Tōshō Daimos

Tōshō Daimos
Genre	Mecha
Anime
Directed by	Tadao Nagahama
Studio	Sunrise

Tosshou Daimos (闘将ダイモス, Brave Leader (or Fighting King) Daimos) is a televised anime series produced by Nihon Sunrise. Daimos is the third installment of Tadao Nagahama's Romantic Trilogy, following Choudenji Robo Combattler V and Choudenji Machine Voltes V. It ran from 1 April 1978 to 27 January 1979 and consisted of 44 episodes. Several pivotal episodes were released as a movie titled "Starbirds" in the US by 3B, which also released Tranzor Z.

Story

After the destruction of their homeworld, the survivors of the planet Barm head towards Earth with the goal of negotiating the purchase of land to emigrate to. Unfortunately, during the negotiations, the Barmian's leader, Rion, is assassinated by his second in command, Olban, and the delegation from Earth is framed for the murder. In the ensuing chaos, Dr. Isamu Ryuuzaki of the Earth delegation is shot and killed.

Shortly after the disastrous end of the talks, the Barmians begin a campaign of terror against Earth, lead by Admiral Richter, who deploys a variety of "Mecha Soldiers" against the planet's defenses. The only thing standing between the Earthlings and annihilation is the transforming, kung fu-using super robot, Daimos... At first.

Earth

• Kazuya Ryuuzaki (Akira Kamiya)

The pilot of Daimos, and the hero of the series. After meeting and falling in love with Erika, he fights for the day when the war will end and they will be reunited.

• Kyoushiro Yuuzuki (Kazuyuki Sogabe)

Kazuya's friend, and the main pilot of the jet fighter Galva FX-II.

• Nana Izumi (Youko Kuri)

Daughter of Shinichirou Izumi, and sometimes co-pilot of Galva FX-II. Has a crush on Kazuya, and initially resents Erika.

• Shinichirou Izumi (Hisashi Katsuta)

After the death of Dr. Ryuuzaki, he takes over the operations of Daimobic.

• Sakamori Miwa (Tamio Ouki)

A leader of Earth's military, Miwa is a bigot who wants nothing more than to see all of the aliens destroyed.

• Isamu Ryuuzaki

Founder of the Daimobic labs and designer of Daimos. He is killed during the breakdown of the negotiations between the Barmans and the Earthlings.

Barm

• Erika (Miyuki Ueda)
• Admiral Richter (Osamu Ichikawa)
• Margarette
• Melby
• Shogun Balbas (Shozo Iizuka)
• Shogun Raiza
• Field Marshall Olban
• Councillor Geroiyer
• Generalissimo Rion
• Aizem
• Garny Halleck (Hiroya Ishimaru)