Zillion (anime)
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| 赤い光弾ジリオン (Akai Kōdan Jirion) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Science fiction, Shōnen |
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| Directed by | Akira Watanabe |
| Studio | Production I.G. - Victor Entertainment |
| Network |  NTV |
| Original run | April 12, 1987 – December 13, 1987 |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
Zillion (赤い光弾ジリオン Akai Kōdan Jirion?), or Red Photon Zillion, is an anime series that ran from April 12, 1987 to December 13, 1987 on Nippon Television in Japan and was produced by Tatsunoko Productions and Sega. The series was dubbed partially, five of the 31 episodes, into English and released on VHS in the United States by Streamline Pictures.
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[edit] Plot
The story takes place on the planet Maris in the year 2387. Around this time, the Nozas started to genocidally kill all humans in order to lay eggs and reproduce on the planet. Three mysterious guns dubbed the "Zillion Weapon System" appear and three teens (JJ, Champ, and Apple) are chosen to wield them as the White Knights in order to fight back against the Nozas.
[edit] Adaptations
Two video games have been spawned with the story loosely based on the series with Zillion and Zillion II. An OVA movie titled Zillion: Burning Night has also been released after the success of the TV series. It also left a legacy of becoming the first anime to inspire a video game hardware namely Sega Master System's Light Phaser.
[edit] Characters
| Name | Japanese Voiced by | US Voiced by | Mexico Voiced by |
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| Champ | Kazuhiko Inoue | Kerrigan Mahan | Carlos Hugo Hidalgo |
| J.J. | Toshihiko Seki | Doug Stone | José Antonio Mácias |
| Apple | Yuko Mizutani | Barbara Goodson | Maria Fernanda Morales |
| Amy | Chieko Honda | Wendee Lee | Aracelli de Leon |
[edit] List of episodes
- Codename J.J.
- Attack the enemy of the high skies
- 0.1 Second Chance!
- Trap of the shapeless ninja squadron
- Apple order violation!?
- Take off, Tricharger
- Struggle till death! J.J. v.s. Ricks
- Strike the oceanfloor base!
- Stolen Zillion
- Flames! Ricks' counterattack
- Birth of new zillion!
- Attack! Triple shoot
- Angry shutter chance
- Nightingale of the battlefield
- Life Or Death!? Confrontation of fate - Part. 1
- Life Or Death!? Confrontation of fate - Part. 2
- Tears! Let's search J.J.
- The beautiful Noza's challenge
- Match! Let's throw the coin
- Kick with a broken heart
- Clash! The sniper
- Great victory from a lie!
- Terror! Demon's bio weapon
- Great adventure! Warrior Opa-Opa
- Gentle fugitive Apple
- Revenge demon ninja!
- Extraordinary Rebel Ricks
- Mystery!? Zillion power
- Heroic! Ricks dies!?
- Planet Maris on the corner!
- Last shoot for victory
[edit] Music
- Opening
- Pure Stone by Risa Yuuki
- Closing
- Push! by Risa Yuuki
[edit] Sega's Involvement
Two games were made based on the series, both by Sega for the Sega Master System: Zillion, an action game similar in play style to Metroid and Impossible Mission and a Sequel, Zillion II: The Triformation, which was a faster paced game involving a powered armor mecha which transformed into a motorcycle.
The Light Phasers wielded by the characters looked the same as the Sega Master System's Light gun and a separate Quasar/Q-zar like toy line also by Sega was also released in stores of Toys R Us.
Opa-opa, one of the minor characters of the anime, had its own line of games, the Fantasy Zone series (which are still being made to this day through the Sega Ages range) and even became one of Sega's mascots throughout the 80's.
This is mainly due to the sponsorship of Sega in the beginning of the series. However, later in the series, Sega stopped sponsoring the show and the Light Phasers (though self-contradictory with the earlier plot which says the Guns cannot be modified or changed) were changed to newer versions that do not look like Sega's own light phaser that was supplied with the Master System.
[edit] Trivia
- In 1989 the US duplicated the idea in the show Captain N: The Game Master, where the main character Kevin Keene carries the NES Zapper.
[edit] External links
- Zillion
- Zillion at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
