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Mashin Hero Wataru
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魔神英雄伝ワタル
(Mashin Eiyūden Wataru)
Genre Mecha, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Anime television series
Directed by Shūji Iuchi
Produced by Takayuki Yoshii
Yuko Sagawa
Hibiki Ito
Written by Yoshimasa Takahashi
Music by Hayato Kanbayashi
Studio Sunrise
Original network Nippon TV
Bandai Channel
Original run April 15, 1988March 31, 1989
Episodes 45 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Wataru Majinzan
Directed by Shuji Iuchi
Written by Shuji Iuchi
Music by Hayato Kanbayashi
Studio Sunrise
Released August 5, 1989September 5, 1989
Episodes 2
Anime television series
Mashin Hero Wataru 2
Directed by Shuji Iuchi
Produced by Takayuki Yoshii
Yuko Sagawa
Hibiki Ito
Written by Takao Koyama
Music by Hayato Kanbayashi
Studio Sunrise
Original network Nippon TV, Bandai Channel
Original run March 3, 1990March 8, 1991
Episodes 46 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Mashin Hero Wataru: Warinaki Toki no Monogatari
Studio Sunrise
Released October 1, 1993February 1, 1994
Episodes 3
Anime television series
Cho Mashin Hero Wataru
Studio Sunrise
Original network TX
Original run October 2, 1997September 24, 1998
Episodes 51 (List of episodes)
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Mashin Hero Wataru (魔神英雄伝ワタル?, Mashin Eiyūden Wataru) is a comedy/adventure Super Robot multimedia franchise originally consisting of 45 episode anime series created by Sunrise first aired on April 15, 1988, replacing the 17:00–17:30 timeslot used for Transformers: The Headmasters. Sunrise credited "Hajime Yatate" for the storyline and Shuji Iuchi directed the series. The series employs a kinetic visual gag style, often employing characters running with their feet over their shoulders derived from Sunrise's previous Super Robot anime series Choriki Robo Galatt.

The story is about a 9-year-old boy named Wataru Ikusabe (戦部 ワタル?, Ikusabe Wataru) who is magically transported to a magical realm by a dragon. This realm is called Soukaizan (創界山?, Sōkaizan), which he is supposed to save from an evil, demonic ruler.

The series incorporates many elements of RPG games including dungeon levels and quests for mystical objects. Soukaizan itself is represented as a series of tiered platforms each floating above the one beneath it in a rough pyramid shape. In order to progress to the next tier where he will meet the series' ultimate villain, the show's heroes must complete some task on the one beneath. In addition to these, he has to defeat the ruler of each level along with his many henchmen. Each level he completes, rejuvenates one color of the gray rainbow over Soukaizan.


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