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Albegas
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| Lightspeed ElectroGod Albegas | |
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| 光速電神アルベガス (Kōsoku Denjin Arubegasu) |
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| Genre | Mecha, Shōnen |
| TV anime : Lightspeed ElectroGod Albegas | |
| Directed by | Kozo Morishita |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Network | Japan: TV Tokyo |
| Original run | March 30, 1983 – Dec 29, 1984 |
| No. of episodes | 45 |
Lightspeed ElectroGod Albegas (光速電神アルベガス Kōsoku Denjin Arubegasu?) was an anime series aired from 1983 to 1984 in Japan. There were 45 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. Other loosely translated names are "Arbegas", "Arebegas", "Lightspeed Electron Arbegas".
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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 robot, is born.
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 (Alpha, Beta, and Gamma).
The plot of high school students defending the Earth, while sounding farfetched, actually signaled a critical point in super-robot animés when character developments do matter. Fans were beginning to look for more than just a shell of a charismatic robot.
Director: Kozo Morishita
Additional Directors: Masamitsu Sasaki, Masao Ito, Noriyasu Yamauchi, Keiji Hisaoka, Takao Yoshisawa, Masayuki Akehi
Screen Writers: Akiyoshi Sakai
Des: Shigenori Kageyama, Koichi Ohata
Animation: Hajie Kaneko, Toshio Mori
Music by: Michiaki Watanabe
| Japanese Name | Japanese Full Name | English Name | Voices by |
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| Daisaku | Daisaku Enjoji | ||
| Tetsuya | Tetsuya Jin | ||
| Hotaru | Hotaru Mizuki | ||
| Derinja | Derringer | ||
| Prof. Mizuki | Professor Mizuki | ||
| Goro | Goro Kumai | ||
| Ritsuko | |||
| Saeko | |||
| Bunta | |||
| Professoressa | |||
| President Bios | |||
| Generalissimo (Shogun) Duston | |||
| Commander Katastra | |||
| Commander Mira Zero |
| Configuration | Color | Pilot |
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| Alpha Robo | Black | Daisaku Enjoji |
| Beta Robo | Blue | Tetsuya Jin |
| Gamma Robo | Red | Mizuki Hotaru |
A friend of the three pilots, Goro, also piloted the comic relief Gori Robo (in the tradition of Boss Borot from Mazinger Z).
| Albegas Mode | Stack (top to bottom) | Albegas Colors |
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| Denjin Dimention (Electro God Dimention | Alpha, Beta, Gamma | Black, Blue, Red |
| Magma Dimention | Beta, Gamma, Alpha | Blue, Red, Black |
| Space Dimention | Alpha, Gamma, Beta | Black, Red, Blue |
| Marine Dimention | Gamma, Alpha, Beta | Red, Black, Blue |
| Guard Dimention | Gamma, Beta, Alpha | Red, Blue, Black |
| Sky Dimention | 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.
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 |
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| 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 |
The original plan was to introduce Albegas into the Voltron universe as the third portion of the Voltron: Defender of the Universe series, but due to negative viewer reaction to the Dairugger XV-derived portion of the series, the plan was ultimately scrapped.[1] Albegas toys were still released, however, as "Voltron II" (a.k.a., "Gladiator Voltron") in the Matchbox Voltron toy line.
- It was aired on wednesday 5:55pm to 6:25pm.
- ^ Voltron Universe. "Albegas Info." Voltron Universe. Retrieved on 2006-11-05.