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.

Synopsis

10 years ago Dr. Shizuma and his colleagues invented the Shizuma drive which is a revolutionizing new form of renewable and recyclable energy. Though they had to pay a heavy price for their success in a catastrophic accident that the world only wants to forget about. However, all is not well as the secret organization Big Fire is hell-bent on taking over the world. They have obtained two of three mysterious Shizuma drive samples with an unknown function, which are an integral part of their world domination plans. The third sample has however been stolen by Dr. Shizuma who during his escape is saved by Daisaku, Giant Robo and the Experts of Justice. Then a desperate struggle begins between the Experts of Justice and Big Fire for the control of the last sample as Big Fire unleashes their mightiest weapon, the Eye of Volger, upon the unsuspecting world. Soon everything points towards the hidden truth behind the accident 10 years ago as the starting point of everything.

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 (the company's U.S. distributor at the time, 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.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor		Eps.
Image	Character	Seiyū	Animaze	Media Blasters	Eps.
The Experts of Justice
	Daisaku Kusama	Kappei Yamaguchi	Keven Lee	Michelle Newman	1-2
			Joshua Seth		3-5
			Paul Stephen		6-7
	Ginrei	Sumi Shimamoto	Debra Jean Rogers	Eva Kaminsky	1-7
	Chujo Shizuo	Iemasa Kayumi	Lee West	Greg Abbey	1-6
	Chujo Shizuo	Iemasa Kayumi	Kirk Thornton	Greg Abbey	7
	Professor Go Gakujin	Masashi Ebara	Steve Bulen	Kevin T. Collins	1-7
	Tetsugyu	Shōzō Iizuka	Steve Blum	Sean Schemmel	1-7
	Taiso	Norio Wakamoto	Steve Cassling	Marc Thompson	1-7
	Dojin Issei	Takeshi Aono	Kevin Seymour	Mike Pollock	1-7
	Youshi	Kazue Komiya	Carol Stanzione	Erica Schroeder	2-4
	Youshi	Kazue Komiya	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	Erica Schroeder	7
The BF Organization
	Genya	Shinji Ogawa	Steve Blum	Dan Green	1-7
	Lord Alberto	Yōsuke Akimoto	Anthony Santacrose	Lex Woutas	1-7
	Ivan the Terrible	Yasuyoshi Hara	Gary Dubin	Wayne Grayson	1-3
Other Characters
	Doctor Franken von Fogler	Kōichi Chiba	Tom Fahn	Danny Burstein	1-7
	Inspector Kenji Murasame	Yūji Mikimoto	Bill Kestin	Marc Diraison	1-6
	Inspector Kenji Murasame	Yūji Mikimoto	Paul St. Peter	Marc Diraison	7
	Professor Shizuma	Kazuo Harada	Dan Lorge	Mike Pollock	1-7
	Koushin Chin Sanzan	Rokurō Naya	Christopher Carroll	Maddie Blaustein	5-7
	Narration	Yūji Mikimoto	Hal Cleaveland	Skip Greenpoint	1-6
	Narration	Yūji Mikimoto	Michael Forest	Skip Greenpoint	7

Episodic Characters[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor		Eps.
Image	Character	Seiyū	Animaze	Media Blasters	Eps.
	Q-Boss	Shigezō Sasaoka	Kevin Seymour	David Zen Mansley	1
	Cervantes	Michio Hazama	Art Kimbro	Wayne Grayson	5
	Dr. Kusama	Masaaki Yajima	Paul St. Peter	Ted Lewis	5, 7
	Shutsu	Kenichi Ogata	Stephen Apostolina	Ted Lewis	5, 7
	Kaei	Akio Ōtsuka	Tony Clay	David Moo	5-7
	Kaichin	Mitsuaki Hoshino	Skip Stellrecht	¿?	5-7
	Kaiho	Tomokazu Seki	Kevin Seymour	Ted Lewis	5-7
	Juujoji	Chikao Ōtsuka	Bob Papenbrook	Mike Pollock	6
	Yuuki the Twilight	Nachi Nozawa	John Snyder	Robert O'Gorman	6
	Zangetsu the Mid-Day	Kōji Nakata	Daran Norris	¿?	6
	Sunny the Magician	Fuyumi Shiraishi	Julie Maddalena	Eva Kaminsky	6
	Hanzui Konseimaou	Tarō Ishida	Tom Wyner	Eric Stuart	6-7
	Concussion Kawarazaki	Mugihito	Simon Prescott	Richard Springle	6-7
	Cho-Katsu Kōmei	Tadashi Nakamura	David Richard Thompson	¿?	6-7
	Red Mask	Osamu Ichikawa	Richard Cansino	¿?	6-7
	The Amazing Fitzkarald	Yasuyoshi Hara	Kevin Seymour	Christopher Kromer	6-7
	Gen Shoji	Hōchū Ōtsuka	David Hayter	Michael Sinterniklaas	7

Additional Voices[]

Animaze Dub

Media Blasters Dub

Fred Chagan
Joe Chagan
Matt Holz
Sean Kenin
Chris Kimball
Nick Loscalzo
David Zen Mansley
Christopher Nicholas
Marc Thompson

Video Releases[]

Year	Contents	Dub	Region	Country
1993	Episode 1	Animaze	NTSC	United States
1993	1 Volume
1995-1998	The Complete Series
1995-1998	6 Volumes
2004-2005	The Complete Series	Both	1 NTSC
2004-2005	3 Volumes
2006	The Complete Series
2006	4 Discs*
2019	The Complete Series		A DVB-T
2019	2 Discs		A DVB-T