Goldorak, Episode Guide
First Season
Alcor arrives with his OVT. While in flight, he is attacked by Vegan saucers. Fortunately, Actarus decides to revive Goldorak from storage in time to save him. Alcor doesn't yet know Actarus' secret.
Alcor learns Actarus' secret. Vega attacks.
Rigel organises a party at the ranch, and Procyon, Alcor & Actarus are invited. But Actarus barely has time to scoff down a few pickles before another Vegan attack takes place. Can he reach Goldorak in time to repel the invaders?
Minos sets out to find Goldorak's hiding place, and starts a massive attack to help him do this. Alcor tries to hold off the enemy alone, to prevent Goldorak from falling into this trap. Finally, Actarus launches Goldorak and destroys the Vegans.
Alcor is taken hostage. Actarus rescues him.
Vénusia visits Tokyo with Banta. Their bus is attacked by a Végan monster. Alcor distracts the monster until Actarus arrives.
Hydargos lays a trap for Goldorak by hiding mines in a cloud of space dust. Alcor falls into the trap. Fortunately, Actarus saves the day.
Goldorak destroys space mines planted by Vega and then battles Golgoth 8.
Alcor is captured with his ship by the Végans. Goldorak attacks the camp de la Lune noire to rescue him.
An inhabitant of the planet Rubi is forced by Véga to try to destroy Goldorak's carrying saucer. Thanks to Actarus the mission fails, and the Végans decide to kill the Rubinien. But Actarus flies to his rescue.
On the occasion of a total solar eclipse, Minos plans an attack against the earth. Actarus takes off to the moon by the shadow caused by the eclipse paralyses Goldorak (who works on solar energy). For once, Alcor saves the day.
A Christmas episode. A Golgoth destroys a house, killing all inhabitants except for a young girl, who had asked to meet the Prince of Space for Christmas. After defeating Golgoth 12, Alcor disguises himself as Santa Claus and takes the girl to meet Santa Claus (who is of course Actarus), hoping that this will help her get over the loss of her parents.
Véga builds a new solar-powered robot, whose main weapon is a flaming lance. It takes two battles for Actarus & Alcor to come out on top.
It's new year's day, and some of Alcor's friends (who may have also been MAZINGER Z characters) come to visit with a very silly robot. Of course, it's no holiday for Goldorak, who starts off the year well by defeating Golgoth 14.
Hydargos forces an alien scientist to work on a powerful new weapon that causes earthquakes. The scientist turns out ot be a pacifist and sacrifices himself to help Actarus.
Argoli's fiancee is controlled by Vega, hoping to discover Goldorak's secret hiding place.
Riguel, Alcor, Venusia, Misar & Actarus bring out the horses, but are surprised by an unexpected snow storm.
To reduce the chances of being discovered by Vega, Procyon constructs seven different routes for Goldorak to exit his secret hiding place.
Actarus helps a young boy whose village was completely destroyed by Golgoth 19. Goldorak gets vengeance on the boy's behalf by destroying the new Golgoth.
An asteroid is on a collision course with the moon. The Végans deflect it to head towards the Earth instead. Actarus sets out to destroy the asteroid completely, but Véga sends a Golgoth to stop him.
The North Pole melts mysteriously...
Hydargos captures an Earth scientist to steal his invention, which is able to paralyze Goldorak. Procyon wastes no time trying to find a way to counteract the scientist's weapon.
Vega's latest plan is to flood the valley in which the ranch is located, having figured out that Goldorak's secret base is somewhere nearby. In this episode, Venusia learns Actarus' true identity.
A general in Vega's "Division Ruine" disguises himself as an Earth scientist to get into the centre, in order to find and kill Actarus. But Venusia discovers his secret and warns the Prince in time. Of course, Goldorak destroys Golgoth 24.
A woman from Euphor is manipulated by Hydargos. She breaks Actarus' heart by revealing that her brother's brain was a part of Golgoth 1, that Goldorak destroyed.
Procyon decides to build a space station, and sends Argoli & Alcor into space. This does not thrill Hydargos and Minos, who send two robots to attack the two astronauts. Goldorak arrives to save them, while Venusia, wounded by a laser beam, lies dying in need of a transfusion. The episode ends in a cliffhanger, with Goldorak losing the battle with Golgoth 26.
Goldorak tries to evade Golgoth 26, but is griviously damages, and has to hide in a grotto. Meanwhile, Venusia is saved and Hydargos and a small army take over the Centre. He tortures Procyon to learn where prince Actarus is hiding. Goldorak is repaired and destroys several hundred saucers as well as Golgoths 26 et 27. Alcor's O.V.T. is destroyed. Hydargos is killed and Minos, his face badly burned, retreats to the enemy base.
Second season
Général Oros replaces Hydargos. His plan: to attack Goldorak with smal energy balls that transform into a giant robot. Golroak wins the day by destroying the balls. Minas now appears by completely swapping faces with Minos, and Riguel joins an anti-alien committee!
Alcor's friends come help Goldorak destrpy a phoenix-shaped robot.
A strange asteroid falls into a zoo...
Alcor's friends return.
Actarus finds his mother - or does he?
A Vegan general disguises himself as a young boy who befriends Mizar. His mission is (of course) to find Goldorak. He kills a small bird to turn it into a mechanical spy. Meanwhile, Goldorak battles a bat-shaped robot, which he trashes with little effort.
Ergastul and his robot must capture Goldorak, or Véga will destroy his home planet.
Procyon completes Alcor's new ship, the Alcorak. With it, Alcor helps Actarus destroy a two-headed bee-robot.
A Vegan lieutenant finds a weakness in Goldorak: during the "transfert" command, he is totally vulnerable. Procyon tackles the problem and resolves it by devising a way to dock the Goldorak robot to Alcorak.
Actarus et Alcor combat a Golgoth attempting to steal plutonium. When Alcor is wounded in the battle, Venusia pilots the Alcorak and saves Actarus.
Redundant episode in which Venusia pilots Alcorak to save Actarus. See previous episode.
Venusia officially joins the team.
Goldorak is trapped under water by a crab-robot sent to retreive a container for Vega. Goldorak appears to be losing the battle until Alcor comes to the rescue. At the end, we learn of Procyon's latest plan: To build a submarine-ship to be piloted by Venusia.
Venusia pilots Venusiak for the first time, and renders Goldorak more effective underwater by docking with him.
Vega destroys the Centre but Procyon completes a new defense system just in time. Meanwhile, Goldorak, Alcorak and Venusiak are kept busy by a phychodelic robot.
A Vegan officer establishes an Earth base.
An archeological site attracts a young man's curiousity...
Mizar swears to having seen a meteorite split itself in two...
Alcor receives an invitation to spend the day at the Marina park.
Actarus, Alcor, Mizar, Riguel and Venusia go on a camping trip.
Faussoirak is built, allowing Goldorak to drill underground.
All of planet Euphor's inhabitants were killed? Only Actarus escaped? Wrong! Princesse Fénicia is alive and well, and also believes herself to be the final survivor of her planet... And she is convinced that her planet was destroyed by Goldorak and its pilot, the infamous Actarus! She decides to kill him, but at the last second realizes his true identity, thanks to her pendant.
Fènicia on bord Faussoirak joins the team to defend the Earth. Actarus, Alcor, Fénicia and Vénusia become like five fingers of a hand. The 4-headed eagle is born, and Vega pays the price for the first time in this episode.
Vega's home planet, Stikades, is slowly being destroyed...
Vega sends a new generation of Golgoths, called Monstrogoths.
Venusia is help captured by a Monstrogoth.
An incredible Monstrogoth attacks.
A strange life form haunts the waters near the Centre.
Procyon sends a radar sattellite into space.
A young boy spends his time with his pet bug, a pet bug that finds itslef becoming a real pest!
After a bomb explodes, Goldorak destroys everything in its path!
A group of young Vegans attack a military base.
The Végans send robot-rats armed with bombs to Earth.
Why is Riguel acting so strangely?
A flock of swans that take up residence in the lake near the Centre may be more than they seem.
A Vegan scientist develops a freezing weapon.
A giant spider attacks the city.
Alcor is full of guilt when he fails to fire a missile in time...
Goldorak and Venusiak are helpless when caught underwater.
Procyon builds Aquarak, a new under-water vehicle for Goldorak.
A new Vegan plot is led by a former resident of Euphor.
Horos' son wants to battle Goldorak.
Fenisia sees her father in her dreams.
An old friend of Actarus arrives at the Camp de la Lune Noire.
Vegalia, Vega's daughter, discovers that life is returning to Euphor's surface.
Véga prepares its final assault. Procyon works to complete his latest ship, the Cosmorak. Meanwhile, Actarus and his friends face off against Minos in Antirak 173. Actarus is losing the battle, and Alcor is about to crash big time. Will the Cosmorak be ready in time to save the day?
Minas turns against the Grand Stratéguerre, but is killed by Minos, which of course causes his own death. Actarus with Goldorak, with his friends in the Cosmorak, profit from this opportunity to defeat the Grand Stratéguerre. Actarus & Fénicia return to their planet to try to rebuld it.
