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As the third installment in the Mazinger series following Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger, it aired to great popularity not only in Japan but also in Europe, including France, fueled by the UFO craze.
00:21It was aired as the third installment of the Mazinger series, following Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger, and with the rise of the UFO boom, it became hugely popular not only in Japan but also in Europe, including France.
00:39Now, let's take a look at this work.
00:42The original UFO Robo Glenn Raiser was a long-running series that aired from 1975 to 1977, with a total of 74 episodes.
00:58The story begins when the peaceful planet Fried in the Vega Nebula is invaded and destroyed by a coalition of forces led by King Vega, a ruler who plots to conquer the universe.
01:13However, Prince Ryuk escapes in the Spazer, a spaceship equipped with Grendizer, the guardian deity of Planet Fried.
01:23He then accidentally arrives on Earth and crash-lands in Jigokudani near the Yatsugatake Mountains, where he is saved by Director Uemon of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, who adopts him and gives him the Earth name Daisuke.
01:38Two years later, Kabuto Kouji, a former pilot of Mazinger Z, visits the laboratory in a small flying saucer, the T4.
01:48Although Koji meets Daisuke for the first time, he doesn't take his time, but then the allied forces from planet Vega begin their attack to invade Earth.
01:58Kabuto Kouji counterattacks with T4, but is struggling. Daisuke, in distress, launches Grendizer to protect the Earth.
02:10The battle with King Vega on Earth begins when they intercept and destroy the disc gun launched by the allied forces on planet Vega.
02:20Now, let me introduce the characters.
02:28First, the main character, Duke Freed, is the prince of the planet Freed. After arriving on Earth and being adopted by Dr. Umon, he uses the Earth name Umon Daisuke and works at the Shirakaba Ranch run by the doctor.
02:44He will once again fight as a pilot of Grendizer to prevent the Allied forces of Vega from invading Earth.
02:53Initially, only a few people, such as Professor Umon and Kabuto Koji, knew Duke's true identity.
03:02He has a kind and gentle personality, but he is also troubled by the trauma he suffered from the destruction of Planet Fried.
03:10He also comes close to death due to old wounds he sustained in a past battle, which were infected with Vegatron radiation, but is treated by refueling.
03:22Also, in the second half of the show, he is reunited with his sister Maria, who went missing during the escape from Planet Fried, and together they fight against the allied forces of Planet Vega.
03:34Umongenzo, the director of the Space Science Institute, was the first person to encounter the alien Dukefried and adopted him.
03:49We are also fully cooperating with the planet Vega in its battle against the Allied Forces.
03:54Fighting alongside Duke Fleed is Kabuto Koji, a former pilot of Mazinger Z who pilots the T4, a UFO fighter jet he developed himself at NASA.
04:08From the middle of the show onwards, he supported the Glenriser by piloting support discs made specifically for the Glenriser, such as the Double Spazer.
04:18In addition, the owner of Shirakaba Ranch, where Dukefried worked as Umon Daisuke, Ranch Danbe, his daughter Kaoru, and his son Goro are also watching over Daisuke with warmth.
04:33His daughter Kaoru would later become the main pilot of the Marine Spazer.
04:40Also, in the second half of the film, his younger sister, Grace Maria Freed, who went missing during the escape from Planet Freed, appears and fights alongside her brother in a Drill Spazer.
04:54Maria has the ability to predict the future, but there are also scenes where she struggles with her special ability as she saves her friends from danger.
05:02The Glenriser is a robot that has been worshipped as the guardian deity of Planet Fleed, where Duke Fleed appears. When it combines with its special support unit, the Spazer, it becomes disc-shaped, allowing it to travel long distances and fly under gravity.
05:22The armor is made of Glenn, a space alloy 5,000 times stronger than steel, and is powered by photon energy extracted from the light of the light force.
05:34The specifications are: height 30m, weight 280t, maximum output 2 million horsepower.
05:43In addition, the Spaiser and Glenriser each have their own cockpits, and only the modular pilot seat moves between the two cockpits.
05:55Furthermore, it is set that only members of the royal family of Planet Fried can pilot the Glenriser.
06:01Normally, they depart from a launch point located in the stone part of the dam, but if necessary, they may also depart using a secret route built underground in the mountains.
06:15Its main offensive techniques include the Double Harken, a crescent-shaped weapon equipped on both shoulders that consists of two connected scythes; the Screw Crusher Punch, which is similar to a Rocket Punch; and the Semi-Gravity Storm, which fires a semi-gravity ray.
06:33The Spazer is a support disk exclusively for the Glenriser, and is a large machine with a total length of 34m, a total width of 65m, and a weight of 150t.It is made of the same space alloy, Glen, as the Glenriser, and is equipped with a photon engine.
06:54In space, warp speeds exceeding high speeds are possible, and even within the Earth's atmosphere, it is possible to fly at speeds up to Mach 100.
07:07Its main offensive weapons include the Spin Saucer, which fires a rotating saw, the Spin Drill, which transforms into a drill-shaped missile, and the Melt Shower, which sprays monster liquid.
07:19The enemy of Duke Fleed and Glen Riser was the leader of Planet Vega, Dio Vega.
07:30Dio Vega, which also plots to conquer space, cowardly uses the valid treaty as protection to suddenly invade and destroy Planet Fried.
07:42After destroying Planet Fried, he plots to conquer Earth and sends an allied force.
07:49The attack on Earth was carried out using Skull Moon, a forward base on the moon, and initially, Dio Vega issued orders from Jupiter.
08:00However, a mine explosion occurs on the planet Vega, making it uninhabitable due to radioactive contamination, so the invasion of Earth is changed to a plan to migrate to Earth, and the Moon itself issues commands from the Moon.
08:17In addition, Commander Gandal, the commander of the Earth Attack Force, who is in charge of the actual operations and orders for the attack on Earth, uses his subordinates Blacky and Zuril to carry out an extraordinary plan to invade Earth.
08:33Commander Gandal had two faces, Gandal and Medi Gandal, and was a person with a dual personality, like Ashura Bullet Scale.
08:44This robot is sent by the Allied Forces and is a disc gun that transforms from a disc into a combat robot. There are four types, including one that opens and closes from the top and bottom, and is based on the motif of space animals.
08:58Later, the even more powerful Vega gun was introduced, which does not transform like the disc gun but is based on space and Earth creatures.
09:09Now, finally, it's the final episode.
09:16This is the final episode, continuing from the previous one, and Grendizer is at a disadvantage in the battle against the Vega gun, Gura Gura, piloted by Commander Gandal.
09:29After fainting, the double spacer helmet construction woke up, with the support of Maria's drill spacer and the shining marine spacer.
09:37It docks with Grendizer and finally defeats the Vega Gun and Gura Gura.
09:43Commander Gandal was defeated, but his other personality, Lady Gandal, suppressed Commander Gandal's personality,
09:52He pleads with the Earth to save him by killing Dio Vega.
09:58Afterwards, Lady Gandal attempts to assassinate Dior Vega,
10:04At the last moment, another personality, Gandal, appears and prevents the assassination by shooting Lady Gandal.
10:12However, Commander Gandal, who had been seriously injured and near death after shooting Lady Gandal,
10:20They attempt to self-destruct on Gandal's personal mothership along with Grendizer, but
10:26After a deadly battle, he is defeated.
10:28Dio Vega then appears in the organization, King of Vega,
10:35By destroying the moon base themselves, they will engage in a final battle with Earth in a drainage formation.
10:42After confirming this attack, Koji, Yukari, and Maria boarded the Cosmo Special, a space combat spacecraft.
10:51After arriving in space, it separates into three units and intercepts the Mini Four.
10:56However, Grendizer's attacks are ineffective against the King of Vega's barrier,
11:04The Cosmo Special combines again and destroys the barrier together with Grendizer.
11:11With the barrier destroyed, both ships come under attack and the fleet is destroyed.
11:17Convinced of defeat, Dio Vega explodes the squadron,
11:22It crashes into the Earth, intending to rain down deadly ash.
11:27However, from Grendizer, Double Harken, and Cosmo Special,
11:33A combined attack of missiles and beams will blow it up before it can reach Earth.
11:40The battle is over, and on Earth, the journey to Planet Freed begins.
11:44The farewell to Ryuk and Maria was taking place.
11:47Leaving behind Dr. Umon, Koji, Yukari and the others who were sad about the farewell,
11:53The show ends with Grendizer setting off and Planet Fried coming into view.
12:02Now, let's take a look at Grendizer in action.
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14:17Thank you for watching
14:47I've been waiting for Kabuto Koji to take part in Mazinger Z.
14:53I was a little disappointed that he ended up remaining a supporting character until the very end.
15:00What did you all think?
15:04So, I'll see you around here again this time.
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