History Anime / RedPhotonZillion

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Creator/ToshihikoSeki (J.J.), Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Champ), Creator/YukoMizutani (Apple), and ChiekoHonda (Amy).

* XMeetsY: ''Manga/GetterRobo'' meets ''KamenRider''.

Despite the cult success of the video games, the Zillion anime received only a very brief release in the early 1990s in the United States. The first five episodes of the TV series, as well as the Burning Night OVA were dubbed and released on VHS by Carl Macek’s Streamline Pictures line. This anime was featured in the music video for MichaelJackson and JanetJackson’s collaboration Scream.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The BUrning Night OVA. For starters [[spoiler: One of the antagonists attempts to rape Apple, the plot revolves around a group of crazy whack cults, and the one-shot ends with Apple's ex-boyfriend committing suicide after giving J.J. a farewell speech to look after her.]]

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* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: TheDragon. When he decided that he had met his arch-enemy, he survived extreme hardships because he refused to die unless it was in a fair duel against J. J.. Also, despite having fallen out of favor with his queen and being injured, he still looked for the main character relentlessly for still another battle.

Red Photon Zillion (赤い光弾ジリオン, Akai Kōdan Jirion, as well known as just Zillion), is SciFi {{Anime}} that ran from April 12, 1987 to December 13, 1987 on Nippon Television in Japan and was produced by TatsunokoProduction and {{Sega}}. Thirty-one episodes were made, as well as an original video animation (OVA) movie titled "Zillion: Burning Night". After the production of the anime, Tatsunoko Production and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, the producer of Zillion, established Creator/ProductionIG to obstruct the dispersing of the excellent staffs of Tatsunoko branch which had done actual production. Therefore, Zillion is considered to be Production I.G’s first work.

"Zillion" spawned two videogames for the SegaMasterSystem, Zillion (an action game similar to ''ImpossibleMission'' with a bit of ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'') and Zillion II. It also left a legacy of becoming the first anime to inspire a video game system peripheral, namely the Sega Master System’s Light Phaser.

"Zillion" spawned two videogames for the SegaMasterSystem, Zillion (an action game similar to ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'') and Zillion II. It also left a legacy of becoming the first anime to inspire a video game system peripheral, namely the Sega Master System’s Light Phaser.

Red Photon Zillion (赤い光弾ジリオン, Akai Kōdan Jirion, as well known as just Zillion), is SciFi {{Anime}} that ran from April 12, 1987 to December 13, 1987 on Nippon Television in Japan and was produced by TatsunokoProduction and {{Sega}}. Thirty-one episodes were made, as well as an original video animation (OVA) movie titled "Zillion: Burning Night". After the production of the anime, Tatsunoko Production and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, the producer of Zillion, established ProductionIG to obstruct the dispersing of the excellent staffs of Tatsunoko branch which had done actual production. Therefore, Zillion is considered to be Production I.G’s first work.

* AnAesop: Right when the main characters were about of [[spoiler:killing the Queen and destroying the Noza spawn,]] their guns -which had never failed before- refused functioning. This is because [[spoiler:Zillium is sentient and values life over all things. It would help humans to defend themselves from extinction, but in turn it would not drive another species to utter extinction.]]
* AlienInvasion: The Noza Empire. They embarked in a campaign of planetary conquest to find other worlds suitable to their race's survival.

* AnimeThemeSong: '''Pure Stone''' by RisaYuki. An Earworm from epic proportions.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Zillium, the substance powering the main character's guns. Unknown origin, incredibly powerful and impossible to analyze. During the GrandFinale the protagonist trio discovers that, much like the ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Mazinpower]]'', the ''[[Manga/GetterRobo Getter Rays]]'', the ''[[Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon Ide energy]]'' or the ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Spiral power]]''-, it is [[spoiler:sentient.]]

* DubNameChange: In Spain, Zillion was renamed to ''Zillion, el Caballero Blanco'' (Zillion, the With Knight). J. J. was renamed Jaime.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: The villains unexpectedly got some good ones: [[spoiler:TheDragon died standing up during his last duel with J.J.]]; and [[spoiler:The Queen, after seeing that their eggs had been relocated to a safe place, and therefore their children would hatch and live on, she cried in relief and let herself dying at last. Standing up, too.]]

* ExtyYearsFromNow: The anime was done in the year 1987. The story begins -you guessed it- in the year 2387.
* GrandFinale: The last episodes, when the Noza throw a brutal final attack, and the three heroes travel at space to carry the fight to the Noza base itself and end up the war once for all.

* TheHero: J. J., although he is supposed to be Champ's TheLancer.
* HotBlooded: J. J., too.
* IdiotHero: J. J.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Creator/ToshihikoSeki (J.J.), Creator/KazuhikoInoue (Champ), Creator/YukoMizutani (Apple), ChiekoHonda (Amy).

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: TheDragon. When he considered that he had met his arch-enemy, he survived very harsh hardships because he refused dying unless it was in a fair duel against J. J. In spite of he had fallen out of favor with his queen and he was injured, he still looked for the main character relentlessly for still another battle.
* RedIsHeroic: Other than the word is included in the ''freaking'' title, J. J.'s uniform includes a red shirt that he always wears.

* RuleOfThree: There is only three guns capable to destroy the Noza. And the main characters are three.

* {{Sega}}: They co-produced the series and made the games based on it.
* SegaMasterSystem: Two games were released in this system.

* TransformingMecha: In the game Zillion II appeared a bike that morphed into a PowerArmor.

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: If the BigBad would have approached to the Marisian Government to explain her plight instead of leading an invasion, possibly she would have been listened to and aided to find another world to settle on.

Quickly it is created an elite fighting force called "the White Knights", and three young Marissian colonists called J.J., Champ and Apple, are chosen and specially trained to use these weapons. They are the last hope for survival for the Colonists.

"Zillion" spawned two videogames for the SegaMasterSystem, Zillion (an action game similar to ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'') and Zillion II. It also left a legacy of becoming the first anime to inspire a video game hardware, namely Sega Master System’s Light Phaser.

Opa-Opa, from ''VideoGame/FantasyZone'' fame, was a minor frequent character in the show.

In 1993, Eternity Comics published a comic book adaptation, written by Tom Mason, drawn by Harrison Fong, and lettered by Tim Eldred.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Creator/ToshihikoSeki (J.J.), KazuhikoInoue (Champ), Creator/YukoMizutani (Apple), ChiekoHonda (Amy).

* NamesToKnowInAnime: ToshihikoSeki (J.J.), KazuhikoInoue (Champ), Creator/YukoMizutani (Apple), ChiekoHonda (Amy).

* OlderThanTheyThink: Most people that played the games does not know what they are based on an anime series.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: ToshihikoSeki (J.J.), KazuhikoInoue (Champ), YukoMizutani (Apple), ChiekoHonda (Amy).

* ActionHoggingOpening

Red Photon Zillion (赤い光弾ジリオン, Akai Kōdan Jirion, as well known as just Zillion), is SciFi {{Anime}} that ran from April 12, 1987 to December 13, 1987 on Nippon Television in Japan and was produced by Tatsunoko Production and {{Sega}}. Thirty-one episodes were made, as well as an original video animation (OVA) movie titled "Zillion: Burning Night". After the production of the anime, Tatsunoko Production and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, the producer of Zillion, established Production I.G to obstruct the dispersing of the excellent staffs of Tatsunoko branch which had done actual production. Therefore, Zillion is considered to be Production I.G’s first work.

[[caption-width-right:350:From the forefront to the background: Apple, J.J., Amy and Champ]]

Opa-Opa, from ''VideoGame/FantasyZone'' fame, was a minor frquent character in the show.

* DyingMomentFromAwesome: The villains unexpectedly got some good ones: [[spoiler:TheDragon died standing up during his last duel with J.J.]]; and [[spoiler:The Queen, after seeing that their eggs had been relocated to a safe place, and therefore their children would hatch and live on, she cried in relief and let herself dying at last. Standing up, too.]]

* TheHero: J. J.
* HotBlooded

** MaskedMooks: ''All'' of them wear a white mask covering their faces. Possible subversion, since the BigBad also wears one.

** TwoGuysAndOneGirl: J. J., Champ and Apple.

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If the BigBad would have approached to the Marisian Government to explain her trouble, she

* ZombiePirateNinjaRobot: The enemies are alien cyborgs.