Line #5 Anime/GoShogun


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3	->''[[GratuitousEnglish UCHUU SPACE NUMBER ONE]], SENGOKU MAJIN NUMBER ONE!''
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5	''Go Shogun'' (''Sengoku Majin Goshōgun'') was a super robot anime series produced in 1981 by [[Creator/ProductionReed Ashi Production]] and aired in 1982 in Japan. It is variously referred to in English as "Demon God of the War-Torn Land [=GoShogun=]", "Warring Demon God [=GoShogun=]", "Civil War Devil-God [=GoShogun=]".
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7	It was released in America in the mid-1980s [[note]]In the end credits, the copyright notice's year is 1986. One of the pop songs featured in this version is "Susudio" by Music/PhilCollins.[[/note]] by Creator/SabanEntertainment (yes, [[Franchise/PowerRangers them]]) as "Macron 1", where it was spliced together with footage from the show ''Anime/AkuDaisakusenSrungle'', claiming it was two groups of heroes fighting two branches of the same villain group.
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9	A meteor strikes the Earth and is found to emanate a powerful new energy called [[AppliedPhlebotinum Beamler]], which is used to power a battle robot, [=GoShogun=], and a teleporting fortress, Good Thunder. The Docouga Crime Syndicate, lead by crime lord [[BigBad Neo Neros]], try to steal the secret of the energy from the inventor of [=GoShogun=], but he kills himself rather than let them acquire it. His son Kenta is targeted by Neo Neros next, but he is taken in by the crew aboard Good Thunder, who travel the world fighting Neo Neros's forces with the SuperRobot [=GoShogun=].
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11	''Go Shogun'' has a sequel: a movie ''Go Shogun: The Time [[GratuitousFrench Étranger]]'' (戦国魔神ゴーショーグン時の異邦人, ''Sengoku Majin Goshōgun: Toki no Étranger''), released in 1985. The movie takes place 40 years after the series. Remy Shimada, a former member of the Go Shogun team, now an old woman, lies in a coma after a car accident as her former team mates and Docouga generals watch it helplessly. But in the depths of her subconscious Remy goes back to the time of her childhood and youth and fights death along with her five comrades. The movie is strikingly [[GenreShift different from the series]] in its dark and surrealistic tone, resembling the works of Creator/SatoshiKon.
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13	There are also eight Go Shogun novels, written by Takeshi Shudo and published in 1982-1991. ''Go Shogun: The Time Étranger'' is a film adaptation of the eponymous fifth novel. Creator/YoshitakaAmano made most of the covers and illustrations, as well as a number of pictures in the artbooks.
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15	As of 2017, the series and the movie have [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-03-03/discotek-licenses-goshogun-tv-anime-goshogun-the-time-etranger-film/.112975 both been licensed by]] [[Creator/DiscotekMedia Discotek]], who has officially translated the title as "Warring States Destroyer Goshogun".
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17	!!Tropes in the series
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19	%%* ActionBomb
20	%%* AdjectiveNounFred
21	* AncientAstronauts: [[spoiler: Neoneros reveals to be this in the final episode]]
22	* AppliedPhlebotinum: Beamlar
23	* ArtificialHuman: Yatta-la Kernagul and [[spoiler:Sabalas.]]
24	* {{BFG}}: Space Bazooka
25	* BlandNameProduct: Yatta-la Kernagul wants to open a chain of fried chicken restaurants called "Kernagul's Fried Chicken" and a hamburger chain called "[=KerDonald's=]".
26	* ButNotTooForeign: Remy Shimada (part-French, part-Japanese)
27	%%* CallingYourAttacks
28	%%* ChestBlaster
29	* CombiningMecha: [=GoShogun=] itself is a single unit, but the three jets the pilots use to dock with it (Shingo's King Arrow, Killy's Jack Knight, and Remy's Queen Rose) can combine into a separate robot called Try-3. Being smaller and weaker than [=GoShogun=], the heroes mostly use it for missions that are expected to be less intense.
30	* CoolSword: [=GoSaber=]
31	* TheDandy: Leonardo Medici Bundle
32	* DrivenToSuicide: Go Flasher Special ultimately invokes this. It doesn't deal any damage, but rather grants sentience to the enemy machine, which decides that they would rather be destroyed than continue to be used by Docooga.
33	* DubInducedPlotlineChange: The US version involves test pilot David Chance travelling into a parallel universe under the tyrannical control of an organization called GRIP, led by Dark Star. Chance's entrance into the other universe allows GRIP to send their forces to Earth, leaving Dark Star's cyborg henchman Orn to remain in control in the alternate universe. GRIP is opposed by the two teams of Macron-1, the first led by Dr. Shegall and his team on Earth (from the [=GoShogun=] footage), while in the alternate universe Chance organizes a band of rebel warriors, Beta Command, to combat and overthrow Orn (from the Srungle footage). The Beta Command members were given much less screen time than the Earth team.
34	* EducationMama: OVA[[note]]Pronounced like a word, rather than an acronym.[[/note]] the robot acts just like this, always reminding Kenta that he has to study. This may or may not be intentional.
35	* EnemyMine: The Good Thunder team teams up with Docooga's QuirkyMinibossSquad in one episode to take out a third faction who plans to destroy Good Thunder. Said faction is unaware that the Beamler energy inside of Good Thunder is capable of causing a solar system-level ApocalypseHow if not treated carefully, making it a case of EvilVersusOblivion as well.
36	* EvilDoppelganger: [=GoNagurl=]
37	* EyepatchOfPower: Suegni Cutnall
38	* FinishingMove: Go Flasher Special
39	* {{Frankenslation}}: In 1986, staff in the USA combined footage from [=GoShogun=] and Akū Daisakusen Srungle, a similar show produced by Kokusai Eiga-sha, to form "Macron-1", which portrays the Srungle characters as being part of another branch of the organization fighting evil in a parallel universe. This combined series was produced and released in the United States by Saban.
40	* HeelFaceTurn: Neo Neros's three officers
41	* HotWings
42	* ImpliedLoveInterest: [[DatingCatwoman Bundle and Remy.]] More obvious on Bundle's side, but in ''The Time Étranger'' Remy is quite flirty around him, too. Yoshitaka Amano's illustrations and artbooks imply this even stronger - [[http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/288947 this]], for example.
43	* LeaderFormsTheHead: Being the leader of the team, Shingo docks into the torso of [=GoShogun=] and is thus treated as its main pilot. He also forms the torso of Try-3, but in a twist it's actually Remy who has primary control of that formation, despite only being its legs.
44	* MeaningfulName: Leonardo Medici Bundle's first and second names are based on Leonardo da Vinci and Lorenzo de Medici.
45	* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: In the first episode. The {{Mooks}} who appear have lightsabers hidden in their umbrellas, but Savalas' umbrella is also a weapon: a machine gun. Guess who wins.
46	* {{Parody}}: ''Go Shogun'' is one of the first robot anime to parody other robot series and poke fun at the genre concepts. Two of the more obvious examples are Kernagul, whose greatest ambition is to own a chain of fast food restaurants, and an enemy robot in episode 22 named Doshard was modeled after the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam RX-78-2 Gundam]], which, when granted sentience by [=GoShogun=], declares that it doesn't want to fight any more and destroys itself.
47	* {{Pirate}}: Suegni Cutnall
48	* PowerGlows
49	%%* Power Trio: Shingo Hojo, Killy Gagly, and Remy Shimada
50	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Docooga Crime Syndicate
51	* ShoutOut: During Kenta's study session in Episode 18, the monitor asks [[GratuitousEnglish in English]] whether [[Anime/SpaceWarriorBaldios Baldios]] or Goshogun is stronger. ''Baldios'' was Ashi Production's previous super robot series.
52	* SuperRobot: [=GoShogun=] is a CombiningMecha that runs on [[AppliedPhlebotinum Beamlar]] and one of the pilots [[CallingYourAttacks calls out its attacks]]. It definitely counts.
53	* WineIsClassy: Leonardo Medici Bundle is usually holding a rose or a glass of red wine in his hands.
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55	!!Tropes in the movie
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58	* BackToBackBadasses: Shingo and Killy, Cuttnal and Kernagul.
59	* BadassCrew
60	* BarBrawl
61	* BittersweetEnding: It is not entirely clear whether[[spoiler: [[BolivianArmyEnding Remy lived or not]]. Although most fans who have seen this movie elect to regard it as closure for ''Go Shogun'' (since there's no plausible room for anything else) and ''heavily'' lean towards the assumption that she does not.]]
62	* CaptainErsatz: The character of Remy is intended to be a grown up version of [[Anime/MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo Minky Momo]], they both have the same voice actor Creator/MamiKoyama, they do have the same mindset, speech-patterns and emotions.
63	* CarChase
64	* ChekhovsGun: Played with. Remy wears a golden pendant on her neck. While preparing for the FinalBattle, she takes it off and hangs her [[OneBulletLeft last revolver bullet]] on the chain instead.
65	* CombatMedic: Suegni Cuttnal is a version of this.
66	* CoolAirship: Bundle has a supersonic jet in his Japanese-style ''country house''
67	* CoolBike: The one Bundle borrows from the cops.
68	* CoolCar[=/=]FlyingCar: Remy's, which can be seen during the opening minutes.
69	* CreepyChild: The Messenger of Fate.
70	* CrucifiedHeroShot: In her LastStand, exhausted Remy leans against a stone cross for support.
71	* CulturedBadass: Leonardo Medici Bundle.
72	* DemotedToExtra: Though while the time frame and the series' ending makes this an understandable example. The titular mecha is just shown as a hanging toy in Remy's car.
73	* {{Determinator}} - PluckyGirl: Remy
74	--> '''Bundle''': Remy defies the odds. Her will to live itself has always been a thing of beauty.
75	* EldritchAbomination: The Beast of Fate, especially when it grows.
76	* EldritchLocation: The town where our six friends are stuck.
77	* TheFaceless: Remy as an old woman. We never see her aged face in full frame (especially in regards with her eyes). The bits that ''are'' shown reveal a face that's ''almost'' identical to that in the series, but aged slightly. Even in the ending, Remy is never shown as an old woman.
78	* FlashbackNightmare: Subverted, as it is not clear whether Remy's childhood flashbacks are actual memories or fantasies.
79	* GenreShift: The series parodies kids' robot shows. This is a serious psychological thriller.
80	* HeroicSpirit: Certainly Remy.
81	* KatanasAreJustBetter: While Bundle's no slouch with a submachine gun, his weapon of choice is a katana.
82	* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Remy engages in a BarBrawl while wearing a long evening dress.
83	* LastStand: Remy.
84	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Remy and her team mates.
85	* LittleMissBadass: It was not a good idea to mess up with Remy, even when she was a kid.
86	* OneBulletLeft
87	* ParentalNeglect: Remy's mom hardly notices her.
88	* ThePhilosopher: Bundle
89	* ThePianoPlayer: Played with. Bundle plays piano when a BarBrawl starts, and [[NervesOfSteel unfazedly]] continues to do so until Remy throws an unfortunate mook right on the keyboard, causing a loud tone cluster.
90	--> '''Remy''': Pardon me! Hope I didn't disturb you.
91	--> '''Bundle''': Not at all. A forte was appropriate at that point. ''(Punches another mook.)''
92	* ThePollyanna: Remy is optimistic and always maintains her humour even in the face of obvious trouble.
93	* RetiredBadass: In the beginning of the movie, Remy is over 70 years old and long in retirement. It doesn't stop her from racing her way through the traffic-jammed city, disabling several bank robbers' cars in the process. Made even more awesome once you think this woman is [[spoiler: dying of leukemia.]]
94	* RevolversAreJustBetter: Remy's preferred weapon is a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum.
95	* RuleOfSymbolism: All around.
96	* {{Samurai}}: Bundle, a self-made one.
97	* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Shingo Hojo's weapon of choice, together with [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter grenades]].
98	* SymbolicBlood: When Remy tries to take a shower, water suddenly turns into blood. Later we learn it was just an illusion.
99	* TrueCompanions: Remy and her team.
100	* WarriorPoet: Bundle. His choice of words is exquisite, and he's prone to philosophical speeches.
101	* YouCantFightFate: Inverted. The movie's central idea is that you ''can''.
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