Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace

Planetary Robot Danguard Ace
Screenshot of the series' logo
惑星ロボ・ダンガードA (エース) (Wakusei Robo Dangaado A (ehsu))
Genre	Mecha
Anime television series
Directed by	Tomoharu Katsumata
Written by	Leiji Matsumoto
Music by	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio	Toei Animation
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	March 6, 1977 – March 26, 1978
Episodes	56

Planetary Robot Danguard Ace (惑星ロボ ダンガードA (エース), Wakusei Robo Dangādo Ēsu^?), also known as Force Five: Dangard Ace in the United States, is a Japanese science fiction anime series created by Leiji Matsumoto with Dan Kobayashi. It was licensed by Jim Terry Productions, as part of the Force Five promotion, as "Dangard Ace".

English dialog was written for re-dubbing by Lynn Garrison, who then combined episodes into a feature length presentation. This series gained a cult following on the Showtime network during the 1980s. The titular robot also appeared in Marvel Comics' Shogun Warriors series, as well as in the eponymous toy line. In 2009, William Winckler Productions produced three all-new English dubbed movie versions edited from the original series. Winckler, known for Tekkaman the Space Knight, wrote, produced and directed these films, which have been seen on broadband in Japan.

Dangard Ace is Matsumoto's only contribution to Japan's ubiquitous giant robot genre.

Danguard Ace takes place on a future Earth in which natural resources have been depleted. People have begun looking toward other planets to survive, in particular to the fictional tenth planet, Promete. Although people had hoped to peacefully settle there, disaster strikes as the first explorers are destroyed by betrayal.