History Manga / GetterRobo

* ''Getter Robo Hien: The Earth Suicide'': a spin-off manga based on some of Ishikawa's notes. In the time period between Getter Robo Go and Getter Robo Arc Hayato builds a new Getter to fight plant-monsters.
* ''Getter Robo Anthology: The Will of Evolution'': a collection of what-if chapters made by different authors.
* ''Apocrypha Getter Robo DASH/Apocrypha Getter Robo DARKNESS'': a DarkerAndEdgier AlternateUniverse comic not unlike a FanFic.
* ''Dino Getter'': a manga made to promote a new line of toys.

* ''Shin Getter Robo'': Published from 1996 to 1999, it serves as an {{interquel}} between ''Getter Robo G'' and ''Getter Robo Go'', delving into the origins of the title machine. One year after the defeat of the Hundred Demon Empire, mecha-insectoid aliens came from the future to destroy the Saotome Research Facility, and the newly-developed Shin Getter Robo was deployed to fight them. The plot deals with the nature of the Getter Rays and the evolution of Getter Robots.

Five arcs of the manga were created before Creator/KenIshikawa's death in 2006 - ''Getter Robo'', ''Getter Robo G'', ''Getter Robo Go'' (created 17 years after ''G''), ''Shin Getter Robo'' and ''Getter Robo Āḥ''. Though they all form a single coherent continuity, there is also a significant TimeSkip between them, and each series is vastly different in tone, technology level and setting, usually involving the next generation of Getter Robo pilots. In the thirty years since its creation, ''Getter Robo'' has also had a number of spinoffs and alternate tellings, which, while not direct adaptions of the manga, usually feature the same characters but in different storylines and settings. All major installments in the franchise:

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* ''Getter Robo'': The original manga released in 1974. The primary antagonists are the Dinosaur Empire and its ruler, Emperor Gore, the remnants of the dinosaurs who escaped extinction by hiding deep below the Earth's surface. To fight them, Professor Saotome is desperately looking for pilots for his newly constructed SuperRobot Getter Robo. These pilots ultimately turn out to be Ryoma Nagare, a young and HotBlooded karateka, who lost his purpose in life after having avenged his father's honor at a martial arts tournament; Hayato Jin, a teenaged terrorist, who was plotting to kill the prime minister when Ryoma and the dinosaurs found him; and Musashi Tomoe, a judoist training on Mt. Daisetsu.

* ''Getter Robo Go'': Was briefly released in English by Creator/VizMedia as ''Venger Robo'', a nod to ''Starvengers''. While the Getter Robo Go anime was a reboot of the original Getter Robo, Ishikawa's Getter Robo Go manga is a continuation of his Getter Robo manga. [[DistantSequel Takes place 16 years after]] the events of ''Getter Robo G'' and features an entirely new Getter Team consisting of Go Ichimonji, an especially talented school athlete; Sho Tachibana, daughter of Professor Tachibana; and Gai Daido, a mechanic of Getter Robo. With Hayato taking over Saotome's place as the boss of the team, they fight evil Professor Rando who wants to conquer the world with his cyborg zombies and massive war machines. The series later introduces Shin Getter Robo, a mysterious SuperPrototype machine connected to the fall of the original Getter team.

* ''Getter Robo āḥ'': Was meant to be the finale to the Getter Robo saga, but the magazine's cancellation and [[DiedDuringProduction Ken Ishikawa's death due to health issues lead to it coming to a grinding halt]]. It follows a new Getter Team struggling against the Andromeda Country (the same enemy from the ''Shin Getter Robo'' manga), while humanity and the weakened Dinosaur Empire negotiate an uneasy truce. The new team consists of Takuma Nagare, son of Ryoma; Kamui, a half-reptiloid and [[spoiler:son of Gore]]; and Baku Yamagishi, younger brother of Messiah Tayel from the Getter Robo Go manga.

A classic HumongousMecha manga, created in 1974 by manga author Creator/KenIshikawa, who had previously collaborated with Creator/GoNagai in the production of his smash-hit series ''Anime/MazingerZ''. Where ''Mazinger'' pioneered the concept of a HumongousMecha piloted by a human, ''Getter Robo'' effectively created the CombiningMecha with its three-part machine, which required the three pilots to work in harmony in order to work at its best. Five arcs of the manga were created before Creator/KenIshikawa's death in 2006 - Getter Robo, Getter Robo G, Getter Robo Go (created 17 years after ''G''), Shin Getter Robo and Getter Robo Āḥ. Though they all form a single coherent continuity, there is also a significant TimeSkip between them, and each series is vastly different in tone, technology level and setting, and usually involves the next generation of Getter Robo pilots. In the thirty years since its creation, ''Getter Robo'' has had a number of spinoffs and alternate tellings, which, while not direct adaptions of the manga, usually feature the same characters but in different storylines and settings. All major installments in the franchise:

[[caption-width-right:330:''[[{{BadassBoast}} The pinnacle of evolution is...Universal Domination.]]]]''

->''"Looks like the only ones who can pilot Getter Robo are either superior pilots…[[SuccessThroughInsanity or insane!"]]''

* EnthusiasmVersusStoicism

* ''Getter Robo āḥ'': Was meant to be the finale to the Getter Robo saga, but the magazine's cancellation and [[DiedDuringProduction Ken Ishikawa's death due to health issues lead to it coming to a grinding halt]]. It follows a new Getter Team struggling against the Andromeda Country, the same enemy from the Shin Getter Robo manga. The new team consists of Takuma Nagare, son of Ryoma; Kamui, a half-reptiloid and [[spoiler:son of Gore]]; and Baku Yamagishi, younger brother of Messiah Tayel from the Getter Robo Go manga.

* ''Getter Robo G'': The direct {{sequel}} to the original. With the Dinosaurs defeated, Earth is menaced by the Hundred Demon Empire, who wish to conquer the world and subjugate humanity. The team recruits a new member Benkei Kuruma and opposes the demons with their previously introduced new Getter Robo.
* ''Getter Robo Go'': Was briefly released in English by Creator/VizMedia as ''Venger Robo'', a nod to ''Starvengers''. While the Getter Robo Go anime was a reboot of the original Getter Robo, Ishikawa's Getter Robo Go manga is a continuation of his Getter Robo manga. Takes place 16 years after the events of ''Getter Robo G'' and features an entirely new Getter Team consisting of Go Ichimonji, an especially talented school athlete; Sho Tachibana, daughter of Professor Tachibana; and Gai Daido, a mechanic of Getter Robo. With Hayato taking over Saotome's place as the boss of the team, they fight evil Professor Rando who wants to conquer the world with his cyborg zombies and massive war machines. The series later introduces Shin Getter Robo, a mysterious SuperPrototype machine connected to the fall of the original Getter team.

* ''Getter Robo G'': The direct sequel to the original. With the Dinosaurs defeated, Earth is menaced by the Hundred Demon Empire, who wish to conquer the world and subjugate humanity. The team recruits a new member Benkei Kuruma and opposes the demons with their previously introduced new Getter Robo.
* ''Getter Robo Go'': Was briefly released in English by Creator/VizMedia as ''Venger Robo'', a nod to ''Starvengers''. While the Getter Robo Go anime was a reboot of the original Getter Robo, Ishikawa's Getter Robo Go manga is a continuation of his Getter Robo manga. Takes place 15 years after the events of Shin Getter Robo and features an entirely new Getter Team consisting of Go Ichimonji, an especially talented school athlete; Sho Tachibana, daughter of Professor Tachibana; and Gai Daido, a mechanic of Getter Robo. With Hayato taking over Saotome's place as the boss of the team, they fight evil Professor Rando who wants to conquer the world with his cyborg zombies and massive war machines.
* ''Shin Getter Robo'': Published from 1996 to 1999, it serves as an interquel between ''Getter Robo G'' and ''Getter Robo Go''. The plot deals with the nature of the Getter Rays and the evolution of Getter Robots. Mecha-insectoid aliens come from the future to destroy the Saotome Research Facility.

* ''Getter Robo Go'': A 90s version of the series, Go is a reboot of the original TV series.

* ''Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo'': An AlternateContinuity sequel to the original series, where Musashi's HeroicSacrifice destroys all of [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Manhattan]], causing the government to crack down on Getter Energy research. Several years later, the remnants of the Dinosaur Empire resurface, and Hayato assembles a new Getter Team to pilot the Neo Getter Robo and fight off the enemy. Some fans consider this series a redemption of ''Getter Robo Go'', as the team of Go, Shou and Gai are lifted almost directly from the manga version, with Neo Getter being a revised version of Getter Go.

* ''Getter Robo Arc'': Airing from July 2021 to September 2021, it is an adaptation of ''Getter Robo āḥ''. The anime is basically a direct manga adaptation of Ishikawa's final work, and follows the original manga continuity, with the new protagonist being Nagare Takuma, the son of Ryoma.

* BookEnds: [[spoiler:Arc's anime climax end with the Dinosaurs attacking the surface, much like how the original manga/anime began with their invasion]]. However the tables have turned as [[spoiler:Kamui has Bug, an Anti-Getter weapon that is capable of recreating the universe in contrast to Humans having the Getter which was an Anti-Dinosaurs weapon]].

** In the second volume of Go, the trio flies off to fight Rando's army instead of letting Japan surrender the Getter. Cue them losing and getting heavily damaged against overwhelming forces and the mecha being out of action until the middle of the fourth book.

* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Musashi singing the first anime theme in the original manga.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Emperor Gore III from ''Getter Robo Arc'' manga. While he puts up a friendly, polite facade in front of Getter Team and Hayato and speaks in favor of humans and Dinosaur Empire putting their past grudges behind, fighting together against common enemy and working towards peaceful coexistence, it's all an act; he intends to use Kamui as TheMole within Saotome Research laboratory so they can destroy Getter Robo and take over the surface when the humans' usefulness to him runs out. What makes his stubborn insistence towards continuing his father's old grudge all the more baffling is that this is revealed ''after'' Takuma saves his life during the attack on Dinosaur Empire, and everywhere around him humans and dinosaurs *are* shown to be able to work together, even if some of them argue a lot (like Takuma and the leader of Getter Saurus team).
* BodyHorror: The Invaders, the Oni, the plant monsters from ''Hien'', the insect creatures from the ''Āḥ'' manga, the Devolved from ''Devolution''... hell, nearly every Getter Robo enemy race can possess and deform other creatures (mostly humans) into horrible monsters
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:Arc's anime ends with the Getter Arc team flying up to fight the Proto Getter Emperor, ready to defy Getter's will.]]
* BookEnds: [[spoiler:Arc's anime climax end with the Dinosaurs attacking the surface, much like how the original manga/anime began with their invasion]]. However the tables have turned as [[spoiler:Kamui has Bug, an Anti-Getter weapon that is capable of recreating the universe in contrast to Humans having the Getter which was an Anti-Dinosaurs weapon]]

* TheBusCameBack: So you may have wondered, while reading Getter Robo Go, where General Bat went off to - after all, he was still alive at the end of the original manga, and [[spoiler: the Dinosaur Empire was the main villain of that saga]]. Well, as it would turn out, [[spoiler: HesJustHiding with most of the Dinosaur Empire, and would return in Arc]].

* CerebusSyndrome: Getter Robo Go and later installments were much darker than the light hearted fun of the original Getter Robo series.

* ContinuityNod: There have been a lot in the [=OVAs=] for the old series and the manga, but probably the most notable in series nod was in Getter Arc. [[MadScientist Shikishima]] was getting a weapon for Takuma Nagare, and when Takuma picked one, it turns out to be the same one Ryoma (his father) used waaaaaaaay back during the Dinosaur Empire invasion in the original manga.

** In the ColdOpen of ''Shin Vs Neo'', Musashi ''melts'' inside the cockpit before being vaporised by the Getter-explosion, and villainwise, all the cyborg Dinosaurs he fought were killed by the Getter in brutal fashion, from being torn apart by Getter 2, sliced to ribbons by Getter 1, and finally ''melting'' from exposure to the raw Getter radiation pouring from the gaping wound in Getter 1's torso.

* DoingInTheScientist: Getter Energy is initially explained as being produced by small Getter-particles that come from space. Then Getter Robo Go reveals that Getter is a supernatural being that has existed since the birth of the Universe.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The video game-exclusive Shin Getter Dragon (not to be confused with Shin Dragon from ''Armageddon'', this is a unique Getter that first appears in ''Getter Robo Daikessen!'' and returns in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsT'') has this going on. Instead of changing forms, it's "locked" as a Getter Dragon-type but can transmute its body to use Getter Liger and Getter Poseidon's unique weapons and abilities, such as sprouting a Drill Arm or conjuring a Strong Missile from its torso.

* CurbStompBattle: The final battle between Seimei and the Getter team in ''New Getter'' goes both ways. Seimei dominates when Ryoma is missing, meaning the Getter Robo can't draw out its full power, but once he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0UanKUVLNU returns...]]. This example overlaps with RoaringRampageOfRevenge and OhCrap at the ''least''...

* RealityEnsues: In the second volume of Go, the trio flies off to fight Rando's army instead of letting Japan surrender the Getter. Cue them losing and getting heavily damaged against overwhelming forces and the mecha being out of action until the middle of the fourth book.
** In the pilot episode of the 70's series, the very first Mechasaurus successfully destroys two of the three prototype Getter Machines while they were attempting to combine.
** During the test sequence for the prototype Neo Getter Machines in ''Shin VS Neo'', the test pilot for Neo-Getter One is unable to withstand the G-forces and fails to trigger the combination sequence, resulting in his Getter machine exploding.

** As powerful and horrifying like they were, they pale compared to the most terrible and most powerful cosmic abomination from the manga. It is immensely powerful. It's so large it dwarfs planets. Its mere passing destroys worlds. It is told that it is able to devour a whole universe. One single beam blast can blow a planet to dust and its fists can crush tears in the fabric of space-time. Vast armies have tried destroying it only to be easily obliterated in turn without even managing damaging it slightly. Its name? [[spoiler:[[http://www.mangareader.net/shin-getter-robo/9/21 Getter]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/shin-getter-robo/9/23 Emperor]]]], the final evolution of [[spoiler:Getter Robo]]. [[http://www.mangareader.net/shin-getter-robo/7/57 The narration goes as far as to state]]: "The voice that quakes the universe itself was indeed that of [[spoiler:Ryoma Nagare]]"

* TheMultiverse: Confirmed as of [[http://www.mangahome.com/manga/getter_robot_devolution_uchuu_saigo_no_3_bunkan/c006/6.html Devolution]]

* CharlesAtlasSuperPower: Ryoma apparently specializes in the art of [[http://mangafox.com/manga/getter_robo_go/v06/c002/last.html breaking dinosaurs with his bare hands]].

* ''Getter Robo Arc'': Started airing in July 2021, it is an adaptation of ''Getter Robo āḥ''. The anime is basically a direct manga adaptation of Ishikawa's final work, and follows the original manga continuity, with the new protagonist being Nagare Takuma, the son of Ryoma.

* WhamEpisode: Meta example. Episode 6 of the Getter Robo Arc anime delivers a Getter Middle Finger to the idea of faithfully following the manga's plot past that point with the debut of a new element: [[spoiler:Black Shin Getter, piloted by Go Ichimonji himself.]]

* ''Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo'': An AlternateContinuity sequel to the original series, where Musashi's HeroicSacrifice destroys all of Manhattan, causing the government to crack down on Getter Energy research. Several years later, the remnants of the Dinosaur Empire resurface, and Hayato assembles a new Getter Team to pilot the Neo Getter Robo and fight off the enemy. Some fans consider this series a redemption of ''Getter Robo Go'', as the team of Go, Shou and Gai are lifted almost directly from the manga version, with Neo Getter being a revised version of Getter Go.

* ''Getter Robo Armageddon'': Also known as ''Change! Getter Robo - the Last Day of the World'', Armageddon is an OVA set in a world where Professor Saotome apparently goes rogue and allies with the monstrous, saurian creatures called Invaders, producing a bio-organic Getter monster dubbed "Shin Dragon"; and the OnlyOne who can stop him might be Ryoma, who was imprisoned years ago for [[NotAsYouKnowThem murdering the good Professor]]. When the UsefulNotes/UnitedNations fires a nuclear missile at Shin Dragon, the resulting fallout kills 90% of the world's population. Almost a decade later, a new team of Getter pilots formed by Benkei's adoptive daughter Kei and his right-hand Gai, as well as a clone made by Saotome named Go, battle the Invaders with the super-powerful Shin Getter Robo, eventually joining up with the original team. Second animated series brought to the U.S., courtesy of AD Vision, in 2001. This series is also the one credited to finally getting the [[SerialEscalation over-the-topness]] of the manga into animated form, and is a perennial favorite of fans of the franchise. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Yasuhiro Imagawa was originally chosen as director, but was fired after three episodes]] [[ExecutiveMeddling for unknown reasons]]. It is a common misconception that it is a sequel to a RadioDrama called ''Moon Wars'', but that was not produced until after the end of the OVA.