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Andy : "You see this...? This is soup!.... And this...? Toliet paper!"Man on the Moon
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 Aired: 1980 - 1981
Show Type: Animated
Country of Origin: JAPAN
Family Force Five was a syndicated anime cartoon anthology during the early 1980s. It was produced by Jim Terry and his company American Way, and consisted of five imported Japanese giant robot serials (originally produced in the mid-1970s by Toei Animation) in response to the popularity of the Shogun Warriors toy collection (in fact, Mattel was one of the sponsors). It consisted of the following series:
Gaiking
Dangard Ace (Planetary Robot Dangard Ace)
Starvengers (Getter Robo G)
Grandizer (UFO Robot Grendizer)
Spaceketeers (Starzinger)
In true anthology style, the five shows were broadcast simultanesously with one episode of each serial assigned a specific weekday. Additionally, all of the shows were edited into two hour movies and marketed on video tape by Family Home Entertainment.
Great Mazinger was supposed to be among the five shows, but the deal to pick up the series fell through, so Starzinger (Spaceketeers) was picked up instead.
The instrumental version of Gaiking's theme song was reused as the "outro" music for Starvengers.
Dangard Ace aired on Mondays
The Starvengers aired on Tuesdays
The Spacekeeters aired on Wednesdays
Grandizer aired on Thursdays
Gaiking aired on Fridays
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