Κυριακή 11 Δεκεμβρίου 2011

ENEMIES

Dinosaur Empire
  • Emperor Gore (帝王ゴール Teiō Gōru): The supreme commander of the Dinosaur Empire. In the second volume of the original manga, Gore was abandoned by his people when they are forced to return to the earth. He decided that he will die honorably by battling Getter Robo, however even this chance was stolen from him when a Hyaki empire mech opened fire on his ship, killing him.
  • Voiced by: Hiromu Jin
  • General Bat (バット将軍 Batto Shōgun): Emperor Gore's field commander.
  • Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata
  • Chief Garerii (ガレリィ長官 Garerii Chōkan) Emperor Gore's chief of engineering and designer of mechasauruses. (In the manga it was stated he was the Prime Minister of Science.
  • Voiced by: Keaton Yamada
  • Great Demon Yuraa (大魔人ユラー Dai Majin Yurā): Emperor Gore's master, very little is known about this very tall demon aside from being a member of the One Hundred Demon Empire that appears in Getter Robo G. Has the power to manipulate the ground to his will.
  • Voiced by: Kouji Yada
Chiryu Clan (Vulume 2 chapter 8): members of this clan were sent to destroy the Getter robo. the members were Dera (who has a blade on the spine and can spin fast enough to dig through the ground); Garo (who can extend his middle horn to stab his opponent, has two brain, two hearts and six lungs, giving him the ability to revive.); Neon the leader and three others. All born into the Chiryu clan are born with mysterious power. They are considered outcasts even by the Dinosaur Empire. They see the war as a chance to move the chiryu clan up in the Dinosaur Empire.

Characters

Getter Team
  • Ryoma Nagare (流竜馬 Nagare Ryōma): The team leader. Strong, and trained martial arts in his father's footsteps. Pilots Getter-1.
  • Voiced by: Akira Kamiya
  • Hayato Jin (神隼人 Jin Hayato): Both a delinquent and a genius in the manga, he pilots the second jet and robot.
  • voice actor: Keaton Yamada
  • Musashi Tomoe (巴武蔵 Tomoe Musashi): A Judo expert, pilots the third robot. In the manga, he takes over the role of piloting the third jet and robot, despite failing at all the given physical and mental tests.
  • Voiced by: Toku Nishio
  • Benkei Kurama (車弁慶 Kurama Benkei): A baseball player, pilot of the third robot in the second series.
  • Voiced by: Jouji Yanami
  • Professor Saotome (早乙女博士 Saotome-hakase?): Inventor of the Getter Robo. In the original manga he initially piloted the third jet himself, only to have Musashi forcibly taking over the role from him.
  • Voiced by: Kousei Tomita
  • Michiru Saotome (早乙女ミチル Saotome Michiru?): Professor Saotome's beautiful and strong-willed daughter, pilots a jet of her own which doesn't combine with the others, but resupplies fuel and energy.
  • Voiced by: Rihoko Yoshida
  • Genki Saotome (早乙女元気 Saotome Genki?): Professor Saotome's son, the child tagalong present in nearly all 1970's Japanese action cinema.
  • Voiced by: Hiroko Kikuchi


Plot

The plot involves three strong-willed teenagers: martial artist Ryoma Nagare, rebel loner Hayato Jin and Judo master Musashi Tomoe, who pilot three specially designed combat jets which can be combined together into three different giant robots, Getter-1 (for flight combat), Getter-2 (speed advantage for ground\underground combat), and Getter-3 (strength advantage for submarine combat). They were assembled by Prof. Saotome, who conceived the Getter Robo project as a means of deep-space exploration; it became instead Earth's first line of defense against the Dinosaur Empire, a civilization of reptile-like humanoids who evolved from the now-extinct dinosaurs that roamed the earth millions of years ago. They have lived many years underground, and they now want to reclaim the Earth as theirs and destroy humanity.
The series was groundbreaking in the anime mecha genre: for the very first time, it introduced the concept of separate machines combining to form a Super Robot. Using three jets, Getter Robo could combine in three different ways to create three different versions of Getter Robo for different conditions and situations. This idea was originally discussed during the creation process for Mazinger Z (the first Super Robot to be piloted internally), but was dropped and then developed for Getter Robo. This idea of combination and transformation proved to be a very powerful concept that has been used in the super robot genre ever since. Also, by adding three pilots to the robot was able to add an element of teen drama, probably influenced by the already popular anime sci-fi team show Gatchaman (better known in the U.S. as Battle of the Planets, G-Force: Guardians of Space or Eagle Riders).