# Future Robot Daltanious

Future Robot Daltanious (未来ロボ ダルタニアス, Mirai Robo Darutaniasu) is an anime television series which aired on Tokyo Channel 12 from March 21, 1979, to March 5, 1980. Produced by Toei Company and animated by Nippon Sunrise, consisting of 47 episodes.

## Plot

In 1995, Earth has been conquered by the Zaar Empire from the planet Akron in the star system of Zaar. All Earth's cities have been destroyed by the alien invasion, and humanity's survivors live in shanty towns and villages. Kento, a war orphan, and his companions hide in a cave to escape the villagers from whom they stole food from.
In the cave, they find the secret base of Doctor Earl from the planet Helios, another planet conquered by the Zaar. Doctor Earl had fled to Earth with him the greatest achievement of Helian technology: the super-robot Atlaus, whose power increases in combination with the intelligent lion robot Beralios. When the robots combine with the Helian fighter Gunper, they form the mighty robot Daltanious. Doctor Earl entrusts the fight for Earth to Kento, a descendant of the Helian royal family.

## Voice actors

| Character | Voice actor |
| Kento Tate | Toshio Furukawa |
| Sanae Shiratori | Keiko Han |
| Tanosuke Hata | Tomomichi Nishimura |
| Danji Hiiragi | Yoshito Yasuhara |
| Manabu | You Inoue |
| Ochame | Yūko Mita |

## Production

| Crew | Crew members |
| Director | Katsusoshi Sasaki |
| Assistant directors | Norio Kashima Akira Suzuki |
| Screenwriters | Fuyunori Gobu Masaki Tsuji |
| Character design | Yuki Hijiri Akihiro Kanayama |
| Mechanical design | Submarine |
| Music | Hiroshi Tsutsui |
| Original creator | Saburo Yatsude |

## Concept

Tadao Nagahama influenced the series' artistry and direction, and its style resembles those of Voltes V and Combattler V.
The super robot Daltanious was formed from three components: Atlaus (the main robot), Gunper (the spaceship) and Beralios, the mechanical lion who was recovered after the first battle with Akron. The robot is named after D'Artagnan, the hero of The Three Musketeers. Daltanious is 56 metres (184 ft) tall and weighs 678 short tons (615,000 kg). Daltanious was the first combining super-robot with an animal component and the first with a lion's head on its chest. The lion's head motif would be incorporated into several Brave series robots, including GaoGaiGar.

## Toys

Like all Super Robot anime titles, Daltanious had a die-cast toy replica produced by Popy during its run. In 2011, a Daltanious toy was released by Bandai in their Soul of Chogokin line.

## Weapons

* Tran Saber (トランセイバー, Toran Seibā) A single handed sword is summoned by the disk on Daltanious' right hip.
* Tran Shield (トランシールド, Toran Shīrudo) A metal shield is summoned by the disk on Daltanious' left hip.
* Double Knuckle (ダブルナックル, Daburu Nakkuru) Daltanious' punches are launched like rockets against opponents.
* Gyro Spinner (ジャイロスピンナー, Jairo Supinnā) Metal blades appear from the golden metal rings on Daltanious' forearms, and can be launched or combined with the Double Knuckle.
* Lysander (ライサンダー, Raisandā) A crossbow appears on Daltanious' right forearm, which shoots metal arrows.
* Sigma Beam (シグマビーム, Shiguma Bīmu) From the four crosses on Daltanious' shoulders and knees, four purple beams combine to form a cross-shaped laser beam.
* Super Electromagnetic Eraser (超電磁イレーサー, Chōdenji Irēsā) From the Beralios' mouth, a ball of fire is shot against opponents.
* Kaenken: Cross Slash - Flaming Sword: Cross Slash (火炎剣・火炎十文字斬り, Kaenken: Kaen jū moji kiri) From Beralios' mouth or eyes, a flamberge is summoned for Daltanious to attack.
* Cannon Cubic (キャノンキュービック, Kyanon Kyūbikku) From Daltanious' arms, a double pair of cannons fire repeated shots.
* Chain Slicer (チェーンスライサー, Chēn Suraisā) From the right metal disk on Daltanious' right hip, a chain with a hook and sickle is summoned to grab opponents.
* Kaenken: Flame Attack - Flaming Sword: Flame Attack (火炎アタック, Kaen Atakku) When the Flaming Sword is summoned, a flaming beam stops opponents and Daltanious performs the Cross Slash.
* Kaenken: Full Power (火炎剣・フルパワー, Furu Powa) The Flame Sword is summoned with Daltanius' available power. He glows and flame appears above the sword, from which a larger Flame Sword is drawn.

## Zaar Forces
### Bemborgs

* Daranche Its powers include flight, sickle arms and face tentacles.
* Gofun Its powers include a statue disguise, a cutlass and eye lasers.
* Garnis Its powers include swimming, flight and electric hair.
* Gogondoru Its powers include flight, two missiles in each foot and mouth wind gusts.
* Gerzom Its powers include flight, green antennae energy bolts and torso energy beams.
* Gagan Parasite form Its powers include energy absorbing mouth webs and eye electric lasers.
* Gagan Bemborg form Its powers include eye lasers, flight and sonic waves from the wings.
* Utsuboras Its powers include flight, limb retraction and head spikes.
* Gaigar Its powers include flight, green energy balls and pink electric bolts from the torso eye and five cable spears from the waist.
* Garugadon Its powers include dividing into meteors, body spikes and a sword stored in the left hand.
* Garugan Its powers include swimming, a slime-based body and six missile launchers in each forearm.
* Guruzon Its powers include flight, a mace tail and finger missiles.
* Garadago Its powers include a neck drill, tentacles that emit electric shocks from the remote rock and burrowing.
* Ganira Its powers include a wrecking ball, a crab claw for the left hand and flight.
* Zurudoo Its powers include flight, an electromagnetic beam from the head horn and lasers from its seven torso eyes.
* Dryzer Its powers include rockets from both mouths, flight and finger missiles.
* Zasoris Its powers include burrowing, flight and head whirlwinds.
* Krag Its powers include turning into purple toxic gas, flight and regeneration.
* Zeminal Form 1 Its powers include a cicada form, flight and energy absorption.
* Zeminal Form 2 Its powers include three antennae rays, two abdomen missile launchers and pink eye lasers.
* Asterioclone Form 1 Its powers include dividing into starfish, a purple heat ray from the eye and regeneration.
* Asterioclone Form 2 Its powers include pectoral missiles, swimming and electric shocks from the hands.
* Vakyura Its powers include flight, emitting radar waves to predict attacks and a spear.
* Brian Its powers include burrowing, dividing into robot cats and a blue laser blade in the torso.
* Zarus Its powers include flight, pectoral missiles and purple lasers from both torso eyes.
* Meralian Its powers include mouth flames, eye lasers and high-jumping.
* Setra Its powers include burrowing, four thorny tentacles and ice beams from the side mouths.
* Qukong Form 1 Its powers include a plant pod form, six fly-trap arms which emit electric shocks and burrowing.
* Qukong Form 2 Its powers include sword hands on chains, torso missiles and pink eye lasers.
* Teragamedon Its powers include mouth flames, flight and heat resistance.
* Damura Its powers include flight and pectoral missiles.
* Degu Its powers include flight, green lasers from the mammary glands and eyes and back-throwing daggers.
* Shuruga Its powers include flight, two scythe blades on each wrist and electric tentacles from the hips.
* Gurozaurus Its powers include flight, a mace and a freezing cannon and drill in the mouth of the lizard lower half.

### Twinborgs

* Unitogeras Its powers include pectoral lasers and machine guns, flight, a double-headed chariot horse with spiked wheels and mouth lasers and a constricting, bladed tail.
* Qum Its powers include flight, a machine gun for the right arm and rotating spikes in the torso.
* Garufua Its powers include flight, a lance for the right arm and a round shield for the left arm.
* Baroom Its powers include swimming, a green laser from the eye and torso missiles.
* Gyaraba Its powers include flight, crescent energy blasts from the pincer claws and waist jaws.
* Joruka Its powers include flight, green energy beams from the abdomen and eyes and mouth flames.
* Charade Its powers include toxic gas and energy beams from the abdomen mouth, flight and eye lasers.
* Darara Its powers include flight, swimming and a whip.
* Zaar Dan and Zaara Its powers include both include flight, a round shield and a trident.
* Balga Its powers include a tank for the lower half armed with missiles and a dragon headed flamethrower, two laser guns at the waist and three laser guns in each shoulder.
* Ginger Its powers include flight, a double-sided lance and pink mouth flames.
* Zobyu Its powers include flight, torso mines and foot missiles.
* Bronzor Its powers include flight, two missile launchers in the abdomen, an extendable arm in each hip which emits electricity, and twin broadswords.

### Zaar Mecha leaders

* Deathark 1 Its powers include a cutlass and a round skull shield which fires lasers from the eye sockets.
* Deathark 2 Its powers include a pair of broadswords, flight and eye lasers.
* Deathark 3 Its powers include a sword, high-jumping and a round skull shield.
* Dormen 1 Its powers include a sword and a mouth energy beam.
* Dormen 2 Its powers include a yellow laser sword, green electric lasers from the eyes and flight.