Six God Combination Godmars
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| 六神合体ゴッドマーズ (Rokushin Gattai Godmars) |
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| Genre | Mecha, Shōnen, Drama |
| TV anime : Six God Combination Godmars | |
| Directed by | Tetsuo Imazawa |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha Entertainment |
| Network | Japan: Nippon TV Hong Kong: TVB |
| Original run | March 2, 1981 – Dec 24, 1982 |
| No. of episodes | 64 |
Six God Combination Godmars (Japanese: 六神合体ゴッドマーズ, Cantonese: 六神合体) was a popular anime series aired in 1981 to 1982 in Japan, Hong Kong and Italy. There were 64 episodes aired. Other loosely translated names are "Hexademonic Symbiote Godmars", "Six God Union Godmarz", "Six Gods Unit".
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[edit] Original Story
In the year 1999, humanity begins to advance beyond the solar system. The planet Gishin, led by the Emperor Zule, which aims to conquer the galaxy, runs into conflict with Earth. He targets Earth for elimination and to do this, he sends a baby called Mars to live among humanity. Accompanying the baby is a giant robot named Gaia, which utilizes a new power source strong enough to destroy an entire planet. As planned, Mars is expected to grow up, where he will activate the bomb within Gaia to fulfill the mission of destroying the Earth. However, when Mars arrives on Earth his is adopted into a Japanese family and given the name Takeru. Seventeen years later, Takeru would grow up with a love for humanity and refuses to detonate the bomb as ordered by Zule. However, if Takeru was to die, the bomb within Gaia would explode destroying the earth.
Takeru possesses extra powers of ESP psychic powers and decides to join the Earth defense forces and becomes a member of the Crasher Squad (an elite space defense force) where he and his friends take a last stand against the Gishin's attack.
The relationship of Takeru with his brother Maag, which fate would have it, pitted the two against each other in the war.
Unknown to the Gishin five other robots were created in secrecy along side Gaia by Takeru's father and sent with Gaia to protect Takeru. Whenever Earth is in danger, Takeru is able to summon the five other robots to combine with Gaia form the giant robot Godmars. The five other robots are Sphinx, Uranus, Titan, Shin and Ra.
[edit] Concept
The anime show is loosely based on the 1976 Mars manga from Shonen Champion magazine by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. Godmars is named as such to represent the mythological Roman God of war. Takeru pilots the Godmars robot with his mind.
[edit] Staff
Original Manga author and Creator: Mitsuteru Yokoyama
Series director: Tetsuo Imazawa
Producer: Shigeru Akagawa, Yasuji Takahashi
Character Design: Hideyuki Motohashi
Animation director: Hideyuki Motohashi
Mecha design: Hajime Kamegaki
Background Art: Tsutomu Ishigaki
[edit] Characters
| Japanese Name | Japanese Full Name | English Name | Voices by |
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| Narrator | Narrator | Eiji Kanie | |
| Mars/Takeru | Takeru Myoujin | Takeru | Yuu Mizushima |
| Dr. Myoujin | Maag Myoujin | Maag | Takeshi Aono |
| Sizuka Myoujin | Sizuka Myoujin | Sizuka | Toshiko Maeda |
| Margu | Yuji Mitsuya | ||
| Mika Himura | Mika | Yoko Kawanami | |
| Roze | Rose | Rumiko Ukai | |
| Akira Kiso | Yoku Shioya | ||
| Naoto Ijuuin | Hirotaka Suzuoki | ||
| Flore | Yoshiko Sakakibara | ||
| Mika Hyuga | Youko Kawanami | ||
| Kenji Asuka | Hiroya Ishimaru | ||
| Gasshu | Akio Nojima | ||
| Namida | Eiko Yamada | ||
| Choukan Otsuka | Director Otsuka | Kousei Tomita | |
| Emperor Zuul | Emperor Zure | Naya Goro | |
| Rui | Kumiko Takizawa |
[edit] Robots
| Name | Robot Location | Color | Specialty | Hidden in | Size |
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| Gaia | Body Core Internal | red | Gravitational beam | Japanese statue in the reefs | - |
| Sphinx | Body Shell Middle | blue, red | God of Stones | Egypt between Pyramid and Sphinx | 25 meters of height, 300 tons of weight |
| Uranus | Right Arm | white | Freezer beam | Icebergs near Greenland | 15 meters of height, 100 tons of weight |
| Titan | Left Arm | green | Cyclone blast | Indian Ocean | 15 meters of height, 100 tons of weight |
| Shin | Right Foot | black, red | Flare | Among India Statues | 25 meters of height, 300 tons of weight |
| Ra | Left Foot | blue, yellow | Pulsar beam | Among Easter Island Statues | 25 meters of height, 150 tons of weight |
[edit] DVD
The 64 episodes span 3 DVD collections.
[edit] Video games
Godmars would make appearances in games like Super Robot Wars.
[edit] Reaction
Godmars came out very early in the super robot animation era of the 1980s, having been created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. The show did appear in the U.S as an edited televised movie in 1982 called Godmars. Later in 1988 a Godmars OVA was released. And a theatrical feature was to follow called Godmars: The movie plus.
[edit] Trivia
- Godmars in combination is 50 meters tall, weighting 1050 tons.
- Godmars is also known to be spelled as Godmarz.
- Episodes 1 to 26 were aired weekdays at 6:00pm to 6: 30pm. Episodes 27 to 64 were aired at 5:30pm to 6:00pm.
- The Godmars toy would serve as the prototype for an unreleased Mighty Orbots toy.
[edit] Screenshots
 The 6 robots |
 Pilot |
[edit] References
- Ishizuki, Saburo. Alt, Matt. Duban, Robert. Brisko Tim [2005] (2005). Super #1 Robot: Japanese Robot Toys 1972-1982. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books LLC. ISBN 0-8118-4607-5
- Clements, Jonatha. McCarthy Helen. [2006] (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5
