Genre: | Tokusatsu Superhero Kaiju Science fiction Kyodai Hero |
Creator: | Tsuburaya Productions |
Opentheme: | "Andro Melos" |
Endtheme: | "Kaettekoi yo Andro Melos" |
Composer: | Shizuka Tamagawa |
Country: | Japan |
Num Episodes: | 45 |
Producer: | Tomohiko Hamada |
Runtime: | 10 minutes per episodes |
is a Japanese tokusatsu television miniseries produced by Tsuburaya Productions, aired in TBS from February 28 to April 29, 1983 on weekdays. The miniseries was made as an adaptation to the popular and magazine and manga publications, hence it became the first tokusatsu in Japan to be available exclusively on home video. The show's name was inspired by one of the protagonists of 1975 Ultra Series manga, Melos, but both he and the title character are entirely unrelated to each other.
The is a tribe similar to the Ultras from Nebula M78. In addition to their devotion for peace and justice, they established the Andro Defense Force as their answer to the Inter-Galactic Defense Force. At that moment, the Gua Army started their conquest for universal domination and sent out their Fighting Bems to wreak havoc in multiple planets. To protect the peace of the universe, Melos and the Andro Defense Force rode the to fly in the vast universe.[1] [2]
The is an organization formed by the Andro (a race with similar traits to the Ultra Warriors) under Zoffy's advice to maintain peace in outer space.[3] When the Gua Army spread their influence, the team set out to fight the regime and its leaders.[1] Each members wear combat armor with distinctive colors and weapons. As revealed in Ultra Galaxy Fight, the team had recruited several new members (including Andro Ares), as Andro Melos left his position as a leader to join the Galaxy Rescue Force.[3]
A team member who wears the red-colored Cosmo Tector. He has a companion named, who was killed by Juda of the Gua Army. In the magazine series, he was originally known as .
The strongest member of the team, known for his brute strength and orange Cosmo Tector.
The only female member of the team, her Cosmo Tector is white colored and has a pair of wings. Flor came from a family of royal descendants, hence she is able to conjure the force field like her family members.
The is the antagonist of the series, a barbaric empire led by the unseen and stationed on the similarly named planet.[1] The empire's main agenda is to spread their influence through iron fist and constantly fighting against the Andro Defense Force and Ultra Warriors for standing in their way of conquest.[4] Later in the series, it was revealed that Gua is actually the combined form of the siblings and his creation almost doomed the universe before Melos defeated him with the Grantechtor.
A trio of siblings that lead the Gua Army in their conquest, namely,, and . Following their near defeat by the Andro Defense Force, they merged into Gua in the final battle against Melos.
The army's invasion soldiers, each were under servitude of a Space Devil sibling.[1]
Massive combat mechas created in the image of past Ultra Monsters. The Space Devil siblings rode each one of them in a fight against the Andro Defense Force.
A trio of Alien Magma mercenaries based on the similarly named alien from Ultraman Leo. Led by the, they offered their services to Gua Army and has targeted multiple planets under their banner.