Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger | |
Ja Kanji: | 銀河疾風サスライガー |
Ja Romaji: | Ginga Shippū Sasuraigā |
Genre: | Mecha |
Type: | tv series |
Director: | Takao Yotsuji |
Music: | Joe Hisaishi |
Studio: | Kokusai Eiga-sha |
Network: | TV Tokyo |
First: | April 5, 1983 |
Last: | January 31, 1984 |
Episodes: | 43 |
is a mecha anime series that aired from 1983 to 1984 in Japan. There were 43 episodes aired. Other loosely translated names include Sasuryger, Sasreiger, Galaxy Whirlwind Sasuraiger and Wonder Six. It is the sequel to Galactic Gale Baxingar and the final entry of the J9 Series.
The original concept was adopted from the novel Around the World in Eighty Days.
The anime was available in Indonesia in the form of VHS and Betamax with the title "Wonder Six". The name referenced the six characters who were on the adventure.
It is the year 2911 and the solar system is made up of 50 planets. I.C Blues, a gambler, makes a bet with the boss of a criminal syndicate known as Bloody God that it is possible to navigate the entire solar system in one year. Helping out Blues is the J9-III team, made up of Rock, Beat, and Birdy, who have purchased a super robot capable of transforming into a train from the space merchant D.D Richman. This robot is Sasuraiger.
As Blues and the JJ9 team start the challenge, it soon becomes evident that the Bloody Syndicate will do anything to ensure the JJ9 team loses the bet.
Name | Nickname | Voiced by | Description | |
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Bruce Carl Bernstein | IC Blues | The leader of the JJ9 team controlling Sasuraiger. | ||
Rock Anlock | Nukiuchi Rock | A marksman who was recruited by Blues to control Sasuraiger's weapons. Because of typos done by Animator Japan, the character name was occasionally written as "Lock". | ||
Beat MacKenzie | Otoboke Beat | A lover of racing, he was assigned to be the pilot and occasionally doubled as a mechanic. | ||
Birdy Shaw | Moody Birdy | The daughter of the famous novelist Vincent Shaw. | ||
Jimmy Kenjo | The technician. | |||
Suzy Chang | Suzy helped in the kitchen, though she and Jimmy were a teenage couple who joined Sasuraiger to look for a planet that permitted under-age marriage. | |||
D. D. Richman | Being the original owner of Sasuraiger, he hoped Blues and his friends would make money for him. | |||
Inspector Organ | The police officer that relentlessly pursued the team, suspecting them to be bank robbers. |
The toy was originally called Batrain when released by Takatoku in Japan. The Batrain stickers on the model could be removed to reveal Sasuraiger stickers underneath.The Sasuraiger toy was released under the name First Track in the Convertors toy line in the U.S.
The robots have been featured in Super Robot Wars GC along with Braiger and Baxingar. However, unlike its predecessors, none of the enemies from the anime appear in the game.