There were many who heard the fierce roar that shook...
...the vastness of space.
But what was this thing?
A destructive deity? A beast? Or...
...perhaps a giant demon of darkness?
King of Beasts Golion
One...
...plus one...
Golion!
No fear, no hesitation, no retreat.
Bravery, fighting spirit, friendship.
Give up!
The battle has only just begun.
Defeat them in the name ofjustice.
Victory is with us.
Go! Go! Golion!
This is a story handed down...
...throughout the universe of a legendary giant robot.
It isn't clear who built this giant robot of legend.
Due to its having the heads of five space lions...
...at some point it was named the King of Beasts, Golion.
No enemy could stand before Golion.
Finally, it recklessly challenged the goddess of the universe to battle.
Golion.
Why can you not control your own power?
Why do you not try to use that power for peace in the universe?
Golion.
Know that those who overestimate their...
...own power shall be undone by it!
Several thousand years have since passed.
Escape from Slave Castle
Galra Empire slave ship Save me!
Galra Empire slave ship
I don't want to die!
Filthy aliens. Stop your noise!
You're on your way to the Galra Empire to become our slaves!
Keep whipping!
At this time, the vast Great Dark Nebula...
...had been conquered by the Galra Empire.
Long live Emperor Daibazaal!
Emperor Daibazaal
You appear bored, Emperor Daibazaal.
The entire Great Dark Nebula is within my grasp.
Isn't there anything to amuse me?
An amusement will soon be arriving.
Such as?
Slaves rounded up from here and there in the universe.
The slave ship returns.
Slave ship port facility
The slaves brought back from outer space...
...would be imprisoned in Slave Castle.
Among these slaves were five earthlings.
The space vultures are noisy again. Akira Kogane
Takashi Shirogane
Which means the slave ship's back again.
Isamu Kurogane
Tsuyoshi Seidou
Those bastards!
Hiroshi Suzuishi
Too bad for them.
Take the lively slaves to the arena.
Take the sick and useless to the Deathblacks.
They're to be butchered into feed!
Emperor Daibazaal. I have just returned from slave hunting.
Hurry and have the Deathblack Beastmen fight the slaves.
The emperor is bored to death!
Kill! Destroy!
Hurry and bring out the slaves!
Hurry up!
Kill! Destroy!
Deathblack Beastman
Slaves brought to the Galra Empire are made to...
...battle Deathblack Beastmen, and only those who survive...
...are permitted to live.
They're imprisoned in Slave Castle and rebuilt themselves before long...
...into Deathblack Beastman combatants.
The defeated become food to be devoured by the Beastmen.
Damn you, Galra!
Galra bastards!
Damn you, Galra! Galra bastards!
Damn it, they're killing slaves again!
We almost died too when we were brought here.
That Deathblack Beastman's attacks were insane.
I'm covered in wounds thanks to that.
The five of us were lucky to survive.
Why'd things turn out like this?
Why was Earth ruined?
War.
He's right. It was war!
On Earth, the forces of the East and West finally caused...
... World War lll, and...
Earth, 1999
...the nuclear missiles of both sides rained fire.
At that time, the five of them were on their way back...
...to Earth from a space voyage.
This is terrible!
It's rubble!
What happened while we were away from Earth?
There was a war, and everything was ruined!
Who the hell caused this?
Son of a bitch!
Look at that!
Aware of the conflict on Earth, Emperor Daibazaal captured...
...the ship they piloted.
Damned vulture, it's waiting for the flesh to rot off our bones.
Don't you toy with us!
Get lost!
Not too shabby, Shorty.
The Deathblack Beastmen are chowing down on slave stew.
Are we just gonna sit here and wait to be turned into those things?
Dammit!
You must be joking. I'd rather not have to eat slave stew.
But if we resist Daibazaal, we'll be killed.
We'll break out.
Say what?
The only way we'll survive is by getting out of here.
We'll need a spaceship to get away from the Galra Empire.
We can steal a slave ship.
I took a look when I was outside for hard labor...
...and they don't keep too close an eye on the hangar.
We can make it.
The hard part is all the soldiers on guard in the corridor...
We're space pilots, aren't we?
Let's give it a shot!
Yeah, but...
They say nobody's ever escaped from Slave Castle.
That's what makes it interesting.
All five of us are as good as dead anyway.
May as well.
That decides it. We're escaping!
Yeah!
Now we just wait for nightfall.
Yeah!
Okay.
Okay!
Go, Seidou.
You got it.
Okay.
Wait!
Oh, wow!
H-help me!
What gives?
I'm afraid of heights!
Just don't look down.
The rope's not long enough to reach the bottom.
We'll jump up to those vultures and use them like hang gliders.
Here goes!
Oh God!
S-save me!
Too heavy!
What the?
They're skulls!
These are slaves!
Such a pity. May they rest in peace.
Now, let's go steal a slave ship!
I've got something to do first!
Take down Daibazaal, for all the slaves he's killed!
I know full well how you feel.
We want to take him down too!
But first we have to escape.
He's right.
Rest in peace.
Head for the slave ship hangar!
Over there's the hangar entrance.
The slave ships!
Let's go!
Look out!
No!
Get them!
Let's do this!
Bastard!
Hurry!
Yeah!
Kill them!
Take off!
Okay!
What's happening?
A slave ship!
Emperor Daibazaal!
Slaves from Earth have escaped!
What? Escaped?
We'll tear them limb from limb as an example to the other slaves!
As you order, sire.
Send them to hell!
Kill them all!
Enemy on approach! Battle stations!
Open fire!
Fight back!
You got it!
Argh, impudence! Fire all weapons!
After that attack, they're sure to end up in hell.
The planetAltea
Altea had come under the attack of Emperor Daibazaal and...
...was now a ruined planet.
Uh-oh, the control stick's not working!
Look!
It's a castle!
A castle!
They all saw it.
Castle Altea
A mysterious castle, a lion statue... Castle Altea
A mysterious castle, a lion statue...
...and two human figures deep in the mountains of the ruined planet.
Just what awaited these five along their paths?
Thus did the start of their seemingly endless battle come to pass.
To be continued...
Even if our upbringings were different...
...we were linked together with strong bonds.
Friendship between men...
...doesn't change, wherever you go.
We five will go down the same road.
Next time, what kind of planet is Altea, where the five have landed?
Have the inhabitants really died off from the prolonged struggle?
Finding themselves in an old castle by a lake...
...the five catch sight of some suspicious figures.
Next time, The Ruined Phantom Planet.
Look forward to it.