Spring 1974

Based on Hiroshi Kaizuka’s manga.

The last TMS sports-themed anime series (“Star of the Giants” was the first).

Because of low ratings, the series was pulled off the air before later episodes of the original manga could be adapted.

Ken Izumi is a kid who can charge his powers from surrounding light sources and use them through a laser type gun.

From deep within the Earth’s surface, the Dinosaur Kingdom make their move to wipe out mankind and conquer the planet with their mechanical dinosaurs. After a prototype Getter Robo is shot down by a mechanical dinosaur, the Saotome Research Institute decides to use the real Getter Robo, which is combat-capable. Due to a lack of pilots in the institute, Ryo Nagare goes to his college to persuade martial artist Musashi Tomoe and outcast Hayato Jin to join him and pilot the Getter Machines to combat the new threat and protect mankind.

(Source: ANN)