Andro Melos (アンドロメロス, Andoro Merosu) is a Japanese tokusatsu television miniseries produced by Tsuburaya Productions, aired in TBS from February 28 to April 29, 1983 on weekdays.[3][1] The miniseries was made as an adaptation to the popular Ultra Brothers Story: Andro Melos (ウルトラ兄弟物語アンドロメロス, Urutora Kyōdai Monogatari Andoro Merosu) and Ultra Super Legend: Andro Super Warriors (ウルトラ超伝説アンドロ超戦士, Urutora Chō Densetsu Andoro Chō Senshi) magazine and manga publications,[4] hence it became the first tokusatsu in Japan to be available exclusively on home video.[3] The show's name was inspired by one of the protagonists of 1975 Ultra Series manga The Ultraman (ザ・ウルトラマン, Za Urutoraman), Melos, but both he and the title character are entirely unrelated to each other.[5][6]
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Genre | Tokusatsu Superhero Kaiju Science fiction Kyodai Hero |
Created by | Tsuburaya Productions |
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Opening theme | "Andro Melos" by Ichirou Mizuki, Columbia Yurikago Kai |
Ending theme | "Kaettekoi yo Andro Melos" by Ichirou Mizuki |
Composer | Shizuka Tamagawa |
Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 45 |
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Producer | Tomohiko Hamada |
Running time | 10 minutes per episodes |
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Network | TBS |
Release | February 28[1][2] – April 29, 1983 |
The Andro (アンドロ人, Andoro-jin) is a tribe similar to the Ultras from Nebula M78. In addition to their devotion for peace and justice, they established the Andro Defense Force as their answer to the Inter-Galactic Defense Force. At that moment, the Gua Army started their conquest for universal domination and sent out their Fighting Bems to wreak havoc in multiple planets. To protect the peace of the universe, Melos and the Andro Defense Force rode the Andro Boat (アンドロ艇, Andoro-tei) to fly in the vast universe.[7][8][1]
The Andro Defense Force (アンドロ警備隊, Andoro Keibitai) is an organization formed by the Andro (a race with similar traits to the Ultra Warriors) under Zoffy's advice to maintain peace in outer space.[9] When the Gua Army spread their influence, the team set out to fight the regime and its leaders.[7] Each members wear Cosmo Tector (コスモテクター, Kosumo Tekutā) combat armor with distinctive colors and weapons.[1] As revealed in Ultra Galaxy Fight, the team had recruited several new members (including Andro Ares), as Andro Melos left his position as a leader to join the Galaxy Rescue Force.[9][1]
The Gua Army (グア軍団, Gua Gundan) is the antagonist of the series, a barbaric empire led by the unseen Combined Great Devil Emperor Gua (合身大魔帝 グア, Gasshin Daimatei Gua) and stationed on the similarly named planet.[7] The empire's main agenda is to spread their influence through iron fist and constantly fighting against the Andro Defense Force and Ultra Warriors for standing in their way of conquest.[16][1] Later in the series, it was revealed that Gua is actually the combined form of the siblings and his creation almost doomed the universe before Melos defeated him with the Grantechtor.
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