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Template:Nihongo is a Japanese anime television series created by Go Nagai. It was produced by Knack Productions and TV Tokyo. The series was originally broadcast from Template:Start date to Template:End date in Japan.[1][2] Besides Japan, it was also broadcast in South Korea in 1988 by MBC where it was known as Template:Lang or Template:Lang. It is also known as Template:Lang in Taiwan and Template:Lang in Hong Kong. The anime is considered a mix of Genma Taisen, Mazinger and Gundam.[3]
Premise
The Garadain Empire has exhausted the primary resources of their native planet, so they send different space expeditions to find a new world where to live. One of their main objectives is planet Earth. However, Zeku Alba, an alien scientist, decides to rebel against the imperial rule and flees towards the Earth, where he gathers a group of children gifted with the power of "psychogenesis", an ability that consists of creating solid matter from psychic energy.
The most gifted of the squadron is Isamu, a young orphan whose family was killed in the first attack of the Garadain Empire. He is able to generate the powerful robot Govarian, an armor with which he can battle the alien monsters and is able to regenerate thanks to the psychic energy of the pilot. Helped by two other robots created by his teammates, Isamu, aboard the robot Govarian, defends the Earth in the long war against the alien invaders.
Episodes
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Production
The head of the main mecha of the series, Govarian, is similar to the head of Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger. This was done on purpose by Go Nagai and Dynamic Planning in accordance with the demand of production company Knack. In South Korea, it was presented as being part of the Mazinger series along with Groizer X.[3] Other than that, Psycho Armor Govarian has no real relationship to any of the Mazinger series.
Staff
- Airtime: Wednesday, 19:30-20:00 hrs.
- Network: TV Tokyo
- Production: TV Tokyo, Knack
- Original work: Go Nagai, Dynamic Planning
- Planning: Seiichi Nishino (Knack)
- Producer: Hyota Ezu (TV Tokyo), Hirofumi Toida (Knack)
- Series organization: Yoshihisa Araki
- Series director: Seiji Okuda
- Animation director: Gen Fukuda, Yuki Kinoshita
- Script: Hideki Sonoda, Katsuhiko Taguchi, Yuji Watanabe, Tomomi Minahaya, Masato Nishio, Tsukasa Takahashi
- Original character: Go Nagai
- Character design: Gen Fukuda
- Mechanic design: Sawaki Tateba
- Art director: Morishige Suzuki
- Photography director: Yoichi Shimizu
- Music: Tatsumi Yano
- Theme song performance: Neverland
Theme songs
- Opening theme: Template:Nihongo, lyrics by Tomoaki Taka, composition by Shunji Inoe, arrangement by Neverland & Hiroki Harada (chorus), song by Tomoaki Taka.
- Ending theme: Template:Nihongo, lyrics by Tomoaki Taka, composition by Shunji Inoe, arrangement by Neverland, song by Tomoaki Taka.
- Insert song: Template:Nihongo, lyrics by Tomoaki Taka, composition by Shunji Inoe, arrangement by Tatsumi Yano, song by Tomoaki Taka. This theme is used in the last episode.
- Insert song: Template:Nihongo, lyrics by Tomoaki Taka, composition by Shunji Inoe, arrangement by Tatsumi Yano, song by Tomoaki Taka.
"Lonely Journey" and "Lullaby" have been used in several music collections in arranged versions sung by Hironobu Kageyama.
Media
Home video
The series was released in VHS format during the 1980s in 6 volumes by RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video Japan.[6] In 2006-03-25 a DVD-box set containing the whole series was released by the company Japanese company BM3 with the standard number OHK-27.[7][8] During Otakon 2018 on August 12, Discotek Media announced a 1-disc SD on BD release of the entire series for a future release.[9]
Picture books and manga
Besides the main TV series, two series of picture books were released, one by Shogakukan and the other by Asahi Sonorama.[10] Also a short manga serialization, with the art of Tatsuo Yasuda (another pen name of Tatsuya Yasuda), was published in the children's manga magazine Yoiko published by Shogakukan from Template:Start date to Template:End date.[10][11]
Toys
Some toys and action figures based in the robots of the series were released, including several South Korean bootleg versions.[12] The official figures were made by the company Poem.
Soundtracks
Four vinyl records were released during 1983 by King Records. The first one, an EP called Psycho Armor Govarian - Lonely Journey, contains the opening and ending theme, both of them performed by the Japanese group Neverland.[13] The second EP, called Psycho Armor Govarian - It's LOVE, contains the themes "It's LOVE" and "Yuhi no Omoi". Also performed by Neverland, both themes have lyrics by Tomoaki Taka, composition by Shunji Inoe, arrangement by Tatsumi Yano and are sung by Tomoaki Taka.[14][15] The last two are full LP album containing the BGM of the series and the opening and ending themes.[16][17][18][19]
| Title | Type | Artist | Standard number | Release date |
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| Psycho Armor Govarian - Lonely journey | EP record | Neverland | K07S-3052 | Template:Start date |
| Psycho Armor Govarian BGM Vol.1 | LP album | Tatsumi Yano | K22G-7144 | Template:Start date |
| Psycho Armor Govarian - It's LOVE | EP record | Neverland | K07S-3063 | Template:Start date |
| Psycho Armor Govarian BGM Vol.2 | LP album | Tatsumi Yano | K22G-7173 | Template:Start date |
The opening and ending songs of the series are included in several CD compilations of anime series.
| Title | Label | Standard number | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagai Go Hero Densetsu: Kotetsu Majin Hen | First Smile Entertainment | FSCA-10204 | Template:Start date |
| Nagai Go Hero Densetsu: Kijin Sugosen Hen | First Smile Entertainment | FSCA-10210 | Template:Start date |
| Super Robot Tamashii The Best Vol.1: Super Robot Hen | Be! Smile | BSCH-30001/2 | Template:Start date |
| Super Robot Tamashii The Best Vol.2: Super Robot Hen 2 | Be! Smile | BSCH-30003/4 | Template:Start date |
| Getter Densetsu + 10: The Legends of GETTER | Be! Smile | BSCH-30013 | Template:Start date |
| Kageyama Hironobu Best & Live | Be! Smile | BSCH-30014 | Template:Start date |
| Super Robot Tamashii The Instrumental: Super Robot & Real Robot Hen Vol.1 | Be! Smile | BSCH-30030 | Template:Start date |
| Super Robot Spirits Shudaika Best Collection | Be! Smile | BSCH-30037 | Template:Start date |
| Nagai Go Dynamic!! The chronicle | Be! Smile | BSCH-30040 | Template:Start date |
| The Best!! Super Robot Spirits: Super Robot Studio Recordings | Be! Smile | BSCH-30063/6 | Template:Start date |
| Super Robot Spirits: Non stop mix Vol.3 | Be! Smile | BSCH-30086 | Template:Start date |
| The Best!! Super Robot Spirits: The Best Karaoke songs | Be! Smile | BSCH-30094/7 | Template:Start date |
Appearances in other media
Besides its series related media, Govarian has appeared in other media. The most prominent is its appearance in the Template:Nihongo clips that were included at the end of the DVDs of Shin Getter Robot tai Neo Getter Robot. Govarian appears alongside Great Mazinger, Venus A, Getter Robot G, Kotetsu Jeeg, God Mazinger and Groizer X to rescue Mazinger Z and Aphrodite A, but are defeated and in turn saved by Shin Getter Robot and Grendizer just before the arrival of Mazinkaiser.
References
External links
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- Psycho Armor Govarian Template:In lang at allcinema
- Psycho Armor Govarian Template:In lang at the Enciclo'Robopedia website
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