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| Panzer World Galient | |
Cover of the Premium Blu-ray Box release, depicting the two titular mecha of the series. Top: Assault Galient. Bottom: Tetsukyojin.
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| 機甲界ガリアン (Kikōkai Garian) | |
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| Genre | High fantasy, Mecha, Military sci-fi |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
| Written by | Sōji Yoshikawa |
| Music by | Tooru Fuyuki |
| Studio | Nippon Sunrise |
| Licensed by | Sentai Filmworks |
| Original network | Nippon Television |
| Original run | October 5, 1984 – March 29, 1985 |
| Episodes | 25 |
| Anime film series | |
| Chapter of the Land and the Sky (compilation films) | |
| Directed by | Ryōsuke Takahashi |
| Written by | Sōji Yoshikawa |
| Music by | Tooru Fuyuki |
| Studio | Nippon Sunrise |
| Licensed by | Sentai Filmworks |
| Released | January 21, 1986 – March 25, 1986 |
| Runtime | 70 minutes (each) |
| Films | 2 |
| Original video animation | |
| Crest of Iron | |
| Directed by | Masashi Ikeda |
| Written by | Jinzo Toriumi |
| Music by | Seiji Yokoyama |
| Studio | Nippon Sunrise |
| Licensed by | Sentai Filmworks |
| Released | August 5, 1986 |
| Runtime | 55 minutes |
Panzer World Galient (機甲界ガリアン, Kikōkai Garian) is a 1984 Japanese fantasy and science fiction anime television series produced by Sunrise.[1] It was directed by Ryōsuke Takahashi and written by Sōji Yoshikawa with mechanical design by Kunio Okawara and Yutaka Izubuchi. It aired on Nippon Television in Japan from October 5, 1984, to March 29, 1985, lasted up to 25 episodes. It is the third installment of the Takahashi Mecha Trilogy, following both Armored Trooper Votoms and Fang of the Sun Dougram, respectively.
Set in the medieval-looking fantasy world of Arst, Prince Jordy Volder takes up the fight against the conqueror Marder. Jordy uses the legendary giant robot "panzer" Galient, which is one of many panzers preserved underground for millennia. Using an army of advanced robot panzers, Marder is conquering Arst in preparation to dominate the Crescent Galaxy.
The final episode ended with a tighter daylight shot on the sword that pans to the handle. Prince Jordy's hand then pulls the sword from the sand and lifts it in the air and we see him embracing Chururu. The credits flash onscreen as the Prince and Chururu look at each other while the images of the prince's mother and friends appear onscreen with rose petals blowing in the wind completing the ending. The main antagonist Mauder was fighting something worse than him and the union of civilized planets that suppressed free will and were not afraid to destroy planets because of this. When Jordy became king and an adult he could travel the stars. He found out that Mauder and his right hand man successfully overthrew the union of civilized planets. Jordy found out he was the guy who should be in charge and the leadership overthrew the faction he was the direct heir and were fighting against.
Marder and his right hand man basically said they would not be ruling the successor state and gave it to Jordy even though they helped him run it. Jordy in adulthood forgave Mauder and pardoned him. He even recognized him as a king of Arst who only took over to overthrow a government that should not exist. He left Arst in a better place than he found it. Arst still views him positively.
The show's opening and ending musical themes were composed and performed by EUROX, a Japanese progressive rock band formed in 1984 in Tokyo. They did English versions of both songs with mostly different lyrics. They also did a 2009 remake of both songs in both languages.
The ending theme was normally accompanied by nighttime shots of a sword stuck in the sand and images of the characters reflected on its blade as the credits flash with the ending showing the same sword now showered with rain (as reference to a line in the song about crying).
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