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Giant Gorg (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kyoshin Gorg (Japanese)
Горг-колосс (Russian)
巨神ゴーグ (Japanese)
Themes: mecha
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: This is another magnificent action series from Yoshikazu Yasuhiko. Set on “Austral,” a mysterious island which appears from the deep sea of the South Pacific, the story depicts battles involving a thirteen-year old boy named Yu Tagami, who lands on the island, and his friendship with a mysterious robot called “Giant Gorg” as they embark on adventure. Together, they search for treasure hidden on the island. However, GAIL, a large international corporation, hinders Yu and Gorg in their search of Austral.
User Ratings: 36 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Excellent: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Very good: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Good: 5 votes (sub:4, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 3 votes (sub:3)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 69 users, rank: #6014 (of 9777)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.472 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8331, rank: #1978 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 7.670 (Very good−), rank: #1240 (of 9919) (seen all: 7.79 / seen some: 7.87 / won't finish: 4.40)
Bayesian estimate: 7.619 (Very good−), rank: #1052 (of 7496)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 1984-04-05 to 1984-09-27
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Bright Eyes" by TAKU
Ending Theme:
"Believe in Me, Believe in You" by STEAVE
Official website:
巨神ゴーグ (Japanese)
巨神ゴーグWeb (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 1
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Giant Gorg (Sub.Blu-ray) 2024-11-26 (from $49.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Giant Gorg - Complete Series Collection (Sub.DVD) 2016-01-26 (from $92.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Screenplay:
Masaki Tsuji (14 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-7, 10-11, 14-15, 18-19, 22, 25-26
)
Yumiko Tsukamoto (12 episodes
eps 3-4, 8-9, 12-13, 16-17, 20-21, 23-24
)
Storyboard:
Hideyoshi Oga (6 episodes
eps 7, 11, 14, 17, 21, 23
)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (5 episodes
eps 12, 15, 19, 22, 25
)
Mamoru Hamatsu (6 episodes
eps 3, 6, 10, 13, 18, 24
)
Naoyuki Yoshinaga (ep 9)
Norio Kashima (6 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 16, 20, 26
)
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (eps 1, 4)
Episode Director:
Hideyoshi Oga (7 episodes
eps 4, 7, 11, 14, 17, 21, 23
)
Kazuhito Kikuchi (6 episodes
eps 9, 12, 15, 19, 22, 25
)
Mamoru Hamatsu (11 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26
)
Norio Kashima (eps 2, 5)
Original creator:
Hajime Yatate
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Character Design: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Animation Director:
Tsukasa Dokite (eps 15, 21, 23)
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (23 episodes
eps 1-14, 16-20, 22, 24-26
)

Assistant Animation Director: Mayumi Ishigaki (eps 8-26)
Background Art:
Hiroko Murai (7 episodes
eps 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 23, 26
)
Kazuko Katsui (7 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 19, 21-22, 25
)
Kumiko Nagashima (ep 7)
Masumi Nishikawa (5 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 21, 25
)
Mitsuru Ishii (4 episodes
eps 7, 13, 18, 24
)
Miyoshi Takanami (7 episodes
eps 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 23, 26
)
Satoshi Miura (7 episodes
eps 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 23, 26
)
Seiji Miyamoto (Noah Art; ep 2)
Tatsuo Imamura (7 episodes
eps 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 23, 26
)
Tetsuo Anzai (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 15
)
Tetsuto Shimono (9 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 19, 22, 25
)
Toshiyuki Yoshimura (4 episodes
eps 7, 13, 18, 24
)
Yukari Matsuzaki (ep 4)
Chief Unit Director: Norio Kashima
Editing: Kazuo Inoue
In-Between Animation:
Ayumi Koike (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Chizuko Fukumoto (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 15, 19, 23
)
Emiko Iwayanagi (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 11, 16, 24
)
Etsuko Matsuno (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 9, 17, 21, 25
)
Etsuko Ogawa (6 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26
)
Fumiyo Yoshikawa (ep 26)
Hiroaki Gōda (eps 4, 8)
Hiromi Nishikawa (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 15, 19, 23
)
Kazuhiko Yoshimori (6 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26
)
Kazuyo Kuwasawa (eps 19, 23)
Kinji Yoshimoto (uncredited)
Kumiko Yoshihama (4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 14, 18
)
Mariko Aizawa (ep 4)
Masako Hirao (5 episodes
eps 8, 11, 16, 20, 24
)
Misa Kuwabara (ep 11)
Sachiko Ōhashi (eps 9, 13, 20)
Setsuko Takenouchi (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25
)
Yuji Mukoyama (4 episodes
eps 11, 16, 20, 24
)
Yumi Minamikurosawa (ep 24)
In-Between Check:
Chieko Kudō (eps 1-21, 23-26)
Etsuko Matsuno (ep 22)
Key Animation:
Akihiro Enomoto (6 episodes
eps 6, 8, 11, 15, 20, 24
)
Hideki Tamura (ep 2)
Hiroaki Gōda (eps 19, 23)
Hiroyoshi Ohkawa (5 episodes
eps 7, 9, 14, 17, 26
)
Hiroyuki Yamada (eps 13, 18, 22)
Itaru Saito (eps 2, 6, 22)
Kazuo Ohara (8 episodes
eps 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24
)
Kei Hyōdō (eps 1, 4, 9, 14)
Kenichi Ōnuki (6 episodes
eps 4, 7, 11, 15, 21, 24
)
Kumiko Takahashi (eps 18, 22)
Masami Shimoda (ep 25)
Mayumi Hirota (5 episodes
eps 10, 14, 17, 21, 25
)
Michio Satō (7 episodes
eps 5, 8, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26
)
Naoyuki Yoshinaga (eps 2, 9, 15)
Tatsuya Furukawa (7 episodes
eps 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24
)
Toshinobu Togawa (4 episodes
eps 10, 14, 18, 21
)
Tsukasa Dokite (5 episodes
eps 8, 11, 15, 21, 25
)
Yorihisa Uchida (9 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 11-12, 16, 18, 22, 26
)
Yoshihisa Sakurai (7 episodes
eps 5, 7, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26
)
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (OP)
Manga Adaptation: Toshimitsu Shimizu
Music Composition: Mitsuo Hagita
Photography:
Harumi Sakai (eps 7-26)
Hiroaki Yamada (eps 1-6)
Kenji Noda (eps 1-6)
Koichi Okuda (eps 1-6)
Teruo Abe (eps 1-6)
Tomoko Endō (eps 7-26)
Tomoko Sasamoto (eps 7-21, 26)
Yōko Kitamura (eps 22-25)
Yoshihiro Kessoku (eps 1-6)
Production Desk: Tamiyuki Tomita (eps 1-26)
Setting Production: Kouji Takamori (eps 1-26)
Sound Effects: Kazutoshi Satō
Special Effects: Kō Yamamoto
Mayumi Tanaka as Yū Tagami

Asami Mukaidono as Aroi
Kazumi Amemiya as Doris Wave
Keaton Yamada as Dr. Tom Wave
Masao Imanishi as Captain
Masayuki Katō as Samuel Gotō
Naomi Jinbo as Sarah (eps 1-7)
Shūichi Ikeda as Rod Balboa
Yūko Sasaki as Sarah (eps 8-26)
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Roy Balboa

Bin Shimada as Zenon
Daisuke Gouri as O'Donnell
Fumihiko Tachiki as Tomeniku
Gara Takashima as Lady Links
Kōichi Chiba as Professor Tagami
Kōji Totani as Bem
Masaharu Satō as Dr. Hekkeru
Masanobu Ōkubo as Hotsumatsua
Mitsuo Gunji as Manon
Mitsuo Senda as Jeff
Saburō Kamei as Devi
Shunsuke Takamiya as Sam
Unshō Ishizuka as Narration
Yasuo Muramatsu as Representative leader
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Sunrise
Backgrounds:
Art Noah (ep 2)
Artland (17 episodes
eps 1, 3-4, 6-7, 9-10, 12-13, 15-16, 18-19, 21-22, 24-25
)
Design Office MECAMAN (8 episodes
eps 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26
)
Broadcaster: TV Tokyo
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Finish Animation:
AIC
Kyoto Animation
Studio 2001
Studio G7
Studio Hibari
Taka Productions
In-Between Animation:
Studio Dab
Studio Happy
Key Animation:
Kugatsusha (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 13
)
Photography:
Imagination
Ogata Productions
Production: Sunrise
Recording Studio:
Central Recording (eps 18-26)
Tokyo TV Center (eps 1-17)
Titles: Maki Production
English companies
English staff
(none)
Distributor: Cinedigm
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
Midnight Pulp
RetroCrush
Tubi TV
Licensed by: Discotek Media
English cast
(none)

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