Baxinger
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was an anime
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 1982 to 1983 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...

. There were 39 episodes aired. Other loosely translated names include "Baxingar", "Galactic Stormwind Baxinga", "Cosmo Rangers". It is the sequel to Braiger
Braiger
is an anime series aired from 1981 to 1982 in Japan. There were 39 episodes aired. Other loosely translated names include "Braiger", "Bryger", "Brygar", "Galactic Whirlwind Bryger", "Galactic Cyclone Buraiger", "Cosmo Runner". It is the first series from the J9 Series.-Original Story:In the year...

and the second series of the J9 Series
J9 Series
The J9 Series is a trilogy of consecutive anime series sequels:*Braiger*Baxinger*Sasuraiger...

. A base of a story is the late Tokugawa period, a story of Shinsengumi
Shinsengumi
The were a special police force of the late shogunate period.-Historical background:After Japan opened up to the West following U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visits in 1853, its political situation gradually became more and more chaotic...

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Original story

The story is set 600 years after the destruction of Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...

 where the solar system
Solar System
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 was in a state of peace under the Bakufu government. However, the lawlessness of this new solar system prompts a man named Dan Condor to organize a new J9 team to fight against injustice. Equipped with Cosmobikes, they merge into a super robot
Super 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,...

 named Baxinger.

Cast

Directors: Takao Yotsuji

Additional Directors: Teppei Matsuura, Hideki Takayama

Design: Kazuo Komatsubara
Kazuo Komatsubara
was a Japanese animator, animation director and character designer born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He worked as an independently contracted character designer for Toei Animation in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a member of the board of directors of animation studio Oh! Production...


Characters

Name Nickname called "Roadname" Bike
Digo Kondoh Don Condor Typhoon
Shuteken Radcliff Moroha no Shuteken (Moroha means "Double-edged sword") Hurricane
Shiro Mahoroba Billy the Shot Reppun
Samanosuke Dodi Kattobi no Sama (Kattobi means "speeder") Cyclone
Layla Mineri Fushicho no Layla (Fushicho means "immortal Butterfly") Monsoon

Sequels

This is part 2 of the J-9 Trilogy.
Part J9 Team Japanese Translated Name English Translated Name
Part 1 J9 Ginga Senpuu Braiger Galaxy Cyclone Braiger
Braiger
is an anime series aired from 1981 to 1982 in Japan. There were 39 episodes aired. Other loosely translated names include "Braiger", "Bryger", "Brygar", "Galactic Whirlwind Bryger", "Galactic Cyclone Buraiger", "Cosmo Runner". It is the first series from the J9 Series.-Original Story:In the year...

Part 2 J9-II Ginga Reppuu Baxinger Galactic Gale Baxinger
Part 3 JJ9 Ginga Shippu Sasuraiger Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger
Sasuraiger
was an anime series aired from 1983 to 1984 in Japan. There were 43 episodes aired. Other loosely translated names include "Sasuraiger", "Galactic Gale Sasuraiger", "Galaxy Whirlwind Sasuraiger" and "Wonder Six." It is the sequel to Baxinger and is the final member of the J9 Series.-Original...


Video games

The robot have been featured in video games such as 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...

, Super Robot Wars GC
Super Robot Wars GC
is the first and only Nintendo GameCube Super Robot Wars title. The basic premise of the game is that the plot, settings, characters, and other mechanics consist of essentially mixing and combining the like of Gundam, Mazinger, Getter Robo, Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh, and many other mecha-based anime...

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