Ninja Senshi Tobikage
Ninja Senshi Tobikage
忍者戦士飛影
Genre
Adventure, Mecha
TV anime
Director
Masami Annō
Studio
Pierrot
Network
Nippon Television
English network
Cartoon Network
Other networks:
TVN de ChileTF1Televisa Canal 5Solar USA and GMA NetworkRen-TV
Original run
6 October 1985 – 14 July 1986
Episodes
43
Ninja Senshi Tobikage (忍者戦士飛影, Ninja Senshi Tobikage?), also known as Ninja Robot Tobikage and Ninja Robots, is a Japanese anime television series, produced by Studio Pierrot, which aired from 6 October 1985 to 14 July 1986 on the Nippon Television network.
It was also broadcast across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia by Cartoon Network, under the title Ninja Robots, across Russia by Ren-TV, across the Philippines by Solar USA after Cartoon Network Philippines removed it from it airwaves, across France by TF1, under the title Tobikage, and across Chile by TVN de Chile and Mexico by Televisa Canal 5.
Plot
The events in Ninja Senshi Tobikage take place in 2200. It starts off in a fictional colony on the planet Mars. In this universe people have colonized both Mars and the Moon by the time in which the events occur. The main character is a 16-year old boy Joe Maya. He resides on Mars with his father. Joe's biggest dream is to return to Earth. It is his home planet. Joe has two best friends - his sworn brother Mike and a girl named Jenny who prove to be helpful allies and also with the powers to operate the robots.
One day, while escaping from the Martian police Joe and Mike stumble over a giant spaceship that appears to belong to aliens of some sort. At the same time another spaceship, located outside Mars, sends out humanoid robots which starts attacking the aforementioned spaceship. Joe goes to investigate and finds himself being chased by one of the robots. Having no choice, he hides in the damaged spaceship.
Here he encounters three aliens, who look like humans. One of them is a young Princess who Joe instantly finds attractive. However the other alien - a young red-headed general yells at Joe in a foreign language and points a gun. The robot which was chasing Joe enters the ship. The aliens run away leaving Joe standing face to face with the killer robot. Panicking, Joe hides inside an unidentified object, which turns out to be a "manually operated" vast robot. Joe gets quickly accustomed to the machine and destroys the killer robot and scares the other ones.
After the attack Joe's fate has become tangled with the aliens. He will accompany them on their journey to Earth while making new friends and meeting old friends.
Characters
Jō Maya (ジョウ・マヤ, Jō Maya?) - Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue
Joe Maya is 16 year old currently residing in Mars. His rebellious and impulsive behaviour lands him in the adventure of his life. He lost his mother when he was young but often reminisces about the fun he had on Earth. His father is a calm, thoughtful figure, almost his opposite. He is the first to operate and discover the robots.
His best friend is Ronen, his childhood friend. Among his other childhood friends are Jenny and Mike. Joe and Mike refer to each other as "brother". Joe leaves behind two of the friends in order to defeat Hazard, even though they continue to help him especially when his father is kidnapped.
He often teases Jenny about his friends interest in her. He also treats her as a guy. Joe show romantic feelings for both the Princess and Jenny. He is attracted to the Princess and often will do anything to protect her. He has an enmity with Irubora from the beginning due to his rude and impulsive behaviour. He is also very curious about the Tobikage who continuously aids him in battle.
Renī Ai (レニー・アイ, Renī Ai?) - Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka
Jenny is also 16. She is a portrayed as a tomboy. However like any girl, she also gets jealous! She is possessive about Joe, but very sweet. She is a good fighter and almost as daring as Joe, although she is extremely concerned about her family who stayed behind on Mars. She is the second to operate the robot.
She acts as a sister to Mike and helps him get the girl of his dreams - Shafu. Kenji has a crush on Jenny which she doesn't reciprocate. She gets irritated when Joe teases her about him. When the princess hugs or flirts with Joe, she becomes upset and hurt. Shes believes Romina has feelings towards Joe, which is proved to be true later on. She asks Joe how he feels about her many times and even says that she loves him and just wanted to be with him, even if he went to Andromeda. She is hopelessly in love with Joe.
Romina Rodario (ロミナ・ラドリオ, Romina Rodario?) - Voiced by: Sumi Shimamoto
Romina is a princess and future empress. She is very beautiful: a slender girl with long white hands, sad blue eyes and a mane of silvery-lavender hair. Romina is modest and sincere. She resided on a once peaceful planet which was violently invaded by Alex, she is now being hunted. Forced to escape from invaders in Erushang with her two closest friends: lady Shafu and lord Irubora Saro. She cries over her losses: parents, her world and Irubora. However in public Romina puts on a brave front.
Romina is a person who is extremely loyal to the friends and she expects the same loyalty from them. Joe falls in love with Romina, their feelings grow as Joe always cheers her up and helps her out. While Princess, support her new friend and even risks her life to save Joe. Slowly they understand each other as their romance blooms
Irubora Saro (イルボラ・サロ, Irubora Saro?) - Voiced by: Masashi Sugawara
Irubora is a reserved, ambitious general who can be egoistic and aggressive but, noble and courageous at the same time. He is called The Best Warrior of Andromeda. He tends to look down on others, nevertheless, he seems to be deeply in love with the Princess and is determined to fight for her to the end. Although she remains unaware of his love for her and her own feelings for the commander
He becomes very jealous of Romina's attention towards Joe. Both are "people of action" and this mutual antipathy ends up in open quarrels and endless fights - a very upsetting situation for Romina who want to avoid aggression and violence. He is man of great ambition and he dreams about great powers, Grathan offers power in exchange for princess Romina's life and for a moment Irubora thought about killing her. As a result, Irubora leaves Eruchang for good, but it will be much more difficult to forget love that he left behind!
Irubora finally obtain his own robot, Skeleton, and turned out to be a ninja too - one of the most powerful ninja! But he never chose between absolute power and his love for Romina, no matter how he wanted to forget her in battles. In the end as he was seriously injured he decided to tell Romina about his feelings.
Maiku Koiru (マイク・コイル, Maiku Koiru?) - Voiced by: Masami Kikuchi
Damian (ダミアン, Damian?) - Voiced by: Masamichi Satō
Shafu (シャフ, Shafu?) - Voiced by: Rika Fukami
Shafu is always kind, considerate and understanding
Gameran (ガメラン, Gameran?) - Voiced by: Masashi Sugawara
Gurasan Gurin (グラサン・グリン, Gurasan Gurin?) - Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka
Rōnin Sanada (ローニン・サナダ, Rōnin Sanada?) - Voiced by: Masashi Hironaka
Kegare Sanada (ケガレ・サナダ, Kegare Sanada?) - Voiced by: Rokurō Naya
Anekkusu Zabūmu (アネックス・ザブーム, Anekkusu Zabūmu?) - Voiced by: Masaaki Okabe
Sharumu Bēkā (シャルム・ベーカー, Sharumu Bēkā?) - Voiced by: Eiko Yamada
Hazādo Pasha (ハザード・パシャ, Hazādo Pasha?) - Voiced by: Takeshi Aono
Doggu Takku (ドッグ・タック, Doggu Takku?) - Voiced by: Takashi Taniguchi
Machines
Golden Ninja: This machine was the first found by Joe, who initially piloted it, while Damien manned it in later episodes. It was a human-shaped robot, which could bond with Tobikage.
Scarlet Ninja: This machine used by Jenny, and had powers of fire. It was a human-shaped robot, which could bond with Tobikage.
Blue Ninja: This machine was used by Mike, and though very powerful, capable of casting lighting, was slow and ungainly. It was a human-shaped robot, which could bond with Tobikage.
Tobikage: This robot is a mystery, and little is known about it. Appearing each time when the Ninja machines are low on power, it assists them, and at times, bonds with one of them, transforming and becoming stronger. In later episodes, it unites with Joe.
Lion: When the Golden Ninja fuses with Tobikage, it transforms into a lion. The most agile and speedy of the powered Ninjas, it is the most frequently-used powered machine.
Falcon: Tobikage combines with the Scarlet Ninja to form a robot shaped like a falcon. It possesses the power of flight, and can cast a flame from its wings across its wingspan.
Dragon: The fusion of Tobikage and the Blue Ninja is a giant dragon. It is incredibly large and strong, capable of wiping out entire robot armies with lightning storms, but has minimal mobility and appears only twice.
Staff
Original Creator, Series Composition: Yūji Watanabe
Chief Director: Masami Annō
Character Design: Shigeru Katō, Toshihiro Hirano
Mechanical Design: Kōichi Ōhata
Music: Eiji Kawamura
Theme songs
Opening theme
LOVE Survivor (LOVEサバイバー, LOVE Sabaibā?)
Lyrics: Kumiko Aoki, composition and arrangement: Yūichirō Oda, performance: HIT BOY
Ending theme
Ichi Seikime no Angel (一世紀めのエンジェル, Ichi Seikime no Enjeru?)
Lyrics: Kumiko Aoki, composition and arrangement: Yūichirō Oda, performance: HIT BOY
Ninja Senshi Tobikage
忍者戦士飛影
Genre
Adventure, Mecha
TV anime
Director
Masami Annō
Studio
Pierrot
Network
Nippon Television
English network
Cartoon Network
Other networks:
TVN de ChileTF1Televisa Canal 5Solar USA and GMA NetworkRen-TV
Original run
6 October 1985 – 14 July 1986
Episodes
43
Ninja Senshi Tobikage (忍者戦士飛影, Ninja Senshi Tobikage?), also known as Ninja Robot Tobikage and Ninja Robots, is a Japanese anime television series, produced by Studio Pierrot, which aired from 6 October 1985 to 14 July 1986 on the Nippon Television network.
It was also broadcast across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia by Cartoon Network, under the title Ninja Robots, across Russia by Ren-TV, across the Philippines by Solar USA after Cartoon Network Philippines removed it from it airwaves, across France by TF1, under the title Tobikage, and across Chile by TVN de Chile and Mexico by Televisa Canal 5.
Plot
The events in Ninja Senshi Tobikage take place in 2200. It starts off in a fictional colony on the planet Mars. In this universe people have colonized both Mars and the Moon by the time in which the events occur. The main character is a 16-year old boy Joe Maya. He resides on Mars with his father. Joe's biggest dream is to return to Earth. It is his home planet. Joe has two best friends - his sworn brother Mike and a girl named Jenny who prove to be helpful allies and also with the powers to operate the robots.
One day, while escaping from the Martian police Joe and Mike stumble over a giant spaceship that appears to belong to aliens of some sort. At the same time another spaceship, located outside Mars, sends out humanoid robots which starts attacking the aforementioned spaceship. Joe goes to investigate and finds himself being chased by one of the robots. Having no choice, he hides in the damaged spaceship.
Here he encounters three aliens, who look like humans. One of them is a young Princess who Joe instantly finds attractive. However the other alien - a young red-headed general yells at Joe in a foreign language and points a gun. The robot which was chasing Joe enters the ship. The aliens run away leaving Joe standing face to face with the killer robot. Panicking, Joe hides inside an unidentified object, which turns out to be a "manually operated" vast robot. Joe gets quickly accustomed to the machine and destroys the killer robot and scares the other ones.
After the attack Joe's fate has become tangled with the aliens. He will accompany them on their journey to Earth while making new friends and meeting old friends.
Characters
Jō Maya (ジョウ・マヤ, Jō Maya?) - Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue
Joe Maya is 16 year old currently residing in Mars. His rebellious and impulsive behaviour lands him in the adventure of his life. He lost his mother when he was young but often reminisces about the fun he had on Earth. His father is a calm, thoughtful figure, almost his opposite. He is the first to operate and discover the robots.
His best friend is Ronen, his childhood friend. Among his other childhood friends are Jenny and Mike. Joe and Mike refer to each other as "brother". Joe leaves behind two of the friends in order to defeat Hazard, even though they continue to help him especially when his father is kidnapped.
He often teases Jenny about his friends interest in her. He also treats her as a guy. Joe show romantic feelings for both the Princess and Jenny. He is attracted to the Princess and often will do anything to protect her. He has an enmity with Irubora from the beginning due to his rude and impulsive behaviour. He is also very curious about the Tobikage who continuously aids him in battle.
Renī Ai (レニー・アイ, Renī Ai?) - Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka
Jenny is also 16. She is a portrayed as a tomboy. However like any girl, she also gets jealous! She is possessive about Joe, but very sweet. She is a good fighter and almost as daring as Joe, although she is extremely concerned about her family who stayed behind on Mars. She is the second to operate the robot.
She acts as a sister to Mike and helps him get the girl of his dreams - Shafu. Kenji has a crush on Jenny which she doesn't reciprocate. She gets irritated when Joe teases her about him. When the princess hugs or flirts with Joe, she becomes upset and hurt. Shes believes Romina has feelings towards Joe, which is proved to be true later on. She asks Joe how he feels about her many times and even says that she loves him and just wanted to be with him, even if he went to Andromeda. She is hopelessly in love with Joe.
Romina Rodario (ロミナ・ラドリオ, Romina Rodario?) - Voiced by: Sumi Shimamoto
Romina is a princess and future empress. She is very beautiful: a slender girl with long white hands, sad blue eyes and a mane of silvery-lavender hair. Romina is modest and sincere. She resided on a once peaceful planet which was violently invaded by Alex, she is now being hunted. Forced to escape from invaders in Erushang with her two closest friends: lady Shafu and lord Irubora Saro. She cries over her losses: parents, her world and Irubora. However in public Romina puts on a brave front.
Romina is a person who is extremely loyal to the friends and she expects the same loyalty from them. Joe falls in love with Romina, their feelings grow as Joe always cheers her up and helps her out. While Princess, support her new friend and even risks her life to save Joe. Slowly they understand each other as their romance blooms
Irubora Saro (イルボラ・サロ, Irubora Saro?) - Voiced by: Masashi Sugawara
Irubora is a reserved, ambitious general who can be egoistic and aggressive but, noble and courageous at the same time. He is called The Best Warrior of Andromeda. He tends to look down on others, nevertheless, he seems to be deeply in love with the Princess and is determined to fight for her to the end. Although she remains unaware of his love for her and her own feelings for the commander
He becomes very jealous of Romina's attention towards Joe. Both are "people of action" and this mutual antipathy ends up in open quarrels and endless fights - a very upsetting situation for Romina who want to avoid aggression and violence. He is man of great ambition and he dreams about great powers, Grathan offers power in exchange for princess Romina's life and for a moment Irubora thought about killing her. As a result, Irubora leaves Eruchang for good, but it will be much more difficult to forget love that he left behind!
Irubora finally obtain his own robot, Skeleton, and turned out to be a ninja too - one of the most powerful ninja! But he never chose between absolute power and his love for Romina, no matter how he wanted to forget her in battles. In the end as he was seriously injured he decided to tell Romina about his feelings.
Maiku Koiru (マイク・コイル, Maiku Koiru?) - Voiced by: Masami Kikuchi
Damian (ダミアン, Damian?) - Voiced by: Masamichi Satō
Shafu (シャフ, Shafu?) - Voiced by: Rika Fukami
Shafu is always kind, considerate and understanding
Gameran (ガメラン, Gameran?) - Voiced by: Masashi Sugawara
Gurasan Gurin (グラサン・グリン, Gurasan Gurin?) - Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka
Rōnin Sanada (ローニン・サナダ, Rōnin Sanada?) - Voiced by: Masashi Hironaka
Kegare Sanada (ケガレ・サナダ, Kegare Sanada?) - Voiced by: Rokurō Naya
Anekkusu Zabūmu (アネックス・ザブーム, Anekkusu Zabūmu?) - Voiced by: Masaaki Okabe
Sharumu Bēkā (シャルム・ベーカー, Sharumu Bēkā?) - Voiced by: Eiko Yamada
Hazādo Pasha (ハザード・パシャ, Hazādo Pasha?) - Voiced by: Takeshi Aono
Doggu Takku (ドッグ・タック, Doggu Takku?) - Voiced by: Takashi Taniguchi
Machines
Golden Ninja: This machine was the first found by Joe, who initially piloted it, while Damien manned it in later episodes. It was a human-shaped robot, which could bond with Tobikage.
Scarlet Ninja: This machine used by Jenny, and had powers of fire. It was a human-shaped robot, which could bond with Tobikage.
Blue Ninja: This machine was used by Mike, and though very powerful, capable of casting lighting, was slow and ungainly. It was a human-shaped robot, which could bond with Tobikage.
Tobikage: This robot is a mystery, and little is known about it. Appearing each time when the Ninja machines are low on power, it assists them, and at times, bonds with one of them, transforming and becoming stronger. In later episodes, it unites with Joe.
Lion: When the Golden Ninja fuses with Tobikage, it transforms into a lion. The most agile and speedy of the powered Ninjas, it is the most frequently-used powered machine.
Falcon: Tobikage combines with the Scarlet Ninja to form a robot shaped like a falcon. It possesses the power of flight, and can cast a flame from its wings across its wingspan.
Dragon: The fusion of Tobikage and the Blue Ninja is a giant dragon. It is incredibly large and strong, capable of wiping out entire robot armies with lightning storms, but has minimal mobility and appears only twice.
Staff
Original Creator, Series Composition: Yūji Watanabe
Chief Director: Masami Annō
Character Design: Shigeru Katō, Toshihiro Hirano
Mechanical Design: Kōichi Ōhata
Music: Eiji Kawamura
Theme songs
Opening theme
LOVE Survivor (LOVEサバイバー, LOVE Sabaibā?)
Lyrics: Kumiko Aoki, composition and arrangement: Yūichirō Oda, performance: HIT BOY
Ending theme
Ichi Seikime no Angel (一世紀めのエンジェル, Ichi Seikime no Enjeru?)
Lyrics: Kumiko Aoki, composition and arrangement: Yūichirō Oda, performance: HIT BOY
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