History Anime / RobotRomanceTrilogy

See Literature/RomanRoboAnimeClimaxSelection for [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary information]].

* {{Robeast}}: Slave Beasts and Magma Beasts in Combattler; Beast Fighters in Voltes; and Mecha Soldiers in Daimos.
* RobotBuddy: In at least two of them. Combattler team's buddy was named Ropetto. Voltes has Takko-chan, built by Hiyoshi.

** ''Anime/VoltesV'' fought Beast Fighters, fighting robots mimicked Earth animals

All three shows were created by Saburo Yatsude (not an actual person, but a collective pseudonym for Toei's staff) and directed by Creator/TadaoNagahama. Creator/YoshiyukiTomino collaborated in at least two of them.

* RecurringElement: Cast-wise, each of the trilogy will have Miyuki Ueda cast as the heroine of the series ([[Anime/CombattlerV Chizuru]], [[Anime/VoltesV Megumi]], [[Anime/{{Daimos}} Erika]]) and Osamu Ichikawa cast as blond-haired [[TheDragon villainous right hand man]] that serve as a recurring enemy ([[Anime/CombattlerV Garuda]], [[Anime/VoltesV Heinel]], [[Anime/{{Daimos}} Richter]])

All three shows were created by Saburo Yatsude (not an actual person, but a collective pseudonym for Toei's staff) and directed by Tadao Nagahama. Creator/YoshiyukiTomino collaborated in at least two of them.

The ''Robot Romance Trilogy'' is a ThematicSeries of three SuperRobot television anime produced by Creator/{{Toei}} and animated by Creator/{{Sunrise}} that were aired during the late 1970s.

** ''Anime/CombattlerV'': Several of them: Graydon's was TheDragon Garuda's personal aircraft, and its specs included slave monster production, missiles from its top, levitation even underwater, an underside tractor beam, teleportation, a buzzsaw hidden in one of six wings, and a pink heat ray; Bromber, Warchamides' attack saucer it had capability to levitate even underwater, an underside tractor beam, yellow eye lasers, and missile launchers at the midsection; and Santomagma, BigBad Empress Janera's warship used in the final episode. It was heavily armour-plated and its capabilities included tornadoes from its underside, spike missiles from the carapace, mouth flamethrower, freezing wind from front and side mouths, launch-able front and side heads, fangs strong enough to break a MadeOfIndestructium HumongousMecha, and laser beam bolts from all four heads.

** ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'': Guranrol and Cobrard. Both could carry around combat troops and several [[{{Robeast}} Mecha Soldiers]]. The first was equipped with giant missiles and four giant blades that could be turned in giant spinning cutters. The second was equipped with four-headed cobras that fired green lasers and a turret shot tinier missiles.
* AlasPoorVillain: TheDragon of each series is always pitiable -well, after a fashion-, as opposed to the BigBad, who is always a despicable bastard.
* AlienInvasion: It happens in the three series. Subverted in ''{{Anime/Daimos}}'', since the Baam-Seijin had not planned invading our planet and they intended to negotiate to settle peacefully. Too bad the BigBad had other plans.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted or averted. The Campbellians attacking Earth were only a tiny rebel faction. The Boazanians were not evil, but they were led by a corrupt ruling class and a greedy emperor. The Baam-Seijin were not more good or evil than your average Earth inhabitant.

** ''Anime/CombattlerV'' played it straight with the main characters. The first time they deployed Combattler, they handled it reasonably well in spite of Chizuru was the only pilot could be expected having got basic training. It was justified later: there is one computer built into each one of their helmets, and it help them to pilot it.
*** And it was deconstructed, too. In one episode, a child sneaked into the cockpit, thinking he could use Hyoma's helmet to drive Combattler. As a matter of fact, he could not, and he almost got himself -and everyone else- killed off.
** It was apparently played straight but quickly subverted in ''Anime/VoltesV'': When the Voltes team was roughly shoved into their vehicles, Kenichi protested they did not knew how driving them. Then his mother reminded him flatly they HAD got training to pilot aircrafts.
** ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'' justified the trope: Kazuya was a space pilot but nobody had taught him to pilot Daimos before shoving him into the cockpit. However, his MotionCaptureMecha was piloted through a mental interface, allowing him piloting it and using his martial arts to fight (and still in the first battle he needed being informed of the weapons of Daimos).

** RousseauWasRight: In a nutshell, many characters -on both sides- think humans are scum and they are not worthy of anything... but there always are good people makes them reconsider.
** Professor Yotsuya bluntly told he hated humanity in the SECOND episode of the first series. Still, he got forced to follow his friend's [[spoiler:last will]] and help the Combattler team fight the Campbellians. He managed to regain his faith on humanity in the process, even if his newfound faith was often tested.

%%* SuperRob otGenre: Seminal series for this genre.

%%* TomboyAn dGirlyGirl: [[Anime/VoltesV Megumi]] and [[Anime/CombattlerV Chizuru]] respectively.

%%* Villainou sBSOD: All Dragons went through one.

%%* CombiningMecha: Combattler and Voltes.

%%* CoolCar
%%* CoolBike

%%* TheDragon: Prince Garuda, Prince Heinell and Prince Richter.

%%* LatexSpaceSuit
%%* MechaShow

%%* OfficialCouple: Hyoma and Chizuru; Kazuya and Erika.

** ''Voltes-V'': Again, the FiveManBand every episode yelled "Let's Volt In!" to combine in Voltes-V. And every episode they killed the MonsterOfTheWeek with the [[FinishingMove V-Slash]].

%%* SeventiesHair: Obviously.
%%* SuperRobotGenre: Seminal series for this genre.

%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: [[Anime/VoltesV Megumi]] and [[Anime/CombattlerV Chizuru]] respectively.

%%* VillainousBSOD: All Dragons went through one.

* CombiningMecha: Combattler and Voltes.

* CoolCar
* CoolBike

* TheDragon: Prince Garuda, Prince Heinell and Prince Richter.

** Kazuya Ryuuzaki. His emotions are not like a flood; they are like a bloody ''tsunami''. When he is infatuated, he walks over with a silly, fond smile. When he is upset and sorrowful, he sobs loudly, cries ManlyTears and even punches walls. [[BewareTheNiceOnes When he is ''pissed off''...]] don't bother writing a will. There will be nothing left of you after he is through with you. And God helps you if you make Erika upset...

* HumongousMecha

* LatexSpaceSuit
* MechaShow

* OfficialCouple: Hyoma and Chizuru; Kazuya and Erika.

* SeventiesHair: Obviously.
* SuperRobotGenre: Seminal series for this genre.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: [[Anime/VoltesV Megumi]] and [[Anime/CombattlerV Chizuru]] respectively.

* VillainousBSOD: All Dragons went through one.

* WeaponOfChoice: Combattler uses a KillerYoYo; Voltes a BFS; Daimos uses two daggers.

* TomatoInTheMirror: I'm sorry, Garuda, you in reality [[spoiler:are the last member of a long series of clones made by Orellana.]] I'm sorry, Erika, in reality you [[spoiler:are the Princess of the Baam-Seijin.]] I'm sorry, Kenichi, Daijirou, and Hiyoshi, in reality you [[spoiler:are half-Boazanian.]]

The ''Robot Romance Trilogy'' refers to a group of three SuperRobot television series produced by Creator/{{Toei}} and animated by Creator/{{Sunrise}} that were aired during the late 1970s.

''Voltes V'' and ''Daimos'' in particular are [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff very famous in the Philippines]], as anime used to be {{Banned|InChina}} in the Philippines under the UsefulNotes/FerdinandMarcos regime. Due to both shows dealing rather heavily with civil wars and/or resistance of some sort or another, they became one of the symbols of resistance against Marcos isolationism, with ''Voltes'' in particular becoming a genuine Filipino cultural icon, far more famous there than in Japan.

''Voltes V'' and ''Daimos'' in particular are [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff very famous in the Philippines]], as anime used to be {{Banned|InChina}} in the Philippines under the Marcos regime. Due to both shows dealing rather heavily with Civil War and/or resistance of some sort or another, they became one of the symbols of resistance against Marcos isolationism, with ''Voltes'' in particular becoming a genuine cultural icon, far more famous there than in Japan.

The ''Robot Romance Trilogy'' refers to a group of three SuperRobot television series produced by Creator/{{Sunrise}} and Creator/ToeiAnimation that were aired during the late 1970s.

* NotSoDifferent: This trope was played often to show the Earth people and the alien invaders were not so different or to show the heroes and the villains had more things in common than they thought. And in Daimos it is the running theme.

All three shows were created by Saburo Yatsude (not an actual person, but a collective pseudonym for Toei's staff) and directed by Creator/TadaoNagahama. Creator/YoshiyukiTomino collaborated in at least two of them.

* BellBottomLimbeBots: All three animes have them. ''Anime/VoltesV'', ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'', and ''Anime/CombattlerV'' all have forearms and legs that are armored with armlets and greaves.

* RedIsHeroic: Hyoma Aoi and Ippei Mine wear red, Kazuya's civilian outfit is red (although his piloting suit is majorly white, with some red tints). Likewise, all titular robots are partially red.

* RedIsHeroic: Hyoma Aoi and Ippei Mine wear red. Likewise, all titular robots are partially red.

The trilogy is notable for presenting more complex storylines than those of most other Super Robot shows at the time, and indeed, the idea behind the trilogy was to create something that wasn't simply an overly long toy commercial. They also showed up fairly often in the early days of the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' video game series, although ''Combattler V'' and ''Voltes V'' have appeared more often than ''Daimos''.

''Voltes V'' and ''Daimos'' in particular are [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff very famous in the Philippines]], as anime used to be {{Banned|InChina}} in the Philippines under the Marcos regime. Due to both shows dealing rather heavily with Civil War and/or resistance of some sort or another, they became one of the symbols of resistance against Marcos isolationism.

* CharacterDevelopment - HumansAreFlawed: The three series touched on serious themes like ParentalAbandonment (explored ''very'' seriously in ''VoltesV'') and all kinds of racial-based prejudices (especially the FantasticRacism in Voltes V and Daimos).

** Dr. Kentaro Go from ''VoltesV'' (who also was: [[spoiler: [[LukeIamYourFather the]] [[TheDragon Dragon's]] DisappearedDad]]), along with Dr. Hamaguchi and Dr. Sakunji (who bordered on SadistTeacher)

All three shows were created by Saburo Yatsude (not an actual person, but a collective pseudonym for Toei's staff) and directed by TadaoNagahama. YoshiyukiTomino collaborated in at least two of them.

If you want to watch how most of the tropes used in the trilogy were born, watch the ''Mazinger'' saga (''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'') and ''Manga/GetterRobo''. If you want to watch how those tropes are deconstructed, watch ''Anime/{{Zambot3}}'', ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon'' and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. If you want contrasting how those tropes are used in other kind of HumongousMecha shows, watch ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' -and other series of the franchise- and ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''. Watch ''Anime/{{Raideen}}'' to know about their immediate forefather and ''Anime/GoLion'' (or ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'') to learn about their most famous heir. If you want to see how the SuperRobotGenre is made nowadays, watch ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' and ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Lastly, if you are interested in more YoshiyukiTomino shows, watch ''Anime/{{Daitarn3}}'', ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'', ''Anime/{{Xabungle}}'' or ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer''.

The trilogy is notable for presenting more complex storylines than those of most other Super Robot shows, and indeed the idea behind the trilogy was to create something that wasn't simply an overly long toy commercial. They have also been featured numerous times in the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' video game series, although ''Combattler V'' and ''Voltes V'' have appeared more often than ''Daimos''.

The aforementioned anime of ''Voltes V'' and ''Daimos'' are [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff very famous in the Philippines]]; because anime used to be {{Banned|InChina}} in the Philippines under the Marcos regime. These animes became one of the symbols of resistance against Marcos isolationism.

If you want to watch how most of the tropes used in the trilogy were born, watch ''Mazinger'' saga (''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'') and ''Manga/GetterRobo''. If you want to watch how those tropes are deconstructed, watch ''Anime/{{Zambot3}}'', ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon'' and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. If you want contrasting how those tropes are used in other kind of HumongousMecha shows, watch ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' -and other series of the franchise- and ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''. Watch ''Anime/{{Raideen}}'' to know about their immediate forefather and ''Anime/GoLion'' (or ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'') to learn about their most famous heir. If you want watching how the SuperRobotGenre is made nowadays, watch ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' and ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Lastly, if you are interested in more YoshiyukiTomino shows, watch ''Anime/{{Daitarn3}}'', ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'', ''Anime/{{Xabungle}}'' or ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer''.