Force Five (1980)

Directed by

Walter Grauman

Genre

mecha

Country

United States

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A weekly anthology show that airs episodes from five different Japanese giant robot series. Each weekday features a different mecha show, all edited and adapted for American audiences.

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What happens

Force Five is an American adaptation of five different anime television series. In the United States, this series was primarily shown only in New England, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, though it did make brief appearances in other markets, such as Texas, and Northern California on KICU-TV 36. It was also shown in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on CFMT channel 47 and in Asia on Star Plus during the 1990s. It was produced by Jim Terry and his company American Way, and it consisted of five imported Japanese giant robot serials (originally produced in the mid-1970s by Toei Animation) in response to the popularity of the Shogun Warriors toy collection. Mattel was one of the sponsors of the series. In an anthology style, the five shows were broadcast simultaneously with one episode of each serial assigned a specific weekday. Additionally, all of the shows were edited into two-hour films and marketed on video tape by Family Home Entertainment. In the UK, Krypton Force released several of these programmes but under different series titles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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