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Allow me to write a few words since there is no review for this series so far. In brief, I would say that it a standard 70's anime giant robot series that any fan of the genre would enjoy.

Dai Apolon is a giant robot, made from three different robots, gettting the 3-part idea from the previously released classic Getter Robo. The main character Takeshi is a 16-year-old orphan that is revealed to be a prince from planet Apolo raised at an orphanage. Along with four other orphan chilrden they make the UFO shounen team against the Dazaan forces that are attacking Earth.

The main story starts ... a bit crudely at the first 3-4 episodes but it gets better as it progresses so don't be discouraged at first. The characters are typical of a five member team of that time and the dosage of drama and comedy is well balanced in my opinion.

The only thing that makes me wonder is the design of Dai Apolon as a huge american football player and that the characters are dressed like that too. Well, do they play american football in planet Apolo? They could have added that element in the story as an explanation to make it believable. As far as I know american football was not a trend in Japan (even if they had teams then they were amateur teams) and of course it makes the series lose points for that ridiculous (but original I have to say) choice in my eyes.

To sum up, apart from what I mentioned right above and the rough start, it's a very decent watch.

Since there are no reviews of the series I thought I had to write a little something. In a summary I would say that Uchuu Majin Daikengou is your typical super robot anime of the 70's in all departments, recommended for fans of the genre and with only 26 episodes it doesn't overstay it's welcome.

The protagonist is prince Ryger of planet Emperius who along with Cleo and the comic relief characters of the story Anike and Otoke (in my opinion they are more irritating than entertaining). Their mission is to stop the Mangellan empire from conquering the galaxy and they are up against a multitude ... of giant robots that are mostly fossils of animals, insects, fish etc. sent by Roboleon, the robot general of Magellan and creation of Lady Baracross (which is another comic relief character and the one that makes a better job than Anike and Otoke in my opinion).

Overall I think it's a decent watch. I would prefer if there was less comedy involved because it becomes frustrating at times. The drama and suspence elements are nice but most of the time expected and the main story is OK but nothing special. Another minor negative is that there are I believe two or three episodes with some repeated scenes and in a such a small series you don't want that.