Space Emperor God Sigma
{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Space Emperor God Sigma
| image = Godsigmaanime.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Screenshot from
Space Emperor God Sigma
| ja_kanji = 宇宙大帝ゴッドシグマ
| ja_romaji = Uchū Taitei Goddo Shiguma
| genre = Mecha
| creator = Saburō Yatsude
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = TV series
| director = Takeyuki Kanda (#1–12)
Katsuhiko Taguchi (#13–50)
| producer = Heita Ezu (Tokyo Channel 12)
Takashi Ijima
Itaru Orita (Toei TV division)
| writer =
| music = Hiroshi Tsutsui
| studio = {{ubl|Academy Productions{{efn|Animation studio}}|Toei Company{{efn|Production company}}}}
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|NA=Discotek Media}}
| network = JAITS{{efn|Tokyo Channel 12 was an independent station at the time of broadcast.}} (Tokyo Channel 12)
| first = March 19, 1980
| last = March 25, 1981
| episodes = 50
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|Space Emperor God Sigma|宇宙大帝ゴッドシグマ|Uchū Taitei Goddo Shiguma}} is a mecha anime television series aired from 1980 to 1981. It ran for 50 episodes. It is also referred to as "God Sigma, Empire of Space" and "Space Combination God Sigma".
Concept
Space Emperor God Sigma was created by Toei's Television Division, under the name "Saburo Yatsude" and animated by Academy Production (who subcontracted Greenbox). The series was produced by Toei Company, and not by its own animation studio Toei Animation; Yoshinobu Nishizaki's Academy Productions provided the animation services. Toei Agency handled the advertising for the show, and its main sponsor was Popy (now Bandai's Boy's Toys Division).
This anime was the last that Takashi Ijima would work on; he had been part of Toei's TV division's projects since Chōdenji Robo Combattler V, which aired in 1976. Joined by Katsuhiko Taguchi, the chief director, the two created an anime that lasted for four full seasons, which was rare at the time of its broadcast. This show is a similar situation to the Robot Romance Trilogy, where Toei produced each show, but the animation was done by Nippon Sunrise.
Story
The story is set in the year 2050 AD, and mankind has been steadily advancing its space technology. However, the planet is suddenly set upon by a mysterious enemy: the forces of Eldar, who came from 250 years in the future. In their time, 2300 AD, their planet Eldar was invaded by Earth, and soundly defeated by Earth's Trinity Energy, a mysterious energy used in their weaponry that possesses power many times that of a hydrogen bomb. The Eldar people's objective is to steal this Trinity Energy before it can be used against them.
The Eldar forces begin by taking over Jupiter's moon Io, one of the places humanity has immigrated to by then. After that, they begin to attack Trinity City with their legions of Cosmosauruses in order to steal the Trinity Energy. Toshiya and his friends use God Sigma to protect the planet and the Trinity Energy, and the battle evolves into a long war to retake Io.
Characters
=Trinity City=
==Toshiya Dan==
{{anime voices|Kei Tomiyama}}, Tomokazu Seki (in Super Robot Wars Z)
The protagonist of the show. He is an 18-year-old second-generation pioneer living on Jupiter's moon, Io. He is the main pilot of God Sigma.
==Julie Noguchi==
{{anime voices|Yoshito Yasuhara}}
Assistant to Dr. Kazami, the head scientist and researcher at Trinity City, he is one of the three pilots of God Sigma.
==Kira Kensaku==
{{anime voices|Tessho Genda}}
One of Toshiya's good friends, and also a native of Io.
=Eldar's Forces=
==Supreme Commander Teral==
{{anime voices|Noriko Ohara}}, Hiromi Tsuru (in Super Robot Wars Z)
The supreme commander of the Eldar forces sent to Earth to steal the Trinity Energy.
==Commander Leats==
{{anime voices|Shouzou Iizuka}}
The commander of the Cosmosauruses, under Teral's command.
==Jeela==
{{anime voices|Rihoko Yoshida}}
A commander under Teral's command.
Mecha
=God Sigma=
The completed giant robot formed when the Kuuraioh, Kaimeioh, and Rikushin'oh combine with the Big-Wing.
With the command "Sigma Formation", the three robots form a triangle, and when they shout "Trinity Charge", the Big-Wing flies to them and combines. Two separate combination scenes exist in the anime - one during the beginning, and one from the middle onwards.
Its total height was originally stated to be 265 meters tall, but since this would cause difficulties for the actual animation, it was changed to 66 meters. It weighs 1200 tons, and its power source is Trinity Energy. It possesses the ability to cruise from Earth to Jupiter and back. It can be controlled by the main pilot, Toshiya, but without the other two component robots' generators to supplement his own, it's not as powerful.
In the final episode, it and the giant mecha Gargos destroy each other, but it is repaired after the war and revamped to be a single-pilot machine, and Toshiya sets off with it by himself.
Staff
- Original work: Saburo Yatsude
- Producer: Takashi Ijima, Heita Ezu (Tokyo Channel 12), Itaru Orita (Toei TV division)
- Music: Hiroshi Tsutsui
- Music performance: Tokyo Indoors Music Society
- Chief director: Takeyuki Kanda (episodes 1–10), Katsuhiko Taguchi (episodes 11–50)
- Character design: Kazuhiko Utaka
- Character concepts: Kaoru Shintani
- Design assistance: Yutaka Izubuchi
- Mechanical design: Katsushi Murakami, Submarine
- Artistic director: Kazuo Okada, Tadanoumi Shimokawa
- Music director: Jouhei Kawamura
- Production company: Toei Company, Ltd., Toei Agency (advertising)
- Animation services: Academy Production, Tokyo Dōga
- Animation assistance: Greenbox, Anime City, Sunluck
Episodes
{{Episode table |overall= |title= |writer= |director= |airdate= |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Get Mad, Warrior of Io
| AltTitle = Okore Io no Senshi
| NativeTitle = 怒れ イオの戦士
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Katsuhiko Taguchi
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kenji Terada|sb=Minoru Yokitani}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|3|19}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Trinity Base Surfacing
| AltTitle = Toriniti Kichi Fujō
| NativeTitle = トリニティ基地浮上
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Hisashi Yamazaki
| DirectedBy = Kenji Terada
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|3|26}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Combining Toward Io
| AltTitle = Io ni Mukatte Gattai da
| NativeTitle = イオに向って合体だ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Tsuji
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Takao Yotsuji|sb=Yuichiro Yokoyama}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|4|16}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Cosmosaurus' Secret
| AltTitle = Kosumozaurusu no Himitsu
| NativeTitle = コスモザウルスの秘密
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuya Miyazaki|sb=Saburo Nodera}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|4|23}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Shrew Rescue Operation
| AltTitle = Jajauma Kyūshutsu Sakusen
| NativeTitle = じゃじゃ馬救出作戦
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kenji Terada|sb=Higashi Numajiri}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|4|29}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 小さな侵入者
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Tsuji
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Takao Yotsuji|sb=Yuichiro Yokoyama}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|4|29}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 月面へ出撃せよ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuya Yamazaki|sb=Saburo Nodera}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|4|30}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = わんぱく大作戦
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kiyoshi Yoko|sb=Nobuyuki Kitajima}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|5|7}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = イオからの生還者
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuya Yamazaki|sb=Saburo Nodera}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|5|14}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = As a Father, as a Doctor
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 父として博士として
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Tsuji
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Hitoshi Takaito|sb=Kenji Terada}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|5|21}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 小さな恋人の危機
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Hirohisa Soda
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Hideyoshi Oga|sb=Tatsuma Ko}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|5|28}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 敵エルダー星を発見
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Tsuji
| DirectedBy = Takao Yotsuji
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|6|4}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = イオの花が咲いた
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Hisashi Yamazaki
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuya Yamazaki|sb=Saburo Nodera}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|6|11}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 怒りの対決
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Hisashi Yamazaki
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuya Yamazaki|sb=Saburo Nodera}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|6|18}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 危険なプレゼント
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = Hiroshi Kuno
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|6|25}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 敵将テラルの秘密
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Tsuji
| DirectedBy = Jun Narumi
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|7|2}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 巨大ロボットの買主
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Jun Narumi|sb=Tatsuma Ko}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|7|9}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 恐怖の合体くずし
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Hisashi Yamazaki
| DirectedBy = Jun Narumi
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|7|16}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = ロボット発進不能
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Hisashi Yamazaki
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuya Yamazaki|sb=Saburo Nodera}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|7|23}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = ジュリイの秘密貯金
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuyuki Okasako|sb=Koji Enomoto}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|7|30}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 隕石包囲網を破れ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuyuki Okasako|sb=Raita Goto}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|8|6}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 空雷王帰還せず
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuya Yamazaki|sb=Saburo Nodera}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|8|13}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 幻の魚を見た
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = Hiroshi Kuno
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|8|20}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = イオへ200キロ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = Kazuyuki Okasako
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|8|27}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 基地移動指令
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuya Yamazaki|sb=Saburo Nodera}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|9|3}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 可愛い反逆者
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuya Yamazaki|sb=Saburo Nodera}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|9|10}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 2300年の敵
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = Hideyoshi Oga
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|9|17}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 新しき戦いの序曲
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuya Yamazaki|sb=Saburo Nodera}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|9|24}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 地球の白旗を見よ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = Hiroshi Kuno
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|10|1}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 危険がいっぱい
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Kazuya Yamazaki|sb=Saburo Nodera}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|10|8}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = イオ最新情報
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Hiroyuki Ki|sb=Koji Enomoto}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|10|15}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 月を賭けた決闘
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Satoshi Suyama
| DirectedBy = {{StoryTeleplay|tlabel=Directed by|t=Shigeyasu Yamauchi|sb=Koichiro Moriyama}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|10|22}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 地獄のスタジアム
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Satoshi Suyama
| DirectedBy = Kazuyuki Okasako
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|10|29}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 34
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 敵将テラルの涙
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = Koichiro Moriyama
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|5}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 35
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = テラル処刑の日
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = Hiroshi Yoshida
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|12}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 36
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 我がジュリイの妹
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Satoshi Suyama
| DirectedBy = Jun Narumi
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|19}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 37
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 2300年の秘密
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = Hiroshi Kuno
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|26}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 38
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = イオへの旅立ち
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masayuki Shimada
| DirectedBy = Hideo Watanabe
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|12|3}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 39
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 裏切者は誰だ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Satoshi Suyama
| DirectedBy = Kazuyuki Okasako
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|12|10}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 40
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 死を招く火星
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = Johei Matsura
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|12|17}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 41
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 誕生日は葬式の日
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = Hiroshi Yoshida
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|12|24}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 42
| Title = Insurrection in Mars
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 火星の反乱
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Satoshi Suyama
| DirectedBy = Hiroyuki Ki
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|12|31}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 43
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = テラルの骨を拾え
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masayuki Shimada
| DirectedBy = Jun Narumi
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|1|7}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 44
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = イオが消えた
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = Hiroshi Kuno
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|1|14}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 45
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 闘う・イオの地球人
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Akira Nakahara
| DirectedBy = Johei Matsura
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|1|21}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 46
| Title = Demented Declaration of Defeat
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 狂気の敗北宣言
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = Kazuya Yamazaki
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|1|28}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 47
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 風見博士の反逆
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Hirohisa Soda
| DirectedBy = Hiroshi Yoshida
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|2|4}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 48
| Title = Standing on the Land of Io
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = イオの地に立つ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Hisashi Yamazaki
| DirectedBy = Johei Matsura
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|2|11}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 49
| Title =
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = イオに立つ墓標
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = Kazuyuki Okasako
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|2|18}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 50
| Title = Journey towards the Future
| AltTitle =
| NativeTitle = 未来への旅立ち
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| WrittenBy = Masaki Sakurai
| DirectedBy = Kazuya Yamazaki
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|2|25}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
}}
Theme songs
Opening theme: "Ganbare! Uchuu no Senshi" (Do Your Best, Space Warrior!)
- Vocals: Isao Sasaki, Koroogi '73, Columbia Yurikago-kai
- Lyrics: Saburo Yatsude
- Composition: Asei Kobayashi
- Arrangement: Masahisa Takeichi
Ending theme: "Red Blue Yellow"
- Vocals: Kumiko Kaori, Koroogi '73, Columbia Yurikago-kai
- Lyrics: Saburo Yatsude
- Composition: Asei Kobayashi
- Arrangement: Masahisa Takeichi
The ending theme, "Red Blue Yellow", consists of the planets in the Solar System in order. At the time of the show's broadcast, Pluto was actually inside the orbit of Neptune. This was not reflected in the animation, the reason being that the show itself is set in the year 2050. Also, the rings of Jupiter had just been discovered the year before, so in the ending animation, Jupiter is depicted with rings. However, in contrast to the actual rings of Jupiter, which are too thin to see a shadow cast on the planet, the picture of Jupiter in the ending sequence does have the shadow of rings on it.
Media
The series was telecast in Italy, simply titled God Sigma.
God Sigma toys were released under the premier Godaikin toy label in Japan and Hong Kong in the 1980s.
In March 2011, Pony Canyon released a complete DVD box set, which only had a limited production run.
In July 2024, Discotek Media released a Blu-ray box set. It is the first English release of the series.
Appearances in other works
Space Emperor God Sigma appears in various games by Banpresto (currently Bandai Namco Games). Its first appearance was in a 1992 Famicom game called Shuffle Fight. Its second was in the 2008 PS2 game Super Robot Wars Z, but by this time, Toshiya's voice actor Tomiyama Kei had died, so the role was given to Tomokazu Seki instead. In the same game, a robot from Gravion called God Σ Gravion appears, triggering a conversation between the characters of each series. God Sigma also appears in the game's two-part sequel, 2nd Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen and Saisei-hen.
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{anime News Network|anime|2233}}
- {{IMDb title|0159926}}
- [http://www.encirobot.com/gods/gods-ind.asp Encirobot.com (Italian)]
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