Daltanius
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| 未来ロボ ダルタニアス ('Mirai Robo Daltanius') |
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| Genre | Mecha |
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| Directed by | Katsutoshi Sasaki |
| Studio | Sunrise, Toei Animation |
| Network | Tokyo Channel 12 |
| Original run | March 21, 1979 – March 5, 1980 |
| No. of episodes | 47 |
Future Robo Daltanius (Japanese: 未来ロボ ダルタニアス) was an anime series that aired from 1979 to 1980. There were 47 episodes. Alternate spellings include "Daltanious" (which was commonly used on the packaging boxes of toys), "Dartanius", and "Daltanias".
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[edit] Story
It is the year 1995. Earth has been conquered by an alien army from the Saar cluster known as the Akron. The cities of Earth 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 Dr. Earl, who was an inhabitant of the planet Helios, a planet conquered by the Akron. Dr. Earl then fled to Earth, bringing with him the greatest achievement in Helian technology: the super robot Daltanius, whose power is increased when combined with the intelligent lion robot, Beralios. Dr. Earl entrusts the fight for Earth to Kenta, who happens to be a descendant from the long disappeared Helian royal line.
[edit] 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 main attraction super robot, Daltanius, was formed with 3 components: the main robot, Atlaus; the space ship, Gunper; and the mechanical lion, Beralios, which was recovered after the first battle with Akron.
[edit] Staff
Additional Director: Norio Kabeshima, Akira Suzuki
Art Director: Tadao Nagahama
Character Design: Saburo Yatsude
Screenwriter: Fuyunori Gobu, Masaki Tsuji
Design: Yuki Hijiri, Ahehiro Kaneyama
Animation: Kojo Akino
Music: Hiroshi Tsutsui
[edit] Characters
| Japanese Name | Voiced by |
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| Kento Tate | Toshio Furukawa |
| Sanae Shiratori | Keiko Han |
| Tanosuke Hata | Tomomichi Nishimura |
| Danji Hiiragi | Yoshito Yasuhara |
| Manabu | You Inoue |
| Ochame | Yuko Mita |
[edit] Daltanius and Voltron
The Japanese Mirai Robo Daltanius 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. Unlike the ill-fated Light Speed Electric God Albegas conversion (which never even materialized, due to the lower ratings of the Dairugger XV Voltron run), the pilot episode of Daltanius was actually translated and dubbed into English, and adapted to fit the Voltron mythos. This pilot episode was test-marketed by World Events in locales such as Hawaii (and, reportedly, San Francisco), but was never again re-broadcast after these airings.
One factor which led to the scuttling of these plans was the intention to have the three-act Voltron trilogy (similar to Robotech's three-act adapted structure) consist of Daltanius (whose robot featured a lion-component on its chest), Dairugger XV (the "Vehicle Voltron"), and Albegas ("Gladiator Voltron"). When requesting master tapes from Toei Animation for translation purposes, the World Events producers mentioned that they should be sent "[The] ones with the lion." Mistakenly, Toei then proceeded to ship World Events copies of Hyakujuu-ou Golion — another "combining-robot" animé featuring lion-shaped fighters. In this case, however, the World Events producers greatly preferred the GoLion series to Daltanius, and the GoLion episodes went on to become arguably the most popular portion of the original Voltron run.
A rather remarkable irony is that as a Voltron, Daltanius would have been composed from one Lion, one Vehicle, and one Gladiator.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Trivia
- The robot is named after the main hero of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan.[1]
- Daltanius is 56 meters tall and weighs 678 tons.
- Daltanius was the first combining super robot to have an animal component, as well as the first to have a lion's head chest; the lion's head would be incorporated into several Brave Series robots, most notably Gaogaigar.
[edit] References
- ^ Clements, Jonathan & McCarthy, Helen. [2006] (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5
