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To all Grendizer fans from all around the world. I share my love to Grendizer with all of you.
The Vegans establish a base on the dark
side of the moon and start to attack Earth from there. As the show
When the Vegans’ moon base was destroyed
by Vegatron radiation, King Vega had no choice but to gather his remaining
forces and make an all-out attack on Earth. Duke and co. went out to
I love a lot of cartoon characters like Optimus Prime from the Transformers, the Guyver and much more. But no one ever came close to Grendizer, I believe in Grendizer so much that I refuse to think of him as a cartoon.
I could feel
Those who
watched the show might know what I am talking about. I have watched the show
in Arabic back in Saudi Arabia. The first episode was episode #9. I was 4
at the time. It was about a girl named Menao.
She was sent
by
The Vigans to assassinate Duke Fleed so the Vigans will spare her planet
"Al-Yakota"
Instead she falls in love with the Duke. At the end of the episode the Vigans kill her. When she died in Duke Fleed's arms, that was one of the
most moving scenes in all the series. I can think
of one more similar seen in episode 72 when Robina "Vega's daughter" dais in
a very similar way, Robina
on the
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Earth
Vigans
Fighting Machines
Vigan Mother ships
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Grendizer,
Grandizer, Goldorak, UFO ROBO Grendizer
The
Vega homeworld is becoming unstable due to the exploiting of Vegatron, a
powerful radioactive ore. Seeking to expand his
militaristic empire and find a substitute planet to settle upon, the
ruthless King Vega unleashes his armies - composed of flying saucers and
giant robotic monsters - and turns first against neighbors such as Fleed, a
highly advanced but peaceful world. In a tragically ironic twist, the
invaders' blitzkrieg turns against them: the once verdant, idyllic Fleed is
turned into a radioactive wasteland. Too late, the only known survivor of
the royal family, Prince Duke Fleed, manages to steal the Grendizer, a war
robot able to combine with a saucer-ship, Spacer, and the most powerful and
advanced engine owned by the Vegan forces, which was used in spearheading
the assault on Fleed.
Fleeing
Vegan space by flying at hyperluminal speed, Duke enters the Solar system
and switches course to Earth, making a rough landing in Japan. He is
befriended by Dr. Umon, a noted scientist who oversees a research laboratory
(called the Space Science Lab) and owns a small ranch. If some hints present
in the French version are to be believed, it seems
that Dr Umon owed part of his remarkable scientific achievements to regular
contacts with Fleed scientists, and he may have been Duke Fleed's goal from
the start of his escape. The kindly Umon takes in the young alien as his
son, under the assumed name of Daisuke, and assists him in hiding Spacer. A
rough two years later, Kouji Kabuto returns to Japan after studying abroad
in a flying saucer he personally d
esigned
and built (called the TFO). He heads to the Space Science Lab after hearing
of multiple sightings of "flying saucers". He plans to contact the aliens if
possible and make peace with them. Daisuke, however, scoffs at the notion
and fears that these aliens: the Vegans, led by generals Blackie and Gandal,
are ready to attack Earth. Kouji ignores his warnings and flies out to meet
the incoming saucers, only to discover the horrible truth. In order to save
Kouji and protect his adoptive homeworld from destruction, Daisuke is forced
to return to his true identity as Duke Fleed. He unearths Grendizer from its
hiding place under the lab and launches.
progresses, Kouji discovers Duke Fleed’s true identity and their bitter
rivalry soon turns to friendship. The daughter of Danbi Makiba (the man who
runs Umon’s ranch), Hikaru, also discover’s Daisuke’s secret and becomes a
pilot in order to assist him
despite
his objections. Later on, it is revealed that there were two more survivors
from the planet Freed, Duke’s younger sister Maria Grace Fleed and a man who
had rescued her and fled to Earth, raising her under the guise of her
grandfather. Caught in a crossfire between Grendizer and a Vegan beast, he
reveals to Maria that she is the last survivor of the royal family of Fleed
(under the belief that Duke was killed) before dying from his wounds. Maria
swears revenge on Grendizer and its pilot. She tries to ambush Duke, Kouji &
Hikaru at the Space Science Lab, but the fight was short lived. Maria’s
attacks brought Duke’s necklace (which is the same as the one she wore) into
view and the truth was revealed. The lost siblings were reunited at last and
Maria becomes the last addition to the team.
Near
the end, it is shown that Duke Fleed was engaged to King Vega’s daughter,
Princess Rubina, prior to the attack on Fleed. When
Rubina discovers that planet Freed was no longer polluted with Vegatron
radiation and that her fiancé was alive and well, she rushed to Earth to
bring him the good news. Unfortunately, one of King Vega’s generals used
this opportunity to ambush Duke Fleed, and Rubina was killed when she took a
shot aimed at Duke. This made Duke even more determined to wipe out the
Vegan menace once and for all.
intercept them before they
reached Earth in Grendizer and the newly designed space combat Spazers.
After a fierce battle, they finally manage to destroy the Vegan mothership
along with King Vega himself. Soon afterwards Duke and Maria bid a tearful
farewell to Earth and return to help reconstruct planet Fleed.
This show
carried a lot of morals and feelings. Duke Fleed was a great character by
all standards. He was a selfless loving person, even that he was bleeding of
pan inside. 
his hatred to the Vigans. I felt his compaction, his pain and his purity. 
other hand was Duke Fleed's real old love. the whole episode is about
Duke Fleed and Robia's love
, there wasn't even a saucer animal in it! Just
the death of Zorial. 
