a mecha anime television series that aired from 1981 to 1982 in Japan. The show was also popular in Hong Kong and was aired there around the same time. There are 52 episodes that were aired at 30 minutes each.The story is about a young boy named Hiro Taikai who finds a gold lighter which turns out to be the giant Golden Warrior Gold Lightan, who has the mission to save the earth from an invasion by King Ibalda. Gold Lightan joined forces with his robot teammates to ruin the plots of King Ibalda and destroy invading alien robots by using his surpassing hand and leg strikes. Hiro also founded a group called the "Bratty Rangers" with his friends Edit The robot is usually disguised as a tiny gold Zippo-style lighter in Hiro's pocket. When called upon, Gold Lightan transforms into a giant robot towering at 30 meters and weighing 200 tons. All robots in the show are sentient and do not require pilots. Usually the robot ends a battle with a trademark golden hand stab move which drives a hand strike cutting the enemy robots body, pulling out and smashing the heartbox energy deviceStaff Edit Presenter: Kenji Yoshida[1] Planners: Ippei Kuri, Shigeru Yanagawa Producer: Tomoyuki Miyata Chief Director: Koichi Mashimo Character Design: Ippei Kuri Mecha Establishment : Masaharu Kawamori Music: Masayuki Jinbo, Masayuki Yamamoto Animation director: Takashi Nakamura (Episode 6, 22, 30, 41, 48) Key Animation: Takashi Nakamura (Episode 41) Characters Edit Japanese name Japanese full name English name Voices by Hiro Hiroshi Taikai Hiro Yō Inoue Samu Osamu Nanjo Sam Yūji Mitsuya Emi Emi Takakura Emi Saeko Shimazu Monki Monkichi Kokarashi Monkey Reiko Suzuki Tonbo Tomokazu Gokuraku Donbo Satomi Mashima Bikku Futoshi Mizumi Big / Rikku Minoru Inaba Ohina Hinako Taikai Ohina Yūko Mita Aburazemi Happei Aburada Akira Murayama Momiji Akino Takumi Miura Gold Lightan Issei Futamata King Ibaruda King Ibaruda King Ibalda Kazuya Tatekabe Mannakka Mannakka Naoko Terada Uyokka Uyokka Shōzō Iizuka