Mirai Robo Daltanious

Mirai Robo Daltanious
未来ロボ ダルタニアス
Genre	Mecha
TV anime
Directed by	Katsutoshi Sasaki
Studio	Sunrise, Toei Animation
Network	Tokyo Channel 12
Original run	March 21, 1979 – March 5, 1980
Episodes	47
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Future Robo Daltanious (未来ロボ ダルタニアス, Mirai Robo Darutaniasu^?) was an anime series that aired from 1979 to 1980. There were 47 episodes. There are a lot of alternate spellings for the name, which includes "Dartanius", "D'Artagnas", "Daltanias" and "Dartanias". But the correct spelling should be "Daltanious" which was commonly used on the Japanese merchandise and packaging for the toys.^[1] The show is one of the mecha shows which was and still remains very popular amongst Asian countries.

Story

It is the year 1995. Earth has been conquered by an alien army from the star 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 Doctor Earl, who was an inhabitant of the planet Helios, a planet conquered by the Akron. Doctor 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. Doctor Earl entrusts the fight for Earth to Kento, who happens to be a descendant from the long disappeared Helian royal line.

Voice Actors

• Kento Tate - Toshio Furukawa
• Sanae Shiratori - Keiko Han
• Tanosuke Hata - Tomomichi Nishimura
• Danji Hiiragi - Yoshito Yasuhara
• Manabu - You Inoue
• Ochame - Yūko Mita

Staff

• Director - Tadao Nagahama
• Additional Director - Norio Kashima, Akira Suzuki
• Screenwriter - Fuyunori Gobu, Masaki Tsuji
• Character Design - Yuki Hijiri, Akihiro Kanayama
• Mechanical Design- Submarine
• Music - Hiroshi Tsutsui
• Original Work - Saburo Yatsude

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, Daltanious, was formed with 3 components: Atlaus (the main robot), Gunper (the space ship), and Beralios, the mechanical lion which was recovered after the first battle with Akron. The robot is named after the main hero of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan.^[2] Daltanious is 56 meters tall and weighs 678 tons. Daltanious was the first combining super robot to have an animal component, as well as the first to have a lion's head on its chest; the lion's head would be incorporated into several Brave Series robots, most notably GaoGaiGar.

Daltanious and Voltron

The Japanese Mirai Robo Daltanious 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. The intention was for Voltron to have 3 series components made up of Daltanious, Dairugger XV (the "Vehicle Voltron"), and Albegas ("Gladiator Voltron"). When requesting master tapes from Toei Animation for translation purposes, the World Events Productions producers requested the "[The] ones with the lion." Mistakenly, Toei then proceeded to ship World Events copies of Beast King GoLion, another "combining-robot" anime featuring lion-shaped fighters. However, the World Events producers greatly preferred the GoLion series over Daltanious, and the GoLion episodes went on to become the most popular portion of the original Voltron run.^{[citation needed]}

Toys

As with all Super Robot anime titles, Daltanious had a deluxe die-cast toy replica produced by Popy during its broadcast. In 2011, a new Daltanious toy was released by Bandai in their Soul of Chogokin line.^[3][4]

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 and Super Robot Wars XO in 2006.

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ Clements, Jonathan & McCarthy, Helen. [2006] (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised & Expanded Edition. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5
3. ^ Tamashii Web - Soul of Chogokin GX-59 Daltanious
4. ^ CollectionDX.com - Soul of Chogokin GX-59 Daltanious

External links

• Mirai Robo Daltanious (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia