 Swans Dec 05, 1976

Swans are implanted with Vegatron missiles for the next Vegan plan. Duke Freed is forced to kill the swans and must head to the city and face saucer beast "Go Go".

EP63 The Polar Bear Dec 12, 1976

Kirika, a Vegan scientist, is sent to freeze with her new weapon Duke Fleed.

EP64 5 Minutes To Die Dec 19, 1976

The Vegans invent a bomb and General Gandal threatens to blow up Tokyo is Grendizer does not surrender.

EP65 A Great Between The Greats Dec 26, 1976

The Vegans fire a big group of missiles towards Tokyo. The Grendizer Team launches to destroy the missiles before they hit the city.

EP66 Death Comes From The Sea Jan 02, 1977

Maria in the Marine Spazer gets stuck in a giant seaweed trap and Koji swims to the bottom of the sea to help her.

EP67 Diving Operation Jan 09, 1977

General Zuril launches an attack on the Space Science Centre with air balloon bombs. Koji gets caught by the Vegans and held as hostage.

EP68 The Great Pain Jan 16, 1977

A young man from Freed named Kane is a loyal soldier of the Vegans. He comes to Earth to fight. Maria tries to face him and they both crash. Soon she will realize that Kane was her childhood friend from Freed.

EP69 Like Father, Like Son Jan 23, 1977

The son of Zouril,Zuril Jr. wants to fight Grendizer but Zouril doesn't want him to. Zuril Jr. sacrifice himself for his father in the end.

EP70 The Imposter Jan 30, 1977

Maria has a nightmare about her father being hostage. She goes to the cave where she saw her father in her dream along with Koji where she learns the truth.

EP71 Best Friend Feb 06, 1977

Moros, Duke's best friend from Freed was made to believe that Duke Freed destroyed Freed by Vega and now comes to Earth to kill Duke.

EP72 Princess In Love Feb 13, 1977

Princess Rubina, Duke Fleed's fiancé comes to Earth to tell Duke that his planet is no longer polluted but dies after being shoot by one of Vega's generals.

EP73 For The Love Of Earth Feb 20, 1977

King Vega prepares to attack Earth but Duke and company are ready to stop him with the help of Grendizer and Spazers.

EP74 This Is Not Goodbye Feb 27, 1977

Duke finally destroys King Vega but he and Maria must return to planet Fleed.
8.4| 0h30m| TV-G| en| More Info
Released: 05 October 1975 Ended
Producted By: Asatsu-DK
Country: Japan
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/tv/grendaizer/
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The story revolves around Duke Fleed who is a survivor of the Vega Star, raised by Dr. Umon as his adoptive son, and known as Daisuke Umon on Earth. Years after his arrival, he's faced with the threat of King Vega and his army, who want to conquer the Earth. With his friends Koji and Hikaru (and later his kid sister Maria Grace), Duke decides to fight back using his best weapon, the almighty Grendizer.

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MARIO GAUCI Note: This review also concerns the following "Goldrake" feature films - GOLDRAKE L'INVINCIBILE, GOLDRAKE ADDIO! and MAZINGA VS. GOLDRAKE.I grew up watching the original series – and a handful of similar anime – on Italian TV; consequently, re-acquainting myself with it on DVD via an Italian 5-Disc Set proved extremely nostalgic...but, at the same time, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it generally held up after all these years! Admittedly, I'm averse to today's children's programmes – from what little crosses my path while TV zapping, the style of animation itself has largely gone to the dogs: even if the "Goldrake" series dates from the mid-1970s, the detail is incredible – with beautiful colors, imaginative settings and an action-packed narrative. The four films (compiled expressly for Italian consumption where Goldrake was, at the time, a phenomenon) package together a number of episodes, so that they feature a battle (designating the climax of each programme) every 20 minutes or so. Characterization is not exactly one-note, but certainly clearly-defined (especially the villains); it was also interesting to note the changes made to characters, robots, vehicles and settings throughout the films which in the series was, obviously, done more gradually. The comic relief is the most dated and childish aspect about it, though this is thankfully downplayed in the last 2 films.The third film is the longest and best – with the villains more engrossed in doing in one another, and which includes scenes that never made it into the series as originally broadcast on Italian TV! The fourth, then, was exhibited in the widescreen format: it brings together a plethora of robots/mutants (Devilman, Mazinga Z, Mazinger, Getta Robot) and villains – but results in being extremely muddled in development (and disjointed in effect) by trying to cram too much in a mere 75 minutes! Other DVDs of these type of animated series – such as Mazinga Z and Mazinger (the latter being a continuation of the former, and both among my personal favorites) – are available for rental and I'd love to check them out eventually...
lefrelonvert OK, the animation may be stiff and the characters cardboard, but this show carries great memories for thousands of people around the world. Mildly successful in Japan, "Grendizer" aka "Goldorak" or "Goldrake" was one of the first Japanese cartoons to achieve such great success and retain a cult following for such a long time. Even today, the struggle of the hero Actarus (aka Duke Fleed) against the evil hordes of "Great Strateguerre" Vega give me shivers down my spine! BTW, among the corny aspects of the show, which add to its appeal : why the heck does Vega keep sending his giant robots ONE BY ONE (gettings their asses kicked by Grendizer episode after episode) instead of sending them all in one big assault? Beats me. Talk about a lousy galactic overlord! Seeing a Grendizer episode is like a fountain of youth to me ! I just can't get enough of its cheesy charm!
whamontree There are at least two United States versions of this series. One (the superior in my opinion) was part of Jim Terry's Force Five, a show composed of five different animated series from Japan. Another is a feature-length "movie" composed of four or five of the show's pivotal episodes spliced together. The Force Five version went all the way through the original series while the "movie" only covers the first "boss villain's" introduction and defeat.Either way you get it, Grandizer is a fun show. The hero, Duke Fleed (aka Orion Quest) is an experienced pilot right off the bat so they can skip the tedious training and such that seems to be the mainstay of most super and giant robot shows. Grandizer is also interesting in that he doesn't triumph because he is much more powerful than his foes (though he is powerful), he wins because he's *better* than they are.Duke himself is an alien, physically superior to humans. Also, he is the reluctant hero type. However, he knows it was his fault the Vegan empire came to Earth and it's his responsibility to fight them. He only hesitates for the briefest of moments before unearthing Grandizer and heading into combat once more. His angst is there but not the alpha and omega of his character. Contrast this to shows like Evangelion, in which the characters' angst was all there was to them.The supporting cast, including Koji Kabuto from "Mazinger Z", come off well with the exception of a midget cowboy apparently put in just to make fun of Americans. Fortunately, he doesn't do much. It's a lot of fun to see how Duke will prove himself superior to Koji from episode to episode. It's as if Go Nagai, creator of both "Grandizer" and "Mazinger Z", didn't really like Koji and wanted to humiliate him at every opportunity.If you can find the "movie" version, pick it up. It's a lot of fun especially if you enjoy "old-school" super robots. The Force Five version is more satisfying, if you can get ahold of it. I am unaware of any subtitled in English versions of the original Japanese unless you can track down a fan sub.
bebebert Cult series across France, Belgium, Italy, Quebec, as well as some part of the Arabic world, like Tunisia. The show was a huge hit for children growing in the late 70s or early 80s. Adults may find it somewhat repetitive, unless they have an interest for anime and mangas. It has been designed with a target audience of 5 and 6 y.o. boys in mind.Crappy English tranlastions can account for part of its lack of success in the English-speak world. One UK translation is supposed to be correct, more respectful of the original.A web search should reveal more than a few fan sites. The series ran on French tv (FR2, FR3 and TVA) from 1978 to 1989.A lot more imaginative than what most shows offer today--although its not a family show, just a children show. ;-)))

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