Beamler though is evolutionary and changes with time and this lays influence into the story line. Beamler allows teleportation and becomes the McGuffin device for the so-called evil empire of Docouga with their three second in commands (a bishonen snob, a big lug and a pill popping pirate type). Now for that ‘cargo’, it is called Beamler energy (told you I would explain this). Not your usual group of heroes, but then again who says you need experience to pilot a super robot? Sabarath also brings on board a young boy, Kenta Senada, who’s destiny is linked with this ‘cargo’ (reminds me slightly of GaoGaiGar). These three are brought on board the Good Thunder (also the name of a ship) by way of the mysterious Professor Sabarath (absent from the OVA) to protect the ship’s precious ‘cargo’ and pilot the robot GoShogun.

And the last, a former soldier whose wife was killed on the day of the wedding (Shingo Hojo). Another is a tough guy with a warrant on his head who covered for a crime of a friend (Killy Gagley). One is a spy who failed in her mission and was sentenced to death (Remy Shimada). Our heroes known as Good Thunder include a group of three heroes who come from unheroic circumstances. And while that OVA was a dark character study steeped in suspence, the original television show is mostly light hearted fare sprinkled with times of satirical reference and the occasional moment of seriousness. My reason was the main cast of six characters I fell in love with in the OVA. Although I love mecha shows from the late 70s/early 80s, my main reason to finally see this show was not the action, nor the sci-fi, nor the GoShogun robot (which by the way, is a nice looking design). 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… ZERO! Let’s watch some Sengoku Majin GoShōgun.Īs stated before this has been a long time coming and if it was not for Time Étranger I doubt I would have cared to even watch this show. No fansubs to be found and no official releases anywhere… and then like a gift from the cosmos, perhaps it was Beamler energy (will explain later), an official release here in North America would materialize. I tried the raw and got through five episodes, but had to concede defeat. For a long time I had two options: raw episodes or the odd adaptation of Macron 1. If you wish it, it will come! Ever since I fell in love with an OVA from 1985 by the name of GoShogun: The Time Étranger, I had a yearning to see the original 1981 TV series.

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