| Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu | |
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| Directed by | Masayuki Akehi |
| Written by | Susumu Takaku |
| Produced by | Chiaki Imada |
| Starring | Akira Kamiya Hiroya Ishimaru Keaton Yamada Kei Tomiyama Keiichi Noda |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi Michiaki Watanabe |
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| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Running time | 31 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu (グレンダイザー・ゲッターロボG・グレートマジンガー 決戦!大海獣, Gurendaizā Gettā Robo Jī Gurēto Majingā Kessen! Daikaijū, lit. Grendizer, Getter Robo G and Great Mazinger: Decisive Showdown! The Giant Sea Beast) is an animated short film produced by Toei which premiered originally on July 18, 1976 (1976-07-18), in Japan. It is a crossover of three super robot anime: Grendizer, Getter Robo G and Great Mazinger. Like the rest of the Vs. animated films of Toei, the movie features alternate versions of events from the three series and is not canonical to any of them. The film was released in almost all countries where the original Grendizer series was broadcast. It is known as Il Grande Mazinga, Getta Robot e Goldrake contro il DragosauroinItaly and Goldorak: L'attaque du DragosaureinFrance and some parts of Canada.
The Dragonsaurus, a mysterious prehistoric animal surviving undiscovered in the depths of the oceans, seeds panic by devouring huge quantities of oil across the globe. It heads for Tokyo, where the Japanese forces are prepared to stop the creature with three super robots: Grendizer, Great Mazinger and Getter Robo G. They are immediately sent to stop the monstrous animal. Unfortunately, the awkward robot Boss Borot joins the team and ends up being swallowed by the Dragonsaurus, rendering their objective all the more difficult. Boss Borot eventually escapes the creature's stomach with help from Great Mazinger. As the three super robots engage with the monster, it makes its way to Tokyo and goes on a rampage. The Dragonaurus is eventually defeated after Getter Robo G uses its Shine Spark attack to ignite the large quantities of oil in its body, destroying the creature and saving the city.
The main antagonist of the film, the Dragonsaurus, is an ancient reptilian animal that grew to large sizes from the oil it consumes, with a maximum length of 550 meters and weighing 40,000 tons. The Dragonsaurus has seven serpent-like tentacles that can extend very long distances and are used as its primary attack. The Dragonsaurus also has extremely potent regeneration abilities, allowing it to regrow any severed tentacle in a matter of seconds and make it extremely resistant, if not completely immune, to electric attacks like the Grendizer Double Spazer's Cyclone Beam and acid attacks like Grendizer's Melt Shower. The Dragonsaurus' body also has a high resistance to energy beams and absorbs projectiles such as missiles through its skin where they fail to detonate. To move on land, the Dragonsaurus possesses the ability to levitate, but also uses its tentacles to create hurricane-force winds.
The Dragonsaurus later appears in various Super Robot Wars titles as a boss character, and in Super Robot Wars Reversal and Super Robot Wars MX, it uses a powerful sonar attack.
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