1986. The show ran for 43 episodes (episodes 42 and 43 are summaries). The initial plan was to finish the series with the recapture of the planet Ladorio, but financial difficulties stopped the show with the plot ending at Xenos 5 leaving for Ladorio. It was also broadcast across to South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia (including Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Malaysia) by Cartoon Network. It was also dubbed across Russia by Ren-TV, across Ukraine by Pershyi Natsionalnyi, across the Philippines by Solar USA after Cartoon Network Philippines removed it from it airwaves, and across France by TF1, under the title Tobikage. A Latin American Spanish version was produced under the title Robots Ninja, and was broadcast across Chile by TVN de Chile, Mexico by Televisa Canal 5 and Peru by América Televisión 4. In 1995, it was dubbed & under the title Ninja Robots. The series was written, produced, and directed by Buz Alexander of Alexander Entertainment Group. The English cast credited Los Angeles-based voice actors Cam Clarke, Steve Kramer, Wendee Lee, Mike Reynolds, and Doug Stone for providing voices, however the actual voices were done by Miami-based actors at Sonic III Studios. It is rumored that a test pilot with done with those voice actors before the Miami cast was brought in. The first eleven episodes of this version do not follow the original order of episodes. The opening theme song is titled . The closing theme song is titled . Both songs were written by Kumiko Aoki, and the composition and arrangements were done by Yūichirō Oda. They were performed by HIT BOY. In the English adaptation, the opening theme song is used for both the opener and closer; the lyrics were written by Lisa McBride and the song was performed and arranged by Jerry Cobb. For the Latin American Spanish version of the show, the theme song, based on the English version, was performed by Ricardo Silva. Episode list Release Japan The anime has been released in two DVD boxsets on March 22, 2002 and June 25, 2002 by PioneerLDC. North America The series used to be streamed in North America via Yomiura Group's now defunct Anime Sols video service in spring 2013. In December 2021, the series became available for streaming on RetroCrush. Discotek has licensed the anime for a release in North America. On June 7, 2021, the company issued calls for assistance in