Getter Robo (series)

Getter Robo is a series created by Ken Ishikawa and co-created by Go Nagai that is featured in The Knights of the Multiverse. Like its sister series Mazinger Z, the characters used are set after the original 70's anime and its sequel series, and takes inspiration from several of its later adaptations.

## Featured Characters

* Ryoma Nagare
* Hayato Jin
* Michiru Saotome
* Dr. Saotome
* Musashi Tomoe

### Robots

* Getter Robo (Mass-Produced Getters)
* Getter Robo G
* Getter Robo D2
* Hyakki Robots
* Getter Army
* Shin Getter Robo
* Shin Getter Dragon

## Adapted Material/Changes to the Source Material

The characters' appearances come from many different sources. Ryoma, Hayato and Musashi's character models are based off of their appearances in Super Robot Wars X Omega, which in turn are a combination of their original anime and Getter Robo Armageddon appearances. However, Michiru's design is based off of her appearance in the game Getter Robo Daikessen, and Dr. Saotome's is straight from Armageddon, mostly to represent how secluded and devoted to his research he's become.

While most of the characters maintain their personalities from the original 1974 anime, Dr Saotome takes more cues from his other interpretations, being grouchy and very distant.

Rather than the suicide bomb technique he does in the final episode of the original anime, Musashi's sacrifice is made to resemble his final battle against the Dinosaur Empire in the Shin Getter vs Neo Getter OVA and the original manga. In addition to that, it was even broadcasted on live television, being seen by almost everyone on Earth Prime.

Michiru's little brother Genki has been removed from the storyline, with Ruri taking his place (except, well, Ruri's actually useful).

The character of Benkei Kurama, Getter Poseidon's pilot in the original anime and several other adaptations of the series, has been dropped from this version of the story completely, with Michiru taking his place as Poseidon's pilot. This is justified in story (plus, Michiru was already a very capable pilot in her own right. Heck, Hayato even left the team for a while in the original series, leaving Michiru to pilot Liger. That, and most fans agree that in the original series at least, Benkei really was just a cheap replacement for Musashi).

The Getter Robo D2 being a single machine is a KotM original feature (potentially, as it it's never seen actually transforming in the original manga). This ties directly into it's true purpose in the story, as it is meant to act as a test unit for Ruri of sorts so she gets used to the powers Getter gives her while making connections with some of the other pilots on the team before she and said others gain Shin Getter Robo around the end of the series, signifying the bonds they've forged together, as a sort of twist on how the Getter Teams of the past would start the story already piloting the main Getter together.

SInce the Hyakki Empire doesn't technically exist in this version of the story, several of their mechs (mostly just the ones that appear in several Super Robot Wars games) make cameos appearances in Season 1 of KotM as creations of L.O.V.E.M.U.F.F.I.N. under the name "Neo Kikaiju".

### Getter Robo Armageddon

The introduction to the Getter Army in the third season is loosely based off of the second half of the first episode of the OVA.

Michiru's role as Poseidon's pilot is actually based off her minor role as its pilot in the OVA.

### Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo

As previosuly stated, Musashi's final battle is modeled after the first episode of this series.

Shin Getter Robo's introduction is slightly based off of its appearance in episode three of the OVA.

## Other References

Ayako's Thunder Bomber, while obviously an extension of her thunder powers, is named after and works similarly to Getter Arc's super move of the same name.