Mekanda Robo

[chinocracy]

Who's the singer... MoJo, with a children's choir?

[SUGAPON777]

東京12チャンネル…

今ではアニメばっかだけど当時は希少価値かったかも。

クオリティは置いといてｗｗ

[MrFidelcaster]

In the early '80s Italian commercial TVs were flooded with Japanese animes. As a little kid, I was fond of all the giant robot series... except for this one! :-D

[andoc]

Mechanda is actually pretty cool, shame the animation looks so cheap, even by 70's standards.

[RKOunited]

watched this as a kid, loved the philippine english dub.

[zaku21001]

メカンダーいいなぁ。

そういやファミコン版？のスパロボに出てたな、メカンダー

やったことないけど

[hibikiaimitu]

盾をここまで凶悪な武器として闘っていたのは、後にも先にも、こ­のロボだけ。

盾といえばキャプテンアメリカだって？

・・・ノンノン

じゃ、宇宙王者ターガン？

・・・ノンノン

日本じゃ盾といえばこのメカンダーロボだよ。

[KWON1105]

@hibikiaimitu

確かに。でもこの技、スパロボに出てたら爆笑やったろうな。

[Yohko86]

OML, I don't care what anybody says, Mekanda NEEDS TO BE IN ANOTHER SRW GAME (so does Escaflowne, but that's a separate issue altogether) ! I myself haven't heard of this mecha anime, but after seeing that move at 1:11...man, I'd LOVE to shoot down foes with that!

[doctorlatino]

Me too i want what Mekanda Robo is on SRW! ;D

[dial3]

This is a first for me! never seen it, never heard about it . looks pretty awesome. Which came first' this or gatchaman?

[twinklestarph]

ABS-CBN 2 Philippines aired it in 1986 but was cancelled..

[ariereyes]

you can find all the 70's robot shows at this store in greenbelt. from mekanda, dangard ace, grendaizer etc. i completed my collection from that era already

[hanz1258]

@ariereyes where exactly in greenbelt? can u name the store? thanks

[SITAMURA]

元祖ジャンクマン（笑）

[tifahentai]

It's to bad Mekanda didn't have a ending, due to the financial crisis of the company it was in. I was lucky enough to see the it up to the time they where using cars and Mekander was in parts lunched to combine then the 3 cars or sometimes the jets combine into one then dock on the new Mekanda robot.

[0721king]

一周まわってスンゲーカッコいい

[ZXFILE901]

無意味な合体だけど歌はさすが宙明

[natu3791]

スンゲーださいんだけど。

[KaitouDandyZZX]

字幕のスピードが速い

もともとなんだけど

[tawewek]

mekanda robot is one of my fav back in 80's.

[wc260]

Mekanda Robo's company was having financial difficulty during late 70's 80's, so this series was never an ending.... And due to this trouble financial end... the rights of Mekanda Robo was unsalvagible.... wuwu....

[palawandiver]

sorry...not to forget JEEG robot!

[palawandiver]

sir, its "mekanda interlock", obscure & not far behind Q-DYNE, GAIKING, DANGUARD ACE, GRENDIZER & ofcourse the sentais JACK-Q, STAR RANGERS. rushing home to see this cartoons was bliss back then. Pag masyado mahal ang robot toy, sticker forms pede na din!!!

[Blackgaia02]

Man I wish this is again included in Super Robot Wars. It's involvement in Super Robot Wars Compact 3 isn't enough.

[kiddydoc67]

wow. ngayon ko lang naexplore you tube for this clips. galing! kahit pinakasikat voltes v, mekanda has the most memorable opening song.

correct me if im wrong but mondays ang mekanda di ba? the rest...

tuesdays- daimos

wednesdays- mazinger z

thursdays- ufo grendaizer

fridays- voltes V

anyone remembers another obscure robot toons: Balatack?

thanks to the one who posted this clip.

[marigoldms6]

yoon ang robot na may baltik.

[dimsum35]

yeah i remember balatack... and all of the other robot cartoon shows you listed... hayyy its fun to think of the old old days when i was still a child....

[mitsubishidiamante]

Oh My Gawd!! lol I cant believe I still know how to sing this song!! I use to sing this when i was a little boy!!

[kurionefrank]

めちゃかっこいい

[ironian]

Damn!!! I loved Mekanda, even if he was the least respected giant robot of the week.

What's not to love? Mekanda had a kick-ass opening theme, super wicked heel blades, and that incredibly awesome Shark Missile Attack. Asteeeeeeeg!!!!

[marigoldms6]

the least respected because everytime mekanda forms up,they yell mekanda intercourse or is it interfuck.

[vmkkid]

yeah my God brings back memories all of them MazingerZ,Daimos,balatak,Volte­sV,UFO Gredizer,and Macross oh and Astro Boy! LOL! i remember President Marcos banned all of them with the video games space invaders and pacman.

[cscentrlvideos]

DOn't worry about. That fucker Marcos is dead and all his vain attempts to ban these goodies ended miserably with miserable politicking. The Philippines is way better off without his archaic repressive methods (and plus! there are more anime & videogames out there than ever before to have fun with!).

[leonciagar]

definitely there's a japanese title for (PAUL IN..) that but unluckily I dont Know..Kalaban nya is like a Horned devil..pero naputol nya using his Yoyo..remember his small car or boat when he shouts.. YOYO MINAAA.....

[leonciagar]

Ang mt. dew non may pulp bits pa yun parang tissue na durog sa loob..star rangers originally are Go Rangers..sila nagpauso ng ganun genre..tapos ganda din opening theme nun..tapos walang bata sa labas ng bahay pag 5 pm na..lalabas na lang pag PBA na kasi tatay naman nuod tv Toyota vs Crispa.. tapos taguan na pag brown out...you guys remember PAUL in Fantasy land?....

[briareos02]

Holeee krap! You just deskribed my childhood. Na-alala ko and Paul In Fantasy Land! Do you know the original Japanese title? Hindi ku mahanap and Paul In Fantasy Land dito sa YouTube o sa IMDB.

[mekandarobo]

its on abs-cbn back in 1999

[twinklestarph]

Just type PAUL NO BOUKEN"~PAUL NO MIRACLE DAISAKUSEN and you'll find that video your looking..

[uging2373]

miss ko n to mapanuod ulit sana

[bubblesgarfield]

hanep, repapips! hebigat! hehehe...shempre, meron pa yan--voltes V, mazinger Z, UFO grendaizer...ano pa ba?

[MsUniverse4ever]

Galing sumipa! galing mangarate! heheehe! Tanda ko tong palabas na ito!

Heheheh, buko tuloy na oldie rin ako

[orionblaze000]

dinaig pa nito si captain america pagdating sa pagamik ng shield. hehehehe.. sana ibalik ang mga ito.. HELLLOOO GMA!!!! ABS CBN!!!! magising nga kayo at di puro panteseryeng korni naiisip nyo.. tubong lugaw pa kayo dito

[obscaluag]

namiss ko to a

an tanda ko na amp

[nyronald]

matindi talaga ang mga anime shows natin sa pinas!!! we were already exposed to anime at an early age... while in the states it was still happy funny cartoon w/o violence.ngayon palang sila na fully exposed to anime

eh! tayo at age 5 kitang kita natin kung paano nag kamikaze si mrs. armstrong sa mukha ng beast fighter. steve! big bert! little john! my babies!!!!.....kaboom!!!!!....­.mother!!!!!

[khaomanee04]

i'm an industrial designer now because of the big influence these robots had on me. i can still draw voltes v and mazinger z by heart. i just made a 3d computer model of voltes v! anyone like to see? galeeeeng

[0000i000]

In Italy the first mecha was Grandizer (Atlas Ufo Robot Goldrake in our country).

I do remember the enormous impact it had on child like me in seventies, and now is still remembered very well, take a lok at Goldrake in internet or take a look at Romano Malaspina a great voice actor

[darrelpogi]

a the good old days! how i wish i can go back time when i wad a kid! no problems to face!

[judelyn88]

Sarap talaga, until these robots were replaced by Honeylyn the Ballon Girl, Nobody's Child, Alakazam the Great, Ron Ron at kung anu-ano pang pang placate sa mga batang namimiss ang mga robots.

[a12aneo]

martial law scum!

[Amuroray1969]

FYI: GMA 7 Daily Super Robot Show Schedule every 5pm circa 1980's

Monday Mechander Robot

Tuesday Daimos

Wednesday Mazinger Z

Thursday UFO Grendaizer

Friday Voltes V

Channel 9 also had a line up Balatack, Danguard Ace, Jeeg the Steel Robot

Channel 13 had Getter Robot, Great Mazinger,Gaiking

Sarap mabuhay noon, ano?

[a12aneo]

Have GMA-7 and QTV air these shows in the original english versions and CN philippines will air the others aired on channel 9 and 13 in the original english versions as well.

[bearypretty88]

wow, natatandaan mo rin katulad ko... those were the good old days, sasabayan ko pa ng inom ng mountain dew habang nanunuod...

[nancybrew]

nga naman o.

nostalgia, sarap nga nung buhay non. D ko alam meron bang 5pm show yung GMA ngayon? English ba?

Sana pati supersentai na Star rangers at Kyodine.

At yung cartoons sa DOmsat RPN puputulin ng return engagement. Nyak!

to CarlistaFilipino:

Tagal ko nang hinahanap yung info on striker force. Me robot akong si number 8 nga e, kasi i want to know if it was an early version of astroboy na nasa Ship nya.

[obscaluag]

na miss ko to!!! an tanda ko na shet

[marigoldms6]

do not forget the silvery ultra seven

[askrodel]

galing! bilib ako sayo natatandaan mo pa. I used to watch these robot shows when i was a kid. Kaaway ko pa katulong namin kasi "Annalisa" ang kasunod na palabas sa GMA 7 nun at "Flordeluna" sa RPN 9 :) Mga 1979 to 1980-81 ata nun, i was just 8 years old :)

[judelyn88]

The opening title is swell enough & really has a great retention in my memories up to this day. Hearing it again is like seeing a long lost friend from high school. These robots kept us kids at home then, and I remember that we always race home before 6:00 pm to watch these shows or risk not having to say anything come next day where discussions about the previous nights battles usually dominates the major part of students time.

[judelyn88]

I would like to know whether somebody here still remembers the TV series "Sawakas"? It is a Japanese import (to the Philippines) made famous by lead starrer Kobayashi & girlfriend Reiko Abe. Its theme were always about earthquakes in Japan. About early 1980's. It is being shown late at nights, about 10:30 pm.

[DairuggerXV]

@judelyn88 :The one in question is really "Japan Sinks",A J-dorama adaption.Keiju kobayashi stars in this TV Adaption and ayumi ishida stars as reiko abe.now we already know what this Japanese import (to the Philippines) Is!

[judelyn88]

@DairuggerXV Thank you for the info. I really really like this show specially the cute girl Reiko Abe. I have a crush to one girl that looks very much like her then. 30 years ago... I can vividly remember the scene when a hanging bridge was falling down plank by plank and Kobayashi was driving it - surviving the falling pieces by just two plank or so... very exciting for a kid like me then specially that it is a late night show every wednesdays at 10:00 pm.

[judelyn88]

Respond to this video...  driving a car on the falling bridge - that is...

[TKGB2006]

Has this guy made it to Super Robot Wars? He looks cool.

[RyuseiDate]

Yes, in Super Robot Wars Compact 3.

Sad thing is, its for Wonderswan Color, thus making it a very unnoticed and overlooked SRW

[TKGB2006]

It doesn't matter if it's unnoticed or not, I just want to see him in action in SRW.

[SearchBomber]

Unfortunately, Super Robots in general weren't all that good in C3. Plus, Mechander brought along those stupid Omega Missles that wipe out a huge chunk of the field. At least it gives the ReGZ something to do. XD

[superallye]

One of the Underrated Super Robots...

[suprafreak777]

The enemy could only launch the missle whenever mekanda robot shows up. So, he has a time limit to finish the enemy robots before he gets hit by the omega missile

[jamesoblas]

i used to looooove this series to bits!! This program used to be shown in ABS-CBN, I think it was followed by the Lazerion robot (if anybody could recall). One thing just boggles me, why in the world does Mekanda robot always have to finish every battle before that stupid missile hits the ground? I didn;t really get that... I think it was called the Omega missile am I right.

[mekandarobo]

lazerion robot?

[hshim80]

i remember wathing this around the year of 1984~1985.I really enjoyed watching this. About opening i prefer my language version though. Because it was too long a time ago, i cannot remember the exact story, but remember some parts of fighting scene. I remember that i was mania of this anime back then.

[supaflyhomersimpson]

Any of you remember Gaiking? hahahahaha

[supaflyhomersimpson]

I ramamber BAlatak. great robot as well. Also Danguard Ace, Great Mazinger, UFO Grandizer... oh how about Captian Warlock of the Galaxy Express fame? I heard he had a spin off but could find any on the net. Great MAzinger too. hahahaha

[bimbz72]

Anyone remember Squadron Force from Channel 9 in the Philippines? 4 robots combining with multiple weaponry and a fire wheel combo? It aired together with Mekanda, Balatak, Jeeg, Getter Robo, UFO Grandizer, Danguard Ace, Mazinger Z, Voltes V, Daimos. LOL :)

[caznable2k]

bimbz there is another one they are two ultraman kind warrior they are humans but digitize into this two robot??? remember??? I remember squadron force

[judelyn88]

I guess its called " Kyodain".

[mandaraya]

yup

[mekanda1]

No...But I remembered most of the other robots you mentioned. and its amazing you remembered which Filipino channel all this anime series showed up on. I tthought it was Channel 7 isn't it?

[carlistafilipino]

Ano nga ba ang Japanese title ng Striker Force? Sana ibalik lahat ng robot anime noon, pati na ang Himitsu Sentai Goranger at ang JAKQ Dengekitai.

[a12aneo]

machine blaster

[fbbjim]

When I was in 2nd year HS, I used to watch "Mekanda Robot" every Monday on ABS-CBN (Channel 2) when I got home from school.

[FeintWheelKick]

before gundam seed dominated the weekday afternoon timeslot in late 2004?

[julianne017]

I've seen Balatak when i was little but never seen the final episode where supposedly got banned along with the rest of shogun warriors(i.e. Voltes V and Mazinger Z)but it was the most violent robot series i've ever seen.

[anyabear]

Ditto with what the previous posters wrote.

Catchy theme song.

[adiksadiatabs]

Catchy theme song...anyone remembers Balatak?

[gmaxinet]

Mekanda Robo was aired again in the Philippines somewhere in 1988-89 by Channel 2.I was in my 3rd year High School then.But I agree on that Mekanda was less popular than Voltes V, Daimos, & Mazinger Z in the Phils.But nway It is still classic.Tnx!

[austinpowers69]

Thanks for posting that! I haven't seen that clip since I lived in Manila in 1978. It seems Mekanda Robo was a lot less popular than Mazinger Z or Voltes V, but I loved the show anyway.