is a Japanese manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 created by Naoto Tsushima based on Ken Ishikawa

Ken Ishikawa

was a Japanese manga artist. He is renowned as the co-creator with Go Nagai, of the Getter Robo anime series, as well as four of their subsequent manga continuations...

's draft and notes after his death. It was a monthly serialized super robot

Super Robot

is a term used in manga and anime to describe a giant robot or mecha, with an arsenal of fantastic super-powered weapons, extreme resistance to damage unless the plot calls for it, sometimes transformable or combined from two or more robots and/or vehicles usually piloted by young, daring heroes,...

 manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 continuing the Getter Robo

Getter Robo

is a Super Robot manga series created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa, as well as an anime series produced by Toei Animation. The series was broadcast on Fuji TV from April 4, 1974 to May 8, 1975, with a total of 51 episodes.- Plot :...

 mythos by way of the titular Getter Robo Hien. A total of 15 chapters were published the 28th of every month in Magna, a low-resolution free webcomic, only to be printed in higher quality in tankōbon

Tankobon

, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...

volumes collecting five chapters each. (Note: the official Japanese title uses Robot, with T, as seen in the logo of the series.)

Plot

Taking place after Getter Robo Go and before Getter āḥ, The series features an older Hayato, one of the original pilots of Getter Robo, who leads a new team of 3 youngsters who pilot a new machine: Getter Robo Hien. Together, they face an army of plant monsters led by evil Professor Jacov. Jacov seeks to eradicate all human life, because he believes plants are the rightful heirs to the Earth because getter rays influenced their evolution long before humans even existed.

Saotome Research Institute

The Head of the Saotome Institute and ex-pilot of Getter. He currently manages the institute after Prof. Saotome's disappearance.

Getter Team

Pilot of Getter Hien 1, he's the survivor of D city when his father and the friend were killed from the mysterious plant attacks. It excels in mechanic's manipulation, and it has the ability to turn parts of its body willingly into firearm-like weapons. The one's first campaign was decorated with mastering the control method of the first machine taken for the first time only by looking over the manual data for a short time, and subjugating father's enmity. He was then trained for a week and permanently became the main member of the Getter team.

Pilot of Getter Hien 2, the Jakofu killed her parents. Her white hair is from the shock of losing her parents at such a young age. They died right before her very eyes.

Pilot of Getter Hien 3.

Enemies

: A mad scientist focused on world conquest.he seems to know when his creatures are killed.: Professor Jacov's son.

Getter 1

• Attacks
  • Getter Tomahawk: A gigantic twin-bladed axe, and Getter-1's main melee weapon.
  • Plasma Nova: A giant plasma beam from the twin cannons inside Getter-1's shoulders.

Getter 3

• Attacks
  • Napalm Rain: Getter-3 launches an endless flurry of missiles launched from his arms, fingers, and many other spots.

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Excalibur

is a Super Robot from the United States. It has an aerodynamic form and a humanoid form.

Humanoid form

• Attacks
  • Justice: the Statue of Liberty
    Statue of Liberty
    The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886...
    
     changes form and becomes a giant beam cannon wielded by Excalibur.
  • Maximum Thunder:

Excalibur II

is a Super Robot from the United States. It has an aerodynamic form and a humanoid form.

External links

• Gentosha Comics
• Magna, Gentosha's Webcomic which publishes Hien