History Anime / GodMars

* BattleOfTheStillFrames: Every battle, which carries over to ''Super Robot Wars Z2''. The robots jump between poses instead of actually being animated. This changes in the second arc, with Godmars occasionally moving its arms a bit.

''Six God Combination Godmars'' was a 64-episode anime series that aired in 1981 to 1982 in Japan, Hong Kong and Italy. Other loosely translated names are "Hexademon Symbiote Godmars", "Six God Union Godmars", "Six Gods United As One Being". It is loosely based on ''Mars'', a 1976 manga by none other than Mitsuteru Yokoyama, of ''Manga/SallyTheWitch'', ''Manga/GiantRobo'' and ''Anime/{{Gigantor}}'' fame.

* InNameOnly: The only thing this anime has in common with the manga is that they both have a protagonist called mars, and they both share 6 giant mechas known as Gaia, Sphinx, Uranus, Titan, Shin and Ra, and that's about it.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: The Manga's DownerEnding sees Mars trigger the EarthShatteringKaboom. The Anime's far-more optimistic ending sees Mars/Takeru finally destroy Zuul and sparing the Earth.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: The Manga's DownerEnding sees Mars detonate Gaia's EarthShatteringKaboom. The Anime's far-more optimistic ending sees Mars/Takeru finally destroy Zuul and sparing the Earth.

The God Mars robot is the basis for the WesternAnimation/MightyOrbots.

* HumanAliens: Whether from Gishin or Mamelo or wherever, all the aliens encountered in the series look perfectly human. In OVA, Gishin is shown to be nearly identical to Earth in terms of infrastructure and technology, even having military transports and cars similar to those on Earth. The only difference is that the noble/ruling class elite all wear fantasty-esque outfits with capes.

* HumanAliens: Whether from Gishin or Mamelo or wherever, all the aliens encountered in the series look perfectly human.

* BoringInvincibleHero: When Godmars actually did fight, the battles were almost all brutal curbstomps with no sense of real tension because Godmars hardly ever took damage, and when it did said damage was minor (guess they weren't kidding about the "god" thing).
** Uniquely, Takeru himself was decidedly '''NOT''' invincible: the entire series is basically [[TraumaCongaLine just Zuul directly making him suffer]]. See TheChewToy.

* ChewToy: Poor Takeru is a terrific example. In each episode Emperor Zuul sends out assassin after assassin to kill him and he's beaten, burned, frozen, zapped, electrocuted, asphyxiated to within a centimeter of his life, at which point the title robot arrives to save him. In the third and final arc of the 64 episode series, he's even stuck with a psionic device which drains part of his LifeForce if he attempts to use his powers. It doesn't get much worse than that. Oh and, he knows that, if he does die, the super-bomb in his guardian robot will blow up the planet. YEOWCH.

'''Takeru''':MARS FLASH!\\

* NighInvulnerable: Godmars itself: even volcanic magma is shrugged off.

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Marg's first love Lulu, from the OVA. [[spoiler: Sadly, he wasn't able to save her.]]

The God Mars robot is the basis for the MightyOrbots.

In the year 1999, humanity begins to advance beyond the known Solar System. The small planet Gishin, led by the [[BigBad Emperor Zuul]], who aims to [[GalacticConqueror conquer the galaxy]], runs into conflict with Earth. He targets Earth for elimination and to do this, [[MosesInTheBullrushes he sends a male baby called Mars to live among humanity]]. Accompanying the baby is a [[HumongousMecha giant robot named Gaia]], which utilizes a new power source strong enough to [[ApocalypseHow destroy an entire planet]]. As planned, Mars is expected to grow up, where he will activate the bomb within Gaia to fulfill his mission of destroying the Earth. However, when Mars arrives on Earth, he is adopted into a Japanese family and given the name Takeru Myoujin. Seventeen years later, [[BecomingTheMask Takeru has grown up with a love for humanity and refuses to detonate the bomb as ordered by Zuul]]. However, if Takeru was to die, the bomb within Gaia would explode anyway...

* BoringInvincibleHero: When Godmars actually did fight, the battles were almost all brutal curbstomps with no sense of real tension because Godmars hardly ever took damage, and when it did said damage was minor.

* MightyGlacier: Godmars itself: even volcanic magma is shrugged off.
* MysteriousProtector: The Rose Knight

* SuperRobot

''Six God Combination Godmars'' was a popular anime series aired in 1981 to 1982 in Japan, Hong Kong and Italy. 64 episodes were aired. Other loosely translated names are "Hexademon Symbiote Godmars", "Six God Union Godmars", "Six Gods United As One Being". It was created by none other than Mitsuteru Yokoyama, of ''Manga/SallyTheWitch'', ''GiantRobo'' and ''Anime/{{Gigantor}}'' fame.

Six God Combination Godmars was a popular anime series aired in 1981 to 1982 in Japan, Hong Kong and Italy. 64 episodes were aired. Other loosely translated names are "Hexademon Symbiote Godmars", "Six God Union Godmars", "Six Gods United As One Being". It was created by none other than Mitsuteru Yokoyama, of ''SallyTheWitch'', ''GiantRobo'' and ''Anime/{{Gigantor}}'' fame.

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Six God Combination Godmars was a popular anime series aired in 1981 to 1982 in Japan, Hong Kong and Italy. 64 episodes were aired. Other loosely translated names are "Hexademon Symbiote Godmars", "Six God Union Godmars", "Six Gods United As One Being". It was created by none other than Mitsuteru Yokoyama, of ''SallyTheWitch'', ''GiantRobo'' and ''{{Gigantor}}'' fame.

* KickedUpstairs: Kenji in the 2nd arc

* ActuallyADoombot: Takeru's first few battles with Emperor Zuul result in the latter being seemingly killed, only to be revealed as a clone of the real one.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: What [[spoiler: Takeru]] does at the end of the series. [[MindScrew Possibly]].

* BecomingTheMask: Having been raised in Earth, Takeru comes to love the planet and its people.
* BigBad: Emperor Zuul
* [[{{BFS}} Big Frigging]] CoolSword: The Mars Flash, which comes from the emblem on God Mars's belt-buckle thing.

* BoringInvincibleHero: When Godmars actually did fight, the battles were almost all brutal curbstomps with no sense of real tension because Godmars hardly ever took damage, and when it did said damage was minor.

* ChestBlaster: God Fire, though it shoots from something that looks more like a belt buckle.
* ChewToy: Poor Takeru is a terrific example. In each episode Emperor Zuul sends out assassin after assassin to kill him and he's beaten, burned, frozen, zapped, electrocuted, asphyxiated to within a centimeter of his life, at which point the title robot arrives to save him. In the third and final arc of the 64 episode series, he's even stuck with a psionic device which drains part of his LifeForce if he attempts to use his powers. It doesn't get much worse than that. Oh and, he knows that, if he does die, the super-bomb in his guardian robot will blow up the planet. YEOWCH.
* CoolShip: [[SpacePirates The Frontier]]
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Wahl, Zuul's second-in-command, schemes to advance his own power right up until Zuul abandons him to die in battle against Takeru.
* EarnYourHappyEnding

* GainaxEnding
* HeyItsThatVoice: Fans of Showa-era Kamen Rider will find Emperor Zuul's voice very familiar: it's Creator/GoroNaya, the older brother of fellow seiyuu Creator/RokuroNaya, none other than the Great Leader.
* HumanAliens: Whether from Gishin or Mamelo or wherever, all the aliens encountered in the series look perfectly human.
* KickedUpstairs: Kenji in the 2nd arc
* LeapOfFaith: Whenever Takeru enters Gaia on a planet he does this.
* MeaningfulName: Namida. Given the [[ParentalAbandonment parental situation]] he's been having before meeting Takeru, it's no wonder.
* MightyGlacier: Godmars itself: even volcanic magma is shrugged off.
* MysteriousProtector: The Rose Knight
* NoExportForYou: Except for the CompilationMovie.
* PhysicalGod: Emperor Zuul. The only person to top him would soon come in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ''.

* SuperRobot
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Marg's first love Lulu, from the OVA. [[spoiler: Sadly, he wasn't able to save her.]]

* [[spoiler: AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]]: What [[spoiler: Takeru]] does at the end of the series. [[MindScrew Possibly]].
* BattleOfTheStillFrames: Every battle, which carries over to ''Super Robot Wars Z2''. The robots jump between poses instead of actually being animated.

* ChestBlaster: God Fire

* DragonWithAnAgenda: Wahl

* HumanAliens

* HeyItsThatVoice: Fans of Showa-era Kamen Rider will find Emperor Zuul's voice very familiar: it's Creator/GoroNaya, the older brother of fellow seiyuu RokuroNaya, none other than the Great Leader.

* FiveManBand: The Crasher Squadron
** TheCaptain: Kenji
** TheLancer: Naoto
** TheSmartGuy: [[TheHero Takeru]]
** TheBigGuy: Akira
** TheChick: Mika
** SixthRanger: Flore [[spoiler: and Rose]]
** MissionControl: Commander Otsuka
** TagalongKid: Namida
** TeamMom: Mrs. Myojin

* FinishingMove: '''FINAL GODMARS!''' Can pretty much be summed up as a powerful slash with the Mars Flash. Alot of the time, though, it is preceeded with Godmars using God Fire to internally damage the enemy mech (usually immobilizing them), which is how it is presented in [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Super Robot Wars Z2]].