| New Getter Robot | |
| 新ゲッターロボ (Shin Gettā Robo) |
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| Genre | Mecha |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Jun Kawagoe Yasuhiro Geshi (ep.8) |
| Studio | Dynamic Planning Bandai Visual Brains Base |
| Licensed by | Tokyo Night Train, then Madman Entertainment Geneon |
| Released | 2004 – 2006 |
| Episodes | 13 |
New Getter Robot (新ゲッターロボ Shin Gettā Robo) is an anime original video animation co-produced by Dynamic Planning and Bandai Visual. The series is a re-imagining of the 1970s manga Getter Robo, created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa, that incorporates aspects of Japanese mythology like the Oni and Abe no Seimei.[1]
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An alternate retelling of the Getter Robo story, it begins with Dr. Saotome, who seeks extraordinary men to pilot his invention - the Getter Robo. Many who have tried to pilot it have died, and his son, Tatsuhito, was seriously injured during a Getter battle. He finds three men to pilot the Getter Robo: Ryoma Nagare, Hayato Jin, and Benkei Musashibou. Now they must battle and destroy the Oni, mysterious creatures that appeared suddenly which happen to resemble the monsters from mythology.
The Four Heavenly Kings are revealed in episode 12 as the primary antagonists of the series that used Seimei Abe to destroy Getter Robo.
| # | Title | Original airdate |
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| 01 | "There Goes Ryoma" "Ryōma ga Iku" (竜馬が行く) |
2004-04-09 |
| 02 | "Hayato is Coming" "Hayato ga Mairu" (隼人が来る) |
2004-04-09 |
| 03 | "Benkei Musashibou" "Musashibō Benkei" (武蔵坊弁慶) |
2004-05-14 |
| 04 | "Three Animals Go!" "Sanki ga Iku" (三匹が行く) |
2004-05-14 |
| 05 | "Oni Fire" "Onibi" (鬼火) |
2004-06-11 |
| 06 | "The Mansion Where The Oni Dwell" "Oni no Sumukan" (鬼の棲む館) |
2004-06-11 |
| 07 | "The Ying-Yang Master" "Onmyōji" (陰陽師) |
2004-07-09 |
| 08 | "Collision" "Gekitotsu" (激突) |
2004-07-09 |
| 09 | "Hell's Upheaval" "Jigokuhen" (地獄変) |
2004-08-13 |
| 10 | "Lone Wolf" "Hitori Ōkami" (ひとり狼) |
2004-08-13 |
| 11 | "Thus The Divine Wind Blows" "Kakute Kamikaze ha Fuku" (かくて神風は吹く) |
2004-09-10 |
| 12 | "Heaven and Earth" "Ten to Chi to" (天と地と) |
2004-09-10 |
| 13 | "There Goes Ryoma" "(Saishū hanashi) Ryōma ga Iku" ((最終話)竜馬がいく) |
2004-09-10 |
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