Gowappā 5 Godam
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| ゴワッパー5ゴーダム (Gowappaa 5 Goudamu) |
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| Genre | Mecha |
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| Director | Hisayuki Toriumi |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Productions |
| Network | Nihon Educational Television |
| Original run | March 4, 1976 – December 29, 1976 |
| Episodes | 36 |
Gowappā 5 Godam (ゴワッパー5ゴーダム?) is an anime series aired in 1976. There were 36 episodes. It is also referred to as Goliath the Super Fighter , Gowapper 5 Gundam, Godam, Go Wapper 5 Go Dam, Gowappa 5 Gordam.
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[edit] Story
Five youths from Edo City explore a strange rocky island and discover the mecha that Doctor Hoarai had been creating in order to resist the impending attack by a race of subterranean rock people. Doctor Hoarai was ridiculed by the scientific community for his predictions that such an attack would take place. The youths decide to join the doctor (who was dead but had transferred his mind into a computer) in piloting the vehicles and protecting Earth. The Gowapper 5 Godam team is born! With the aid of the giant fighting robot Godam, the Gowapper team under the leadership of Yoko Misaki must face the hordes of the inhuman subterranean people.
[edit] Concept
Gowappa was the first super robot anime to feature a female as the leader and main character. This was done in an effort to increase the TV viewing demographic to both male and female youth.
[edit] Staff
Director
Hisayuki Toriumi
Additional Director
Masami Suda
Tsuneo Ninomiya
Screenwriter
Toshio Nagata
Saburo Taki
Design
Yoshitaka Amano
Mechanical Design
Kunio Okawara (Tatsunoko Mechaman Design Office)
Animator
Yoshihisa Okuno
Chuichi Iguchi
Music
Bob Sakuma
[edit] Characters
| Japanese Name | Vehicle | Voiced by |
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| Yoko Misaki | A-Plane | |
| Go Tsunami | Gasomashin | Yoshito Yasuhara |
| Godaemon | Heli-Marine | |
| Norisuke | Yadokari Jeep | |
| Daikichi Kameyama | Turtle Tank | |
| Doctor Hoarai | ||
| Jo | ||
| Maguda Shogun |
[edit] DVD
The series has since been released on DVD.
[edit] Merchandise
Gowappa was released under the Magnemo toy label in Japan in 1976.
[edit] External links
Gowappā 5 Godam (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
