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DaltAniOus... not Daltonius. -> Description//
Japan, 1995. After an alien attack, Earth has been reduced to total ruin. The great metropolises are nothing more than piles of rubble; the landscape after atomic destruction is horrifying. The space invaders come from the planet Zaar, at the edge of the galaxy, and they are called Akron. Their leader is the cruel "megaemperor" Ormen. Starving, ragged, and now resigned, the surviving humans wander through the ruins aimlessly, living each day as if it were their last, in constant terror of a new extraterrestrial attack. Everyone indiscriminately, including children, now survives only by resorting to tricks, stealing food from the loan sharks who take advantage of the situation. It feels like witnessing scenes of prehistoric life, and yet we are in a very recent future... The story begins when Kento, Danji (whom we know as Dani), Sanae, Tanosuke, Jiro, and Manabu form a band of kids skilled in the art of improvisation. The leader is Kento, an enterprising teenager who, one day, during a getaway through the woods after a theft, accidentally discovers a cave, which is the secret entrance to an extraordinary computer-controlled space base, headed by an imposing elderly scientist with a dark and mysterious past. What was he doing there, on Earth? What was his purpose?
Following Kento, Danji also arrives at this strange place, and it will be the two boys that the scientist entrusts with the task of defending the Earth. The old man sees in them extraordinary resources and abilities. Danji will indeed pilot the spaceship Gumper, while Kento will be the pilot of the robot Antares. These two components, along with a third one, a mechanical lion called Beralios, will unite to form the gigantic robot Daltanious, which will help humanity defend Earth from the alien threat. Unfortunately, at first, the defense project seems impractical: the mechanical lion has gone missing, and the boys will only be able to rely on their two vehicles at the beginning of the story. After a first battle of unimaginable violence against the Akron, Earl decides to reveal his true identity to the pilots: he is a scientist from Elios, a planet that lived in peace and enjoyed a highly advanced civilization. There, he built the three robots destined to unite into one, Daltanious. However, the planet was attacked by the Akron, determined to subjugate the entire galaxy: even Nishimura, the emperor of Elios, was killed, but Earl managed to save the heir to the throne, Harlyn. Due to a meteor storm, however, Beralios was lost, as was the child. The planet Elios had been destroyed by the same invaders who were now subjugating Earth... and it was Earl's task to try to resist with all his might.
z-anime daltaniousmanga.JPG (54690 bytes) During a new attack on the base, Beralios reappears, summoned suddenly by Kento when the boy, in trouble against the Akron, unleashes a powerful cross of light: The boy's extraordinary power convinces Earl to recognize him as the heir to the throne of Elios, the son of Harlyn. Now the imposing robot Daltanious is complete with all three of its components and proves to be invincible even against the ruthless Akron. Not like Goldrake, who was a pretty boy defending a cute Earth, or Mazinga who had three cross weapons; this was the coolest of all: ground leveled to dust, humans in slavery, and the enemies he killed one by one, with his Fire Mouths, piercing blades, devastating blast, space crossbow, sword, boomerang blades, fire sword, shield, sigma rays, flaming rays, fiery spiral, double space chain. Beralios - laser eyes, flamethrower, dorsal missile. Gumper - missiles. Space Dolphin - submachine gun. Antares - devastating blast. Kicks, punches, and slaps. PS: Of course, I copy-pasted.
