#albegas

[chibi-pix]

@breadstickcat and I were in sync. The night I was thinking of Albegas after not thinking of him in a while, she had thoughts, too, and it sparked thoughts of another mech. Korrinoth, piloted by Shorty. So. New thoughts sparked, AU chatter went on, now I've got these two arts. Pidge and Shorty with their respective mechs. And it is amazing.

Anyway, I hope y'all enjoy this one! Until next time!

[dollfishu]

Kousoku Denjin Albegas Animation Production Cels ~

[ljaesch]

What I'm watching.

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(#MechaMarch2023 Prelude) Lightspeed Electroid Albegas - First Reaction

(#MechaMarch2023 Prelude) Lightspeed Electroid Albegas – First Reaction

Mecha March 2023 and Voltron I don’t usually give away the main idea of my future projects are behind until mid February, but I thought it would be a fun thing to do. The main idea behind Mecha March 2023 is going to be localization. Voltron’s original versions and the series referenced as the supposed to be Voltron are going to be one of many major focuses. I’ve already written a lot of those…

[animenostalgia]

News - Discotek Media had several big announcements during their livestream last night, including:

Urusei Yatsura: The OVA Collection

An HD bluray release of Toei's The Little Mermaid film

Space Emperor God Sigma on SD BD

Light Speed Electroid Albegas on SD BD

And perhaps the biggest announcement of all: the '97 Berserk anime on bluray!

For a full list of everything that was announced, including live-action and more modern anime announcements, check the full list here!

[callgespenst]

Anime Central Day 1: The Truly Harrowing Ordeal of Being Known

Well, we got into Chicago and checked into our accommodations last night. This morning we got to the convention center early-ish (still a line around the corner to get in). Here follows highlights, in no particular order:

- got my Betsu Ten Gai nendoroid‘s base signed by the PILI staff. My wife got one of the cards signed, and we were lucky and got a bonus, very fancy Rou Fuyou shikishi.

- Not a whole lot I wanted in the dealer’s room (good, tbh). I got some Macross Delta keychains and two new robot blu-ray sets (Albegas, Layzner). Probably will end up back in there and buy a model kit sometime tomorrow.

- I wore my Jade Curtiss Tales of the Abyss cosplay today. I’ve been making and remaking this outfit for…a long time, and it’s finally done to my satisfaction. The boots and the gloves were the real bitch. Some minor improvements to make but overall I’m pretty happy.

- Had a great dinner with friends. I love telling people “Yeah the best part of Ideon: Be Invoked is how characters die and you think ‘at least they won’t see the horrors still yet to come’”.

- Handed out a whole bunch of robots and business cards and other fun little goodies.

- The clincher, however, was going to the panel for Tomo Sakurai. We got to hear her sing My Friends! It was an interesting retrospective on her career and time starting in the industry. Also we gave her the Gubaba plush I made, my best one yet, and she really seemed to like it! I gave a homemade gift to a celebrity and they appreciated it! And we’re going to her autograph session tomorrow. Someone famous, from something I like, being aware of my existence is truly, a bizarre sensation.

I need to go to bed. More tomorrow!

[toskarin]

Hironobu Kageyama & Masaaki Endoh - Robometal ZZZ - Robot Anime Hen

Uchu no Ouja! Godmars [track 1 | 0:00]

Macross [track 1 | 1:22]

Dunbine Tobu [track 1 | 2:47]

Time for L-Gaim [track 1 | 4:20]

Ginga Senpuu Braiger [track 1 | 5:43]

Ginga Repuu Baxinger [track 2 | 0:00]

Hyouryuu - Sky Hurricane [track 2 | 1:09]

Kousoku Denjin Albegas [track 2 | 2:43]

Hoshi no Deja Vu [track 2 | 3:59]

Tobe! Gundam [track 2 | 5:38]

[alghoul1984]

Robert art book

Another amazing art book from Japan. With some of my childhood favorites robots like #combattlerv #albegas and more. Worth to got for any fan of these shows.

[starwarsultimateseriesproject]

star wars the robo worker builder combiner world

star wars the robo worker builder combiner world.

rated: the kid family friendly rated.

art style: super combination robot b/o 17 in 1 & voltron & super sentai power rangers art style.

summary story: in the happy world when the scientist & the engineers & the builders & the makers build the tech city for their happy world to make everyone happy, but something bad in the world, some bad crime robot lord try to take over the world as the powerful crime ceo lord, however the immortal genius robotic ceo of tech workshop company incorporation has the idea to build the individual component rescue tent vehicles to combine into the immortal genius ceo scout rescuer combiner robo, the ceo will keep the the tech city on the world safe as the their rescuer robo.

focus media: motorized movement play pattern robotic toyline.

focus characters: robert is a greatful fun care kind robotic ceo who care for the people in the tech city, he & his robotic brothers create individual component rescue tent vehicles can combine into the rescuer robo named workerscuer rv ceo robo.

"Star Wars: The Robo Worker Builder Combiner World" is a kid-friendly adventure set in a happy world where scientists, engineers, builders, and makers have created a bustling tech city to bring joy to everyone. However, trouble arises when a nefarious crime robot lord attempts to seize control and spread chaos.

Enter Robert, the grateful and caring robotic CEO of Tech Workshop Company Incorporation. With his team of robotic brothers, they devise a plan to build individual component rescue tent vehicles that can combine into the mighty Workerscuer RV CEO Robo, a powerful combiner robot designed to keep the city safe.

The focus of this story lies in the motorized movement play pattern robotic toyline, where children can engage with the characters and vehicles as they come to life in the Super Combination Robot B/O 17 In 1 & VolTron/Vol Tron & Super Sentai Power Rangers art style.

based on Super Sentai Zukan Secret Squadron FiveRangers/Five Rangers Himitsu Sentai GoRenger/Go Renger/GoRengers/Go Rangers Master Sentai Master Gorenger/Go Renger/GoRangers/Go Rangers Tsuyoshi Kaijo/Akarenger/Master Akarenger & Akira Shinmei/Aorenger/Master Aorenger & Daita Oiwa/Kirenger/Master Kirenger & Peggy Matsuyama/Momorenger/Master Momorenger & Kenji Asuka/Midorenger/Master Midorenger & AkaGo/Aka Go BuildV/Build V RoBo [Aka Hover Train Base & Ao Hover Speed Car & Ki Hover Tank & Momo Hover Ambulance & Mido Hover Kart Kar/Cart Car] From Super Sentai Power Rangers, LightSpeed/Light Speed ElectroGod Albegas/LightSpeed/Light Speed Electroid Albegas/Gladiator/Gladiator Force VolTron/Vol Tron 2 From VolTron/Vol Tron, Super Combination Robot B/O 17 in 1/17-in-1 RoBo from Super Combination Robot B/O 17 in 1/17-in-1 RoBo Universe.

Join Robert and his team as they embark on thrilling adventures to thwart the plans of the crime robot lord and protect their beloved tech city. With teamwork and ingenuity, they'll ensure that happiness and safety prevail in the Robo Worker Builder Combiner World.

[nomadicism]

Gonna be another good year for old mecha anime fans. Discotek announced they will release Mazinkaiser, Space Emperor God Sigma, and Lightspeed Electoid Albegas this year.

I always assumed that Albegas wouldn’t get a US English sub release. I’m curious whether or not it was difficult to obtain the license.

[voltronfandomhag]

Albegas/Gladiator Voltron Revisited

A few years ago I posted about Gladiator Voltron, the proposed third Voltron season which was to be adapted from Lightspeed Electroid Albegas. Ultimately it was abandoned in favor of producing another batch of Lion Voltron episodes. About a year ago Toei released the first two episodes of Albegas with English subtitles on Youtube. You can watch both episodes here and here. 

This post is meant to be an update of my first Gladiator Voltron/Albegas post, with more detail about the characters and setting. I also briefly share my thoughts on the show based on the two episodes available.

SETTING AND STORY

In the future, the nations of Earth have been at peace with each other for many years. Our three protagonists, Daisaku, Tetsuya, and Hotaru, are talented students at Aoda School, which is famous for its robotics program and located near Mt. Fuji. Their lives are turned upside down when the evil alien Derringer Empire, who already rules the galaxy, invades Earth. Earth’s only hope against this threat is the super robot Albegas and the three teenagers piloting it.

THE HEROES

Our heroes are teenagers who attend Aoda School in Japan. Each of them created a robot for a school competition. Their bots were later improved and modified so they could combine into Albegas. 

Daisaku Enjoji

Daisaku is brash, confident, loud-mouthed, and a total cad. Despite his bad grades, his skills in robotics are apparently superior to both Tetsuya and Hotaru’s. He comes from a working class family consisting of his painter father, stay-at-home mother, cheeky younger brother Jiro, and a younger sister. Both he and Tetsuya have a crush on Hotaru, though Daisaku is more blatant and perverted about it. His hobby is soccer. Pilots Alpha Robo (black).

Tetsuya Jin

Tetsuya comes across as more reserved than his two teammates. Like the others, he’s a student at Aoba School and skilled in robotics. It’s unknown what his grades are like, but at least one of his teachers, Ms. Danko Kibi, scolds him for his rebellious attitude. He and his sister grew up orphans with no other family to take care of them. Currently he lives alone in the school dorms. Tetsuya feels lonely and envies those who still have parents. What happened to his parents, along with the whereabouts of his sister, aren’t mentioned in the first two episodes. Unfortunately, he’s  something of a slob; his dorm room is a mess. Like Daisaku, he also has a crush on Hotaru. However, he’s more subtle about it and expresses exasperation at Daisaku’s pervy antics towards her. His hobby is playing guitar. Pilots Beta Robo (blue).

Hotaru Mizuki

Hotaru is the daughter of Professor Mizuki; her mother isn’t mentioned, but it’s implied she’s been out of the picture for a long time. Beautiful, intelligent, and feminine, she’s the star of Aoba School and her class representative. Despite being adored by her teachers and the heartthrob of her male classmates, she’s bullied by her female peers. She also longs for a mother figure; there’s a scene where Hotaru outright tells her father and his assistant, Saeko Asabuki, that she approves of their relationship and hopes they get married so Saeko can be her stepmother. While annoyed by Daisaku’s caddish ways, it’s implied the attraction might be mutual. Her hobby is tennis. Pilots Gamma Robo (red).

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS

The allies, family, and friends of our heroes. 

Goro Kumai

HIS JAPANESE BLOOD TINGLES! A well-meaning but bumbling classmate of the main trio who serves as the show’s comic relief. Goro does his best to help defend Earth with his self-made gorilla robot but he’s simply out of his league. Daisaku considers him a burden while Hotaru pities him.  He has an unreciprocated crush on Hotaru. 

Professor Mizuki

A brilliant scientist and Hotaru’s father. His knowledge of robotics is second to none. After the main trio’s robots were nearly destroyed by invading Derringer, he not only rebuilt them, but made them much more powerful and able to combine into Albegas. He also serves as both a mentor and the voice of reason; he tries to encourage the trio to exercise caution and patience. However, his words often fall on deaf ears, and the trio’s insistence on rushing headlong into battle against his repeated warnings frustrates him. But he believes in the trio’s abilities. It’s implied he’s sweet on his assistant, Saeko Asabuki.

Saeko Asabuki

Professor Mizuki’s assistant and love interest. She’s soft spoken, beautiful, and lady-like. Hotaru wants her as a stepmother.

Ms. Danko Kibi

An overbearing, outspoken and strong willed teacher at Aoba School. She takes her job very seriously, is fiercely proud of the school, and believes it’s important her students grow to be strong, stout, and fearless. Despite not being the head teacher, she often gets her way through sheer force of personality.

THE VILLAINS

The villains aren’t very fleshed out, but given I only had two episodes, that’s not very surprising. Anyway, the Derringer are an evil purple-skinned alien race of conquers who have set their sights on Earth. They desire our planet for its beauty and consider humans primitive. Albegas is humanity’s only effective weapon against their superior technology. Their giant robot Mecha-Fighters are the Derringer’s most fearsome weapon.

Lord Deran the Great

Supreme ruler of the Derringer. We don’t actually see him in these episodes. The only information we learn about him is he desires all things beautiful as his own.

President Azass

The leader of the invading Derringer force stationed in a base orbiting Earth.

General Duston

President Azass’s top officer, at least during these first two episodes. He’s ruthless, prideful, and doesn’t take humans seriously.

General Catastra

Another army officer on President Azass’s orbital base. 

Dyme

Yet another Derringer officer. He considers Duston an incompetent moron for not taking Albegas more seriously as a threat 

LIGHTSPEED ELECTROID ALBEGAS

The three robots that compose Albegas (Alpha Robot, Beta Robo, and Gamma Robo) were not originally designed to combine together. Instead they were individually built by the main trio as entries into a school competition. When the Derringer attacked Japan, the three teens attempted to fight off the invaders in their robots, but were soundly defeated. Professor Mizuki, seeing the robots’ potential, both rebuilt and heavily modified them, making them far more powerful and able to combine together into multiple configurations. However, the three pilots, at first, don’t know and understand just how extensive the modifications were despite Professor Mizuki’s repeated warnings. Unfortunately, circumstances in the first two episodes have not given them time for proper training. As a result, the pilots are learning about Albegas’s abilities, and how to use them, in the heat of combat.

As stated, the robot comprising Albegas can combine in different ways, with each combination having its own specialization.

Denjin Dimension

Alpha, Beta, Gamma. This is the basic combat configuration. Can use the finishing move Denjin Sanbai Sword.

Sky Dimension

Beta, Alpha, Gamma. We don’t see any of its abilities, but I’m guessing it specializes in flight and/or aerial combat. 

Professor Mizuki mentions four other modes: Space, Sea, Underground, and Rescue.

My Thoughts

Do I think American Voltron fans missed out by not having Albegas localized? Not really. Between this, Golion, and Dairuggar, I feel this was the weakest show of the three, and I don’t think it would’ve captured kid’s imaginations the way Lion Voltron did. Granted, in some ways Albegas has more elements in common with GoLion than Diaruggar: small number of pilots, planet bound, faster paced, and a simpler story. But, again, I only have two episodes to go by, so I could be wrong on some of those points. But I’m interested enough that I’d watch more episodes if they became available.

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Success! After this prior piece, I had to draw more. And this time with Pidge and Shorty in flight suits, inspiration from the plugsuits from NGE (which, I've not seen, but it gets mentioned on occasion in the discord servers I'm in). Anyway! Here we have them! the grouchy squishy babs ready to fight.

Anyway, I hope y'all enjoy this one! Until next time!

[alizardjae]

My current tragedy is my desire to watch Lightspeed Electroid Albegas but the only videos of it on the internet are the two episodes officially uploaded by Toei and a few random clips. RIP me.

[ljaesch]

Anime Blu-ray Review: Lightspeed Electroid Albegas

Lightspeed Electroid Albegas is a single disc with all 45 episodes of the series included. The release only has Japanese audio with English subtitles. Lightspeed Electroid Albegas English Publisher: Discotek Media Format: Blu-ray Release Date: May 28, 2024 The series is set in Japan, during a time where an alien race called Dellinger with ambitions of capturing the Earth for their leader begin…

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Kōsoku Denjin Albegas / Lightspeed Electroid Albegas TV series (Animage, 05/1983)

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Mecha Anime in a Nutshell:

Tetsujin 28/Gigantor: predicted the joystick controller

Mazinger Z: Teenager gets a giant robot that can curbstomp the entire world’s military from his grandfather in his will. The master mold for every super robot anime since 1973

Getter Robo: it looks like a super robot anime, it’s actually a cosmic horror story.

Great Mazinger: teenager discovers that his father faked his death so he could adopt two other teenagers and build a giant robot that can punch Hades in the face.

UFO Robo Grendizer: the aforementioned teenager teams up with an alien to defend the earth against the prince’s ex-fiancé’s family.

Mirai Robo Daltanious: a terminal idiot and his future brother-in-law fight back against an alien occupation with the guidance of Space Moses. Could have been Voltron and maybe it should have.

Beast King GoLion: high fantasy story with sci fi setting and reverse harem side story that doesn’t resolve.

Armored Fleet Dairugger IV: Star Trek as a Super Robot Anime.

Steel Jeeg: stock car driver dressed as Elvis battles an ancient civilization for control of the Earth

Voltron Defender of the Universe: two super robot anime standing on each other’s shoulders and wearing a trench coat.

Lightspeed Electroid Albegas: "I can’t Believe it’s not Getter Robo!"

Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh: who’s idea was it to let elementary school students pilot a giant robot?

Jushin Liger: made by the same guy as Mazinger Z, overshadowed by wrestler who modeled himself after it.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: lots of existentialism, lots of teen angst and psychological problems.

King of the Braves: Gaogaigar: literally the opposite of Evangelion.

Bokurano: like Evangelion only depressing.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: "we only had enough budget for one Getter, so we picked Getter 2."

The Big O: Batman with giant robots and tomatoes.

Darling in the Franxx: like Evangelion only horny.