Albegas
Encyclopedia
was an anime
series aired from 1983 to 1984 in Japan
, Latin America
, Spain
and Italy
. There were 45 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. Other loosely translated names are "Arbegas", "Arebegas", "Lightspeed ElectroGod Arbegas" and "Arbegas: El Rayo Custodio".
, is born.
, Beta
, and Gamma
). Albegas' weapon of choice is the Sanbai Plasma Sword, with which he defeats enemy Derinja robots (called "Mecha-Fighters") by splitting them in half. Each robot also uses an individual sword.
A friend of the three pilots, Goro, also piloted the comic relief Gori Robo (in the tradition of Boss Borot from Mazinger Z
).
When combined, the first listed robot forms the upper torso, head, arms, and thighs of Albegas, the second robot listed forms the midrif, upper backpack, and the backs of the lower legs, and the third robot forms the waist, the lower backpack, and the prominent portion of the lower legs.
They were very quickly replaced by a different set of small aircraft that could transform into different bipedal droid forms, and similarly combined into the New Super Abega.
universe as the third portion of the Voltron: Defender of the Universe series, but due to the extreme popularity of the Golion
-derived Voltron and lack of popularity of the Dairugger XV-derived portion of the series, the plan was ultimately scrapped in favor of a new season of originally animated "Lion Voltron" episodes. However, die-cast Albegas toys were still released as "Voltron II" (a.k.a., "Gladiator Voltron") in the Matchbox Voltron toyline, and Albegas made a brief appearance as Gladiator Voltron in the Voltron comic book series. Ultimately, Albegas did eventually appear in the U.S. in unaltered form as a laserdisc arcade game from Sega.
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 aired from 1983 to 1984 in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. There were 45 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. Other loosely translated names are "Arbegas", "Arebegas", "Lightspeed ElectroGod Arbegas" and "Arbegas: El Rayo Custodio".
Original story
Three talented students of a technical high school, Daisaku, Tetsuya, and Hotaru, create award-winning robots as part of a school competition. At this time, the evil Derinja race that plans control of all space extends its ambitions to Earth. To combat this threat, Hotaru's father, Professor Mizuki, takes the three robots and modifies them for battle. Albegas, a super robotSuper Robot
is a term used in manga and anime to describe a giant robot or mecha, with an arsenal of fantastic super-powered weapons, extreme resistance to damage unless the plot calls for it, sometimes transformable or combined from two or more robots and/or vehicles usually piloted by young, daring heroes,...
, is born.
Concept
The three individual robots form by stacking on top of one another to form a super robot called Albegas. There are six stackable formations. Each one serves a special function. Individually, the name of the robots are derived from Greek alphabets (AlphaAlpha
Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. Alpha or ALPHA may also refer to:-Science:*Alpha , the highest ranking individuals in a community of social animals...
, Beta
Beta (letter)
Beta is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In Ancient Greek, beta represented the voiced bilabial plosive . In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labiodental fricative ....
, and Gamma
Gamma
Gamma is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Gimel . Letters that arose from Gamma include the Roman C and G and the Cyrillic letters Ge Г and Ghe Ґ.-Greek:In Ancient Greek, gamma represented a...
). Albegas' weapon of choice is the Sanbai Plasma Sword, with which he defeats enemy Derinja robots (called "Mecha-Fighters") by splitting them in half. Each robot also uses an individual sword.
Staff
- Director
Kozo Morishita - Additional Directors
Masamitsu Sasaki
Masao ItoMasao Itois a Japanese neuroscientist, and director of the Riken Brain Science Institute.He won the 2006 Gruber Neuroscience Prize, and the 1996 Japan Prize.-Life:...
Noriyasu Yamauchi
Keiji Hisaoka
Takao Yoshisawa
Masayuki Akehi - Screen Writers
Akiyoshi Sakai - Designers
Shigenori Kageyama
Koichi OhataKoichi Ohatais a Japanese animation director and mecha designer, known for cult classics M.D. Geist and Genocyber.-Direct-to-video animation:* 1986 M.D. Geist* 1989 Cybernetics Guardian* 1994 Genocyber* 1996 M.D. Geist 2 – Death Force* 1996 M.D... - Animation
Hajie Kaneko
Toshio MoriToshio MoriToshio Mori is an American author, best known for being one of the earliest Japanese American writers to publish a book of fiction.-Biography:... - Music
Michiaki Watanabe
Characters
| Japanese Name | Japanese Full Name | English Name | Voices by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daisaku | Daisaku Enjoji | Toshio Furukawa Toshio Furukawa is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production and is married to fellow voice actress Shino Kakinuma. His height is 164cm. Hobbies are Fishing, diorama, reading and movies.In July 2011, Furukawa appeared at Anime Expo as a guest.-Career/Personal:... |
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| Tetsuya | Tetsuya Jin | Hideyuki Hori Hideyuki Hori is a Japanese voice actor and younger brother of fellow voice actor Yukitoshi Hori and works at Aoni Production. He is most known for his roles in Saint Seiya , Sakigake!! Otokojuku , Kinnikuman , Mobile Fighter G Gundam , and the Dead or Alive series and Ninja Gaiden .-Career:Along... |
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| Hotaru | Hotaru Mizuki | Hiromi Tsuru Hiromi Tsuru is a Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture. She is currently affiliated with Aoni Production.She is most known for the roles of Bulma , Ukyo Kuonji , Dokin-chan , Madoka Ayukawa , Miyuki Kashima , Reiko Mikami and Naomi Hunter is a Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture. She... |
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| Derinja | Derringer | ||
| Prof. Mizuki | Professor Mizuki | 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... |
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| Goro | Goro Kumai | Kōzō Shioya Kozo Shioya Kōzō Shioya is a veteran seiyū born in Kagoshima Prefecture. He is currently represented by Aoni Production... |
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| Ritsuko | |||
| Saeko | Chiyoko Kawashima Chiyoko Kawashima is a former Japanese voice actress. She retired from voice-acting in 2001; her final role was that of Kusakabe Maron's mother in Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne.-Notable voice roles:*Candy Candy as Patricia O'Brien*Cat's Eye as Kazumi*Kaibutsu-kun as Utako... |
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| Prof. Danko | Noriko Tsukase Noriko Tsukase was a Japanese voice actress and chanson singer active during the 1970s and 1980s.Tsukase was born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. Her most popular roles included Spank in Ohayō! Spank, Miss Alphonne in the original Cutie Honey TV series, and Non in Majokko Megu-chan... |
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| President Bios | Hidekatsu Shibata Hidekatsu Shibata is a Japanese voice actor from Asakusa, Tokyo who is affiliated with Aoni Production. He was a classmate of Yasuo Fukuda at Azabu High School. He is married to voice actress Akiko Sekine.... |
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| Generalissimo (Shogun) Duston | Masaharu Satō Masaharu Sato is a Japanese voice actor currently working for Aoni Production.Along with the late Kōji Totani, he is considered the No. 1 supporting actor of the Japanese voice acting world.... |
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| Commander Katastra | Kōji Totani Koji Totani was a veteran seiyū born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Totani worked at Aoni Production. His nickname was "Totani-chan". On February 6, 2006, at the age of 57, he died from acute heart failure... |
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| Commander Mira Zero | |||
Robots
| Configuration | Color | Pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Robo | Black | Daisaku Enjoji |
| Beta Robo | Blue | Tetsuya Jin |
| Gamma Robo | Red | Hotaru Mizuki |
A friend of the three pilots, Goro, also piloted the comic relief Gori Robo (in the tradition of Boss Borot from Mazinger Z
Mazinger Z
, known briefly as Tranzor Z in United States, is a Super Robot manga and anime series created by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later continued in Kodansha TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. In...
).
Stackable configurations
| Albegas Mode | Stack (top to bottom) | Albegas Colors |
|---|---|---|
| Denjin Dimension (Electroid Dimension) | Alpha, Beta, Gamma | Black, Blue, Red |
| Magma Dimension | Beta, Gamma, Alpha | Blue, Red, Black |
| Space Dimension | Alpha, Gamma, Beta | Black, Red, Blue |
| Marine Dimension | Gamma, Alpha, Beta | Red, Black, Blue |
| Guard Dimension | Gamma, Beta, Alpha | Red, Blue, Black |
| Sky Dimension | Beta, Alpha, Gamma | Blue, Black, Red |
When combined, the first listed robot forms the upper torso, head, arms, and thighs of Albegas, the second robot listed forms the midrif, upper backpack, and the backs of the lower legs, and the third robot forms the waist, the lower backpack, and the prominent portion of the lower legs.
Super Abega and New Super Abega
In the beginning of the series, each pilot also used a smaller aircraft, which was flown in through small hatches into the backs of the robots in order to pilot the robots. The three aircraft could also combine into a single jet called the Super Abega.They were very quickly replaced by a different set of small aircraft that could transform into different bipedal droid forms, and similarly combined into the New Super Abega.
| Original Jet | Transforming Jet/Robot | Pilot |
|---|---|---|
| Jet Alpha | New Jet Alpha/Jetrobo Alpha | Daisaku Enjoji |
| Jet Beta | New Jet Beta/Jetrobo Beta | Tetsuya Jin |
| Jet Gamma | New Jet Gamma/Jetrobo Gamma | Mizuki Hotaru |
Voltron and Albegas
Albegas was intended to be incorporated into the VoltronVoltron
Voltron is the titular super robot of an anime series that features a team of young pilots, known as the Voltron Force. The team’s individual vehicles join together to form the giant super robot, with which they defend the galaxy from evil...
universe as the third portion of the Voltron: Defender of the Universe series, but due to the extreme popularity of the Golion
Golion
is a Japanese super robot anime television series. The animation from GoLion was edited and trimmed to create the Lion version of the U.S. Voltron: Defender of the Universe series, with new names and dialogue, as well as several plot changes...
-derived Voltron and lack of popularity of the Dairugger XV-derived portion of the series, the plan was ultimately scrapped in favor of a new season of originally animated "Lion Voltron" episodes. However, die-cast Albegas toys were still released as "Voltron II" (a.k.a., "Gladiator Voltron") in the Matchbox Voltron toyline, and Albegas made a brief appearance as Gladiator Voltron in the Voltron comic book series. Ultimately, Albegas did eventually appear in the U.S. in unaltered form as a laserdisc arcade game from Sega.