Ninja Senshi Tobikage
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| 忍者戦士飛影 | |
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| Genre | Adventure, Mecha |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masami Annō |
| Produced by | Norio Hatsukawa (Nippon TV) Masaaki Fusekawa (Studio Pierrot) Yoshitaki Suzuki (Studio Pierrot) |
| Written by | Yūji Watanabe (original concept, series composition) |
| Music by | Eiji Kawamura |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Original network | Nippon Television |
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| Original run | 6 October 1985 – 13 July 1986 |
| Episodes | 43 |
Ninja Senshi Tobikage (忍者戦士飛影 lit. Ninja Warrior Tobikage?), also known as Ninja Robot Tobikage and Ninja Robots, is a Japanese anime television series, produced by Studio Pierrot, which aired from 6 October 1985 to 13 July 1986 on the Nippon Television network. It was also broadcast to parts of Asia and Australia, and, in 1995, was broadcast under the title Ninja Robots in the United States on Cartoon Network. The series used to be streamed in North America via Yomiura Group's now defunct Anime Sols video service in spring 2013.
It is the 23rd century and the earthlings have colonized Mars and the Moon. Much like convicts in Australia during the 18th and 19th century, the settlers of Mars consist mostly of convicts from Earth. The Martian colony is run by a dictatorial Commander Hazzard Pascha, who tests every settler on whether they should serve in the military or become a laborer.
Joe Maya is a 16-year-old who lives on Mars and dreams of returning to Earth. He has two friends: Mike Coil and Jenny Ai (Reni Ai in the Japanese original). When escaping from the Martian military police, Joe and Mike stumble upon a crashed spaceship, the Xenos 5 (the El Shank), being attacked by huge robots. In his attempt to escape chasing robots, Joe gets into the spaceship where he encounters three human-looking aliens: the beautiful Princess Romina, her willowy attendant Jade (Shafu), and a young General Icelander (Irubora). A robot locates them and the three aliens hide, leaving Joe to fend for himself. Joe tries hiding in a pile of glowing metal, which turns out to be a ninja robot named Black Lion. The battle leads outside the ship where a mysterious ninja robot Cybertron (Tobikage) suddenly appears when the Black Lion struggles. It wipes out several enemy robots before merging with Joe's robot, transforming into a mechanical lion that destroys the remaining attackers.
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