Giant Robo: The Animation

Giant Robo: The Animation (ジャイアント・ロボ - 地球が静止する日 Jaianto Robo - Chikyū ga seishi suru hi) is a 1992 to 1998 original video animation series based on Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga series of the same name. It was written and directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa.

Dubbing History
The anime was first dubbed by the Los Angeles based dubbing company Animaze for Manga Entertainment and first released to VHS on October 20, 1993 by Central Park Media (all future releases would be distributed by Manga themselves). The anime was originally intended to finish within 36 months, but the seven volume series was ultimately released over the span of six years. As the original dub was produced simultaneously as the series was released, many voice actors could not return to reprise their roles. Daisaku had gone through 3 different voices by the end of the dub due to using real children as Daisaku's voice and them aging. According to sound mixer Les Claypool III, these problems would result in voice director Kevin Seymour never casting children in a lead role again.

In 2004, Media Blasters produced a new dub utilizing Michael Sinterniklaas' NYAV Post dubbing company in New York with a more consistent cast than Animaze's dub. The new dub was produced for a 5.1 surround soundtrack, and for voice consistency with the spin-off Ginrei Special OVA. Though, much to fans' surprise, Media Blasters would also include the original Animaze dub in their releases.

Video Releases
 * also including the Ginrei Special OVA