Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger

Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger
	Japanese promotional art for the 1983 anime Sasuraiger
銀河疾風サスライガー; (Ginga Shippū Sasuraigā)
Genre	Mecha
Anime television series
Directed by	Takao Yotsuji
Written by	Yu Yamamoto
Music by	Joe Hisaishi
Studio	Kokusai Eiga-sha
Licensed by	NA: Enoki Films (licensing) ; Discotek Media (home video; expired) ;
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 5, 1983 – January 31, 1984
Episodes	43

Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger (銀河疾風サスライガー, Ginga Shippū Sasuraigā) 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.^[1]

The original concept was adopted from the novel Around the World in Eighty Days.^[1]

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.

Plot Summary

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.

Staff

Creator: Yuu Yamamoto
Director: Takao Yotsuji
Additional Directors:
Jouhei Matsuura, Hideki Takayama
Character Design: Kazuo Komatsubara
Mecha Design: Hiroshi Ohnishi

Characters

Name	Nickname	Voiced by	Description
Bruce Carl Bernstein	IC Blues	Kazuyuki Sogabe	The leader of the JJ9 team controlling Sasuraiger.
Rock Anlock	Nukiuchi Rock	Kaneto Shiozawa	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	Katsuji Mori	A lover of racing, he was assigned to be the pilot and occasionally doubled as a mechanic.
Birdy Shaw	Moody Birdy	Yōko Asagami	The daughter of the famous novelist Vincent Shaw.
Jimmy Kenjo		Yoku Shioya	The technician.
Suzy Chang		Masako Miura	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		Jōji Yanami	Being the original owner of Sasuraiger, he hoped Blues and his friends would make money for him.
Inspector Organ		Kan Tokumaru	The police officer that relentlessly pursued the team, suspecting them to be bank robbers.

Robots

Sasuraiger/J9-III go
Eadle BG-9
Souzer EM-3
Stikk EP1-4
Birdrun VIC5

Merchandise

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.

Video games

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.

References

^ ^a ^b Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger, retrieved 2023-07-22

External links

Ginga Shippu Sasuraiger (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
CollectionDX

[:0-1] Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger, retrieved 2023-07-22

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