Zero Tester

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| image = Zero Tester.jpg

| caption =

| ja_kanji = ゼロテスター

| ja_romaji = Zerotesutā

| genre = Mecha

| creator = Yoshitake Suzuki

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = tv series

| director = Ryosuke Takahashi

| producer =

| writer =

| music = Nayazumi Yamamoto

| studio = Soeisha
Crystal Art Studio

| network = FNS (KTV, Fuji TV)

| first = October 1, 1973

| last = December 30, 1974

| episodes = 66

| episode_list = List of Zero Tester episodes

}}

{{nihongo| Zero Tester|ゼロテスター|Zerotesutā}} is a mecha anime series produced by

Crystal Art Studio (later renamed as Studio Nue) and Tohokushinsha and animated by Soeisha (later renamed as Nippon Sunrise).

It consists of 66 episodes and was originally broadcast on Fuji TV.{{cite book|last1=Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy|title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917|year=2006|publisher=Stone Bridge Press, 2006|isbn=1845765001}}{{cite book|last=Daniel Valentin Simion|title=Il Dizionario dei Cartoni Animati|year=2009|publisher=Anton, 2009|isbn=9788890390227}} The first 39 episodes tells the attempted invasion of the earth by Armanoid aliens, while the remaining 27 episodes, with the series retitled Zero Tester: Save the Earth! (Chikyu o Mamotte!), are about an attack by Gallos aliens.{{cite book|last1=Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy|title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917|year=2006|publisher=Stone Bridge Press, 2006|isbn=1845765001}}

According to Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy's The Anime Encyclopedia, it was "an early gathering of many of anime's future greats, particularly for the Gundam series".{{cite book|last1=Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy|title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917|year=2006|publisher=Stone Bridge Press, 2006|isbn=1845765001}}

Production

The first directorial work by Ryosuke Takahashi. In response to the failure of Hazedon in the previous year, the second work of Soeisha changed the project content from marine adventure to science fiction.

"Thunderbird was a Japanese copyright's" Tohokushinsha planning as a concept of "Japanese-made Thunderbird" is, was produced as the No. 2 work of creation Utsusha a subsidiary. In contrast to "Hazedon," which failed in terms of audience rating, this work succeeded in terms of audience rating.

Initially, the Zero Tester was also in a scenario that eventually led to battle in the incident investigation and rescue mission, but the battle color was strengthened by repeated route changes.

At the end of the next announcement, the line "Let's charge this channel again next week" was always included.

The credit for the mechanical design "John Dedowa", is actually a fictitious person. In reality Studio Nue, which was known as Crystal Art Studio at the time, was behind the designs.

==Cast==

Akira Kamiya as Shin Fubuki
Iemasa Kayumi as Moebius
Kiyoshi Kawakubo as Dr. Tachibana
Noriko Ohara as Hiroshi
Ryūsei Nakao as Gou Araishi
Taichirō Hirokawa as Tsutomu Kenmotsu
Yōko Asagami as Lisa

Characters

= Earth side (main characters) =

== Snowstorm/Blizzard Shin (吹雪シン/ふぶきシン) ==

Voice - Akira Kamiya (神谷明)

Tester No. 1, Mark 1 pilot. He is called "Fubuki" in the play but is rarely referred to by name.

== Araishi/Storm Go (荒石ゴー/あらしゴー) ==

Voice - Tomoharu Takeo (竹尾智晴) (Now known as Ryusei Nakao (中尾隆聖))

Tester No. 1, Mark 2 pilot. In the play he is called "Arashi" but is rarely referred to by name. In episode 49, it is revealed that he is from Jupiter's space colony and he lost his mother in an accident when he was a boy.

== Lisa (リサ) ==

Voice - Yoko Asagami (麻上洋子) (Now known as Ichiryusai Harumi (一龍斎春水))

Tester No. 1, Mark 3 female pilot.

= Earth side (others) =

== Yang (ヤン) ==

Voice - Shun Yashiro ( 八代駿)

A technician dedicated to the tester corps. He invents and develops various items used by the tester corps.

== Hiroshi (ヒロシ) ==

Voice - Noriko Ohara (小原乃梨子)

Son of Dr. Tachibana.

== Tsutomu Kenmochi (剣持勉) ==

Voice - Taichiro Hirokawa (広川太一郎)

== Dr. Tachibana (タチバナ博士) ==

Voice - Kiyoshi Kawakubo (川久保潔)

The best brain on earth and the chief executive officer of the tester corps.

== Dr. Gao (ガオ博士) ==

Voice - Kosei Tomita (富田耕生)

A friend of Dr. Tachibana. The developer of Crusher 7, the battle robot in episode 50.

== Kazemaki (風巻) ==

Voice - Ryoichi Tanaka (田中亮一)

A male member who was appointed as a Mark 3 pilot in place of Lisa in episode 54. Severely injured during the battle with Dragon Garros.

== Ann (アン) ==

Voice - Mitsuyo Tobe (戸部光代)

Appeared in episode 60. Crew of a space surveillance ship. Died in the line of duty due to an attack by Specter Garos.

== Joe Kelly (ジョー・ケリー) ==

Voice - Rokuro Naya (納谷六朗)

Appeared in Episode 64. Built by Kuronuma Dr. (actually Amanoido). He has enough fighting power to defeat the Zoomers alone. He carried a bomb activated by Kuronuma.

Broadcast list

class = "wikitable" style = "font-size: small;" \|Episode Number \|On-air date \|Episode Title \|Writer \|Conte \|Director \|Appearing enemy mecha \|Guest Voice
1	1973 October 1	The birth of Zero Tester	Fuyunori Gobu		rowspan="39" \| Kazuo Nakamura	Armanoid Tank
2	October 8	Hit the hurricane top!	Haruya Yamazaki		Hurricane top
3	October 15	Pit of the Universe	Satoshi Inoue		Planetary Fortress, Bomb Robot
4	October 22	SOS First Planet Base	rowspan = "2" \| Fuyunori Gobu		Armanoid Robot
5	October 29	Horror Human Remodeling Machine		Golem
6	November 5	Dispatch Tester No. 3!	Haruya Yamazaki		Submarine Bethbias
7	November 12	Blow up the underground power plant!	Satoshi Inoue		Armanoid bats
8	November 19	Antarctic Operation	Hino Takamoto		Whale-class submarine
9	November 26	Fubuki! Zero life support	String Goro		King (Pharaoh) Robot (Voice: Hisayoshi Yoshizawa), Prince Robot (Voice: Akira Kamiya)
10	December 3	The Earth Burns	Haruya Yamazaki		Machine Bird
11	December 10	Protect the laser car!	Satoshi Inoue		Monster Butterfly
12	December 17	Hit the Space Fortress!	Ryosuke Takahashi
13	December 24	Armanoid Gifts	Yu Yamamoto * 1
14	December 31	Mobius's Counterattack	Fuyunori Gobu
15	1974 January 7	Close call! Three people aimed at	Haruya Yamazaki		Lightning laser
16	January 14	Scoop the Sun!	Satoshi Inoue
17	January 21	Aimed Undersea City	Yu Yamamoto
18	January 28	Space Jellyfish Polyp	Haruya Yamazaki		Polyp
19	February 4	Yousei Silver Bronco	Satoshi Inoue
20	February 11	Crazy Artificial Sun	Kenichi Matsuzaki Masaaki Sakurai
21	February 18	The tanker spacecraft that was taken over	Gengoro
22	February 25	Fear of 10,000 km / s	Fuyunori Gobu
23	March 4	Shoot down the planetary machine	Yu Yamamoto
24	March 11	A space ghost appeared !!	Fuyunori Gobu		Monster
25	March 18	Break through the spider web barrier	Satoshi Inoue		Arabella
26	March 25	Monster Brain Mad	rowspan = "3" \| Fuyunori Gobu		Mad
27	April 1	Secret Tester Machine Z-1
28	April 8	The artificial island was intimidated!
29	April 15	Dr. Tachibana's Uragiri?	Haruya Yamazaki		Ladybugs Rocket
30	April 22	Fierce fight! Confrontation with Dekuninger	Yu Yamamoto		Dekuninger
31	April 29	Strong enemy! Robot Great Fortress	String Goro		Dinosaur Robot Fortress
32	May 6	Remodeled Barghis Counterattack	Fuyunori Gobu		Remodeled Barghis
33	May 13	Armanoid Deep Sea Trap	Yu Yamamoto
34	May 20	Captain Desperate Counterattack	String Goro		Centipede Tank
35	May 27	Appearance! Mecha Plant Dyler	Yoshiaki Yoshida		Iron-eating Mushroom, Dyler
36	June 3	Cryonic Humans!	String Goro		Temperature Sensing Robot
37	June 10	Target is Zero Tester	Yu Yamamoto
38	June 17	Zero Robot Appears	Yoshiaki Yoshida		Phantom Fish Submarine
39	June 24	The End of the Strong Enemy Bargis	rowspan = "2" \| Fuyunori Gobu	Noboru Ishiguro	King Squid Gander
40	July 1	Garos Seven People Appeared	colspan = "2" style = "text-align: center" \| Yoshiyuki Tomino	rowspan = "13" \| (Credit) It has not been) \| Garos Seven People, Decoy Robot
41	July 8	Invasion of Animal Garos	Gengoro	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko		Animal Garos (Voice: Kiyoshi Kobayashi)
42	July 15	I'm here! Dinosaur Army	Ryosuke Takahashi	colspan = "2" style = "text-align: center" \| Yoshiyuki Tomino	Dinosaur Garos (Voice: Shozo Iizuka)
43	July 22	Intense! Ashlanger	rowspan = "2" \| Yu Yamamoto	Seiji Okuda	Yuichiro Yokoyama	Warrior Garos Ashlanger (Voice: Kenji Utsumi), Iron buffalo
44	July 29	Ambush of Fire Garos	Noboru Ishiguro	Kazunori Tanahashi	Fire Garos (Voice: Shojiro Kihara)
45	August 5	Challenge of Esper Garos	Soji Yoshikawa	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko		Esper Garos (Voice: Ikuo Nishikawa)
46	August 12	Yokai Gamagaros	Yoshiaki Yoshida	colspan = "2" style = "text-align: center" \| Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Gamagaros (Voice: Junpei Takiguchi)
47	August 19	Three-stage deformed Garos	String Goro	Hisashi Sakaguchi	Yuichiro Yokoyama	Transformed Garos (Voice: Reizo Nomoto)
48	August 26	Fear of Mecha Ants	Yu Yamamoto	colspan = "2" style = "text-align: center" \| Yoshiyuki Tomino	Black Demon (Voice: Shozo Iizuka)
49	September 2	Zero Flight of Trials	Soji Yoshikawa	Noboru Ishiguro	Kazunori Tanahashi	Armageddon (Voice: Yoshihisa Kamo)
50	September 9	Advance! Crusher 7	rowspan = "2" \| Yu Yamamoto	colspan = "2" style = "text-align: center" \| Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Super Garos (voice: Mikio Terashima)
51	September 16	Transparent Garos Trap	Seiji Okuda	Yuichiro Yokoyama	Transparent Garos (Voice: Kenji Utsumi)
52	September 23	Three Stars Launch	Yoshiaki Yoshida	colspan = "2" style = "text-align: center" \| Yoshiyuki Tomino	Magmagaros (Voice: Shozo Iizuka)
53	September 30	Unit 2 Fortress Plan	Yu Yamamoto		Kazunori Tanahashi	Nobuyoshi Sasakado	Hydragaros
54	October 7	Deep Sea Zero Charge	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko		colspan = "2" style = "text-align: center" \| Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Dragon Garos (Voice: Reizo Nomoto)
55	October 14	Shoot the Garos Bullet Train	rowspan = "2" \| Yu Yamamoto		Yuichiro Yokoyama	Kazuo Nakamura
56	October 21	Phantom Zero Tester		colspan = "2" style = "text-align: center" \| Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Introductory Garos (Voice: Teiji Omiya)
57	October 28	Underground Garos Sasoligula	Gengoro		Yoshiyuki Tomino	Kazuo Nakamura	Underground Garos Sasoligula (Voice: Uncredited)
58	November 4	Transform Zero Buggy!	Soji Yoshikawa		Kazunori Tanahashi	Nobuyoshi Sasakado	Bagindagaros (Voice: Toshihiko Kojima * 2)
59	November 11	Escape the Bomb Island	Yoshiaki Yoshida		Yuichiro Yokoyama	Saburo Sakamoto	Bomb Garos (Voice: Masashi Amenomori)
60	November 18	Devil's Specter Garos	Kazuo Terada		Kazuo Terada	Kazuo Nakamura	Specter Garos (Voice: Shozo Iizuka)
61	November 25	The Secret of Yuki Shonen Robot	Soji Yoshikawa		colspan = "2" style = "text-align: center" \| Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Bison Garos (Voice: Rei Nomoto) three)
62	December 2	SOS! Robot Tournament	Masaaki Sakurai		Yoshiyuki Tomino	(Credit) It has not been) \| Driller Garos (voice: Shozo Iizuka)
63	December 9	Laughter of Hell Garos	Yu Yamamoto	Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Yuichiro Yokoyama	Nobuyoshi Sasakado	Hell Garos (voice: Mikio Terashima)
64	December 16	Horror Cyborg Plan	Soji Yoshikawa		Kazuo Terada	Saburo Sakamoto	Zoomer (Voice: Reizo Nomoto)
65	December 23	Armanoid Star Approaching	Yu Yamamoto		colspan = "2" style = "text-align: center" \| Yoshikazu Yasuhiko	Bangers
66	December 30	The end of the Armanoid star	Fuyunori Gobu		Yoshiyuki Tomino	Nobuyoshi Sasakado	Armanoid star, multi-warhead nuclear missile