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UFO Robot Grendizer
Cover art for the first DVD volume
UFOロボ グレンダイザー (Yūfō Robo Gurendaizā)
Genre	Mecha
Created by	Go Nagai
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	TV Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	October 1975 – May 1976
Volumes	2
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Gosaku Ota
Published by	Akita Shoten
Magazine	Boken Oh
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	October 1975 – March 1977
Volumes	5
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Eiji Imamichi
Published by	Tokuma Shoten
Magazine	TV Land
Demographic	Children
Original run	October 1975 – March 1977
Volumes	1
Anime television series
Directed by	Tomoharu Katsumata
Written by	Shozo Uehara
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	October 5, 1975 – February 27, 1977
Episodes	74 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Directed by	Yoichi Kominato
Produced by	Masahisa Saeki
Written by	Shozo Uehara
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	December 20, 1975
Runtime	24 minutes
Manga
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	Yu Okazaki
Published by	Kodansha
Magazine	TV Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	June 1976 – March 1977
Volumes	1
Anime film
UFO Robot Grendizer: Akai Yuuhi no Taiketsu
Directed by	Tokiji Kaburaki
Produced by	Chiaki Imada
Written by	Tatsuo Tamura
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio	Toei Animation
Released	December 19, 1976
Runtime	24 minutes
Manga
Grendizer Giga
Written by	Go Nagai
Published by	Akita Shoten
Magazine	Champion Red
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 2014 – July 2015
Volumes	2
Video game
The Feast of the Wolves
Developer	Endroad
Publisher	Microids 3Goo (Japan)
Genre	Open world, Action
Platform	PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X and Series S Nintendo Switch Microsoft Windows (Steam)
Released	Steam/PlayStation/Xbox WW: November 14, 2023 JP: April 18, 2024 Nintendo Switch WW: 2024
Manga
Grendizer U: The Inception
Written by	Go Nagai
Illustrated by	8KEY
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Comiplex
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	June 28, 2024 – present
Anime television series
Grendizer U
Directed by	Mitsuo Fukuda (chief) Shun Kudō
Written by	Ichirō Ōkouchi Tatsuto Higuchi
Music by	Kohei Tanaka
Studio	Gaina
Licensed by	EU: Manga Productions
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
Original run	July 5, 2024 – September 28, 2024
Episodes	13
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UFO Robot Grendizer (UFOロボ グレンダイザー, Yūfō Robo Gurendaizā), also known as Grandizer, Goldrake and Goldorak, is a Japanese manga and animated television series created by Go Nagai. The series is the third entry in the Mazinger series, later relegated into a spinoff series. The series is produced by Toei Doga and Dynamic Planning, directed by Tomoharu Katsumata, and written by Shozo Uehara. It aired on Fuji TV from October 5, 1975, to February 27, 1977. The mecha's first appearance in the United States was as a part of the Shogun Warriors line of super robot toys imported in the late 1970s by Mattel, then in Jim Terry's Force Five series. A remake of the original anime series, Grendizer U, aired from July to September 2024.

Plot

The Vega homeworld has become unstable due to the exploiting of Vegatron, a powerful radioactive ore. Seeking to expand his militaristic empire and find a substitute planet to settle upon, the ruthless King Vega unleashes his armies—composed of flying saucers and giant robotic monsters—and turns first against neighbors such as Fleed, a highly advanced but peaceful world. The once verdant, idyllic Fleed is turned into a radioactive wasteland. Too late, the only known survivor of the royal family, the Crown Prince Duke Fleed, manages to steal the Grendizer, the robotic embodiment of the Fleedian God of War, from the Vegan invaders who plan to use it to spearhead their invasion fleet. Grendizer is a giant monster robot that interfaces with Spacer (Spaizer), a flying saucer that enables the robot to fly.

Fleeing Vegan space by flying at faster than light speed, the Duke enters our solar system and switches course to Earth, making a rough landing in Japan, on the slopes of Mount Fuji. He is befriended by Doctor Umon, a noted scientist who oversees a research laboratory called the Space Science Lab near a small ranch. The kindly Umon takes in the young humanoid alien as his son, under the assumed name of Daisuke, and assists him in hiding Grendizer. Taking the name Daisuke Umon, Duke Fleed works at the ranch run by Danbei Makiba (based on Abashiri Daemon of Go Nagai's manga Abashiri Ikka).

Roughly two years later, Koji Kabuto, after studying abroad, returns to Japan in a flying saucer he personally designed and built, called the TFO. He heads to the Space Science Lab after hearing of multiple sightings of "flying saucers". He plans to contact the aliens if possible and make peace with them. Daisuke, however, scoffs at the notion and fears that these aliens, the Vegans, led by generals Blaki and Gandal, are preparing to attack Earth. Koji ignores his warnings and flies out to meet the incoming saucers, only to discover the horrible truth. In order to save Koji and protect his adoptive homeworld from destruction, Daisuke is forced to return to his true identity as Duke Fleed. He unearths Grendizer from its hiding place under the lab and sets off to fight his enemies.

The Vegans establish a base on the far side of the Moon and start to attack Earth from there. Koji discovers Duke Fleed's true identity and their bitter rivalry soon turns to friendship. The daughter of Danbei Makiba, Hikaru, also discovers Daisuke's secret and becomes a pilot in order to assist him despite his objections. Later on, it is revealed that there were two more survivors from planet Fleed: Duke's younger sister Maria Grace Fleed and a man who had rescued her and fled to Earth, raising her under the guise of her grandfather. Caught in a crossfire between Grendizer and a Vegan beast, he reveals to Maria that she is the last survivor of the royal family of Fleed (under the belief that Duke was killed) before dying from his wounds. Maria swears revenge on Grendizer and its pilot. She tries to ambush Duke, Koji and Hikaru at the Space Science Lab, but the fight is short. Maria's attacks bring Duke's necklace (which is the same as the one she wore) into view and the truth is revealed. The lost siblings are reunited at last and Maria becomes the last addition to the team.

As the conflict nears its end, it is shown that Duke Fleed was engaged to King Vega's daughter, Princess Rubina, prior to the attack on Fleed. When Rubina discovers that planet Fleed is no longer polluted with Vegatron radiation and that her fiancé is alive and well, she rushes to Earth to bring him the good news. Unfortunately, one of King Vega's generals uses this opportunity to ambush Duke Fleed, and Rubina is killed when she takes a shot aimed at Duke. This makes Duke even more determined to wipe out the Vegan menace once and for all.

King Vega decides to gather his remaining forces and make an all-out attack on Earth, destroying the Moon Base to coax his troops into fighting to the end and finally succeed in invading Earth and taking it as their new home planet. Duke and company go out to intercept them in Grendizer and the newly designed space combat Spazers. After a fierce battle, they finally manage to destroy the Vegan mother ship along with King Vega himself. Soon afterwards, Duke and Maria bid a tearful farewell to Earth and their friends and return to help reconstruct planet Fleed.

Production

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UFO Robo Grendizer's origins dates back to Uchu Enban Daisenso (宇宙円盤大戦争, Uchū Enban Daisensō), translated and also known as Battlefield of The Space Saucers and The Great Battle of the Flying Saucers, a 1975 animated short film created by Go Nagai and produced by Toei Doga. It is also known as Space Disk War and was also released in Italy under the name UFO Robot Gattaiger-La grande battaglia dei dischi spaziali. It was originally shown along with the short film Great Mazinger tai Getter Robot G: Kuchu Daigekitotsu, also from Toei and Nagai.

Nagai and Dynamic Productions created Grendizer using some of the elements and characters from Daiseno including Duke, the Makiba family, and even Blaki. Some changes were made to make it more original. The most obvious are the changes in design and the addition of characters such as Koji Kabuto and Maria Fleed.

UFO Robot Grendizer was developed to be a sequel to Great Mazinger after the initial concepts of a sequel were rejected by Toei. With the appearance of Uchu Enban Daisenso at the March 1975 Toei Manga Festival a remake was pitched using elements from Mazinger. To breathe new light into the series, the villains of the series were decided to be aliens, a trend that followed in other Toei mecha series while also making Duke a more Blue Blood character with his suit being based on a knight including more romantic elements with its characters and sense of adventure.

Go Nagai, however, at one point stated in an interview that the anime series was considered a fun side project and does not consider Grendizer to be part of the series timeline. This is mainly because he had many disagreements with Toei and Shingo Araki over the direction the show should take as well has Toei not paying him royalties for the show's overseas airings, which culminated in a 1986 court settlement that lead to Toei paying Nagai his royalty earnings. In the end, UFO Robo Grendizer is more of a stand-alone spin-off in the Mazinger universe.

Media

Anime

The series was first aired on Fuji TV from October 5, 1975, to February 27, 1977, replacing Great Mazinger in its initial timeslot. Isao Sasaki performed both the show's opening and ending themes: "Tobe! Grendizer" (とべ!グレンダイザー, Tobe! Gurendaizā, "Fly! Grendizer") (with Columbia Yurikago-kai and Ko'orogi '73) and "Uchuu no Yuusha Grendizer" (宇宙の勇者グレンダイザー, Uchū no Yūsha Gurendaizā, "Grendizer, Hero of Space"). Shunsuke Kikuchi composed the music for the series.

Episodes

Grendizer U

A reboot of the original anime series, titled Grendizer U (グレンダイザーU, Gurendaizā U), was announced on August 5, 2023. It was produced by Gaina and directed by Shun Kudō with Mitsuo Fukuda serving as chief director, Nagai serving as executive producer, Ichirō Ōkouchi overseeing and writing series scripts alongside Tatsuto Higuchi, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto designing the characters, Kō Inaba, AF_KURO and Junichi Akutsu providing mechanical designs and Kohei Tanaka composing the music. It aired from July 5 to September 28, 2024 on all TX Network-affiliated stations in Japan. The opening theme song is "Kaishin no Ichigeki" performed by Glay, while the ending theme song is "Protect You" performed by Band-Maid.

Home media

Toei released the entire series in Japan on DVD from May 21 to October 21, 2006. In 2013, following an agreement with Toei, an official "fully remastered and uncensored" DVD release of the complete series is available on French-speaking countries following the controversy regarding the unlicensed DVD releases by Manga Distribution and Déclic Images which resulted to a court ruling to pay €7,200,000 back to Toei. The series has also aired on the French Mangas anime TV channel. The entire Arabic dub is available on Istikana, a paid streaming service that has On-Demand Arab movies and TV shows.

Manga

The manga adaptation was serialized in several magazines in Japan, notably in Akita Shoten's Boken Oh magazine from October 1975 to March 1977. A remake of the series, titled Grendizer Giga (グレンダイザー ギガ, Gurendaizā Giga) was serialized in Akita Shoten's Champion Red magazine from September 2014 to July 2015. Two tankobon volumes were released.

Grendizer makes several cameos in other media, one in 2002 in the sixth chapter of Dynamic Superobot Wars and in 2004 in Dynamic Heroes, also known as Nagai Go Manga Gaiden—Dynamic Heroes (永井豪まんが外伝 ダイナミックヒーローズ, Nagai Gô Manga Gaiden Dainamikku Hîrôzu) and as Go Nagai Manga Heroes Crossover Collection—Dynamic Heroes, a Japanese manga based on several works of Go Nagai, including most of his most famous robots, such as Mazinger Z, Getter Robot and Great Mazinger. It was originally published as a monthly manga magazine e-manga from Kodansha, from June 2004 to July 2007.

Video games

Characters from the series also appeared in several installments of Banpresto's (now Bandai Namco Entertainment) popular crossover video game series Super Robot Wars, making its debut in the second installment of the franchise, 2nd Super Robot Wars. In recent years, however, Grendizer has made far less appearances in the mainline games but has recently been making a comeback starting with Super Robot Wars MX.

An open world action video game adaptation titled UFO Robot Grendizer: The Feast of the Wolves (UFOロボ グレンダイザー たとえ我が命つきるとも, Yūfō Robo Gurendaizā Tatoe Waga Inochi Tsukirutomo) was announced by French video game publisher Microids in February 2021. The game is being developed by Endroad and was released worldwide for Steam as well as PlayStation and Xbox consoles on November 14, 2023, while it releases in Japan on April 18, 2024. A Nintendo Switch port is also planned to be released in 2024.

Toys

Japanese Toy company Popy released several toys based on the mechs on the series in the show's initial run in Japan under both the Chogokin and Jumbo Machinder labels, which were later released in the United States in the late 1970s by Mattel as part of the Shogun Warriors line of super robot toys. The titular mecha is also included in Bandai's line of Soul of Chogokin figures, starting with the GX-04 Grendizer.

Cultural impact

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Grendizer was the second longest running animated Mazinger series in Japan, having 74 episodes. However, it has been criticized about its connection to the other Mazinger series in the franchise, especially with Koji's status as a mere sidekick and giving him a different romantic interest who was not Sayaka, as well as the lack of the other Mazinger mechs.

This created the popular assumption that the anime was not a success in Japan, especially since the merchandise based on the anime did not sell as well as the merchandise for both Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger. However, Go Nagai disputes this, saying the anime was actually quite successful in Japan: “It was actually a hit in Japan. Maybe some people thought it was not as popular as Mazinger Z, because Mazinger was super popular.” The average viewership metrics for UFO Robot Grendizer's original Japanese broadcast was around 20.9% audience share across its 74 episodes with a peak share of 27.6% for Episode 21.

Regardless of its disputed success in Japan, Grendizer was one of the first anime programs to be a major success in both Europe and the Arabic regions of the Middle East, and continues to have a strong following in those parts of the world to this day. It only had limited success in the United States, where it was one of 5 mecha shows included in the 1980 TV anthology Force Five. The series was renamed Grandizer for the American market, and only had 26 episodes, which were run out of order. Despite the low episode count, it enjoys a small but dedicated cult following among East Coast American viewers who saw the show as children, as well as children who grew up with military families because Force Five was frequently aired on the cable TV feed of US military installations in Europe. This was also the version of the show broadcast in the United Kingdom, India, and the Philippines (though an earlier local Filipino English dub of the show existed before it was taken off the air by orders of the Ferdinand Marcos regime).

Europe

In Europe, Grendizer was a major success in France and Italy, known in both countries as Goldorak and Goldrake respectively. In Italy, the Italian dub theme songs were among the best-selling singles of 1978, with the first selling over 700,000 copies and the second selling over 1,000,000 copies. It would also get its own comic series titled Atlas UFO Robot Presenta Goldrake (Atlas UFO Robot Presents Goldrake), whose story diverged even further from the source material. This comic ran for 89 issues and spawned several other similar comic adaptations of anime airing on Italian television at that time.

The French dub was the first anime series to be telecast in France and legend goes that the series was so popular among French viewers that several episodes scored a 100% TV rating. Like the Italian dub, it changed all of the characters’ names and inserted additional songs, although it did translate the series’ original opening and ending themes into French. Some versions of the dub have a completely different theme simply titled "Goldorak", which was sung by Franco-Israeli singer Noam Kaniel. Kaniel's performance earned him unprecedented celebrity status in France; by the time Goldorak had ended its original run on French TV, its theme song achieved platinum status in France. The Francophone dub was also one of the first anime programs to be a major success in Canada where it was broadcast on Quebec's TVA network. The show continues to have a strong following, garnering widespread news coverage of its DVD release and return to broadcast TV in Canada. In October 2021 a fully licensed French-language Goldorak graphic novel was released by Editions Kana. According to the creative team, Go Nagai himself gave his blessings to the comics story, which serves as a sequel to the original Toei anime set 10 years after the final episode. The comic has received positive reviews from readers for its detailed art and a story that keeps the spirit of the original series. To coincide with the graphic novel's release, the French postal company, La Poste issued stamps inspired by the anime.

UFO Robot Grendizer Raid was released theatrically as Goldorak and became a hit at the French box office, selling 922,964 tickets upon release in 1979.

Arab World

In Arab countries, the show was extremely popular, first airing in war-torn Lebanon on Télé Liban in 1979 under the title مغامرات الفضاء: يوفو - غرندايزر (Moughamarat Al Fada: UFO - Grendizer, Adventures In Space: UFO - Grendizer) before being distributed to most other Arabic speaking regions. Unlike the Italian and French dubs, the Arabic dub retained the characters’ names and kept songs from the Japanese version. Unlike most other Arabic dubs of anime, the show retained most of its plot details without any alteration or censorship in most Arabic-speaking markets, although some markets—such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE did censor certain scenes.

The Arabic language version of Grendizer was so popular when it first aired that it spawned several long-running Grendizer comics published for the Arabic market. Many of these were translations of the Italian-produced comics, the most well known of these being for the Lebanese comics anthology ما وراء الكون (Ma'Wara El Koun, Beyond The Universe). The magazine founded by Lebanese publisher Bassat Al Reeh (Flying Carpet) and headed by the company's editor Henry Matthews, published Arabic translations of science fiction comics ranging from one-off short stories to licensed Star Trek, Star Wars, and Marvel superhero comics, as well as TV licensed comics adaptations like Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. Grendizer did not make its appearance until the fifth issue, but was so popular that it became the top feature on the title, running for 140 issues. It later spawned its own comic series titled مغامرات غرندايزر (Moghamarat Grendizer, Grendizer Adventures) that ran for over 70 issues. The series' popularity continues on in the region, as Arab News journalist Hala Tashkandi stated; “Grendizer memorabilia still sell like hot cakes in the region, and its popularity has barely declined.” Lebanese pop star Sami Clark, who sang the Arabic version of the opening and ending in the Arabic dub, had frequently sung the theme in his concerts, including an orchestral rendering in 2018 . Clark also performed a duet with the singer of the original Japanese themes, Issao Sasaki, at the 2019 Saudi Anime Expo. There's even a store in Kuwait that started out mainly selling Grendizer merchandise, before expanding to selling other anime merchandise. In 2016, a Kuwaiti volunteer group made a Grendizer mural in Kuwait City during Urban Culture Week. Karim El Mufti, a professor of political science, said in his article about the anime, "UFO Robo Grendizer has surpassed the initial expectations of its producers. Although the conversion works of the original Japanese version into Arabic had kept the Japanese phonetics, sites and cultural references, the cartoon has actually blossomed into a life of its own. As such, the domestication process of this character and of its whole narrative set was intimately connected to the Arab context and politics at the inception moment of the series, thus mirroring the deep preoccupations of the generations of that time. High exposure to violence, aggression, and injustice in the Middle East had established a hospitable environment for the super-powerful resistance figure and pro-justice hero." Go Nagai stated in an interview with Arab News that he believes the geopolitical climate in the Arab world played a big role in Grendizer becoming popular in Arab regions.

See also

• Grendizer, Getter Robot G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu
• UFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger

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External links

• Official website at Toei Animation (in Japanese)
• UFO Robo Grendizer (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• UFO Robo Grendizer (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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1960s	Ōkami Shōnen Ken (1963–1965) Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru (1964–1965) Hustle Punch (1965–1966) Rainbow Sentai Robin (1966–1967) Sally the Witch (1966–1968) GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968–1969) Akane-chan (1968) Cyborg 009 (1968) Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (1968–1969) Himitsu no Akko-chan (1969–1970) Mōretsu Atarō (1969–1970) Tiger Mask (1969–1971)
1970s	Kick no Oni (1970–1971) Mahō no Mako-chan (1970–1971) Sarutobi Ecchan (1971–1972) GeGeGe no Kitarō (1971–1972) Mahōtsukai Chappy (1972) Devilman (1972–1973) Calimero (1972–1975) Mazinger Z (1972–1974) Babel II (1973) Microid S (1973) Miracle Girl Limit-chan (1973–1974) Dororon Enma-kun (1973–1974) Cutie Honey (1973–1974) Majokko Megu-chan (1974–1975) Getter Robo (1974–1975) Great Mazinger (1974–1975) Getter Robo G (1975–1976) Grendizer (1975–1977) Steel Jeeg (1975–1976) Ikkyū-san (1975–1982) Gaiking (1976–1977) Magne Robo Gakeen (1976–1977) Candy Candy (1976–1979) Jetter Mars (1977) Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace (1977–1978) Chōjin Sentai Balatack (1977–1978) Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix (1977–1978) Space Pirate Captain Harlock (1978–1979) Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger (1978–1979) Galaxy Express 999 (1978–1981) Captain Future (1978–1979) Hana no Ko Lunlun (1979–1980) Cyborg 009 (1979–1980) Future Robot Daltanious (1979–1980) Entaku no Kishi Monogatari: Moero Arthur (1979–1980)
1980s	Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey (1980) Mahō Shōjo Lalabel (1980–1981) Moero Arthur: Hakuba Ouji (1980) Ganbare Genki (1980–1981) Space Emperor God Sigma (1980–1981) Beast King GoLion (1981–1982) Hello! Sandybell (1981) Little Women (1981) Dr. Slump (1981–1986) Queen Millennia (1981–1982) Tiger Mask II (1981–1982) Honey Honey no Suteki na Bouken (1981–1982) Asari-chan (1982–1983) Armored Fleet Dairugger XV (1982–1983) Boku Patalliro! (1982–1983) The Kabocha Wine (1982–1984) Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX (1982–1983) Love Me, My Knight (1983–1984) Lightspeed Electroid Albegas (1983–1984) Kinnikuman (1983–1986) Stop!! Hibari-kun! (1983–1984) Dream Soldier Wing-Man (1984–1985) Tongari Bōshi no Memoru (1984) Video Warrior Laserion (1984–1985) Gu Gu Ganmo (1984–1985) Transformers (1984–1987) Fist of the North Star (1984–1987) GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985–1988) Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years (1985–1986) Maple Town (1986–1987) Dragon Ball (1986–1989) Silver Fang (1986) Saint Seiya (1986–1989) New Maple Town Stories: Palm Town Chapter (1987) Fist of the North Star 2 (1987–1988) Transformers: The Headmasters (1987–1988) Bikkuriman (1987–1989) Kamen no Ninja Akakage (1987–1988) Lady Lady!! (1987–1988) Tatakae!! Ramenman (1988) Sakigake!! Otokojuku (1988) Hello! Lady Lynn (1988–1989) Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (1988) Himitsu no Akko-chan (1988–1989) Transformers: Victory (1989) Akuma-kun (1989–1990) Shin Bikkuriman (1989–1990) Dragon Ball Z (1989–1996) Sally the Witch 2 (1989–1991)
1990s	Mōretsu Atarō (1990) Magical Taluluto (1990–1992) Goldfish Warning! (1991–1992) Getter Robo Go (1991–1992) Kinnikuman: Kinniku-sei Ōi Sōdatsu-hen (1991–1992) Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (1991–1992) Sailor Moon (1992–1997) Super Bikkuriman (1992–1993) Ghost Sweeper Mikami (1993–1994) Slam Dunk (1993–1996) Aoki Densetsu Shoot! (1993–1994) Marmalade Boy (1994–1995) Gulliver Boy (1995) Neighborhood Story (1995–1996) World Fairy Tale Series (1995–1996) GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996–1998) Dragon Ball GT (1996–1997) Jigoku Sensei Nūbē (1996–1997) Boys Over Flowers (1996–1997) Cutie Honey Flash (1997–1998) The Kindaichi Case Files (1997–2000) Yume no Crayon Oukoku (1997–1999) Dr. Slump (1997–1999) Anime Shūkan DX! Mi-Pha-Pu (Kocchi Muite! Miiko) (1998–1999) Yu-Gi-Oh! (1998) Himitsu no Akko-chan (1998–1999) Shugogetten! (1998–1999) Ojamajo Doremi (1999–2000) Phantom Thief Jeanne (1999–2000) Digimon Adventure (1999–2000) One Piece (1999–present)
2000s	Shinzo (2000) Ojamajo Doremi # (2000–2001) Digimon Adventure 02 (2000–2001) The Legend of the Gambler: Tetsuya (2000–2001) Mōtto! Ojamajo Doremi (2001–2002) Digimon Tamers (2001–2002) Nono-chan (2001–2002) Kinnikuman: The Second Generation (2002) Kanon (2002) Ojamajo Doremi Dokkān! (2002–2003) Digimon Frontier (2002–2003) Tsuribaka Nisshi (2002–2003) Ashita no Nadja (2003–2004) Air Master (2003) Zatch Bell! (2003–2006) Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2003–2005) Futari wa Pretty Cure (2004–2005) Kinnikuman: Ultimate Muscle (2004–2006) Beet the Vandel Buster (2004–2005) Ring ni Kakero (2004) Xenosaga: The Animation (2005) Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart (2005–2006) Beet the Vandel Buster: Excellion (2005–2006) Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu (2005–2006) Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales (2006) Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (2006–2007) Digimon Data Squad (2006–2007) Air Gear (2006) Ring ni Kakero: The Pacific War (2006) Kamisama Kazoku (2006) Binbō Shimai Monogatari (2006) Powerpuff Girls Z (2006–2007) Gin'iro no Olynssis (2006) Happy Lucky Bikkuriman (2006–2007) Yes! PreCure 5 (2007–2008) GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007–2009) Lovely Complex (2007) Mononoke (2007) Hatara Kizzu Maihamu Gumi (2007–2008) Hakaba no Kitarō (2008) Yes PreCure 5 GoGo! (2008–2009) Uchi no Sanshimai (2008–2010) RoboDz Kazagumo Hen (2008) Fresh Pretty Cure! (2009–2010) Marie & Gali (2009–2010) Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009–2011) Kaidan Restaurant (2009–2010) Welcome to Irabu's Office (2009–2010)
2010s	HeartCatch PreCure! (2010–2011) Marie & Gali ver.2.0 (2010–2011) Ring ni Kakero: Shadow (2010) Digimon Fusion (2010–2012) Suite PreCure (2011–2012) Toriko (2011–2014) Ring ni Kakero: World Tournament Chapter (2011) Smile PreCure! (2012–2013) Saint Seiya Omega (2012–2014) Tanken Driland (2012–2013) DokiDoki! PreCure (2013–2014) Tanken Driland: Sennen no Mahō (2013–2014) Kyousougiga (2013) Robot Girls Z (2014) HappinessCharge PreCure! (2014–2015) Majin Bone (2014–2015) Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (2014–2016) Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers (2014–2015) The Kindaichi Case Files R (2014–2016) Dragon Ball Z: The Final Chapters (2014–2015) Abarenbō Rikishi!! Matsutarō (2014) World Trigger (2014–2022) Go! Princess PreCure (2015–2016) Dragon Ball Super (2015–2018) Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (2015–present) Witchy Pretty Cure! (2016–2017) Digimon Universe: App Monsters (2016–2017) Tiger Mask W (2016–2017) Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode (2017–2018) Kado: The Right Answer (2017) Hug! Pretty Cure (2018–2019) GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018–2020) Bakutsuri Bar Hunter (2018–2019) Star Twinkle PreCure (2019–2020)
2020s	Healin' Good Pretty Cure (2020–2021) Future's Folktales (2020) Digimon Adventure: (2020–2021) Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō (2020–present) Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai (2020–2022) Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure (2021–2022) Digimon Ghost Game (2021–2023) Delicious Party Pretty Cure (2022–2023) Hiorgaru Sky! Pretty Cure (2023–2024) Run for Money: The Great Mission [ja] (2023–present) Ikimono-san (2023) Power of Hope: PreCure Full Bloom (2023) Wonderful Pretty Cure! (2024-present) Girls Band Cry (2024) Dragon Ball Daima (2024) Witchy Pretty Cure!! Future Days (2025)
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v t e Toei Animation theatrical features (1958–1979)
1950s–60s	The White Snake Enchantress (1958) Magic Boy (1959) Alakazam the Great (1960) The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963) Doggie March (1963) Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965) Cyborg 009 (1966) Cyborg 009: Monster Wars (1967) Jack and the Witch (1967) The World of Hans Christian Andersen (1968) GeGeGe no Kitarō (1968) The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun (1968) The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots (1969) Flying Phantom Ship (1969)
1970	Chibikko Remi to Meiken Kapi Tiger Mask 30,000 Miles Under the Sea Tiger Mask: Fuku Men League Sen
1971	Animal Treasure Island Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1972	Nagagutsu o Haita Neko: Nagagutsu Sanjūshi
1973	Mazinger Z vs. Devilman
1974	Mazinger Z vs. The Great General of Darkness
1975	Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: Kuchu Daigekitotsu Uchu Enban Daisenso Grendizer
1976	UFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger Nagagutsu o Haita Neko: Hachijū Nichi-kan Sekaiisshū Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu UFO Robot Grendizer: Akai Yuuhi no Taiketsu
1977	The Wild Swans Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace tai Konchu Robo Gundan
1978	Thumbelina Candy Candy: The Call of Spring/The May Festival Ikkyū-san and the Mischievous Princess Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace: Uchū Daikaisen Candy Candy's Summer Vacation Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery of the Arcadia
1979	Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger Taro the Dragon Boy Triton of the Sea Galaxy Express 999
Not including Madhouse-animated features produced by Toei Category

• Manga series
• 1975 manga
• 1975 anime television series debuts
• 1975 anime films
• 1976 manga
• 1976 anime films
• 2014 manga
• 2024 manga
• 2024 anime television series debuts
• 1976 animated short films
• 1976 films
• 1977 Japanese television series endings
• 2023 video games
• Akita Shoten manga
• Anime reboots
• Anime short films
• Fiction set around Vega
• Fictional robots
• Fuji Television original programming
• Kodansha manga
• Shunsuke Kikuchi
• Super robot anime and manga
• Television about alien invasions
• Television series about robots
• Television shows written by Ichirō Ōkouchi
• Toei Animation television
• Tokuma Shoten manga
• TV Tokyo original programming
• Mazinger