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Looking for name of Sci-fi android Anime




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creames



Joined: 21 Nov 2004
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Location: South-West England
PostPosted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 1:44 pm Reply with quote
Hi there.
I've been looking for this for absolutely years, but because I only remember this scene, I've come up with nothing. Any help would be great. Thanks.

A Science Fiction story about a group of people battling aliens or giant robots. One scene has a young boy go into a loading bay whilst a lady bangs on its locked door trying to get the boy out, saying he's too young. The boy then flies on a robot horse with wings towards a giant robot or alien. There is a huge explosion, and the boy's lifeless torso (he is an android), limbs torn off, falls to the ground. The whole group of people are gathered there, and the lady weeps over his body. Despite the violence this might be a kids' Anime because of the whole battling robots thing. It was dubbed into English.

I think it might be from a TV series, I'm not sure.
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Sir_Brass



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PostPosted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 2:01 pm Reply with quote
Could it possibly be Astroboy?
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creames



Joined: 21 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 4:48 am Reply with quote
I have to say 'Astroboy' never crossed my mind. What I saw looked like it was from the 1970s or 1980s, and the latest I could have seen this was 1993, so if there was a series from that time, then possibly yeah.

I don't think this boy was the main character, maybe just the standard kid in the team of heroes. I have to say Telemachus from 'Ullyses 31' always reminds me of this scene, maybe this character had light-coloured hair too.
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creames



Joined: 21 Nov 2004
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:28 am Reply with quote
After years of looking I finally found the Anime this scene was from! Very Happy
It's an episode from the 'Gaiking' series. The boy is a character called Pela who with his winged horse Pegasus becomes a powerful weapon. I pretty much found it buy chance from a video sleeve description. It feels great to see it again.
The title's a little confusing. 'Gaiking' was released on video in the UK as 'The Protectors', and another Jim Terry Productions anime, 'Starvengers', was released as 'The Formators'. The video of this episode is under 'The Formators', so there must have been some mistake in labelling. Confused
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