 If you liked
Chou Denji Machine Voltes V
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Muteki Choujin Zanbot 3
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Among 70s super robots (both released 1977) Voltes V and Zambot 3 stand out as particularly serious and dramatic. They both execute on their premises so well that they remain worth watching today.
Voltes V is the less cynical show and is a relatively "straight" example of a monster-of-the-week super robot show, but its melodrama is executed so well, it adds a lot of weight and staying power to what could've been disposable entertainment. Zambot 3 takes the same tropes Voltes V treats seriously but deliberately over-commits to the seriousness to the point it generates subversive black comedy and a very different flavor of drama. Both
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