Panzer World Galient

Panzer World Galient (機甲界ガリアン, Kikōkai Garian) is a 1984 Japanese fantasy and science fiction anime television series produced by Sunrise. It was directed by Ryōsuke Takahashi and written by Sōji Yoshikawa with mechanical design by Kunio Okawara and Yutaka Izubuchi. It aired on Nippon Television in Japan from October 5, 1984, to March 29, 1985, lasted up to 25 episodes. It is the third installment of the Takahashi Mecha Trilogy, following both Armored Trooper Votoms and Fang of the Sun Dougram, respectively.

Panzer World Galient
Cover of the Premium Blu-ray Box release, depicting the two titular mecha of the series. Top: Assault Galient. Bottom: Tetsukyojin.
機甲界ガリアン (Kikōkai Garian)
Genre	High fantasy, Mecha, Military sci-fi
Anime television series
Directed by	Ryōsuke Takahashi
Written by	Sōji Yoshikawa
Music by	Tooru Fuyuki
Studio	Nippon Sunrise
Licensed by	Sentai Filmworks
Original network	Nippon Television
Original run	October 5, 1984 – March 29, 1985
Episodes	25
Anime film series
Chapter of the Land and the Sky (compilation films)
Directed by	Ryōsuke Takahashi
Written by	Sōji Yoshikawa
Music by	Tooru Fuyuki
Studio	Nippon Sunrise
Licensed by	Sentai Filmworks
Released	January 21, 1986 – March 25, 1986
Runtime	70 minutes (each)
Films	2
Original video animation
Crest of Iron
Directed by	Masashi Ikeda
Written by	Jinzo Toriumi
Music by	Seiji Yokoyama
Studio	Nippon Sunrise
Licensed by	Sentai Filmworks
Released	August 5, 1986
Runtime	55 minutes

Plot

Set in the medieval-looking fantasy world of Arst, Prince Jordy Volder takes up the fight against the conqueror Marder. Jordy uses the legendary giant robot "panzer" Galient, which is one of many panzers preserved underground for millennia. Using an army of advanced robot panzers, Marder is conquering Arst in preparation to dominate the Crescent Galaxy.

The final episode ended with a tighter daylight shot on the sword that pans to the handle. Prince Jordy's hand then pulls the sword from the sand and lifts it in the air and we see him embracing Chururu. The credits flash onscreen as the Prince and Chururu look at each other while the images of the prince's mother and friends appear onscreen with rose petals blowing in the wind completing the ending. The main antagonist Mauder was fighting something worse than him and the union of civilized planets that suppressed free will and were not afraid to destroy planets because of this. When Jordy became king and an adult he could travel the stars. He found out that Mauder and his right hand man successfully overthrew the union of civilized planets. Jordy found out he was the guy who should be in charge and the leadership overthrew the faction he was the direct heir and were fighting against.

Marder and his right hand man basically said they would not be ruling the successor state and gave it to Jordy even though they helped him run it. Jordy in adulthood forgave Mauder and pardoned him. He even recognized him as a king of Arst who only took over to overthrow a government that should not exist. He left Arst in a better place than he found it. Arst still views him positively.

Theme music

• Opening Theme: "The Galient World – Run For Your Life" by EUROX
• Ending Theme: "Hoshi no Ichibyō" (lit. "A Second of a Star") by EUROX

The show's opening and ending musical themes were composed and performed by EUROX, a Japanese progressive rock band formed in 1984 in Tokyo. They did English versions of both songs with mostly different lyrics. They also did a 2009 remake of both songs in both languages.

The ending theme was normally accompanied by nighttime shots of a sword stuck in the sand and images of the characters reflected on its blade as the credits flash with the ending showing the same sword now showered with rain (as reference to a line in the song about crying).

External links

• Panzer World Galient (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia