Zillion (anime)
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| 赤い光弾ジリオン (Akai Kōdan Jirion) |
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| Genre | Adventure, Science fiction, Shōnen |
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| Directed by | Akira Watanabe |
| Studio | Production I.G. - Victor Entertainment |
| Network |  NTV |
| Original run | April 12, 1987 – December 13, 1987 |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
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| Directed by | Mizuho Nishikubo |
| Studio | Tatsunoko |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Released | 21 June 1988 |
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Zillion (赤い光弾ジリオン Akai Kōdan Jirion?), or Red Photon Zillion, is an anime series that ran from April 12, 1987 to December 13, 1987 on Nippon Television in Japan and was produced by Tatsunoko Productions and Sega. The series was dubbed partially, five of the 31 episodes, into English and released on VHS in the United States by Streamline Pictures. Streamline also released an OVA entitled "Burning Night" on VHS that featured the White Knights forming a band after the fall of Baron Ricks.
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[edit] Plot
The story takes place on the planet Maris in the year 2387. Around this time, the Nozas started to genocidally kill all humans in order to lay eggs and reproduce on the planet. Three mysterious guns dubbed the "Zillion Weapon System" appear and three teens (JJ, Champ, and Apple) are chosen to wield them as the White Knights in order to fight back against the Nozas.
[edit] Characters
- J.J.
- Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki (Japanese), Doug Stone (English)
- Apple
- Voiced by: Yuko Mizutani (Japanese), Barbara Goodson (English)
- Champ
- Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue (Japanese), Kerrigan Mahan (English)
- Amy
- Voiced by: Chieko Honda (Japanese), Wendee Lee (English)
[edit] List of episodes
- Codename J.J.
- Attack the enemy of the high skies
- 0.1 Second Chance!
- Trap of the shapeless ninja squadron
- Apple order violation!?
- Take off, Tricharger
- Struggle till death! J.J. v.s. Ricks
- Strike the oceanfloor base!
- Stolen Zillion
- Flames! Ricks' counterattack
- Birth of new zillion!
- Attack! Triple shoot
- Angry shutter chance
- Nightingale of the battlefield
- Life Or Death!? Confrontation of fate - Part. 1
- Life Or Death!? Confrontation of fate - Part. 2
- Tears! Let's search J.J.
- The beautiful Noza's challenge
- Match! Let's throw the coin
- Kick with a broken heart
- Clash! The sniper
- Great victory from a lie!
- Terror! Demon's bio weapon
- Great adventure! Warrior Opa-Opa
- Gentle fugitive Apple
- Revenge demon ninja!
- Extraordinary Rebel Ricks
- Mystery!? Zillion power
- Heroic! Ricks dies!?
- Planet Maris on the corner!
- Last shoot for victory
[edit] Music
- Opening
- Pure Stone by Risa Yuuki
- Closing
[edit] Trivia
The Light Phasers wielded by the characters look very similar to the Sega Master System's Light gun. Two games were made based on the series, both for the Sega Master System: Zillion, an action game similar in play style to Metroid and Impossible Mission. A Sequel, Zillion II: The Triformation, was a faster paced game involving a powered armor mecha which transformed into a motorcycle. Opa-opa, one of the minor characters of the anime, also was given its own line of games, the Fantasy Zone series. This is mainly due to the sponsorship of Sega in the beginning of the series. However, later in the series, Sega stopped sponsoring and the Light Phasors (though self-contradictory with the earlier plot which says the Guns cannot be modified or changed) were changed to newer versions that do not look like Sega's gun.
[edit] External links
- Zillion
- Zillion (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
