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Muteki Kojin Daitarn 3

(c) 1978 Nippon Sunrise, 40 Episodes.

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The Story

Prof. Haran, a member of the Mars Colony, builts Don Zauser: a powerful computer able to 'think'. This ability however soon turned to be fatal for the men involved in the Mars Colony. Don Zauser takes control of all the robots in the Colony and then use them to transform some of the crew into Meganoids: cyborg that he can control with its 'mind'! Soon these new cyborg-soldiers kill all the rest of the people in the Colony except Haran Banjo (the son of the prof. Haran), who is able to escape with the giant robot Daitarn 3 and comes back to Earth. Don Zauser now wants to transform all the people on Earth into Meganoids and Banjo with the Daitarn 3 is the only one able to fight against Don Zauser's troops! Other people however try to help the protagonist in his fights, they are:

Reika and Beauty: two 'real babes',
Garrison: Banjo's butler,
Toppo: a little kid, friend of Banjo.

Together they will engage many fights but at the end Banjo with the Daitarn 3 will always be victorious.

NOTE:

Unfortunately I couldn't find any more infos about this awesome series, I watched it when I was 5-6 years old and this is what I remember... I'm gonna add more infos as soon as I got them! Stay Tuned :)

Pictures from the series Muteki Kojin Daitarn 3

Haran Banjo calling for Daitarn 3	Banjo, Beauty and Reika
Daitarn 3	Daitarn 3

Credits

The series is made of 40 episodes aired on Japanese TV from June 2nd, 1978 till April 30th, 1979.

Director of the series: Yoshiyuki Tomino.
Character design: Norio Shioyama for Haran Banjo, Beauty, Reika, Toppo and Garrison. Ichikazu Okuni for evil Meganoids.
Mecha design: Kunio Ogawara.
Production: Nippon Sunrise.

Curiosity: the name of the robot "Daitarn" when pronounced in Japanese is spelled like "Daitan" that is a Japanese word meaning "bold", "brave", while the name of hero, Haran Banjo, means "very animated life person".

This Credit Section was realized with the help of Massimiliano DeRenzis, while the pictures were provided by Angelo Carbone, thanks again friends!