the 1980 TV anthology Force Five. The series was renamed Grandizer for the American market, and only had 26 episodes, which were run out of order. Despite the low episode count, it enjoys a small but dedicated cult following among East Coast American viewers who saw the show as children, as well as children who grew up with military families because Force Five was frequently aired on the cable TV feed of US military installations in Europe. This was also the version of the show broadcast in the United Kingdom, India, and the Philippines (though an earlier local Filipino English dub of the show existed before it was taken off the air by orders of the Ferdinand Marcos regime). See also UFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger Grendizer, Getter Robot G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu References External links at Toei Animation 1970s animated short films 1975 anime films 1975 anime television series debuts 1975 manga 1976 anime films 1976 manga 1977 Japanese television series endings Fictional robots Akita Shoten manga Alien invasions in television Anime short films Television series about robots Fuji TV original programming Shunsuke Kikuchi Super robot anime and manga Toei Animation television Fiction set around Vega