Tōshō Daimos
| Tōshō Daimos | |
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闘将ダイモス (Fighting General Daimos) |
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| Genre | Mecha |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tadao Nagahama |
| Written by | Masaki Tsuji |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
| Studio | Toei Company, Nippon Sunrise |
| Original network | TV Asahi, MBS-4, ABS-CBN, GMA Network |
| Original run | 1 April 1978 – 27 January 1979 |
| Episodes | 44 |
Tōshō Daimos (闘将ダイモス Tōshō Daimosu?, "Fighting General Daimos") is a Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. Daimos is the third installment of the Robot Romance Trilogy, following Chōdenji Robo Combattler V and Chōdenji Machine Voltes V. It ran from 1 April 1978 to 27 January 1979 and consisted of 44 episodes. A movie with the pivotal episodes strung together titled Starbirds was released in the US by the same company that released Tranzor Z. The name Daimos is derived from Deimos, one of the two moons of Mars. Outside Japan, the show also aired in the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and Italy. In the early 1980s there was a VHS release in France, but only the first seven episodes were available. In the 1990s, the entire series was shown in Poland (although with Polish voiceover, the Italian dubbing could be heard in background).
Tadao Nagahama, who directed the series, is often miscredited as the "creator" of the trilogy. It was actually created by "Saburo Yatsude", best known to American fans as the creator of Voltron (Golion in its original Japanese).
"Saburo Yatsude" is not a real person. Similar to "Hajime Yatate", the name is a pseudonym which refers to the collective staff of Toei Co. Ltd (specifically, the main Toei division, as opposed to the animation division). The series was animated by Sunrise on Toei's behalf.
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