[ANIME] [MANGA] Psycho Armor Govarian [1983]

Title: Psycho Armor Govarian (サイコアーマー　ゴーバリアン)
Type: TV series
Broadcast period: 1983-07-06 ~ 1983-12-28
Broadcast time: Wednesday, 19:30-20:00
Number of episodes: 26
Running time: 30 minutes
Channel: TV Tokyo
Production: TV Tokyo, Knack
Genre: Mecha, SF
Original: Go Nagai, Dynamic Planning
Planning: Seiichi Nishino (Knack)
Producer: Hyota Ezu (TV Tokyo), Hirofumi Toida (Knack)
Chief director: Seiji Okuda
Series organisation: Yoshihisa Araki
Animation director: Gen Fukuda, Yuki Kinoshita
Scenario: Hideki Sonoda, Katsuhiko Taguchi, Yuji Watanabe, Tomomi Minahaya, Masato Nishio, Tsukasa Takahashi
Original characters: Go Nagai
Character design: Gen Fukuda
Mecha design: Sawaki Tateba
Art director: Morishige Suzuki
Photography director: Yoichi Shimizu
Music: Tatsumi Yano
Interpretation of the themes: Neverland
Opening theme: "Kodoku no Tabiji" (Lonely journey) (lyrics by Saya Takatomo, composition by Shunji Inoe, arrangement by Neverland)
Ending theme: "Lullaby" (lyricis by Saya Takatomo, composition by Shunji Inoe, arrangement by Neverland)
Actors: Yoshikazu Hirano (Isamu Napoto), Masako Miura (Lisa Achika), Naoki Tatsuta (Kurt Buster), Kenyu Horiuchi (Hans Schultz), Miyuki Muroi (Layla Swani), Toshiya Ueda (Emperor Garadain), Gara Takashima (Saori), Kazuya Tatekabe (Zeku Alba), Hirotaka Suzuoki (Domson), Kazuhiko Inoe (Christo), Hideki Fukushi (Karim Atlas), Runa Akiyama (Pike), Chiaki Tachikawa (Puke)

Other names: Psychoarmor Govarian, Psycho Armor Gobarian, 사이코아머 고바리안 (kr), 싸이코 아머 고바리안 (kr)



DVD:


2006-03-25; Psychoarmor Govarian DVD-Box, 8 discs, BM3, OHK-27, http://www.7andy.jp/dvd/detail/-/accd/D0107634 http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000E0VTJW



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The best way to describe this anime is that it's a mix of Genma Taisen, Mazinger and Gundam. Also, it was produced by the same people behind Groizer X and Cybot Robotchi: TV Tokyo and Knack. The anime was only released in Japan and Korea only. That's probably because Knack doesn't have international contacts like Toei. In Korea, the anime was a success.

A very short manga drawn by Tatsuo Yasuda (Also known as Tatsuya Yasuda) exists.

Manga
Title: Psychoarmor Govarian (サイコアーマー　ゴーバリアン)
Original date of publication: 1983-08 ~ 1984-02
Original publication: Yoiko (よいこ)
Original editor: Shogakukan (小学館)
Art: Tatsuo Yasuda (安田タツ夫)


Links:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/IKEP/sub7-2003-8.htm
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Dice/9867/govarian/ehon.html

It was never compiled.



Links:
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=4532
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Dice/9867/govarian/gova.html
http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=89338
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2700
http://www.encirobot.com/gova/gova-ind.asp
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/サイコアーマー・ゴーバリアン
http://www.mazingerz.com/ANIME/TVdevilman.html
http://www.mazingerz.com/ANIME/TV.html
http://anison.info/data/program/532.html
http://blogs.dion.ne.jp/baronblog/archives/3110792.html
http://koshihara.air-nifty.com/blog/2006/04/post_75dd.html
http://blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=zzangkae0318&logNo=50043849438
http://teleman.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2008/07/post_57c0.html
http://www46.tok2.com/home2/miyako/mhk2-49.htm
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/nandemoplamo/51275435.html
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/nandemoplamo/51314669.html



Govarian resembles Great Mazinger because Knack asked for it.



This is an original topic by jfgslo from GO NAGAI, GO!

Thanks for all the info and links