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It was Nippon Animation's first original robot anime, and throughout the series, one could see ambitious efforts to differentiate it from others.
00:21This was Nippon Animation's first original robot anime, and it was a work that showed ambitious efforts to differentiate itself in many ways.
00:35Now let's take a look at this piece.
00:39Blocker Gundanho Machine Blaster was produced by Nippon Animation and Ashi Productions and aired for a total of 38 episodes from 1976 to 1977.
00:59The story begins with a passenger ship being destroyed and sinking by a robot that suddenly appears.
01:07It marked the beginning of the underwater empire of Mogul's world domination, and Queen Helqueen V then attacked various facilities of the World Defense Organization.
01:21Meanwhile, Dr. Yuri at Astro Base judges that this training is an attack by the Mogul Empire, but the only robots that can fight back are the four Machine Blasters.
01:34We are still searching for three more Elepath-capable pilots, so we are unable to deploy them.
01:42After that, they managed to find three people with Elepath abilities and forcibly brought them to the base.
01:50After memorizing the Machine Blaster's control cannon, robots from the Mogul Empire appeared, so we deployed them.
01:59There was also backlash against the people who were forcibly brought here.
02:04Asuka Tempei ignores teamwork and fights independently as he pleases.
02:11They were no match for the enemy robots, and in the end, despite their frustration, they cooperated with each other and worked together as a team.
02:18By using the four of them to spin the crescent moon, they can defeat the enemy and start the battle against the Mogul Empire.
02:26Now let me introduce the characters
02:33First of all, the main character, Asuka Tenpei, is an orphan who has never known the love of his parents.
02:40He was incarcerated in a juvenile detention center and was forcibly taken to Astro Base.
02:46Will appear in Freedom 4 Boss Paldar
02:50At the base, I rebelled against everything, but the officer at the juvenile detention center whom I looked up to like a father
02:58He was killed by the Moghuls, which made him eager to fight.
03:04In the play, it is revealed that he himself is a descendant of the Moghul Empire.
03:14Ishida Gensuke is the team leader and appears in Freedom 1 Robocress.
03:21He was originally an assistant to Dr. Hojo, who developed the Machine Blaster.
03:28After the doctor was killed by the Mogul army, I fled with my daughter, Yuka Hojo.
03:36He has strong physical abilities and a sharp mind, but he can also be too serious and inflexible.
03:45Billy Kenjo was originally a Cardassar and appears in Freedom 2: Bull Caesar.
03:55Unlike Ishida Gensuke, he manages to calm the rebellious Asuka Tenpei and get her to join the battle.
04:04As for his family, his father went missing off the coast of Bareilly Island 13 years ago.
04:12Hayami Jinta was forcibly brought to Astro Base from a juvenile detention center along with Asuka Tenpei.
04:21Appears in Freedom 3: The Three Great Kings
04:25He speaks in Kansai dialect and pretends to be a Saturnian, so he wears a kimono and a bleached cloth.
04:32His strength was not so good.
04:34Other characters include Dr. Yuri, the scientist who founded the Blocker Corps.
04:42He is a calm, collected and strong-willed person, and his best friend, Dr. Hojo,
04:48I was entrusted with the design and other materials for the Machine Blaster.
04:53I was involved in developing it to counter the Moghul army.
04:57When Astro Base was destroyed, he was injured and paralyzed.
05:04Furthermore, Dr. Hojo's only daughter, Yuka, was expanding the Mogul army that had killed her parents.
05:14When I found out that Asuka Tenpei was a descendant of the Moghuls, I shot him.
05:20And the Blocker Corps Machine Blaster is made up of four robots.
05:28The meaning of the Blocker Corps is from the attack by the Moghul Empire.
05:33It's named after the fact that it protects or blocks humanity on Earth.
05:39Also, the Machine Blaster requires the pilot to have Elepath ability.
05:45Combat level and combat activity time are proportional to the level of Elepath ability.
05:52Now, let me explain each machine blaster.
06:00First, there's Robocress, codenamed Blocker 1, in which Ishida Gensuke appears.
06:07The small fighter jet Freedom 1 can be attached to the head to operate.
06:12The specs are 25m tall and weigh 110t.
06:19The main weapon is an axe-type weapon called the Cress Hawk.
06:22Chains with motivation, Cre motivation, etc.
06:26Billy Kenjo appears in Codename Blocker 2 Bull Caesar
06:34Freedom 2 moves when combined with the head.
06:38The specs are height 28m and weight 102t.
06:44The main weapon is a pole-shaped weapon called a Bull Jiggle.
06:48There is also the shoulder spin, which is a shot fired from a shoulder launcher.
06:53Codename Blocker 3, in which Hayami Shinta appears
06:59The Three Kings move when Freedom 3 is combined with the head.
07:05The specs are 21m tall and weigh 102t.
07:11The main weapons are spear weapons such as Thunder Spear and
07:14The four bulges on the forearms rotate as cutters.
07:19Screw blades and more
07:21And Asuka Tenpei appears in Codename Blocker 4
07:29Boss Palder operates by combining Freedom 4 with the head.
07:34The specs are 25m tall and weigh 110t.
07:40The main weapon is a nunchaku-like weapon called Paldarchak.
07:45There is also a Multistorm, a six-missile launcher that opens the chest armor.
07:51In addition to the weapons that each robot in the Machine Blaster is equipped with,
07:58There is a special move called Blocker Formation, in which four characters work together.
08:02Its signature special move is the Machine Blaster, which hits each other's legs.
08:09A full moon spin where you grab and spin around while ramming into the enemy.
08:14As soon as the enemy charged, they lined up in a single line and surrounded the enemy three times.
08:23The four attacking Ichimoji Kuzushi planes turn their backs to each other and link arms.
08:30In that state, the immovable group rotates and then moves from the 10-character position to the bird-shaped position.
08:38There was a Musha-gatame where the opponent was wearing the Elepath style and was doing a body slam.
08:43The Astravo base is the home base for these Machine Blasters.
08:50The upper half can be separated and used as an Astrabo ship.
08:54Also, the mascot-like boy robot Picot is an Elepath faction sensing device and
09:02It has flight capabilities and plays an auxiliary role in combat.
09:07Opposing the Blocker Corps is the Moguul Empire or Moguul.
09:16It's a legion. The Moguul people were originally a long time ago.
09:21They lived on the fifth planet between Mars and Jupiter, but left their home planet 200 million years ago.
09:29exploded, so they built a base on the ocean floor and migrated to Earth.
09:34Because they lived at the bottom of the ocean, their constitution has changed to be weak against sunlight.
09:40Later, he developed a sunless mask that blocked the sun's rays, overcoming his weakness and becoming a giant mecha.
09:48He tries to use Kai Buddha to conquer the earth.
09:52The Queen Helqueen is the commander of the five stars, and she can only give orders from the throne.
10:00They may also take command directly on the battlefield.
10:06The people of the Empire pay tribute to their Queen by shouting "Hale" and "Yahahaha."
10:13In the play, Hell Queen 5 stars were defeated by Machine Blaster in episode 26, and
10:19After choosing a certain death, from episode 28 onwards,
10:25Her younger sister, Hellsandra, appears. She has a selfish personality but is considerate of others.
10:31He has excellent eyes and small-minded human abilities, and is also skilled in swordsmanship and martial arts.
10:38Therefore, they act more like warriors fighting on the front lines than commanders.
10:43Also, as a senior officer, Combat Commander Goroski is in charge of frontal force operations.
10:52Zambiak, a combat staff officer and scientist who develops and manufactures the Yakai Buddha.
11:00Also appearing in the final episode
11:06Satellite analysis has revealed that the Mogul Corps' headquarters is in Antarctica.
11:13Therefore, the International Defense Headquarters
11:17A general attack on Mogul Headquarters was ordered, so Machine Blaster
11:22Astrobo and the fleet are heading to Antarctica
11:27At that time, Dr. Yuri made peace with the Mogul Empire to avoid all-out war.
11:34He proposed allocating part of the Pacific Ocean, but the military opposed it.
11:40On the other hand, the Mogul side is Machine Blaster
11:45Their military strength has been completely depleted by the
11:50It was a situation where she couldn't... An irritated Hellsandra took her sword.
11:55When you stab it into the wall, a statue of the legendary guardian deity, Helgod, suddenly appears.
12:01Inside is a weapons storage facility prepared by the ancestors of the Mogul Empire.
12:08appeared and Hellsandra used these weapons to
12:14Machine Blasters will face off against the all-out attack in Antarctica.
12:19Upon arriving, Dr. Yuri conducts peace negotiations with Hellsandra.
12:25The agreement has been broken and an all-out attack will be launched. Moguls have acquired new weapons.
12:31The army gains the upper hand in the battle and even defeats Machine Blaster with a strategy of manipulating the ice of Antarctica.
12:38Machine Blaster is gone.
12:45As a result, the ships of the large fleet were sunk one after another, and the Astrobo ships also suffered heavy damage.
12:51Machine Blaster is finally free in the sea.
12:57However, in order to reverse the situation, they crashed directly into Mogul headquarters with a submarine.
13:04I'll go. After that, Mogul headquarters will
13:08The melee between the submarine and the soldiers who landed on the ship begins, but Hellsandra
13:14is driven to the Temple of the Hell God.
13:18And when they were about to appear on the escape saucer, Machine Blaster
13:25Hellsandra realizes that this is the end.
13:31He is not an enemy but an ally to Tempei, who has Mogul blood.
13:37He wanted to fight and fought Tenpei as an enemy, not an ally.
13:43Curse your misfortune. Hellsandra tells Tempei to surrender.
13:48shouted that he had not lost to Earth, but to Asuka Tenpei.
13:53He then pressed the self-destruct button and destroyed the temple, killing himself along with the base.
13:59Tempei and the others witness the base explosion and Hellsandra's suicide.
14:06When I think about it, I can't honestly be happy about the victory.
14:12The program ends with a scene where Machine Blaster
14:22Let's take a look at the performance of
14:33East Drop Climb Follow the storm Go go go Locker 4 has arrived The hordes of hell are diving
14:45Protect our town, put an end to selling it, and attack with the power of justice
14:57Engetsu rotation, shattering moon rotation, I'll crush the evil fangs, the Rocker Army, Machine Blaster
15:09Machine Blaster
15:27The roaring waves are blowing a storm
15:51Go go go Blocker Four
15:58The raging devil's flames
16:06Protect our dreams
16:13If you hear the heartbeat of a limited life
16:17Still attacking, breaking down the character
16:21I'll crush you with the claws of evil
16:28Rocker-assembled Machine Blaster
16:36A raging gale blows through the storm
16:51Go go go Blocker Four
16:58Plunge in, dive in, what are you doing?
17:06Protect our father and mother
17:13With the anger of freedom overflowing in my heart
17:17Still attacking, that's the immovable group
17:21I'll blow away the evil trap
17:28Rocker-assembled Machine Blaster
17:47What did you think?
17:49It's a special move in which four robots work together.
17:53At a sports day a long time ago
17:55During human pyramid practice
17:57I used to playfully imitate it with my friends.
18:01But in many elementary schools
18:03Because of the danger
18:05Apparently the human pyramid has been cancelled.
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