Sean Akizuki's Super Sentai Blog

  With Daimos having its 45th anniversary - I felt like writing this article. I guess I never bothered to observe how the defunct Super Robot anime still influences Tokusatsu. Sure, we aren't going to see any more of those giant robots since Super Sentai took the spot. It's like how Power Rangers ends up overshadowing the Voltron franchise - both based on a Toei license. I guess World Event Productions (WEP) didn't stand a chance when Haim Saban got his turn with a Toei license. Some shows may be quite old but it doesn't mean they don't deserve a revisit. One character from Daimos would be an interesting revisit. It's the concept of that Stupid Evil bigot named General Sakimori Miwa. Yes, that Baam-hating general who'd do anything to get rid of them AND take the credit for himself. If I'm not wrong, the last Super Robot Anime that Toei had was Dairugger XV . Yes, that very show became the source material of the unpopular Vehicle Voltron cartoon. I guess ...

  Here's a classic illustratin by Andrew Leta. I remembered reading an article from Henshin Grid about Voltron and Power Rangers . Before Haim Saban localized Japanese content - there was also World Event Productions (WEP) that remade both Beast King Golion and Armored Fleet Dairugger XV into the two Voltron series. In Japan, both series weren't linked together as Golion happened in 1999 when the Earth was destroyed in a nuclear war. Dairugger XV happened in 2200 A.D. and the Earth was still intact complete with the Galaxy Alliance. Both shows were in 1981 and 1982. I suspect that Golion was created to celebrate Combattler V's fifth anniversary   and Dairugger XV   to celebrate Voltes V's fifth anniversary. Just think about how the team formation of Combattler V was very similar with Golion . Before that, they also had the team formation of Tatsunuko's  Science Ninja Team Gatchaman where Super Sentai would blatantly follow them . The Gatchaman team never used a gian...