Mashin Hero Wataru
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魔神英雄伝ワタル (Mashin Eiyūden Wataru) |
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| 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 |
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Nippon TV Bandai Channel |
| Original run | April 15, 1988 – March 31, 1989 |
| Episodes | 45 |
| Original video animation | |
| Wataru Majinzan | |
| Directed by | Shuji Iuchi |
| Written by | Shuji Iuchi |
| Music by | Hayato Kanbayashi |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | August 5, 1989 – September 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, 1990 – March 8, 1991 |
| Episodes | 46 |
| Original video animation | |
| Mashin Hero Wataru: Warinaki Toki no Monogatari | |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | October 1, 1993 – February 1, 1994 |
| Episodes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Cho Mashin Hero Wataru | |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Original network | TX |
| Original run | October 2, 1997 – September 24, 1998 |
| Episodes | 51 |
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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