Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Tranzor Z
In a Voltron like cartoon, Tranzor Z was a huge robot that was piloted by young Tommy Davis. A "female" robot, Aphrodite, was piloted by Jessica Davis, Tommy's cousin. Together they attempted to foil Dr. Demon's evil plans to try and take over the world. Was it as good as Voltron...nah, but it was fun in it's own right (though Tranzor Z was the first of the super robot anime cartoons it originally aired in 1972-1974). This series did have an ending, with Tommy and Jessica finally defeating Dr. Demon and his evil team.
What's interesting about Tranzor Z, as it was the first cartoon featuring a super giant robot, you could say it is the father of all the ones that followed...Voltron , today's Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go, even the ever popular "Power Rangers" series.
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I remember Tranzor Z growing up... it was awesome!!!!!!!! I later wound up liking Voltron as well.
I would have to say that this was not the first giant robot cartoon/movie/show, by far. I would also say that Voltron was the first of the multiple robots to form 1 big robot theme.
To me they are 2 different things, and as I said either way tranzor z was not even close to the first giant robot show...Gigantor anyone?
Actually, unless there's was another one before 1972- it was the first :) It was an import from Japan originally titled "Mazinger Z". I haven't done a ton of research, so maybe there's an earlier giant robot cartoon, but Voltron came MUCH later (nearly a decade).
Actually Gigantor was the first super giant robot cartoon. I believed it debute around 1961 in B&W.
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