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* TheCassandra: Daiya (see below at CassandraTruth).
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* MadeOfExplodium: The Kaiju cause the dock to explode with every step they take in the first episode.
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* BigEater: Daiya comments off-handedly about lunch being the most mportant thing in the day.
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* CassandraTruth: At the start of the story, nobody believes Daiya about the monster he saw five years ago when his father was lost at sea.
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* JumpedAtTheCall: Daiya becoming the pilot of Gaiking and member #47 of the Daiku Maryu's crew was a chance to find his father, and he jumped at the oppurtunity to do so.
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* PowerUpLetdown: A variation. After Gaiking the Great (who is definitely NOT this) appears, Daiya and Puria are [[spoiler:forced into the surface world. While there, the Darius representatives on Earth give him as good of Parts as they can to supplement Gaiking's Face part... except they're not nearly as strong. Kaikink holds out for one episode, though, and would do reasonably well in the next, lasting long enough for the Daiku Maryu to pick him up and give him the REAL parts.]]
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* RocketPunch: A DiscussedTrope. As soon as Daiya learns that Gaiking has a move like this, he fires it off immediately. It doesn't come back, before Ruru radios in to tell him that it doesn't have a mechanism to return to Gaiking, and that he should only be using it as a finisher move to avoid leaving him without an arm. He later improvises a return mechanism by using the grappling dart technique, Zecter Hook, to snatch it back from the air.
** Gaiking The Great plays it completely straight - it has so much Flame power that its Giga Puncher Grind can use flame to propel and steer itself after leaving The Great's arm.
** Gaiking The Great plays it completely straight - it has so much Flame power that its Giga Puncher Grind can use flame to propel and steer itself after leaving The Great's arm.
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* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Dick... or maybe not]]
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* TrueCompanions: The crew of the Daiku Maryu, even going so far as to remember every single member by the order in which they joined - for example, Daiya is member #47, Dick is member #42, and so on.
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Together with Gaiking and Daiku Maryu and [[TrueCompanions its crew]], Daiya ventures into the land of Darius to defeat the evil army that threatens the very existence of his entire race.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: [[spoiler: Proist]] is a blonde in the anime (though [[spoiler: her]] hair looks pink sometimes) but pink-haired on ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK''.
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* SerialEscalation: [[SuperMode Face Open]] increases the power of Gaiking's flame by 8. [[CombiningMecha Gaiking the Great]] has ten times the flame of regular Gaiking. [[spoiler: The FinalBattle gives us Face Open: The Great, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Gaiking the Great using Face Open. In other words, it has EIGHTY times as much flame as regular Gaiking!]]
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* SerialEscalation: [[SuperMode Face Open]] increases the power of Gaiking's flame Flame Power by 8.eight. [[CombiningMecha Gaiking the Great]] has ten times the flame of regular Gaiking. [[spoiler: The FinalBattle gives us Face Open: The Great, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Gaiking the Great using Face Open. In other words, it has EIGHTY Open - eighty times as much flame as the Flame Power of regular Gaiking!]]
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Daiya has the habit of mispronouncing Puria's last name, Richardson, as "Richard-san". Puria does not like it at all.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Due to the show having no definitive dub, translation, or even Egnlish license, all the character names are taken from various fansub groups... [[BadExportForYou and from Hulu's official sub of questionable quality]]. As such, many character names have no standard spelling, such as Ruru/Lulu, Suspage/Saspezi, and so on.
** Daiya has the habit of mispronouncing Puria's last name, Richardson, as "Richard-san". Puria does not like it at all.
** Daiya has the habit of mispronouncing Puria's last name, Richardson, as "Richard-san". Puria does not like it at all.
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* DownTheRabbitHole: An unusual example given that, instead of a single child, as in the TropeCodifier ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', or a group of kids, as in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', a full LaResistance fly down the rabbit hole.
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* DownTheRabbitHole: An unusual example given that, instead of a single child, as in the TropeCodifier TropeNamer ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', or a group of kids, as in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', a full LaResistance fly down the rabbit hole.
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** The first use of Face Open also counts, as Noza is reduced to being beaten around like a ragdoll while screaming [[ThisCannotBe IMPOSSIBLE!]] [[OhCrap WHAT IS HE?!]]
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* BreatherEpisode: A whole lot of them take place after Proist becomes the Emperor's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. Arguably too many.
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* BreatherEpisode: A whole lot of them take place after [[spoiler: Proist becomes the Emperor's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. Arguably too many.TheDragon]].
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Proist]], who never once displays any kind of grace or mercy to any kind of opponent, and will throw [[HairTriggerTemper temper tantrums]] at the slightest indication that things aren't going her way. More than once, [[spoiler: she executes thousands of people simply for not meeting her ridiculous MasterRace standards]]. She only ever shows compassion for Vestaanu and for [[spoiler: her father, the 17th Emperor of Darius]]. The former was a few cases of LesYay, giving rise to PsychoLesbian undertones. The latter was so unhealthy that [[spoiler: she actually ended up opposing him, believing that the [[FantasticRacism filthy earthlings]] had corrupted her loving father, and accidentally killed him out of sheer rage]].
** Even if the moments with Vestaanu were, in fact, actual romantic feelings, she never extended those feelings ''to'' the object of her affections, making them entirely self-serving interests.
** Even if the moments with Vestaanu were, in fact, actual romantic feelings, she never extended those feelings ''to'' the object of her affections, making them entirely self-serving interests.
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** Even if the moments with Vestaanu were, in fact, actual romantic feelings, she never extended those feelings ''to'' the object of her affections, making them entirely self-serving.
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Proist]], who never once displays any kind of grace or mercy to any kind of opponent, and will throw [[HairTriggerTemper temper tantrums]] at the slightest indication that things aren't going her way. More than once, [[spoiler: she executes thousands of people simply for not meeting her ridiculous MasterRace standards]]. She only ever shows compassion for Vestaanu and for [[spoiler: her father, the 17th Emperor of Darius]]. The former was a few cases of LesYay, giving rise to PsychoLesbian undertones. The latter was so unhealthy that [[spoiler: she actually ended up opposing him, believing that the [[FantasticRacism filthy earthlings]] had corrupted her loving father, and accidentally killed him out of sheer rage]].
** Even if the moments with Vestaanu were, in fact, actual romantic feelings, she never extended those feelings ''to'' the object of her affections, making them entirely self-serving.
** Even if the moments with Vestaanu were, in fact, actual romantic feelings, she never extended those feelings ''to'' the object of her affections, making them entirely self-serving.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Vestanuu, Nouza, and all their subordinates including Kain
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* ImportantHaircut: Ruru [[spoiler: after becoming the Daikuu Maryuu's Captain]].
* ImprobableAge: Daiya's piloting a SuperRobot at the age of ''nine''. [[spoiler: his best friend ends up piloting a CoolShip and TheCaptain has his equally-young daughter fill in for him]]
** They're actually 14 according to official material, but thats still pretty young.
* ImprobableAge: Daiya's piloting a SuperRobot at the age of ''nine''. [[spoiler: his best friend ends up piloting a CoolShip and TheCaptain has his equally-young daughter fill in for him]]
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* ImportantHaircut: Ruru [[spoiler: after becoming the Daikuu Maryuu's Daiku Maryu's Captain]].
* ImprobableAge: Daiya's piloting a SuperRobot at the age of''nine''. fourteen. [[spoiler: his His best friend ends up piloting a CoolShip the CoolShip, Daiku Maryu, and TheCaptain has his equally-young daughter fill in for him]]
** They're actually 14 according to official material, but thats still pretty young.him after being gravely wounded]].
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mecha variation. Puria is one of the very few people who refers to the Crab Bunker by its actual name. Everyone else pretty much uses Daiya's nickname for it, "Kani Tank", which pisses off Puria. Daiya takes the nickname further when the Crab Bunker docks with Gaiking by calling the new combined form
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mecha variation. Puria is one of the very few people who refers to the Crab Bunker by its actual name. Everyone else pretty much uses Daiya's nickname for it, "Kani Tank", which pisses off Puria. Daiya takes the nickname further when the Crab Bunker docks with Gaiking by calling the new combined formform "Kaniking".
* PocketDimension: The land of Darius is one located inside the Earth.
* PocketDimension: The land of Darius is one located inside the Earth.
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* DownTheRabbitHole: An unusual example given that, instead of a single child, as in the TropeCodifier ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', or a group of kids, as in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', a full LaResistance fly down the rabbit hole.
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* JackOfAllStats: Gaiking and the Daikuu Maryuu, of the three sets of CombiningMecha, are considered the most balanced of the three
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* JackOfAllStats: Gaiking and the Daikuu Maryuu, of the three sets of CombiningMecha, are considered the most balanced of the threethree.
* KamehameHadoken: The Shinryu Hydro Blazer.
* KamehameHadoken: The Shinryu Hydro Blazer.
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* BigBad: At first, the 17th Darius Emperor who spends most of the series [[OrcusOnHisThrone focusing on other matters]], so his generals take center stage. Later on, [[spoiler: Proist ascends to being TheDragon, and finally becomes the BigBad near the end after the 17th Darius Emperor reveals his intentions]].
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* BigBad: At first, the 17th Darius Emperor of Darius who spends most of the series [[OrcusOnHisThrone focusing on other matters]], so his generals take center stage. Later on, [[spoiler: Proist ascends to being TheDragon, and finally becomes the BigBad near the end after the 17th Darius Emperor of Darius reveals his intentions]].
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* BigBad: At first, Emperor Darius 17th who spends most of the series [[OrcusOnHisThrone focusing on other matters]], so his generals take center stage. Later on Proist ascends to being TheDragon, again near the end to being the BigBad after Darius reveals his intentions.
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* BigBad: At first, the 17th Darius Emperor Darius 17th who spends most of the series [[OrcusOnHisThrone focusing on other matters]], so his generals take center stage. Later on on, [[spoiler: Proist ascends to being TheDragon, again and finally becomes the BigBad near the end to being the BigBad after the 17th Darius Emperor reveals his intentions.intentions]].
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Then, one day, another monster appears in the town. The giant metal dragon reappears, and [[MysteriousWaif a girl]] [[CallToAdventure summons him]] to pilot the [[HumongousMecha Giant of Fire]], Gaiking. Defeating it, he learns that the land of Darius, hidden away inside the Earth's centre, is sending these creatures as an invasion force, and the metal dragon - known as Daiku Maryu - and its crew are TheRebellion against this attack.
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Then, one day, another monster appears in the town. The giant metal dragon reappears, and [[MysteriousWaif a girl]] [[CallToAdventure summons him]] to pilot the [[HumongousMecha Giant of Fire]], Gaiking. Defeating it, he learns that the land of Darius, hidden away inside the Earth's centre, is sending these creatures as an invasion force, and the metal dragon - known as Daiku Maryu - and its crew are TheRebellion LaResistance against this attack.
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Gaiking: Legend of Daiku Maryu is a SuperRobot anime produced by Toei Animation. It loosely adapts the [[{{Gaiking}} 1976 anime, Gaiking]], retaining the names and appearances of the the titular HumongousMecha, and throwing in ShoutOuts to the original series, such as recurring character names.
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Gaiking: Legend of Daiku Maryu is a SuperRobot anime produced by Toei Animation. It loosely adapts the [[{{Gaiking}} 1976 anime, Gaiking]], retaining the names and appearances of the the titular HumongousMecha, and throwing in ShoutOuts [[ShoutOut little references]] to the original series, such as recurring character names.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: [[PluckyComicRelief Yanma, Hacho and Bubi]] trying to become more useful. They end gettting a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* AdaptationDyeJob: [[spoiler: Proist]] is a blonde in the anime (though [[spoiler: her]] hair looks pink sometimes) but pink-haired on ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK''.
* AlternateContinuity / InNameOnly: The only things the two shows share in common are the mecha (obviously including the Daikuu-Maryuu and Gaiking themselves), and Daiya's last name among other things. Otherwise, the second series is a completely separate series that has no relation to the original.
* AnAxeToGrind: Gaiking and Vulking's Great Axes. Surprisingly, despite being on the cover art for ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK'', Gaiking's axe [[SomethingWeForgot does not show up in the game]]. In episode 14 Shizuka arises from scrap and seems to be dual wielding two that appear to be Getter Tomahawks of the Shin Getter - Armageddon variety...
* AnimeThemeSong: GAI GAI GAI DAIKUU MARYUU GAIKING!
* AscendedExtra: Kain started out as one of Nouza's direct subordinates. Very, ''very'' quickly, all the other subordinates got killed off. Kain, however, sticks around and pretty much is the only reason Nouza got over his HeroicBSOD. Daiya's childhood friend also becomes very prominent in the last eight episodes.
** Kain is also the only one of Nouza's lieutenants that actually makes it into ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK''.
* BadExportForYou: Toei has released the entire series on Hulu....only with the 16:9 aspect ratio squished into a 4:3 ratio for no apparent reason. Additionally, the subtitles are full of typos, plus some words, even entire sentences are either left out completely (sometimes with no subtitles appearing at all), or are given the wrong translations.
* {{BFG}}: The Serpent support ship can dock with Gaiking's right arm to be a gun
* BigBad: At first, Emperor Darius 17th who spends most of the series [[OrcusOnHisThrone focusing on other matters]], so his generals take center stage. Later on Proist ascends to being TheDragon, again near the end to being the BigBad after Darius reveals his intentions.
* BookEnds: Daiya's first and last battles both end with him using a point-blank Hydro Blazer while the show's theme plays.
** A nice one for the [[RocketPunch Puncher Grind]] attack. When Daiya first uses it, he fires it off without warning, WrongGenreSavvy in his belief that it'll return using propulsion and guidance like any other RocketPunch. The first time he [[spoiler: uses Giga Puncher Grind as Gaiking The Great, it's propelled through the air by Daiya's and The Great's immeasurable flame power, surprising Proist, who dodged it the first time, expecting the attack to work as always, by tearing through Dvorak on the return path, like a boomerang]].
* BreatherEpisode: A whole lot of them take place after Proist becomes the Emperor's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. Arguably too many.
* CallingYourAttacks: It is a SuperRobot show, after all.
* ChekhovsGun: In the first episode, when Naoto grabs Daiya's Gridder, it burns. This seemingly is because enemies are approaching, or because the Daiku Maryu entered the human world again. [[spoiler:The real reason turns out to be that Naoto has a flame JUST AS HOT as Daiya. This would come in handy later when Rongo is unable to pilot Daiku Maryu, as he is the only other person capable.]]
* ChestBlaster: The Hydro Blazer and the Zaul Geyser.
* CombiningMecha: Gaiking, Vulking, Raiking, and Gaiking the Great.
* CurbStompBattle: The battle between Chouryuu Dborak and Gaiking the Great. [[spoiler:Proist]] doesn't even get a single hit in, and is not only badly beaten but horribly humiliated as well.
** The first use of Face Open also counts, as Noza is reduced to being beaten around like a ragdoll while screaming [[ThisCannotBe IMPOSSIBLE!]] [[OhCrap WHAT IS HE?!]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler: the black flame of the Darius is not inherently wrong or evil, although Proist's was potent enough to kill her father without even noticing]]
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Subverted. Face Open appears to be this at first, but it's not forbidden, per se - they just hadn't installed the restraint mechanism to turn it off before Daiya collapsed from heat exhaustion. After this, it becomes a standard SuperMode.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Especially beginning in episode 27.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Puria, but not in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK'' for some reason.
* DesignatedHero: Double-subverted in-universe. Daiya finds out fairly quickly that the people on Darius view the Daikuu Maryuu as invaders and he has to face the fact that technically they ''are'' the bad guys. And then we find out they're just helping out a pre-existing rebellion that got started by inhabitants of Darius anyways and the Darius Empire isn't as noble as the citizens think.
* DeadlyUpgrade: Face Open at first. During his first time using it, Daiya had no way of turning it off and was exhausted of all possible strength. It wasn't until later that an emergency shut-off was installed.
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK'' omits this little detail as the emergency shut-off is in the attack's animation all the time, including when it first debuts in the game proper.
* DistantFinale: One that combines with the HereWeGoAgain ending.
* EldritchAbomination: Chouryuu Dborak is a lesser version of one, but it's still overpowered
** Its head is also a ShoutOut to the original Gaiking, as it matches the "Face Open" mode found there and in SRW.
* EmpathicWeapon: the various machines respond to certain people's "Fire", which is why Rongo is the only person that can steer the Daiku Maryu even though he's not the strongest.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Inverted. [[spoiler: Proist is rotten to the core]].
* EyeBeams: The Despair Sight on Gaiking. On Raiking and Gaiking the Great, they are stored in the fingers.
** Actually, both Raiking and Gaiking the Great HAVE EyeBeam Despair Sights. Raiking only uses it one time (under enemy control), and Gaiking the Great never chooses to use it.
* FastballSpecial: The Shinryu Hydro Blazer and the Death Fire attacks are variations. While Daiya doesn't exactly throw an ally at the opponent, he does throw a ball-shaped Hydro Blazer either directly at an enemy or towards Dick to launch back at the enemy.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Proist generally maintains a cool, regal air about her person, masking her ruthless nature with a persona of elegance. The illusion shatters whenever she loses face and succumbs to her inner rage.
* FragileSpeedster: In premise Raiking and Tenkuu Maryuu are supposed to be this. In ''execution'', they're freaking [[LightningBruiser Lightning Bruisers]] that shrug off some of Gaiking and Vulking's best attacks
* {{Gainaxing}}: [[spoiler: Proist, twice.]]
* GenreSavvy: Proist. All. The. Freaking. Time. Eventually the heroes shape up too and start keeping up
** Well, up until the end, at least. Kinda loses it with the whole "power is everything" credo.
* GratuitousEnglish: Duh, this is a SuperRobot series.
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: Ruru. Becomes a minor plot point later on]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Vestanuu, Nouza, and all their subordinates including Kain
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Prof. Sakon [[spoiler:until episode 23]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Nouza does NOT handle the fact he's just spare parts for Proist to claim if she ever gets injured very well.]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: MayumiTanaka for Daiya Tsuwabuki
* {{Jerkass}}: Dick. Puria starts off like this, but eventually mellows out and becomes more likable.
* ImportantHaircut: Ruru [[spoiler: after becoming the Daikuu Maryuu's Captain]].
* ImprobableAge: Daiya's piloting a SuperRobot at the age of ''nine''. [[spoiler: his best friend ends up piloting a CoolShip and TheCaptain has his equally-young daughter fill in for him]]
** They're actually 14 according to official material, but thats still pretty young.
* InNameOnly: Aside from Daiya's last name, the Daikuu Maryuu and Gaiking themselves (which both use the same attacks) and the names "Darius" and "Death Cross", this series has no other connections to the original series.
* JackOfAllStats: Gaiking and the Daikuu Maryuu, of the three sets of CombiningMecha, are considered the most balanced of the three
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Dick... or maybe not]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Ooooh boy. This series has ''lots'' of people in it.
* {{Lolicon}}: Dick seems to be ''specially'' interested in Ruru, y'know...
* LukeIAmYourFather: Again, double-subverted. [[spoiler: Captain Garis, despite minor foreshadowing, is ''not'' Daiya's father. He's Ruru's.]]
** [[spoiler: ''"Minor"?'' He says the same things and even has the same mannerisms as Daiya remembers his father having. It's even foreshadowed in the ''opening theme'' - during the "voice of your father" line, the camera does a close-up on Garis' mask. This was nothing less than an intentional bait-and-switch on the part of the writers, and it was executed brilliantly.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Puria" is a subversion; she's not exactly pure in personality.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: Superior Stinger (Puria), [[spoiler:Vulking and Raiking (Lee and Nouza, respectively)]]. Gaiking the Great sort of counts as well for Daiya.
* MightyGlacier: In contrast to Raiking and Tenkuu Maryuu who subvert the FragileSpeedster trope, Vulking and the Daichi Maryuu play this one straight
* MinovskyPhysics: Hydroroot, the material that powers Gaiking
* MoreDakka: Vulking's ultimate attack in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK'' is basically a "fire all the weapons" type.
* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler: Proist convincing Ruru not once, but ''twice'' to attempt to kill her father]]
* OffModel: People do... not watch this show because of its good animation. Except for [[ArtShift episode 13]]
** There was also the occasional scene where the animation got to episode 13's standards for whenever Daiya pulled off a BigDamnHeroes moment, but they were very rare and often hard to spot.
** While most of the series was made up of the usual Toei choppiness, pretty much any scene animated by Hiroyuki Imaishi (of Gurren Lagann and Dead Leaves fame) was really fun to watch. Other than that, a surprising amount of scenes actually looked above average.
*** In general, the animation before episode 13 was very poor, but the episodes afterwards were about average for anime as a whole. Things moved, but not with incredible fluidity, but nothing looked as broken as before episode 13.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mecha variation. Puria is one of the very few people who refers to the Crab Bunker by its actual name. Everyone else pretty much uses Daiya's nickname for it, "Kani Tank", which pisses off Puria. Daiya takes the nickname further when the Crab Bunker docks with Gaiking by calling the new combined form
* PowerUpLetdown: A variation. After Gaiking the Great (who is definitely NOT this) appears, Daiya and Puria are [[spoiler:forced into the surface world. While there, the Darius representatives on Earth give him as good of Parts as they can to supplement Gaiking's Face part... except they're not nearly as strong. Kaikink holds out for one episode, though, and would do reasonably well in the next, lasting long enough for the Daiku Maryu to pick him up and give him the REAL parts.]]
* PunchCatch: Episode 31 has Gaiking The Great do this [[spoiler: to a HumongousMecha several times its size. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Daiya then asks if that was Proist's best punch, then say that if it was, then she's lost, just before crushing Dborak's fist and part of its arm.]]]]
* SerialEscalation: [[SuperMode Face Open]] increases the power of Gaiking's flame by 8. [[CombiningMecha Gaiking the Great]] has ten times the flame of regular Gaiking. [[spoiler: The FinalBattle gives us Face Open: The Great, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Gaiking the Great using Face Open. In other words, it has EIGHTY times as much flame as regular Gaiking!]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Daiya has the habit of mispronouncing Puria's last name, Richardson, as "Richard-san". Puria does not like it at all.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: [[spoiler: Proist]] is a blonde in the anime (though [[spoiler: her]] hair looks pink sometimes) but pink-haired on ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK''.
* AlternateContinuity / InNameOnly: The only things the two shows share in common are the mecha (obviously including the Daikuu-Maryuu and Gaiking themselves), and Daiya's last name among other things. Otherwise, the second series is a completely separate series that has no relation to the original.
* AnAxeToGrind: Gaiking and Vulking's Great Axes. Surprisingly, despite being on the cover art for ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK'', Gaiking's axe [[SomethingWeForgot does not show up in the game]]. In episode 14 Shizuka arises from scrap and seems to be dual wielding two that appear to be Getter Tomahawks of the Shin Getter - Armageddon variety...
* AnimeThemeSong: GAI GAI GAI DAIKUU MARYUU GAIKING!
* AscendedExtra: Kain started out as one of Nouza's direct subordinates. Very, ''very'' quickly, all the other subordinates got killed off. Kain, however, sticks around and pretty much is the only reason Nouza got over his HeroicBSOD. Daiya's childhood friend also becomes very prominent in the last eight episodes.
** Kain is also the only one of Nouza's lieutenants that actually makes it into ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK''.
* BadExportForYou: Toei has released the entire series on Hulu....only with the 16:9 aspect ratio squished into a 4:3 ratio for no apparent reason. Additionally, the subtitles are full of typos, plus some words, even entire sentences are either left out completely (sometimes with no subtitles appearing at all), or are given the wrong translations.
* {{BFG}}: The Serpent support ship can dock with Gaiking's right arm to be a gun
* BigBad: At first, Emperor Darius 17th who spends most of the series [[OrcusOnHisThrone focusing on other matters]], so his generals take center stage. Later on Proist ascends to being TheDragon, again near the end to being the BigBad after Darius reveals his intentions.
* BookEnds: Daiya's first and last battles both end with him using a point-blank Hydro Blazer while the show's theme plays.
** A nice one for the [[RocketPunch Puncher Grind]] attack. When Daiya first uses it, he fires it off without warning, WrongGenreSavvy in his belief that it'll return using propulsion and guidance like any other RocketPunch. The first time he [[spoiler: uses Giga Puncher Grind as Gaiking The Great, it's propelled through the air by Daiya's and The Great's immeasurable flame power, surprising Proist, who dodged it the first time, expecting the attack to work as always, by tearing through Dvorak on the return path, like a boomerang]].
* BreatherEpisode: A whole lot of them take place after Proist becomes the Emperor's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. Arguably too many.
* CallingYourAttacks: It is a SuperRobot show, after all.
* ChekhovsGun: In the first episode, when Naoto grabs Daiya's Gridder, it burns. This seemingly is because enemies are approaching, or because the Daiku Maryu entered the human world again. [[spoiler:The real reason turns out to be that Naoto has a flame JUST AS HOT as Daiya. This would come in handy later when Rongo is unable to pilot Daiku Maryu, as he is the only other person capable.]]
* ChestBlaster: The Hydro Blazer and the Zaul Geyser.
* CombiningMecha: Gaiking, Vulking, Raiking, and Gaiking the Great.
* CurbStompBattle: The battle between Chouryuu Dborak and Gaiking the Great. [[spoiler:Proist]] doesn't even get a single hit in, and is not only badly beaten but horribly humiliated as well.
** The first use of Face Open also counts, as Noza is reduced to being beaten around like a ragdoll while screaming [[ThisCannotBe IMPOSSIBLE!]] [[OhCrap WHAT IS HE?!]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler: the black flame of the Darius is not inherently wrong or evil, although Proist's was potent enough to kill her father without even noticing]]
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Subverted. Face Open appears to be this at first, but it's not forbidden, per se - they just hadn't installed the restraint mechanism to turn it off before Daiya collapsed from heat exhaustion. After this, it becomes a standard SuperMode.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Especially beginning in episode 27.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Puria, but not in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK'' for some reason.
* DesignatedHero: Double-subverted in-universe. Daiya finds out fairly quickly that the people on Darius view the Daikuu Maryuu as invaders and he has to face the fact that technically they ''are'' the bad guys. And then we find out they're just helping out a pre-existing rebellion that got started by inhabitants of Darius anyways and the Darius Empire isn't as noble as the citizens think.
* DeadlyUpgrade: Face Open at first. During his first time using it, Daiya had no way of turning it off and was exhausted of all possible strength. It wasn't until later that an emergency shut-off was installed.
** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK'' omits this little detail as the emergency shut-off is in the attack's animation all the time, including when it first debuts in the game proper.
* DistantFinale: One that combines with the HereWeGoAgain ending.
* EldritchAbomination: Chouryuu Dborak is a lesser version of one, but it's still overpowered
** Its head is also a ShoutOut to the original Gaiking, as it matches the "Face Open" mode found there and in SRW.
* EmpathicWeapon: the various machines respond to certain people's "Fire", which is why Rongo is the only person that can steer the Daiku Maryu even though he's not the strongest.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Inverted. [[spoiler: Proist is rotten to the core]].
* EyeBeams: The Despair Sight on Gaiking. On Raiking and Gaiking the Great, they are stored in the fingers.
** Actually, both Raiking and Gaiking the Great HAVE EyeBeam Despair Sights. Raiking only uses it one time (under enemy control), and Gaiking the Great never chooses to use it.
* FastballSpecial: The Shinryu Hydro Blazer and the Death Fire attacks are variations. While Daiya doesn't exactly throw an ally at the opponent, he does throw a ball-shaped Hydro Blazer either directly at an enemy or towards Dick to launch back at the enemy.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Proist generally maintains a cool, regal air about her person, masking her ruthless nature with a persona of elegance. The illusion shatters whenever she loses face and succumbs to her inner rage.
* FragileSpeedster: In premise Raiking and Tenkuu Maryuu are supposed to be this. In ''execution'', they're freaking [[LightningBruiser Lightning Bruisers]] that shrug off some of Gaiking and Vulking's best attacks
* {{Gainaxing}}: [[spoiler: Proist, twice.]]
* GenreSavvy: Proist. All. The. Freaking. Time. Eventually the heroes shape up too and start keeping up
** Well, up until the end, at least. Kinda loses it with the whole "power is everything" credo.
* GratuitousEnglish: Duh, this is a SuperRobot series.
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: Ruru. Becomes a minor plot point later on]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Vestanuu, Nouza, and all their subordinates including Kain
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Prof. Sakon [[spoiler:until episode 23]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Nouza does NOT handle the fact he's just spare parts for Proist to claim if she ever gets injured very well.]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: MayumiTanaka for Daiya Tsuwabuki
* {{Jerkass}}: Dick. Puria starts off like this, but eventually mellows out and becomes more likable.
* ImportantHaircut: Ruru [[spoiler: after becoming the Daikuu Maryuu's Captain]].
* ImprobableAge: Daiya's piloting a SuperRobot at the age of ''nine''. [[spoiler: his best friend ends up piloting a CoolShip and TheCaptain has his equally-young daughter fill in for him]]
** They're actually 14 according to official material, but thats still pretty young.
* InNameOnly: Aside from Daiya's last name, the Daikuu Maryuu and Gaiking themselves (which both use the same attacks) and the names "Darius" and "Death Cross", this series has no other connections to the original series.
* JackOfAllStats: Gaiking and the Daikuu Maryuu, of the three sets of CombiningMecha, are considered the most balanced of the three
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Dick... or maybe not]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Ooooh boy. This series has ''lots'' of people in it.
* {{Lolicon}}: Dick seems to be ''specially'' interested in Ruru, y'know...
* LukeIAmYourFather: Again, double-subverted. [[spoiler: Captain Garis, despite minor foreshadowing, is ''not'' Daiya's father. He's Ruru's.]]
** [[spoiler: ''"Minor"?'' He says the same things and even has the same mannerisms as Daiya remembers his father having. It's even foreshadowed in the ''opening theme'' - during the "voice of your father" line, the camera does a close-up on Garis' mask. This was nothing less than an intentional bait-and-switch on the part of the writers, and it was executed brilliantly.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Puria" is a subversion; she's not exactly pure in personality.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: Superior Stinger (Puria), [[spoiler:Vulking and Raiking (Lee and Nouza, respectively)]]. Gaiking the Great sort of counts as well for Daiya.
* MightyGlacier: In contrast to Raiking and Tenkuu Maryuu who subvert the FragileSpeedster trope, Vulking and the Daichi Maryuu play this one straight
* MinovskyPhysics: Hydroroot, the material that powers Gaiking
* MoreDakka: Vulking's ultimate attack in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsK'' is basically a "fire all the weapons" type.
* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler: Proist convincing Ruru not once, but ''twice'' to attempt to kill her father]]
* OffModel: People do... not watch this show because of its good animation. Except for [[ArtShift episode 13]]
** There was also the occasional scene where the animation got to episode 13's standards for whenever Daiya pulled off a BigDamnHeroes moment, but they were very rare and often hard to spot.
** While most of the series was made up of the usual Toei choppiness, pretty much any scene animated by Hiroyuki Imaishi (of Gurren Lagann and Dead Leaves fame) was really fun to watch. Other than that, a surprising amount of scenes actually looked above average.
*** In general, the animation before episode 13 was very poor, but the episodes afterwards were about average for anime as a whole. Things moved, but not with incredible fluidity, but nothing looked as broken as before episode 13.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mecha variation. Puria is one of the very few people who refers to the Crab Bunker by its actual name. Everyone else pretty much uses Daiya's nickname for it, "Kani Tank", which pisses off Puria. Daiya takes the nickname further when the Crab Bunker docks with Gaiking by calling the new combined form
* PowerUpLetdown: A variation. After Gaiking the Great (who is definitely NOT this) appears, Daiya and Puria are [[spoiler:forced into the surface world. While there, the Darius representatives on Earth give him as good of Parts as they can to supplement Gaiking's Face part... except they're not nearly as strong. Kaikink holds out for one episode, though, and would do reasonably well in the next, lasting long enough for the Daiku Maryu to pick him up and give him the REAL parts.]]
* PunchCatch: Episode 31 has Gaiking The Great do this [[spoiler: to a HumongousMecha several times its size. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Daiya then asks if that was Proist's best punch, then say that if it was, then she's lost, just before crushing Dborak's fist and part of its arm.]]]]
* SerialEscalation: [[SuperMode Face Open]] increases the power of Gaiking's flame by 8. [[CombiningMecha Gaiking the Great]] has ten times the flame of regular Gaiking. [[spoiler: The FinalBattle gives us Face Open: The Great, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Gaiking the Great using Face Open. In other words, it has EIGHTY times as much flame as regular Gaiking!]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Daiya has the habit of mispronouncing Puria's last name, Richardson, as "Richard-san". Puria does not like it at all.
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Gaiking: Legend of Daiku Maryu is a SuperRobot anime produced by Toei Animation. It loosely adapts the [[{{Gaiking}} 1976 anime, Gaiking]], retaining the names and appearances of the the titular HumongousMecha, and throwing in ShoutOuts to the original series, such as recurring character names.
Five years ago, [[IdiotHero Daiya Tsuwabuki]] and his father were attacked by an [[{{Kaiju}} enormous monster]] while out on a fishing trip. During the attack, [[DisappearedDad Daiya's father was lost at sea]], and has been since pronounced legally dead. However, Daiya alone [[CassandraTruth believes that his father is still alive]]. He believes this because he remembers the gigantic dragon of metal that defeated the monster.
Then, one day, another monster appears in the town. The giant metal dragon reappears, and [[MysteriousWaif a girl]] [[CallToAdventure summons him]] to pilot the [[HumongousMecha Giant of Fire]], Gaiking. Defeating it, he learns that the land of Darius, hidden away inside the Earth's centre, is sending these creatures as an invasion force, and the metal dragon - known as Daiku Maryu - and its crew are TheRebellion against this attack.
Gaiking: Legend of Daiku Maryu began on the 12th of November, 2005, and ran for 39 episodes. It has also features in the SuperRobotWars games for the NintendoDS, SRW K and SRW L.
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Five years ago, [[IdiotHero Daiya Tsuwabuki]] and his father were attacked by an [[{{Kaiju}} enormous monster]] while out on a fishing trip. During the attack, [[DisappearedDad Daiya's father was lost at sea]], and has been since pronounced legally dead. However, Daiya alone [[CassandraTruth believes that his father is still alive]]. He believes this because he remembers the gigantic dragon of metal that defeated the monster.
Then, one day, another monster appears in the town. The giant metal dragon reappears, and [[MysteriousWaif a girl]] [[CallToAdventure summons him]] to pilot the [[HumongousMecha Giant of Fire]], Gaiking. Defeating it, he learns that the land of Darius, hidden away inside the Earth's centre, is sending these creatures as an invasion force, and the metal dragon - known as Daiku Maryu - and its crew are TheRebellion against this attack.
Gaiking: Legend of Daiku Maryu began on the 12th of November, 2005, and ran for 39 episodes. It has also features in the SuperRobotWars games for the NintendoDS, SRW K and SRW L.
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