Gag-inducing Gordian...
I just spotted the Italian opening to TOUSHI GORDIAN (1979) on Youtube, which has actual footage of the robots fighting things other than tanks.
The Japanese opening - which is (relatively) much prettier, with a much better song, but little action.
GORDIAN is an absolutely crappy show that was made to sell one of the most kick-ass robots ever made. Gordian was made up of the large Gardin, the medium Derringer, and the small Protester, who fit inside one another like a Russian doll. Daigo, the hero, fits inside Protester. His bionic panther Clint was also included with the DX Gordian set. The toy was also sold as "Gardian" in the Godaikin line.
I don't have the Gordian toy (or the knockoff that is circulating), but I do have a neat Gardin knockoff remolded and repainted as Mazinger Z. The toy really is neat, and I'm sure having all 3 robots is even better.
The SHOW, on the other hand, is agonizing. I gather Tatsunoko didn't have much experience with directing mecha anime (there was a robot in TEKKAMAN, but it was basically a transforming device). Daigo is the protector of Victor Town, kidnapped by his sister Saori to pilot Gordian. Saori piloted Gordian in the first episode and somehow burned her mouth by doing so. Daigo's mouth is fine even though he doesn't wear any kind of cool pilot uniform
like all good Super Robot pilots do. The villains are the Madocter, who I gather are looking for the "Screen of the Sun". The action in 1-2, as in the Gordian opening above, is mostly Gordian stepping on tanks, and once firing his leg missile.
Italian site on Gordian - Use Google or Babelfish to translate.
One comment - Madocter villain Barbadas looks a lot like the "normal" form of Silverhawks villain Mon-Star (the only cool thing about that show). Mon-Star's wild haired form was transformed into the robot form on the card by "Moon Star Light". (No promises about accuracy - I don't feel like digging the tape out of the barn for one obscure fact).
The really horrifying thing? Due to the coolness of the toy, this abomination went on for 73 EPISODES!
And I want them all. Not as much as I want all of DOUGRAM (another insanely long runnning show that everyone today seems to hate - or at least not care about), but I still want to see just how bad this thing could get. Not enough to pay Jpn DVD or even obscure tape trader prices, though.
I just spotted the Italian opening to TOUSHI GORDIAN (1979) on Youtube, which has actual footage of the robots fighting things other than tanks.
The Japanese opening - which is (relatively) much prettier, with a much better song, but little action.
GORDIAN is an absolutely crappy show that was made to sell one of the most kick-ass robots ever made. Gordian was made up of the large Gardin, the medium Derringer, and the small Protester, who fit inside one another like a Russian doll. Daigo, the hero, fits inside Protester. His bionic panther Clint was also included with the DX Gordian set. The toy was also sold as "Gardian" in the Godaikin line.
I don't have the Gordian toy (or the knockoff that is circulating), but I do have a neat Gardin knockoff remolded and repainted as Mazinger Z. The toy really is neat, and I'm sure having all 3 robots is even better.
The SHOW, on the other hand, is agonizing. I gather Tatsunoko didn't have much experience with directing mecha anime (there was a robot in TEKKAMAN, but it was basically a transforming device). Daigo is the protector of Victor Town, kidnapped by his sister Saori to pilot Gordian. Saori piloted Gordian in the first episode and somehow burned her mouth by doing so. Daigo's mouth is fine even though he doesn't wear any kind of cool pilot uniform
like all good Super Robot pilots do. The villains are the Madocter, who I gather are looking for the "Screen of the Sun". The action in 1-2, as in the Gordian opening above, is mostly Gordian stepping on tanks, and once firing his leg missile.
Italian site on Gordian - Use Google or Babelfish to translate.
One comment - Madocter villain Barbadas looks a lot like the "normal" form of Silverhawks villain Mon-Star (the only cool thing about that show). Mon-Star's wild haired form was transformed into the robot form on the card by "Moon Star Light". (No promises about accuracy - I don't feel like digging the tape out of the barn for one obscure fact).
The really horrifying thing? Due to the coolness of the toy, this abomination went on for 73 EPISODES!
And I want them all. Not as much as I want all of DOUGRAM (another insanely long runnning show that everyone today seems to hate - or at least not care about), but I still want to see just how bad this thing could get. Not enough to pay Jpn DVD or even obscure tape trader prices, though.
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