UFO Robo Grendizer 1.26

Skull Moon Base Successive Attacks

or Skullmoon Full Mobilization!

or Les bords de l'abîme (The Edges of the Abyss)

Kouji and Hayashima (one of Professor Umon's scientists) blast off in a rocket from a spot hear the Makiba Ranch. They are on a mission to start building a small space station. The plan, as Professor Umon explains, it to complete the station in three years. The professor explains this to Danbei, Banta, Goro, and Hikaru. They are very impressed.

The Vegans see what the humans are up to and decide to do something about it. They launch a saucer beast to attack the space station that Kouji and Hayashima are building. The Vegans also send minifos to Earth to watch for Grendizer to launch so that they can destroy him and his base of operations. Hayashima and Kouji head back to their spaceship when they see the saucer beast approaching but Kouji doesn't make it and winds up floating out in space without any way to get back to the spaceship.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.25

A Flower of Love Bloomed in the Sky

or The Flower of Love Shines in Space

or Les amoureux d'Euphor (Euphor's Lovers)

A meteor crashes near the Makiba Ranch. Kouji investigates in the TFO. Daisuke takes off on his cycle in search of the meteor. Kouji finds a green haired woman being pursued by Vegans as he approaches the crash site. He attacks the Vegans with a machine gun. Daisuke arrives about then and helps to defeat the Vegans. He recognizes the green haired girl. It is Naida, a friend from his childhood on the planet Fleed.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.24

Duke Fleed Is in Danger

Blaki decides that Japan will be the next base of Vegan operations. He sends a fleet of minifos to conquer the island country. Grendizer and Duke Fleed are ready for him. The minifo invasion proves to be ineffective.

A new Vegan ship arrives carrying Captain Whiter. He has orders from The home planet to kill Duke Fleed. He crash lands on Earth and using some of Vegan technology he assumes the identity of Doctor Space, a NASA scientist. He goes to visit Professor Umon and shows him a space crystal. Doctor Space sends Kouji on a mission, which is actually a trap.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.23

Hikaru Calls for Help across the Waterfall

Danbei checks on his horses early one morning. They are acting a bit strange. Shiraba, one of the horses, breaks out of its stall and charges out of the barn. Danbei runs after it but then stops when he sees a Vegan ship just over the horizon. It has disappeared by the time he wakes the others. They assume he is seeing things again.

Daisuke and Kouji go to see Professor Umon who tells them that what Danbei saw must be a Vegan saucer beast. It must be looking for Grendizer. The professor tells Daisuke to investigate but to use Route 7 which comes out far away from the Space Center.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.22

The Courage of a Flower

The Vegans plot to steal a magnetic device that is interfering with their plans to conquer the Earth.

The Magnetic Focusing Device (MFD) can create a magnetic shield around the Earth but it isn't complete yet. Professor Chibana, the director of the project that is building the MFD, needs to consult with Professor Umon before the device will be operational.

Daisuke entrances Hikaru and Goro with his guitar playing. Banta comes by and wants to fight Daisuke. He claims to be trained in karate. Daisuke doesn't respond to Banta's taunts and keeps playing his guitar. Hikaru and Goro are very disappointed with Daisuke.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.21

Day of the Break of Dawn

The Vegans come up with a plan to melt the polar ice cap of the North Pole. They hope that this will cause great harm to the Earth and make it easier to conquer. Blaki is put in charge of dealing with Grendizer. 

Danbei is trying to contact aliens, once again, when Taro, one of the horses, gets very sick. They need penicillin. Daisuke rushes to the city to get the medicine. He is on his way back with the medicine when his vehicle crashes because of an avalanche. The vial containing the penicillin is broken. Daisuke is ready to head back to the city for more but then he gets a call from Dr. Umon.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.20

Escape from the Snow Covered Mountain

The Vegans launch yet another plan to wreck havoc on Earth. This time they use the combination of gravity devices and a total lunar eclipse to their advantage. Twenty-four gravity devices are built on the moon. Twenty-four more devices are built on Earth, inside Mt. Kirifoki. Their plan is to use the devices to pull the moon significantly closer to the Earth during a total lunar eclipse. Their presence in the vicinity of the Japanese mountain went undetected until some mountain climbers saw their big spaceship and took a picture of it.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.19

The Frightening Meteors

The Vegans use missiles to break up an asteroid that is headed on a collision course with their base on the moon. The meteors that are created from the breakup of the asteroid head for Earth.

Daisuke befriends Makichi, a boy who doesn't want to play with the others. Maikichi tells him about his village. Daisuke senses a kindred spirit in Makichi who has also lost loved ones.

Duke Fleed learns from Professor Umon about the meteors that are headed for Earth. He goes out to try and break them up. He breaks them up but the debris from them continues to head for Earth. Makichi's home village has to be evacuated because the meteorites look like they will hit it.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.18

Launch! Secret Route 7!

The Vegans use mind control to take over the bodies of some of the men of the village of Kisuzaki. Kouji wants to investigate the village but Professor Umon forbids it. Kouji defies the professor's orders and is ready to jump in the TFO and take off for Kisuzaki. Daisuke gets in his way to prevent Kouji from going ahead with his plan.

Minifos attack the Makiba ranch. Daisuke has to help the others on the ranch and Kouji escapes in the TFO. He goes to the village of Kisuzaki. There he encounters lots of men with glowing eyes. They are being mind-controlled by the Vegans. Kouji tries fighting them but they overwhelm him.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.17

Saving a Small Life

Hikaru wants to go out with the horses and Daisuke. He agrees but then sees that the weather is getting ready to turn and tells her they can't go. She gets angry at him for breaking his promise. Danbei insists that Daisuke and Hikaru take the horses out.

General Gandal comes up with a plan to help find Grendizer. The Vegans will establish a base on Earth. Blacki is put in charge of executing the plan. He sends Saucer Beast Giba Giba to Earth to level a couple mountains and clear a space for the new Vegan base.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.16

Victory of Love

Akira Hayashi, one of Professor Umon's assistants, is planning to get married. Kaori Shirakawa, his fiancee, comes to visit. A Vegan spy plants a mind control device in the flower Kaori wears in her hair. She is forced to do what the Vegan orders her to do. It is all a ploy to capture Grendizer and Duke Fleed, of course.

Daisuke sees Kaori wandering around after everyone went to sleep. The next day she asks Akira about Grendizer. He gets suspicious because he hasn't told her anything about the giant robot. Both men are suspicious of her but aren't sure what to make of their suspicions. Things come to a head after the Vegan shows up again, shoots Akira, and kidnaps Kaori.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.15

To My Dear Mother

The Vegans pull Commander Yara, one of their prisoners, out of their prison on the dark side of the moon. They want him to use his knowledge about earthquakes to complete the device they have built in the mountains of the Kanto region of Japan. The device will cause a massive earthquake that will cause much death and destruction. Commander Yara refuses to help until Lady Gandal threatens to send his mother to the mines of the Flaming Ghost Planet. The Vegans send Commander Yara to Earth in Saucer Beast Garu Garu.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.14

Boss Borot is Here!

Everyone gets up early on New Year's Day and goes to the top of a mountain to watch the sunrise. They are dressed in kimonos. They return to the ranch to celebrate after the sun has risen. Danbei has a little too much to drink and falls asleep.

Hikaru flirts with Daisuke. She doesn't say it but it is pretty clear that she likes the way he looks in a kimono.

Boss, Nuke, and Mucha, three of Kouji's friends from his time with Mazinger Z, come to visit in their robot, Boss Borot. The Vegans send a minifo to investigate Boss Borot. They quickly decide to destroy it. They plant bombs on it and then send Dorio Dorio, a saucer beast, to destroy it.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.13

Grendizer Is in Danger

Daisuke is busy getting ready for New Year's celebrations on the farm when Giro Giro, the latest Vegan saucer beast, attacks. Giro Giro uses the power of the sun to charge up. It proves to be a little too much for Grendizer. Double Haken, one of Grendizer's weapon systems is knocked off line.

Grendizer escapes the fight before Giro Giro can deliver the killing blow. That night Kouji locates Giro Giro and tries to destroy it while it is immobile. Giro Giro proves to be a little more resistant than Kouji thought it would be.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.12

A Girl Crosses Over the Rainbow Bridge

The Vegans are building a base near Mount Boki Dik Observatory. Saucer Beast Gani Gani is guarding the base and creates an earthquake which destroys a house. The only survivor of the earthquake is Miuke, a young girl. Both her parents were buried in the avalanche which the earthquake caused.

Miuke is rescued by Daisuke and Kouji who get to the mountain in a helicopter and bring her to safety in a helicopter. She is still in some danger as she has a concussion. She can't remember what happened or who she is exactly. Kouji flies back to Mt Boki Dik in the TFO but abandons his search for any evidence when the area is surrounded suddenly by a thick fog.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.11

The Evil Ones Are Intercepting the Burning Sun

The forces of Vega use a solar eclipse to try and defeat Duke Fleed and Grendizer once and for all. Their plan begins with them destroying all observatories on Earth except the one run by Professor Umon. Duke Fleed and Grendizer attack the Vegan mother ship which has entered the Earth's atmosphere. The mother ship retreats and lures Grendizer into the shadow created by the moon.

Duke Fleed quickly discovers that Grendizer is powerless in the shadow of the moon. Blaki sends Saucer Beast Bari Bari to keep Grendizer from drifting out of the shadow of the moon. The Vegans try to use a beam gun to destroy Gredizer. Kouji comes to the rescue in the TFO and pushes Grendizer out of the way of the beam gun using missiles with non-explosive warheads.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.10

The Eagerness to His Parents

Shinishi lives with his grandfather. His parents were killed in a flood when he was young. He claims to have met a spaceman. Banta and Goro tease him about his claim, which leads Shinishi to cause Danbei's cows to stampede.

Shinishi eventually apologizes for what he did. Goro shows him around the ranch. Shinishi is quite taken by the TFO. He runs off and meets a spaceman, who works for the Vegans. Shinishi thinks that the spaceman is his friend and seems to think that his parents are up in the sky. He hopes that one day the spaceman will take him to see his parents.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.09

Overcome the Forbidden Anger

Commander Minao arrives on the Vegan base on the dark side of the moon. She is tasked with destroying Grendizer. The plan is for her to attack and attach Gil Gil, her giant robo, to Grendizer and then blow them both up. Commander Minao is not Vegan. She is from the Planet Ruby. She must complete this mission if she doesn't want Planet Ruby, her home, to be attacked by the forces of Vega.

Commander Minao successfully engages Grendizer and attaches Gil Gil to Grendizer but her attempt to destroy Grendizer doesn't work out as planned. The two giant robots crash to Earth. Duke Fleed gets out and tries talking to Commander Minao but she attacks him with a sword. He manages to knock her out and brings her back to the ranch.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.08

What World of Peace Is This

The Vegans deploy a new weapon, a cloud that obstructs radar. Hidden within the cloud are magnetic mines. Kouji goes to investigate the mysterious cloud despite Daisuke's efforts to dissuade him from doing so. Kouji makes it up into the cloud but quickly crash lands on Earth. Danbei and Hikaru tend to the wounded Kouji after Danbei and Daisuke bring him back to the ranch.

Daisuke transforms into Duke Fleed and investigates the mysterious cloud. He is attacked my minifos but he destroys them fairly easily. The Vegans next unleash the magnetic mines on Grendizer. He is able to destroy most of them but doing so drains all his power. Many of the mines get attached to his outer hull. Duke Fleed passes out as Grendizer starts falling toward Earth.

UFO Robo Grendizer 1.07

Even If I Lose My Life

Captain Gorman of the Special Guard is sent to Earth by the Great Vega to inspect the Vegan forces there. He judges them to be inadequate and even though Blacki doesn't like it he is forced by General Gandal to follow Captain Gorman's orders.

Daisuke wakes up in a cold sweat that night sensing that something is about to happen. His fears prove to be correct. Captain Gorman, in saucer beast Jin Jin, comes looking for Duke Fleed and Grendizer. Daisuke recognizes the insignia on the saucer beast as that of the Special Guard, who destroyed his home planet.