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, also known as Ninja Robot Tobikage and Ninja Robots, is a Japanese anime television series, produced by Studio Pierrot, which aired from 6 October 1985 to 14 July 1986 on the Nippon Television network.
It was also broadcast across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia by Cartoon Network, under the title Ninja Robots, across Russia by Ren-TV, across the Philippines by Solar USA after Cartoon Network Philippines removed it from it airwaves, across France by TF1, under the title Tobikage, and across Chile by TVN de Chile and Mexico by Televisa Canal 5.
events in Ninja Senshi Tobikage take place in 2200.
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, also known as Ninja Robot Tobikage and Ninja Robots, is a Japanese anime television series, produced by Studio Pierrot, which aired from 6 October 1985 to 14 July 1986 on the Nippon Television network.
It was also broadcast across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia by Cartoon Network, under the title Ninja Robots, across Russia by Ren-TV, across the Philippines by Solar USA after Cartoon Network Philippines removed it from it airwaves, across France by TF1, under the title Tobikage, and across Chile by TVN de Chile and Mexico by Televisa Canal 5.
Plot
The events in Ninja Senshi Tobikage take place in 2200. It starts off in a fictional colony on the planet Mars. In this universe people have colonized both Mars and the Moon by the time in which the events occur. The main character is a 16-year old boy Joe Maya. He resides on Mars with his father. Joe's biggest dream is to return to Earth. It is his home planet. Joe has two best friends - his sworn brother Mike and a girl named Jenny who prove to be helpful allies and also with the powers to operate the robots.
One day, while escaping from the Martian police Joe and Mike stumble over a giant spaceship that appears to belong to aliens of some sort. At the same time another spaceship, located outside Mars, sends out humanoid robots which starts attacking the aforementioned spaceship. Joe goes to investigate and finds himself being chased by one of the robots. Having no choice, he hides in the damaged spaceship.
Here he encounters three aliens, who look like humans. One of them is a young Princess who Joe instantly finds attractive. However the other alien - a young red-headed general yells at Joe in a foreign language and points a gun. The robot which was chasing Joe enters the ship. The aliens run away leaving Joe standing face to face with the killer robot. Panicking, Joe hides inside an unidentified object, which turns out to be a "manually operated" vast robot. Joe gets quickly accustomed to the machine and destroys the killer robot and scares the other ones.
After the attack Joe's fate has become tangled with the aliens. He will accompany them on their journey to Earth while making new friends and meeting old friends.
Characters
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- Joe Maya is 16 year old currently residing in Mars. His rebellious and impulsive behaviour lands him in the adventure of his life. He lost his mother when he was young but often reminisces about the fun he had on Earth. His father is a calm, thoughtful figure, almost his opposite. He is the first to operate and discover the robots.
- His best friend is Ronen, his childhood friend. Among his other childhood friends are Jenny and Mike. Joe and Mike refer to each other as "brother". Joe leaves behind two of the friends in order to defeat Hazard, even though they continue to help him especially when his father is kidnapped.
- He often teases Jenny about his friends interest in her. He also treats her as a guy. Joe show romantic feelings for both the Princess and Jenny. He is attracted to the Princess and often will do anything to protect her. He has an enmity with Irubora from the beginning due to his rude and impulsive behaviour. He is also very curious about the Tobikage who continuously aids him in battle.
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- Jenny is also 16. She is a portrayed as a tomboy. However like any girl, she also gets jealous! She is possessive about Joe, but very sweet. She is a good fighter and almost as daring as Joe, although she is extremely concerned about her family who stayed behind on Mars. She is the second to operate the robot.
- She acts as a sister to Mike and helps him get the girl of his dreams - Shafu. Kenji has a crush on Jenny which she doesn't reciprocate. She gets irritated when Joe teases her about him. When the princess hugs or flirts with Joe, she becomes upset and hurt. Shes believes Romina has feelings towards Joe, which is proved to be true later on. She asks Joe how he feels about her many times and even says that she loves him and just wanted to be with him, even if he went to Andromeda. She is hopelessly in love with Joe.
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- Romina is a princess and future empress. She is very beautiful: a slender girl with long white hands, sad blue eyes and a mane of silvery-lavender hair. Romina is modest and sincere. She resided on a once peaceful planet which was violently invaded by Alex, she is now being hunted. Forced to escape from invaders in Erushang with her two closest friends: lady Shafu and lord Irubora Saro. She cries over her losses: parents, her world and Irubora. However in public Romina puts on a brave front.
- Romina is a person who is extremely loyal to the friends and she expects the same loyalty from them. Joe falls in love with Romina, their feelings grow as Joe always cheers her up and helps her out. While Princess, support her new friend and even risks her life to save Joe. Slowly they understand each other as their romance blooms
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- Irubora (Icelander in English dubs) is a reserved, ambitious general who can be egoistic and aggressive but, noble and courageous at the same time. He is called The Best Warrior of Andromeda. He tends to look down on others, nevertheless, he seems to be deeply in love with the Princess and is determined to fight for her to the end. Although she remains unaware of his love for her and her own feelings for the commander
- He becomes very jealous of Romina's attention towards Joe. Both are "people of action" and this mutual antipathy ends up in open quarrels and endless fights - a very upsetting situation for Romina who want to avoid aggression and violence. He is man of great ambition and he dreams about great powers, Grathan offers power in exchange for princess Romina's life and for a moment Irubora thought about killing her. As a result, Irubora leaves Eruchang for good, but it will be much more difficult to forget love that he left behind!
- Irubora finally obtain his own robot, Skeleton, and turned out to be a ninja too - one of the most powerful ninja! But he never chose between absolute power and his love for Romina, no matter how he wanted to forget her in battles. In the end as he was seriously injured he decided to tell Romina about his feelings.
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Mike Coil ( as in english )is the driver of the Purple Dragon and is seemed to be the brother of Joe Maya.He is a soft young and is contrasting to joe's character.He loves , Shafu ,Romina's maid.
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He is the son of the polar rebel Venetian who first misunderstood Joe and Co but later helped them.Damian is not much stressed throughout the series' beginning but when Joe permanently takes control of cybatron, Damian ,who first wasn't sure whether Golden Lion would accept him , later succeeds in taking control of it in a crucial moment and then therafter joins the robot wars actively.He loved an enemy woman ninja who was sent to trap his friends but she sacrificed her life due to his love
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She is the constant companion and maid of Romina and didn't believed first Joe was actually a ninja.She was the sweetheart of Mike.
Shafu is always kind, considerate and understanding
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Gameran is the second in charge of the ship Xenos five after Icelander.He always tried to protect the princess but had his own ego and hated joe.But during danger , he stood with joe although he often tried to kill him.
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He was the first commander of Annex's army.He is referred by hazard as a silly commander who was killed by cybatron when he tried to kill romina .
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He is the child hood friend of joe,mike and jenny . The son of a military commander,he was always sincere to his friend and supported them with necessities and assisted them in the wars.
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Annex, as he was called inthe eng version , was the ruler of planet Zaboom who tried to become the master of the universe and thus tried to conquer Rodiero, the planet of romina.He is the master of crime in the series and possess a high fleet of robots.He was killed by the time bomb explosion by joe in the last part of the series
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Hazard is one of the protagonist He is the napoleon of crime in the series relative to others and is very cunning .He was driven to mars by the earth's people and he became the commander of Mars.His cunning plans nearly troubled the heroes because he often took innocent people into his side by clever tactics.He is at last killed by the fearsome Scarlet Falcon when he tried to kill all in xenos five.His rise and fall is highlighted well in the series.In fact he was the enemy of all.
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He is the assistant of Hazard
Machines
Xenos 5: This is the mothership used by the Radorians.
Golden Ninja: This machine was the first found by Joe, who initially piloted it, while Damien manned it in later episodes. It was a human-shaped robot, which could bond with Tobikage.
Scarlet Ninja: This machine used by Jenny, and had powers of fire. It was a human-shaped robot, which could bond with Tobikage.
Blue Ninja: This machine was used by Mike, and though very powerful, capable of casting lighting, was slow and ungainly. It was a human-shaped robot, which could bond with Tobikage.
Tobikage: This robot is a mystery, and little is known about it. Appearing each time when the Ninja machines are low on power, it assists them, and at times, bonds with one of them, transforming and becoming stronger. In later episodes, it unites with Joe.
Stealth Destroyers: These are generic battlemechs used by the Annex.
Shadow Bots: These are a different series of battlemechs used by the Annex, that are very similar to the Stealth Destroyers.
Lion: When the Golden Ninja fuses with Tobikage, it transforms into a lion. The most agile and speedy of the powered Ninja, it is the most frequently-used powered machine.
Falcon: Tobikage combines with the Scarlet Ninja to form a robot shaped like a falcon. It possesses the power of flight, and can cast a flame from its wings across its wingspan.
Dragon: The fusion of Tobikage and the Blue Ninja is a giant dragon. It is incredibly large and strong, capable of wiping out entire robot armies with lightning storms, but has minimal mobility and appears only twice.
Icelander's Mech: This is a giant blue mech that Icelander pilots when he joins the Annex.
Mantis: This is a very agile, sentient robot skilled in ninja moves, which fuses with Icelander. It has clashed with Tobikage/Cybertron on several occasions.
Staff
Original Creator, Series Composition: Yuji Watanabe
Chief Director: Masami Anno
Character Design: Shigeru Kato, Toshihiro Hirano
Mechanical Design: Koichi Ohata
Music: Eiji Kawamura
Theme songs
- Opening theme
- LOVE Survivor (LOVE?????, LOVE Sabaiba?)
- Lyrics: Kumiko Aoki, composition and arrangement: Yuichiro Oda, performance: HIT BOY
- Ending theme
- Ichi Seikime no Angel (??????????, Ichi Seikime no Enjeru?)
- Lyrics: Kumiko Aoki, composition and arrangement: Yuichiro Oda, performance: HIT BOY
English Dubbing
The series was broadcast across certain countries such as Australia, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, under the title Ninja Robots, on Cartoon Network. Approximately 10 years after it was originally aired in Japan. The dubbing directors also changed the opening theme, and made numerous significant changes to the characters and robots involved. For example, Tobikage's name in the English dub is Cybertron.
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