Ambassador Magma (マグマ大使, Maguma Taishi^?) is the title and protagonist of a manga and tokusatsu TV series created by famous mangaka Osamu Tezuka. The TV series, produced by P Productions, aired on Fuji TV from July 4, 1966 to September 25, 1967, with a total of 52 episodes. It is the first color tokusatsu TV series in Japan, beating Ultraman to the airwaves by 6 days. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Manga )   (pl. ... Dr. Osamu Tezuka , November 3, 1928 - February 9, 1989) was a mangaka (Japanese manga artist) and animator. ... Tankōbon ) is the Japanese term for a compilation volume of a particular series (such as a manga or a novel series, magazine articles, essays, craft patterns, etc. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... Japanese dramas (Japanese: ドラマ dorama; J-dramas; from English drama) are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. ... P Productions is a japanese anime production company. ... Fuji Television Network, Inc. ... For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Still from an episode of the Casshan OVA Original Video Animation ), abbreviated OVA ), is a term used for anime titles that are released direct-to-video, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... Tin plate toy car by Bandai Bandai is a Japanese toy making company. ... Manga )   (pl. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mangaka ) is the Japanese word for a comic artist. ... Dr. Osamu Tezuka , November 3, 1928 - February 9, 1989) was a mangaka (Japanese manga artist) and animator. ... P Productions is a japanese anime production company. ... Fuji Television Network, Inc. ... For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... Ultraman logo. ...

Basic plot

The alien invader Goa plots to conquer the Earth. He first warns the Murakami family (father Atsushi, mother Tomoko, and son Mamoru) of their invasion, and demonstrates his powers by transporting them to a prehistoric jungle and destroying a Giant Dinosaur (in reality, Agon, the title monster of a Godzilla-like TV series.) before their very eyes. But they will not agree to surrender to Goa, so hope comes in the form of Magma, an armored, golden giant with long hair and antennae. He and his human-sized wife Mol, both created by the wizard Earth (who sure enough lives deep beneath the Earth), are sent to defend our world against Goa. They befriend Atsushi and Mamoru, the latter has Magma emotionally touched, as he wanted to have a child with his wife Mol, so Earth creates a duplicate of Mamoru, named Gam (who wears a helmet with antennas). Earth gives Mamoru a whistle, with which he can call Gam (when blown once), Mol (when blown twice) and Magma (when blown thrice) in times of crisis. So when Goa unleashes his various daikaiju, chances are, Magma, Mol, and Gam will fly to the rescue. Agon (アゴン) is the titular giant monster of a tokusatsu kaiju TV series, Giant Phantom Monster Agon (幻の大怪獣アゴン - Maboroshi no Daikaijû Agon). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Kaijū (怪獣) is a Japanese term that generically translates to monster. ...

Ambassador Magma

Ambassador Magma, despite his robot-like appearance, is not a robot, but actually, a living giant forged from gold. In fact, true to his original manga appearance, in the series pilot opening, the actor playing Magma (Tetsuya Uozumi) wore gold make-up on his face. There were difficulties, though, like the actor's face turning beet-red, drowning out the gold makeup. The easy solution: Uozumi wore a golden human-like mask. Cosmetics or makeup are substances to enhance the beauty of the human body, apart from simple cleaning. ...

Magma, just like his human-sized wife Mol and son Gam, transforms into a giant rocketship. In fact, he is one of the earliest transformers, even before the anime super robot, Brave Raideen, which set the standard for the genre. The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... The Super Robot Mazinger Z. Super Robot is a term used in manga and anime to describe a giant robot or mecha, with an arsenal of fantastic super-powered weapons, sometimes transformable or combined from two or more robots and/or vehicles usually piloted by young, daring heroes, and often... Brave Reideen (勇者ライディーン - Yūsha Raidīn) is a Super Robot anime series. ...

He also shoots rockets out of a panel located in his chest, and shoots laser beams from his antennae.

More about the US version (The Space Giants)

Space Giants is the English title of this series. The show is most notable for its humanoid robot heroes who responded to crises by transforming into rockets to combat a wide variety of dinosaur-like space monsters, and faceless, ninja-like villains called Lugo men who melted into oozing blob-like slime when killed. My name is tyler bonin. ... A Soyuz rocket, at Baikanur launch pad. ... Orders & Suborders Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Ornithischia Thyreophora Ornithopoda Marginocephalia Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ...

The main conflict of the story involved an evil space villain named Rodak who continually tried to conquer Earth by sending a new dinosaur-like monster from deep space to wreak havok on the greater Tokyo area. The stories were generally resolved in four episodes, much like Doctor Who, and a new monster would be found by Rodak to begin another four part struggle. Rodak's efforts were opposed by the an ancient white-bearded wizard named Methusan (sometimes called Methuselah), aided by a trio of humanoid robots that were capable of changing from humanoid form into rocket form. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, (and a 1996 television movie). ... The android Data, portrayed by Brent Spiner, from the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation An android is a robot made to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behavior. ... The term humanoid refers to any being whose body structure resembles that of a human. ... A Soyuz rocket, at Baikanur launch pad. ...

The human interest in the story was a family of three: a boy named Miko, his mother Tomoko, and his journalist father Ito Mura. The family became involved in the story due to the villain Rodak's desire to publish news of his presence to world media. The Mura family found themselves continually caught in the crossfire of monster attacks and harried by the Lugo men. A major sub-plot in the series developed when Miko's mother was kidnapped by the Lugo men and held in uncertain conditions for a number of episodes.

In the first episodes, the robot team were a duo consisting of a 50-foot gold robot aptly named Goldar and his companion, a silver-clad humanoid female named Silvar. It's implied they were created by the wizard Methusan. Early in the series, the wizard Methusan completed the team to mirror the Mura family by creating a humanoid rocket-boy named Gam in the image of Miko Mura, complete with his trademark red-and-white sweater vest. All members of the robot team were capable of transforming into rockets identified respectively by gold, silver, and red-and-white color schemes. Each had bulb-tipped antennae protruding from their heads, capable of discharging directed blasts of gamma rays. Goldar alone is capable of firing missiles from his chest cavity. A regularly featured plot device was Miko's ability to summon the robots by blowing a special high-frequency whistle - one blast to summon Gam, two blasts to summon Silvar, and three blasts to summon Goldar. A Yagi-Uda beam antenna Short Wave Curtain Antenna (Moosbrunn, Austria) A building rooftop supporting numerous dish and sectored mobile telecommunications antennas (Doncaster, Victoria, Australia) An antenna or aerial is a transducer designed to transmit or receive radio waves which are a class of electromagnetic waves. ... This article is about electromagnetic radiation. ... A missile (British English: miss-isle; U.S. English: missl) is, in general, a projectile—that is, something thrown or otherwise propelled. ...

The show first aired in Japan in 1966, and its international title was Space Avenger (one episode was dubbed for international markets). Originally intending to title it Monsters from Outer Space, the entire series was dubbed into English in 1972 under the title The Space Giants, but was not distributed widely to US television stations until 1978. 52 episodes were made, each running 25 minutes. The US Copyright is Owned by Bernard Schulman and Lakeside TV Company which is based in New York. It was known in Spanish as Monstruos del Espacio and in some English-speaking countries as Space Avengers.

Ambassador Magma makes a cameo appearance in the 2004 Astro Boy: Omega Factor game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, along with a number of other characters created by Osamu Tezuka. Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

US version name changes

• Magma - Goldar
• Mol - Silvar
• Gam - (same)
• Goa - Rodak
• Lugo Men - (same)
• Atsushi Murakami - Ito "Tom" Mura
• Tomoko Murakami - Tomoko Mura
• Mamoru Murakami - Miko Mura
• Earth - Methusan

1993 OVA series

A 13-episode OVA anime remake was produced in 1993. This series served as a retelling of the original series. The OVA was produced by Bandai Visual, Tezuka Productions and PLEX, and was directed by Hidehito Ueda. Still from an episode of the Casshan OVA Original Video Animation ), abbreviated OVA ), is a term used for anime titles that are released direct-to-video, without prior showings on TV or in theaters. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... This article is about the Japanese toy manufacturer. ...

Voice cast

• Mamoru Murakami - Masami Kikuchi
  • US: Jonathan Fahn
• Atsushi Murakami - Juurouta Kosugi
  • US: Sonny Byrkett
• Tomoko Murakami - Rika Fukami
  • US: Emma Jackson
• Fumiaki Asuka - Hidetoshi Nakamura
  • US: Steven Blum
• Miki Asuka - Miki Ito
  • US: Debra Jean Rogers
• Magma - Akio Otsuka
  • US: Steven Blum

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External links

• Series summary with episode list
• Official Page for OVA anime remake (Japanese)