Mighty Orbots

30min

Animation

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Mighty Orbots is an American/Japanese Super robot animated series created in a joint collaboration of TMS Entertainment and Intermedia Entertainment in association with MGM/UA Television. It was directed by veteran anime director Osamu Dezaki and features character designs by Akio Sugino. The series aired from September 8, 1984 to December 15, 1984 on Saturday mornings in the United States on ABC and later on in Japan by Animax, totaling up to 13 episodes.

Production Companies

InterMedia Entertainment Company

Tokyo Movie Shinsha

TMS Entertainment

MGM/UA Television

Episodes

Cast

Magnetic Menace

1. Magnetic Menace

30min

8th Sep 1984

Two musicians working for Umbra use their music to summon a Magnetic Monster on Earth. The Orbots must unite to stop it before it destroys the planet.

The Wish World

2. The Wish World

30min

15th Sep 1984

Ohno begins to doubt her worth because she's ""just an Orbot."" Shadow agent Plasmus turns her into a human at her request, but when Mighty Orbots is needed on a rescue mission, Ohno finds she can't change back and as a result, can't activate Mighty Orbots!

Trapped on the Prehistoric Planet

3. Trapped on the Prehistoric Planet

30min

22nd Sep 1984

Deciding that Mighty Orbots is too powerful for his agents to defeat, Umbra has his agent Metanllis, who has the power to control minds, lure them to the planet Evilon with a stolen defense satellite. There, its prehistoric monsters will surely destroy the robot heroes. Meanwhile, a giant meteor is flying toward Earth, which will be devastated with both the defense satellite and Mighty Orbots unable to stop it!

The Dremloks

4. The Dremloks

30min

29th Sep 1984

Devil's Asteroid

5. Devil's Asteroid

30min

6th Oct 1984

Umbra creates Tobor, a giant robot that looks like Mighty Orbots, and has it run amok. Soon the Orbots are sentenced to Devil's Asteroid, the Alcatraz of space, for Tobor's crimes.

Raid on the Stellar Queen

6. Raid on the Stellar Queen

30min

13th Oct 1984

Rondu and Dia leave for a summit meeting onboard the Stellar Queen, which is taken over by space pirates. Mighty Orbots speeds to the rescue, but the pirates of misused the Stellar Queen's anti matter engine, and soon it'll explode and wipe out the entire sector!

The Jewel of Targon

7. The Jewel of Targon

30min

20th Oct 1984

Bo finds what she thinks is a giant jewel on the planet Targon. But when they bring it back to earth, a giant dragon-like monster hatches from it.

The Phoenix Factor

8. The Phoenix Factor

30min

27th Oct 1984

Leviathan

9. Leviathan

30min

3rd Nov 1984

The Cosmic Circus

10. The Cosmic Circus

30min

17th Nov 1984

A Tale of Two Thieves

11. A Tale of Two Thieves

30min

24th Nov 1984

Operation Eclipse

12. Operation Eclipse

30min

1st Dec 1984

The Invasion of the Shadow Star

13. The Invasion of the Shadow Star

30min

15th Dec 1984

Shadow scientist Werag invents a weapon that destroy an entire solar system and gives the Galactic Patrol a short time surrender. Meanwhile, fearing that they're about to be replaced, the Orbots decide to prove their worth by teleporting to the Shadow Star and saving the world, but find it more heavily guarded than they thought. Rob follows, but is captured. Can Shadow be stopped in time?

First air date

8th Sep 1984

Last air date

15th Dec 1984

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks