Six God Combination Godmars
Encyclopedia
is a popular anime
series that aired from 1981 to 1982 in Japan
, Hong Kong
, and Italy
with 64 episodes. Other loosely translated names are "Hexademon Symbiote God Mars", "Six God Union God Mars", and "Six Gods United As One Being"; sometimes spelling the title mecha as Godmars
Takeru possesses psychic powers ( ESP
). Takeru also can pilot the God Mars robot with his mind. Takeru decides to join the Earth defense forces and becomes a member of the Crasher Squad (an elite space defense force) where he and his friends take a last stand against the Gishin's attack. The relationship of Takeru with his brother Marg, which fate would have it, pitted the two against each other in the war.
Unknown to the Gishin, five other robots were created in secrecy alongside Gaia by Takeru's father and sent with Gaia to protect Takeru. Whenever Earth is in danger, Takeru is able to summon the five other robots to combine with Gaia to form the giant robot God Mars. The five other robots are Sphinx, Uranus, Titan, Shin and Ra.
. God Mars is named as such to represent the mythological Roman
God of war
.
Series director: Tetsuo Imazawa
Producer: Shigeru Akagawa, Yasuji Takahashi
Character Design: Hideyuki Motohashi
Animation director: Hideyuki Motohashi
Mecha design: Hajime Gamemaki
Background Art: Tsutomu Ishigaki
. In Super Robot Wars Destiny
and Super Robot Wars Z2: Hakai-hen, the player gets a "Game Over" whenever God Mars is destroyed, due to the God Mars storyline for the first 25 episodes. In Hakai-hen, there is even a special game over screen for when this happens.
. The show did appear in the U.S as an edited televised movie in 1982 called Godmars. Later in 1988 a God Mars OVA
was released under the title God Mars: The Untold Legend where Gaia, God Mars, and the gishin robot Zeron receive redesigns although the OVA mostly focuses on an alternate telling of Marg's life on Gishin up until the events of episode 19. A theatrical feature was to follow called God Mars: The Movie +.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series that aired from 1981 to 1982 in Japan
Japan
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, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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, and Italy
Italy
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with 64 episodes. Other loosely translated names are "Hexademon Symbiote God Mars", "Six God Union God Mars", and "Six Gods United As One Being"; sometimes spelling the title mecha as Godmars
Original story
In the year 1999, humanity begins to advance beyond the known Solar System. The small planet Gishin, led by the Emperor Zul, who aims to conquer the galaxy, runs into conflict with Earth. He targets Earth for elimination and to do this, he sends a male baby called Mars to live among humanity. Accompanying the baby is a giant robot named Gaia, which utilizes a new power source strong enough to destroy an entire planet. As planned, Mars is expected to grow up, where he will activate the bomb within Gaia to fulfill the mission of destroying the Earth. However, when Mars arrives on Earth he is adopted into a Japanese family and given the name Takeru. Seventeen years later, Takeru grows up with a love for humanity and refuses to detonate the bomb as ordered by Zul. However, if Takeru was to die, the bomb within Gaia would explode destroying the earth.Takeru possesses psychic powers ( ESP
Extra-sensory perception
Extrasensory perception involves reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind. The term was coined by Frederic Myers, and adopted by Duke University psychologist J. B. Rhine to denote psychic abilities such as telepathy, clairaudience, and...
). Takeru also can pilot the God Mars robot with his mind. Takeru decides to join the Earth defense forces and becomes a member of the Crasher Squad (an elite space defense force) where he and his friends take a last stand against the Gishin's attack. The relationship of Takeru with his brother Marg, which fate would have it, pitted the two against each other in the war.
Unknown to the Gishin, five other robots were created in secrecy alongside Gaia by Takeru's father and sent with Gaia to protect Takeru. Whenever Earth is in danger, Takeru is able to summon the five other robots to combine with Gaia to form the giant robot God Mars. The five other robots are Sphinx, Uranus, Titan, Shin and Ra.
Concept
The anime show is loosely based on the 1976 Mars manga from Shōnen Champion magazine by Mitsuteru YokoyamaMitsuteru Yokoyama
was a Japanese manga artist born in Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo. His personal name was originally spelled , with the same pronunciation. His works include Tetsujin 28-go, Giant Robo, Akakage, Babel II, Sally, the Witch, Princess Comet, and adaptations of the Chinese classics Outlaws of the Marsh and...
. God Mars is named as such to represent the mythological Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
God of war
Mars (mythology)
Mars was the Roman god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was second in importance only to Jupiter, and he was the most prominent of the military gods worshipped by the Roman legions...
.
Staff
Original Manga author and Creator: Mitsuteru YokoyamaMitsuteru Yokoyama
was a Japanese manga artist born in Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo. His personal name was originally spelled , with the same pronunciation. His works include Tetsujin 28-go, Giant Robo, Akakage, Babel II, Sally, the Witch, Princess Comet, and adaptations of the Chinese classics Outlaws of the Marsh and...
Series director: Tetsuo Imazawa
Producer: Shigeru Akagawa, Yasuji Takahashi
Character Design: Hideyuki Motohashi
Animation director: Hideyuki Motohashi
Mecha design: Hajime Gamemaki
Background Art: Tsutomu Ishigaki
Characters
| Name | Japanese Name | Voices by |
|---|---|---|
| Mars/Takeru Myojin | マーズ／明神タケル | Yū Mizushima Yu Mizushima is a Japanese voice actor. He is the Japanese voice-over for Sammo Hung, and is the Japanese voice of Wakko.-Notable roles:* .hack//Intermezzo as Male Heavyblade* Black Cat as Doctor * Black Jack* Black Magic M-66 as Leakey... |
| Kenji Asuka | 飛鳥ケンジ | Hiroya Ishimaru Hiroya Ishimaru is a Japanese voice actor most famous for performing the role of Kouji Kabuto in the 1972 series Mazinger Z and its sequels. He also gave voice to Tutty from Bosco Adventure and recently voiced Ultraman Taro in Ultraman Story, Ultraman Mebius, and Ultraman Mebius and Ultra Brothers He is also the... |
| Naoto Ijuin | 伊集院ナオト | Hirotaka Suzuoki Hirotaka Suzuoki was a Japanese voice actor and actor from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture who graduated from Tokyo Keizai University.His best known roles include Mobile Suit Gundam , Captain Tsubasa , Saint Seiya , Dragon Ball Z , The Transformers , Ranma ½ , Rurouni Kenshin , Pokémon... (anime)Gô Shinomiya Go Shinomiya is a Japanese voice actor from Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.-Video Games:*Samurai Spirits Zero Special as Kusaragedo *Suikoden IV as Reinbach*The Sword of Etheria as Leon*Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future as Velleman*Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword... (Super Robot Wars Super Robot Wars is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Banpresto, which is now a Japanese division of Namco Bandai. The main feature of the franchise is having a story that crosses over several popular mecha anime, manga and video games, allowing characters and mecha from different titles to... Series) |
| Mika Hyuga | 日向ミカ | Youko Kawanami |
| Akira Kiso | 木曽アキラ | Yoku Shioya Yoku Shioya is a Japanese voice actor debuting in Umi no Triton . Recently he has done some voice directing in such anime as Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls. His real name is Tsubasa Shioya... |
| Namida Akashi | 明石ナミダ | Eiko Yamada |
| Shigeru Otsuka | 大塚長官 | Kousei Tomita |
| Dr. Myojin | 明神博士 | Takeshi Aono Takeshi Aono is a Japanese voice actor and actor from Asahikawa, Hokkaidō affiliated with Aoni Production. He graduated from Hokkaidō Asahikawa Higashi High School.... |
| Shizuka Myojin | 明神静子 | Toshiko Maeda |
| Marg | マーグ | Yūji Mitsuya Yuji Mitsuya is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and sound supervisor from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture who is affiliated with Bring Up. He graduated from Meiji University.... |
| Rose | ロゼ | Rumiko Ukai Rumiko Ukai is a Japanese voice actress best known for voicing Frau Bow in the original Mobile Suit Gundam. She is a member of 81 Produce.-Voice Roles:*Frau Bow in Mobile Suit Gundam *Kitty Kitten in Space Runaway Ideon *Miyuki Tokita in Brigadoon... |
| Flore | フローレ | Yoshiko Sakakibara Yoshiko Sakakibara is a Japanese voice actress.-Direct-to-video animation:* 1983 Dallos - Melinda Hurst* 1985 Greed - Mimau* 1985 Area 88 - Yasuda* 1985 Cream Lemon – Rio* 1985 Megazone 23 – Reina* 1985 The Karuizawa Syndrome - Kaoru Matsunuma... |
| Gasshu | ガッシュ | Akio Nojima Akio Nojima is a Japanese voice actor. He is the father of voice actors Hirofumi Nojima and Kenji Nojima and is employed by talent firm agency Sigma Seven. He is most known for the roles of Saga in Saint Seiya and the Japanese voice of KITT in Knight Rider-TV Series:... Kazuyuki Sogabe Kazuyuki Sogabe Kazuyuki Sogabe was a Japanese voice actor born in Chiba Prefecture. Sogabe retired from voice acting on December 31, 2000 when he felt a weakness in his own voice. After his retirement, many of his current roles went to voice actors Tetsu Inada and Ryotaro Okiayu. Kazuyuki, however, was active in... (eps 43-44) |
| Emperor Zuul | ズール皇帝 | Naya Goro |
| Gyron | ギロン総統 | Osamu Kobayashi Osamu Kobayashi Osamu Kobayashi is the name of:*Osamu Kobayashi , animation director and founder of Ajia-do Animation Works*Osamu Kobayashi , director of BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad and Paradise Kiss... |
| Rui | ルイ | Kumiko Takizawa Kumiko Takizawa is a Japanese voice actress who works for 81 Produce.-Notable voice roles:*Makiko Shikishima in Tetsujin 28-go *Midori Kurenai in Hell Girl*Hazuki's Grandmother in Ojamajo Doremi*Sawako Sawanoguchi in Magic User's Club... |
| Narrator | ナレーター | Eiji Kanie Eiji Kanie was a Japanese voice actor born in Tokyo. He is most remembered for being the first voice of Ramenman in Kinnikuman and for playing Vrlitwhai Kridanik in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross. He died in 1985 of a subarachnoid hemorrhage... |
Robots
| Name | Robot Location | Color | Specialty | Hidden in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaia | Body Core Internal | red | Gravitational Beam, Impact Wave | Japanese statue in the reefs |
| Sphinx | Body Shell Middle | blue, red | God of Stones | Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... between Pyramid Pyramid A pyramid is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a single point. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or any polygon shape, meaning that a pyramid has at least three triangular surfaces... and Sphinx Sphinx A sphinx is a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head or a cat head.The sphinx, in Greek tradition, has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless... |
| Uranus | Right Arm | white | Freezer Beam | Icebergs near Greenland Greenland Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for... |
| Titan | Left Arm | green | Cyclone Blast | Indian Ocean Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and... |
| Shin | Right Foot | black, red | Flare | Among South East Asian Temple |
| Ra | Left Foot | blue, yellow | Pulsar Beam | Among Easter Island Statues Moai Moai , or mo‘ai, are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Chilean Polynesian island of Easter Island between the years 1250 and 1500. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called ahu around the... |
| God Mars | N/A | All colors mentioned | God Fire, Mars Flash | N/A |
Video games
God Mars would go on to make guest appearances in games like Super Robot WarsSuper Robot Wars
is a series of tactical role-playing video games produced by Banpresto, which is now a Japanese division of Namco Bandai. The main feature of the franchise is having a story that crosses over several popular mecha anime, manga and video games, allowing characters and mecha from different titles to...
. In Super Robot Wars Destiny
Super Robot Wars Destiny
Super Robot Wars D is a video game for the Game Boy Advance, an installment of Banpresto's Super Robot Wars franchise. It is the fourth game to appear on the Game Boy Advance system, preceded by Super Robot Wars A, Super Robot Wars R and Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation.-Series Featured:The...
and Super Robot Wars Z2: Hakai-hen, the player gets a "Game Over" whenever God Mars is destroyed, due to the God Mars storyline for the first 25 episodes. In Hakai-hen, there is even a special game over screen for when this happens.
Reaction
God Mars came out very early in the super robot animation era of the 1980s, having been created by Mitsuteru YokoyamaMitsuteru Yokoyama
was a Japanese manga artist born in Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo. His personal name was originally spelled , with the same pronunciation. His works include Tetsujin 28-go, Giant Robo, Akakage, Babel II, Sally, the Witch, Princess Comet, and adaptations of the Chinese classics Outlaws of the Marsh and...
. The show did appear in the U.S as an edited televised movie in 1982 called Godmars. Later in 1988 a God Mars OVA
Original video animation
, abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation...
was released under the title God Mars: The Untold Legend where Gaia, God Mars, and the gishin robot Zeron receive redesigns although the OVA mostly focuses on an alternate telling of Marg's life on Gishin up until the events of episode 19. A theatrical feature was to follow called God Mars: The Movie +.
External links
- TMS God MArs
- TMS Godmars Library (Japanese)
- Godmars Info