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GR-5: Appearing only in GR: Giant Robo, GR-5 is a husky, mustard colored robot with a retractable horn. It is used to fight GR-4 in a battle that lead to both machines being destroyed. GR-6: Appearing only in GR: Giant Robo, GR-6 was stored in a base alongside GR-5 before it was destroyed with the base during GR-4 and GR-5's duel.
The game uses the same voice actors as the animation, though it takes presentation cues from the anime, the manga, as well as the kaiju film genre. On March 31, 2007, a feature-length film, entitled "Tetsujin 28-go: Hakuchu no Zangetsu" (which translates as "Tetsujin #28: The Daytime Moon") was released in Japanese theaters.
The Giant Robo OVA still follows Daisaku and Robo, and the main antagonist is still called "Big Fire," but it features an all-new storyline with a completely different cast of characters. The first episode was released July 22, 1992 with the following three installments staying close to the proposed schedule of six months between releases. [ 1 ]
Mecha, also known as giant robot or simply robot, is a genre of anime and manga that feature mecha in battle. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The genre is broken down into two subcategories; "super robot", featuring super-sized, implausible robots, and "real robot", where robots are governed by realistic physics and technological limitations.
Giant Robo (ジャイアントロボ, Jaianto Robo), also known as Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot in the United States, [1] is a manga and tokusatsu series created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama. It is similar to Yokoyama's Tetsujin 28-go (known as Gigantor in the U.S.), but Giant Robo has more elements of fantasy.
Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu: Getter Robo / Mazinger: Film: 1976–77: Magne Robo Gakeen — TV series: 1977–79: Yatterman: Yatterman: TV series: 1977: Mechander Robo — TV series: 1977–78: Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace: Danguard Ace: TV series: 1977: Chōgattai Majutsu Robo Ginguiser — TV series: 1977–78 ...
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Subgenres of tokusatsu include kaiju such as the Godzilla and Gamera series; superhero such as the Kamen Rider and Metal Hero series; Kyodai Hero like Ultraman, and Denkou Choujin Gridman; and mecha like Giant Robo and Super Robot Red Baron. Some tokusatsu television programs combine several of these subgenres, for example, the Super Sentai series.