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.

Voltron

Voltron was a really cool 80s cartoon, that has made various comebacks over the years, but they were never as good as the original. Here is the opening sequence, which will fill you in on the story's background.

From days of long ago...

Now that you've watched it...you'll remember that Sven (in the white and black uniform) was killed, and Princess Allura took his place in the blue lion. This was one of my favorite cartoons back in the day. There was a little bit of romance (Princess Allura and Lion leader, Keith), a really cool robot, and of course, the whole thing took place in outer space. From reading various episode guides, it appears the cartoon was never really given a finale, yet has returned in two different formats. One featured vehicles that joined to form the super robot, the other featured three teams, land, water and air (each with like 5 members).
Is it airing now: not that I can find
Available on DVD: It's coming, according to WEP (the company that produced the show). You can however, buy VHS tapes of a few episodes at their site (google World Event Productions).