Accidental Downer Ending: The series was was originally meant to run for 50 episodes, but TV Asahi forced the staff to reduce it to 44. The remaining episodes would have the humans and the Baam form an alliance, formally putting an end to the war. While Kazuya would act as a delegate from the human side, Erika would act as a delegate from the Baam side, being crowned their Queen. The Daimovic base would also help the Baam assimilate to Mars and make it their new home.note Confirmed in the Roman Robo Anime Climax Selection However, in the anime, this never happens - the Earth-Baam war ends with a massacre at Olban's wedding, Raiza, Balbas and Margarete are killed, and Richter commits suicide because he's ashamed of all the innocents he's killed. At least Kazuya and Erika reunite and the remaining Baam are saved, being allowed to assimilate to Earth after their old planet was destroyed.
Japanese version: Shōzō Iizuka voiced Isamu Ryuzaki and Balbas.
Italian dub: Bruno Cattaneo voiced Balbas, Miwa, Olban, Isamu Ryuzaki, Professor Izumi and the narrator. Erika and Nana were also both voiced by Daniela Caroli.
Baby Name Trend Starter: In the Philippines, the name "Erika" shot up in popularity after the anime. If you know anyone from there with this name, chances are they were named after the main female lead.
Banned in China: Daimos was aired in the Philippines in the late 1970s alongside Voltes V and Mazinger Z until they were ordered off the air by the dictator President Ferdinand Marcos, without reaching their finales. Voltes V and Daimos came back after Marcos was ousted, but Mazinger Z has never returned to this day.
Channel Hop: In Poland, it was shown on channel Polonia 1, then Super 1.
First was the English dub made by Questor International late in The '70s when Daimos was being shown weekly along with sibling series Voltes V on Philippine televisionnote before both were cut short and banned by President Marcos for being too violent..
Second, during its re-airing on GMA Network from The '90s to The '00s , it received a Tagalog dub from the same company that gave it an English dub, Telesuccess Productionsnote (formerly Questor).
You can also consider the U.S.-produced compressed movieStarbirds as the dueling English dub over the Philippines-produced English dub of the series that covers all of the show's episodes.
Ditto with the Italian dub. The original Daimos anime was dubbed by Compagnia Realizzazioni Cinetelevisive (CRC). Later, dubbing studio Alsen produced a Compilation Movie called Daimos - Il figlio di Goldrake (Daimos, the son of Grendizer) where it connected the universes of Daimos and Grendizer by stating that Daisuke was Kazuya's father.
Late Export for You: Though released in 1979, it didn't air in Poland until 1994.
Bruno Cattaneo replaced a lot of voice actors after their main actors left (see Acting for Two).
Richter and Kazuya were also both voiced by Alessio Cigliano after the departure of Luciano Ruffi and Roberto Chevalier, respectively.
Similarly Named Works: The was an obscure 1973 manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama (of Gigantor and Giant Robo fame) also titled Daimos which also involved a giant robot with the same name.
Daimos was the Robot Romance series that ended the naming continuity of its primary robots with the word "V" or the use of "Choudenji" (Super Electromagnetism).
The series is often included in Super Robot Wars. Should there be any chance that it is together with Mobile Fighter G Gundam, expect Kazuya to have some rivalry with Domon Kasshu due to their similarities as martial arts masters and mecha control schemes. It appeared more often with theotherNagahama Trilogy robots, but in a lesser number than them, appearing together in Advance, Alpha 2 and 3, the last one notable for finally giving Daimos a Combination Attack with both Combattler and Voltes. Also notable, Daimos appeared in Super Robot Wars MX, for once without the other Nagahama Robots, albeit being given a Post-Script Season.
Daimos is also named after Deimos, the name of a Martian moon.
Jerzy RosoĊowski wrote the Polish dub, which was based on the Italian dub.
, the name of a Martian moon.