Type
Manga
Volumes
4
Chapters
Status
Completed
Published
1974-04-04 to 1975-05-14
Genres
Action
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
Horror
Mecha
Shounen
Serializations
Shounen Sunday
Authors
Go Nagai (Story & Art)
Ken Ishikawa (Story & Art)
Getter Robo
The first Getter Robo series chronologically published 15 years before the rest of the manga. Getter Robo pioneered the idea of the combining and transforming robot. Millions of years ago, the dinosaurs were driven deep underground due to the sudden arrival of "Getter Rays" on Earth. After evolving into sentient beings, they grew bitter and vengeful at the humans who replaced them on the surface and began plotting their attack on humanity. Fighting against them is Getter Robo, a machine built by Professor Saotome which uses the mysterious Getter Rays as its power source. Piloting it are three strong-willed young men—the violent martial artist Nagare Ryoma, the psychopathic yet highly intelligent revolutionary Jin Hayato, and the hot-blooded judo master Tomoe Musashi. Each controls one of three specially designed combat jets which can be combined together in different forms to form three different kinds of giant robots: the flying, axe-wielding Getter-1, the quick, drill-wielding Getter-2, and the tough, tank-like Getter-3.
Related
Characters
Ryouma Nagare
Main
Hayato Jin
Main
Musashi Tomoe
Main
Professor Saotome
Supporting
Michiru Saotome
Supporting
Bat
Supporting
Shikishima
Supporting
Emperor Gore
Supporting
Neon
Supporting
Genki Saotome
Supporting