The Aoshima models (first released in 1997) were “legacy” reissues of the Imai kits from 1983/84. Aoshima later repackaged them with new box art and added 1/48 toys to their product line. 1/12 Ride Armor (Stick & Ray type) Revised box 1/12 Ride Armor (Yellow type) Revised box 1/15 Ride...

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The Songs: OP = In Search of a Lost Legend Composed by Yukihide Takekawa, arranged by Joe Hisaishi, vocal by Andy Koyama ED = Blue Rain, vocal by Mine Matsuki and Andy Koyama OP & ED with HD remastered animation OP full version OP video by Andy Koyama OP live...

1/12 transformable Ride Armor (Stick type) 1/12 transformable Ride Armor (Ray type) 1/12 transformable Ride Armor (Bartley type) | See a video review here 1/12 transformable Ride Armor (Yellow type) 1/48 transformable Legioss (Eta type) | See a video review here 1/48 transformable Legioss (Iota type) 1/48 transformable Legioss (Zeta...

Published August 14, 1988 by a fan circle named “Mechanized Unit,” this presents an apocryphal account of the technology development that took place before the anime series, leading up to the first counterattack against the Invid. Back to main article

Gakken’s products were released while the series was on the air in 1983/84 with a few models, but most of their energy was devoted to heavy transformable toys. These were released internationally under the “Henshin Robo” name with English packaging. See vintage TV commercials from Gakken here and here 1/12...

1/20 Ride Armor (Stick), Brickworks 1/20 Ride Armor (Ray), Brickworks 1/10 motorcycle trunks, T-Rex Ride Armor Blowsuperior, HRG 1/48 Condor, KumoKumo Tread & Legioss, Monocraft Invid Crab type, CurioCraftUSAN Invid Eager type, CurioCraftUSAN Back to main article

Released during the tenure of the series on TV and shortly thereafter Strategy game by Tsukuda Hobby Promotional booklets; see the first one cover to cover here and here Notebook, Animetopia Notebook, Animetopia Binder, Idol Pencil case, Idol Vinyl bags Calendar cards Pencil boards Posters Back to main article

Animedia special Color and b&w, 136 pages Gakken, March 1984 Guidebook to the series with stills, art and design work. Appended with in-universe and making of features. OUT magazine Minori Shobo, January 1984 issue Mospeada was the subject of numerous articles in all the contemporary anime magazines, but OUT was...

1/24 Ride Armor (Stick type) 1/24 Armor Bike 1/100 Legioss (Eta type) Armo-Diver 1/100 Legioss (Eta type) Armo-Fighter 1/100 Legioss (Eta type) Armo-Soldier 1/100 Legioss (Iota type) Armo-Diver 1/100 Legioss (Iota type) Armo-Fighter 1/100 Legioss (Iota and Zeta types) Armo-Soldier 1/100 Legioss (Zeta type) Armo-Diver 1/100 Legioss (Zeta type) Armo-Fighter...

Transformable Ride Armor action figure (Stick type), B2five | See a video promo here Transformable Ride Armor action figure (Ray type), B2five Transformable Ride Armor action figure (Yellow type), B2five 1/10 transformable Ride Armor action figure (Stick type), Beagle 1/10 transformable Ride Armor action figure (Ray type), Beagle. (See a...

Chapter 6 See the original post here Their three opinions were unanimous: catch the pigaigul. More precisely, Gudorn and Lu were willing. Chirico simply did not object. “I need to prepare,” Gudorn said. Glaring at them both, he continued, “don’t pester me with questions. Just listen to me and do...

The third set of 100 progs went from February 1981 through January 1983. But more importantly, it went from strength to strength with the best artists and writers in British comics all working at the top of their game. This made the comic more popular than ever, alleviating any further...

Four years after 2000AD annuals made their debut, Judge Dredd earned his own spot in this rarified arena. They were published every August, bearing the cover date of the year that followed, meaning the 1981 annual came out in August 1980. The lessons had been learned from the early 2000AD...

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Poster image, Kunio Okawara Takara model kit promo Armored Trooper guide, Woodo arc World guide, Kummen arc Supervising Director Ryosuke Takahashi interview ● The Fate of Robots In Votoms, our goal is to create an anime world where robots are not unique. Although I have used other robot works as...

As an audition for the series, I invented this 4-page sequence from scratch. Inked version by “J.S.” follows the penciled version. Continue to issue 1 Back to main article

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