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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Getter-Robo-01-000a.jpg
| caption = First {{Transliteration|ja|[[aizōban]]}} volume cover
| ja_kanji = ゲッターロボ
| ja_romaji = Gettā Robo
| genre = [[Super robot]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Freisthler|first=Scott|title=The History of Getter Robo and What It Influenced|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-08-30/the-history-of-getter-robo-and-what-it-influenced/.176496|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 27, 2022|date=August 30, 2021|archive-date=October 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027042623/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2021-08-30/the-history-of-getter-robo-and-what-it-influenced/.176496|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with [[MOS:A&M]]. -->
| creator = {{ubl|[[Ken Ishikawa (manga artist)|Ken Ishikawa]]|[[Go Nagai]]}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Tomoharu Katsumata]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = [[Shun'ichi Yukimuro]]
| music           = [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]]
| studio          = [[Toei Animation]]
| network         = [[Fuji Network System|FNS]] ([[Fuji TV]])
| first           = April 4, 1974
| last            = May 8, 1975
| episodes        = 51
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = Go Nagai{{efn|name=w&i|Although Go Nagai is credited as the writer and Ken Ishikawa as the illustrator of the manga, ''Getter Robo'' was actually written and illustrated by several artists from [[Dynamic Planning|Dynamic Pro]] including Nagai and Ishikawa themselves.}}
| illustrator     = Ken Ishikawa{{efn|name=w&i|}}
| publisher       = {{ubl|[[Shogakukan]]|[[Futabasha]] (reprint)}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]}}
| magazine        = [[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]
| first           = April 7, 1974 
| last            = August 24, 1975
| volumes         = 6
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = film
| title           = [[Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo]]
| director        = [[Masayuki Akehi]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = Keisuke Fujikawa
| music           = {{ubl|[[Michiaki Watanabe]]|Shunsuke Kikuchi}}
| studio          = Toei Animation
| released        = March 21, 1975
| runtime         = 30 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| title           = [[Getter Robo G]]
| director        = {{ubl|Akinori Orai|Osamu Kasai|Yasuo Yamaguchi|Yoichi Kominato}} 
| producer        = 
| writer          = {{ubl|Susumu Takaku|Shozo Uehara|Tatsuo Tamura|Mitsuru Majima}}
| music           = Shunsuke Kikuchi
| studio          = Toei Animation
| network         = Fuji TV
| first           = May 15, 1975
| last            = March 25, 1976
| episodes        = 39
| episode_list    =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| title           = Shin Getter Robo
| type            = manga
| author          = Ken Ishikawa
| publisher       = Futabasha
| demographic     = ''Shōnen''
| magazine        = [[Manga Action|Weekly Manga Action]]
| first           = 1996
| last            = 1998
| volumes         = 2
}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Getter Robo'''''|ゲッターロボ|Gettā Robo|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[Mecha anime and manga|mecha]] [[media franchise]] created by [[Ken Ishikawa (manga artist)|Ken Ishikawa]] and [[Go Nagai]]. An [[anime]] television series produced by [[Toei Animation]] was broadcast on [[Fuji TV]] from April 4, 1974, to May 8, 1975, with a total of 51 episodes. The manga was serialized in [[Shogakukan]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]'' from April 7, 1974, to August 24, 1975,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ゲッター・ロボ|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C92332|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|access-date=October 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027044241/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C92332|archive-date=October 27, 2022|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> and was compiled in six volumes by [[Shogakukan]] and three volumes by [[Futabasha]].

==Plot==
{{Main article|List of Getter Robo characters}}
The plot involves three strong-willed teenagers: [[Ryoma Nagare]], [[Hayato Jin]] and [[Musashi Tomoe]], who pilot three specially designed combat jets (Eagle, Jaguar, and Bear) which can be combined into three different giant robots, Getter-1 (balanced and for flight combat), Getter-2 (fast and for ground combat), and Getter-3 (strong and for marine combat). They were assembled by Prof. Saotome, who conceived the Getter Robo project as a means of deep-space exploration. The Getter machine is powered by an energy source known as Getter Rays, which are the invisible manifestation of the pilot's willpower. It became instead Earth's first line of defense against the Dinosaur Empire, a civilization of reptile-like humanoids who evolved from the now-extinct dinosaurs that roamed the earth millions of years ago. They have lived many years underground after being forced to do so by getter ray radiation from space that did not affect the apes who evolved into humans; they now want to reclaim the Earth as theirs and destroy humanity.

== Development ==
While already collaborating with Toei Animation producer Ken Ariga, Dynamic Pro president Takashi Nagai approached his brother and the founder of [[Dynamic Planning|Dynamic Pro]], Go Nagai, along with Ariga, to initiate the creation of another mecha series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ダイナミックプロダクション |url=http://www.dynamicproduction.co.jp/d-pro_gaiyo.html |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=www.dynamicproduction.co.jp |archive-date=2024-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407120925/http://www.dynamicproduction.co.jp/d-pro_gaiyo.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Takashi proposed the concept of three main characters, and during discussions with Ken Ariga, the idea of three different piloted robots combining into one robot with three distinct forms emerged. Although Go Nagai was initially confused by the concept, he agreed to participate in the project. Later, it was decided that the anime production could not proceed until a manga version was also released. With Go Nagai already illustrating and writing multiple manga creations such as ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', ''[[Violence Jack]]'', and ''[[Cutie Honey]]'', he expressed his inability to take on more work to his brother and recommended his assistant and friend, Ken Ishikawa, for the job.<ref name=":2" />

Go Nagai assisted with the creation of characters Getter-2 and Getter-3 when Ishikawa faced difficulties after designing Getter-1. Nagai also contributed foundational ideas for ''Getter Robo'', such as the concept of Getter Rays, but left the detailed development of the settings and plot to Ishikawa.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=【公式】アニメ『ゲッターロボ アーク』 |url=https://getterrobot-arc.com/author/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=【公式】アニメ『ゲッターロボ アーク』 |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Getter-Robot Chronicle |publisher=Futabasha |year=1998 |isbn=978-4575288858 |pages=}}</ref>

==Volume list==
[[Shogakukan]] has compiled the series' chapters into six {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. The first four volumes compile the chapters of the ''Dinosaur Empire'' arc (equivalent to the ''Getter Robo'' anime story) while the last two volumes compiles the chapters of the ''Hundred Demons Empire'' arc (equivalent to the ''[[Getter Robo G]]'' anime story). The manga was re-released in three {{Transliteration|ja|[[aizōban]]}} volumes by [[Futabasha]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=双葉社 |url=https://www.futabasha.co.jp/search?grouping=%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB%20%E3%82%B2%E3%83%83%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9C%E8%99%9F |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.futabasha.co.jp |archive-date=2024-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713054215/https://www.futabasha.co.jp/search?grouping=%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB%20%E3%82%B2%E3%83%83%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9C%E8%99%9F |url-status=live }}</ref>

;Futabasha edition
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{{Graphic novel list
| LineColor = 009
| VolumeNumber = 1
| RelDate = February 19, 2002
| OriginalISBN = 4-575-72372-X
| ChapterList =
* Prologue
* Chapters 1 to 7
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| VolumeNumber = 2
| RelDate = February 19, 2002
| OriginalISBN = 4-575-72373-8
| ChapterList =
* Chapters 8 to 13
* Extra chapter
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| VolumeNumber = 3
| RelDate = March 19, 2002
| OriginalISBN = 4-575-72380-0
| ChapterList =
* Chapters 14 to 18
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==Sequels and remakes==
===''Getter Robo G''===
The last episode of the ''Getter Robo'' series showed the defeat of the Dinosaur Empire, but with a high price: the death of one of the Getter Robo pilots, [[Musashi Tomoe]]. It also introduced a new enemy, the Clan of the 100 Demons, who at that very moment were preparing an invasion of Earth from space. This would be the basis of a sequel with a new, improved version of the original robot, piloted by Ryoma, Hayato, and newcomer pilot [[Benkei Kuruma]]. The series, called ''[[Getter Robo G]]'', would not be as long and successful as the first one, lasting 39 episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GETTA ROBOT G - TOEI ANIMATION LIST OF WORKS |url=https://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/en/tv/getter_g/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=lineup.toei-anim.co.jp}}</ref> The new robot and its pilots were also featured in the Go Nagai short features ''[[Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G: Kuchu Daigekitotsu|Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo G]]'' and ''[[Grendizer, Getter Robo G, Great Mazinger: Kessen! Daikaijuu|Grendizer, Getter Robo G & Great Mazinger: Decisive Showdown! Great Sea Beast]]'', despite the fact Getter Robo was conceived as existing in a different universe from the Mazinger/Grendizer continuity.

''G'' also became famous in the U.S. as it was included in edited form as part of the [[Force Five]] robot series produced for the American market, where its name was changed to ''Starvengers''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferreira |first=Samantha |date=2013-09-25 |title=Seven Long Forgotten American Anime Airings |url=https://www.animeherald.com/2013/09/24/seven-long-lost-american-anime-airings/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Anime Herald |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713054215/https://www.animeherald.com/2013/09/24/seven-long-lost-american-anime-airings/ |url-status=live }}</ref> These episodes would later be the basis for the direct to video series; [[Robo Formers]].  Additionally, toys based on the Getter Robo mecha were licensed by the U.S. toy company [[Mattel]] and sold under the company's [[Shogun Warriors (toys)|Shogun Warriors]] toy line.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brisko |first=Tim |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/ocm56671872 |title=Super #1 robot: Japanese robot toys, 1972-1982 |last2=Alt |first2=Matt |last3=Duban |first3=Robert |date=2005 |publisher=Chronicle Books |isbn=978-0-8118-4607-3 |location=San Francisco |oclc=ocm56671872}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Shogun Warriors |url=https://corporate.mattel.com/brand-portfolio/shogun-warriors |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=corporate.mattel.com |archive-date=2024-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713225717/https://corporate.mattel.com/brand-portfolio/shogun-warriors |url-status=live }}</ref>

There was a limited video release of Starvengers in the UK, renamed ''Formators''.

===''Getter Robo Go''===
After some years, the franchise was revived in 1991 with the new series ''[[Getter Robo Go]]'', directed by Hiroki Shibata, and featuring a new robot and an all-new team. While originally planned as a remake of ''Mazinger Z'', sponsor Yutaka Nakamura turned instead to rebooting Getter Robo, with the anime focusing on a new Getter Team, Go Ichimonji, Sho Tachibana and Gai Daido, fighting the forces of Prof. Rando and his Metal Beasts. At the same time, Nagai and Ishikawa penned a 7 volume ''Getter Robo Go'' manga from 1990 to 1993, with a dramatically different plot, albeit sharing several characters. The ''Go'' manga continued the story of the original 1970s installments, and later featured the debut of the Shin Getter Robo in its final 3 volumes.  Many products were released, such as CDs, toys, video cassettes, and later a DVD set. In addition to that, this was the first time Go Nagai and Toei Animation began working together since the Gaiking incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nagai-again.discutforum.com/t59-anime-getter-robo-go-1991|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202024740/http://nagai-again.discutforum.com/t59-anime-getter-robo-go-1991|archive-date=2013-02-02|title=[ANIME] Getter Robo Go [1991]}}</ref>

In the advent of Getter Robo Go's success, the influence and popularity of the original show continued in Japan, and it found a way to stay with fans through video games (like the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' game series, in which the Getter Robo is one of its lineup mainstays) and other merchandise.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Clements |first=Jonathan |title=The anime encyclopedia: a century of Japanese animation |last2=McCarthy |first2=Helen |date=2015 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |isbn=978-1-61172-018-1 |edition=3rd |location=Berkeley, California}}</ref> The series was even spoofed successfully in the mecha anime series ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'', where the anime-within-anime ''[[Gekiganger III]]'' was a direct pun (and homage) to the Getter Robo legacy, among many other super robot series.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pellitteri |first=Marco |title=The dragon and the dazzle: models, strategies, and identities of Japanese imagination: a European perspective |last2=Di Fratta |first2=Gianluca |last3=Martorella |first3=Cristiano |last4=Suvilay |first4=Bounthavy |date=2010 |publisher=Tunué |isbn=978-88-89613-89-4 |series=Tunué international |location=Latina, Italy}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> ''[[Gekiganger III]]'' was the favorite show of the character Gai in ''Martian Successor Nadesico''. His voice actor, [[Tomokazu Seki]], has also said that ''Getter Robo'' is his favorite anime. Tomokazu Seki would also voice Go (the protagonist of ''Getter Robo Go'') in ''[[Getter Robo Armageddon]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Go Voice - Getter Robo Armageddon (TV Show) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Getter-Robo-Armageddon/Go/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Behind the Voice Actors |archive-date=2024-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713225716/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Getter-Robo-Armageddon/Go/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===''Shin Getter Robo''===
After the ending of ''Getter Robo Go'', Ishikawa, motivated by his editor [[Kazuki Nakashima]], decided to extend and explain some topics, like what really happened to Benkei and the Saotome Institute, the reason Ryoma was scared of Getter Rays, what Getter is and such.
The series features the return of the original Getter Robo, alongside Getter Robo G, the latter of whom had mysteriously vanished alongside Benkei as of the events of Getter Go.
The manga would also feature the first full look at Shin Getter 2, who had made a brief appearance in Getter Go, and the first ever appearance of Shin Getter 3. 
Additionally, it featured new insect-like enemies from the far future, later used in Getter Arc, which would also revisit the fate of Getter G.
All of this was told in the ''Getter Robo Go'' manga prequel, ''Shin Getter Robo'', started in 1996 and lasted two {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. The title was later reprinted into a single {{Transliteration|ja|[[aizōban]]}} volume of 500 pages.<ref>{{Cite book| year=2002| editor=| title=Shin Getter Robo| pages=| language=ja| publisher=Futabasha Publishers Ltd.|isbn= 4-575-72422-X}}</ref>

===''Getter Robo Arc''===
''[[Getter Robo Arc]]'' is a three-volume manga taking place in a science fiction post-apocalyptic futuristic setting. Ryoma's son Takuma joins the human-dinosaur hybrid Kamui and Messiah Tayel's younger brother Baku Yamagishi aboard the Getter Robo Arc, fighting, alongside the Dinosaur Empire, the insect-like enemies of the {{nihongo|Andromeda Flow Country|アンドロメダ流国|Andoromeda Ryōkoku}} from the far future. Unfortunately, ''Super Robot Comics'', the magazine in which ''Arc'' was published, was canceled and the story ended prematurely.<ref>{{Cite web |title=スーパーロボットマガジン {{!}} NDLサーチ {{!}} 国立国会図書館 |url=https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000000397372 |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=国立国会図書館サーチ（NDLサーチ） |language=ja |archive-date=2024-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713225716/https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I000000397372 |url-status=live }}</ref> On November 2, 2020, an anime adaptation of ''Arc'' was announced. It was released in 2021, and was produced by Bee Media and directed by [[Jun Kawagoe]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Komatsu|first=Mikikazu|title=Jun Kawagoe Helms Getter Robo Arc Anime in Summer 2021|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/11/01-1/jun-kawagoe-helms-getter-robo-arc-anime-in-summer-2021|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=2 November 2020|archive-date=2 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102054434/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/11/01-1/jun-kawagoe-helms-getter-robo-arc-anime-in-summer-2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ken Ishikawa's Getter Robo Ark Manga Gets Anime in 2021|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-01/ken-ishikawa-getter-robo-ark-manga-gets-anime-in-2021/.165844|website=[[Anime News Network]]|first=Rafael Antonio|last=Pineda|date=November 1, 2020|access-date=November 2, 2020|archive-date=November 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102041818/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-01/ken-ishikawa-getter-robo-ark-manga-gets-anime-in-2021/.165844|url-status=live}}</ref>

===''Getter Robo Armageddon''===
The concept was re-invented in 1998 with the retro-styled [[Original Video Animation|OVA]] ''Change Getter Robo!!: The Last Day of the World'' (released outside Japan as ''[[Getter Robo Armageddon|Getter Robo: Armageddon]]''). ''[[Giant Robo (OVA)|Giant Robo]]'' director Yasuhiro Imagawa was to direct the OVA, but had a falling out with the studio after Episode 3. This would lead to [[Jun Kawagoe]] taking over as the director from episode 4 onwards, a position he would keep throughout the following 2 OVAs. The OVA ran 13 episodes and was presented as the sequel to a story - which was never actually animated - about the Getter Team fighting a race of amorphous aliens called "Invaders." This production made use of an animation style reminiscent of the old Getter Robo and other 1970s anime shows with thick, sketchy lines, albeit with character and robot designs more reminiscent of Ken Ishikawa's original manga.

===''Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo''===
Two years later, the same staff returned for the four-part OVA ''[[Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo]]''. The plot of the OVA is loosely based on the original Getter Robo, with the Dinosaur Empire as the antagonists. The OVA introduces a new Getter Robo, the titular Neo Getter Robo, which is similar in design to the Getter Robo from ''Getter Robo Go'' and also shares elements of Getter Robo G's design. In addition, it features characters from ''Getter Robo Go'' that are closer in personality to those found in the original manga than the anime adaptation. The OVA also included a three part miniseries that lasted five minutes called ''Dynamic Super Robot's Grand Battle'' which shows several [[Go Nagai]] created robots battling with the Mycene empire from the anime ''[[Great Mazinger]]''. The short included appearances by Getter Robo G and Shin Getter Robo.

===''New Getter Robo''===
In 2004, director [[Jun Kawagoe]] produced a new OVA called ''[[New Getter Robo]]'', this time being a re-telling of the Getter Robo story.
In this new story, humanity is under attack by demonic creatures called [[Oni (Japanese folklore)|Oni]]. As in the original stories, Dr. Saotome creates a series of Getter-Ray-powered robots to fight the monsters, culminating the creation of Getter Robo. Both the robot and the Getter Team were redesigned for the new series. Getter Robo is more detailed and mechanical-looking than its earlier forms, and all three pilots - Ryoma, Hayato, and a combination of Musashi and Benkei's archetypes named [[Benkei|"Benkei Musashibo"]] - are as violent and antiheroic as they were in the 70s manga. Ryoma is now an irresponsible street fighter, Hayato a bloodthirsty, sadistic terrorist, and Benkei a hedonistic and gluttonous apprentice monk.

===''Getter Robo Hien''===
In 2007, a new manga entitled ''[[Getter Robo Hien: The Earth Suicide]]'' was released in Japan.  It has since concluded at 3 volumes, and was serialized in a monthly webcomic.  This series continues the [[Ken Ishikawa (manga artist)|Ken Ishikawa]] continuity of ''Getter'' manga, temporally taking place after ''Getter Robo Go'' and before ''Getter Arc''. The series features an older Hayato leading a new team of Getter Pilots (and a new Getter) as they defend the earth from large plant-like monsters.

===''Apocrypha Getter Robo''===
;''Dash''
Published in 2008, the manga ''[[Apocrypha Getter Robot Dash]]'' was released in Japanese magazine ''[[Magazine Z]],'' authored by {{ill|Hideaki Nishikawa|jp|西川秀明}} for another alternate re-telling of the original Getter Robo story. After ''Magazine Z'' discontinued in 2009, it was renamed ''Apocrypha Getter Robo DARKNESS''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-07-10 |title=Gisho Getter Robo Darkness Manga to Launch in June (Updated) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-09/gisho-getter-robo-darkness-manga-to-launch-in-june |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Anime News Network |language=en |archive-date=2024-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710132246/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-09/gisho-getter-robo-darkness-manga-to-launch-in-june |url-status=live }}</ref>

;''Darkness''
''[[Apocrypha Getter Robo Darkness]]'' continued serialization with its new title under seinen magazine ''[[Young Animal Arashi]]'' five months later.<ref name=":0" /> Chapter 0 of ''Getter Robo DARKNESS'', published in the July 2009 issue of the magazine, is a reprint of the sixth chapter of ''Getter Robo DASH'', the last one published in ''Magazine Z'' before its cancellation.

==List of ''Getter Robo'' series==

;Manga
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!! style="width: 12%;" class="unsortable" |Writer
!! style="width: 12%;" class="unsortable" |Illustrator
!! style="width: 17%;" class="unsortable" |Publishing<br>company
!! style="width: 17%;" class="unsortable" |Magazine
!! style="width: 8%;" |{{abbr|No.|Number}} of<br>volumes
!! style="width: 12%;" |Original<br>run
|-
| ''Getter Robo''
| [[Go Nagai]]{{efn|name=w&i|}}
| Ken Ishikawa{{efn|name=w&i|}}
| [[Shogakukan]]
| ''[[Weekly Shōnen Sunday]]''
| 6
| 1974—1975
|-
| ''[[Getter Robo Go]]''
| rowspan= "3" colspan="2" | [[Ken Ishikawa]]{{efn|name=creator|In '''''Getter Robo Go''''', '''''Shin''''' and '''''Arc''''' [[Ken Ishikawa]] is credited as writer and illustrator while [[Go Nagai]] is credited as original author/creator.}}
| [[Tokuma Shoten]]
| ''Monthly Shōnen Captain''
| 7
| 1991—1993
|-
| ''[[#Shin Getter Robo|Shin Getter Robo]]''
| rowspan= "2" | [[Futabasha]]
| ''[[Manga Action|Weekly Manga Action]]''
| 2
| 1996—1998
|-
| ''[[Getter Robo Arc]]''
| ''Super Robot Magazine''
| 3
| 2001—2003
|-
| ''[[Getter Robo Armageddon|Getter Robo Armageddon: Try to Remember]]''
| [[Yasuhiro Imagawa]]
| Hisashi Matsumoto
| [[Kodansha]]
| ''[[Monthly Magazine Z|Magazine Z]]''
| 3
| 2001
|-
| ''[[Getter Robo Hien: The Earth Suicide]]''
| colspan= "2" | Naoto Tsushima
| [[Gentosha]]
| ''Comic Magna''
| 3
| 2007—2008
|-
| ''[[Apocrypha Getter Robo Dash|Apocrypha Getter Robo Darkness]]''
| colspan= "2" | Hideaki Nishikawa
| [[Hakusensha]]
| ''[[Young Animal Arashi]]''
| 4
| 2008—2014
|-
| ''[[Getter Robo Devolution]]''
| Eiichi Shimizu
| Tomohiro Shimoguchi
| [[Akita Shoten]]
| ''Bessatsu Shōnen Champion''
| 5
| 2015—2019
|-
|}

;Anime
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!! style="width: 13%;" class="unsortable" |Director
!! style="width: 13%;" class="unsortable" |Head<br>writer
!! style="width: 13%;" class="unsortable" |Character<br>designer
!! style="width: 13%;" class="unsortable" |Composer
!! style="width: 13%;" class="unsortable" |Studio
!! style="width: 8%;" |{{abbr|No.|Number}} of<br>episodes
!! style="width: 12%;" |Release<br>year
|-
| ''Getter Robo''
| [[Tomoharu Katsumata]]
| [[Shun'ichi Yukimuro]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Kazuo Komatsubara]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Toei Animation]]
| 51
| 1974—1975
|-
| ''[[Getter Robo G]]''
|Osamu Kasai
| Shozo Uehara
| 39
| 1975—1976
|-
| ''[[Getter Robo Go]]''
| Hiroki Shibata
| Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
| Joji Oshima
| [[Chumei Watanabe]]
| 50
| 1991—1992
|-
| ''[[Getter Robo Armageddon]]''
| [[Yasuhiro Imagawa]] {{nowrap|{{small|({{abbr|ep.|Episodes}} 1–3)}}}}<hr />Jun Kawagoe {{nowrap|{{small|(ep. 4–13)}}}}
| Yasuhiro Imagawa {{nowrap|{{small|(ep. 1–4)}}}}<hr />Shinzo Fujita {{nowrap|{{small|(ep. 5–13)}}}}
| Kenji Hayama
| Yasunori Iwasaki
| Brain's Base & Studio OX
| 13
| 1998—1999
|-
| ''[[Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo|Shin Getter Robo x Neo Getter Robo]]''
| rowspan="3" | [[Jun Kawagoe]]
| Shizo Fujita
| rowspan="2" | Fujio Suzuki
| Kazuo Nobuta
| rowspan="2" | [[Brain's Base]]
| 4
| 2000—2001
|-
| ''[[New Getter Robo]]''
| Shinsuke Onishi
| Kazuo Nobuta & {{nowrap|Try Force}}
| 13
| 2004
|-
| ''[[Getter Robo Arc]]''
| Tadashi Hayakawa
| Hideyuki Motohashi
| Yoshichika Kuriyama & Shiho Terada
| Bee Media & [[Studio A-Cat]]
| 13
| 2021
|-
|}

==Video games==
The various Getter Robos are mainstay characters in the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series by [[Banpresto]], usually found in the [[super deformed]] style which the series is popular for; Getter appeared in almost every non-original exclusive installment with [[Gundam]] and [[Mazinger]] (except for ''[[Super Robot Wars Judgement|Judgement]]'', ''[[Super Robot Wars K|K]]'', ''[[List of Super Robot Wars games#Nintendo DS|L]]'', ''[[Super Robot Wars UX|UX]]'', ''BX'', and ''X'', in which Getter does not take part).<ref>{{Cite web |title=スーパーロボット大戦 公式サイト[SRW] |url=https://www.suparobo.jp/search |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=スーパーロボット大戦 公式サイト[SRW]}}</ref> The Getter Robos also received their own turn based strategy game similar to the ''Super Robot Wars'' series for the [[Sony]] [[PlayStation]] titled ''Getter Robo Daikessen!.'' This game featured the various versions of Getter Robo from the manga and anime and OVAs produced until that point, as well as an original pink mecha piloted by a trio of ninja women.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Getter Robo Daikessen! |url=https://kotaku.com/games/getter-robo-daikessen |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Kotaku |language=en |archive-date=2024-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709024133/https://kotaku.com/games/getter-robo-daikessen |url-status=live }}</ref> Shin Getter and Black Getter are included in ''[[Another Century's Episode 3]]'', which features the storyline of ''[[Getter Robo Armageddon]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-06 |title=『A.C.E 3 THE FINAL』発売15周年 数々のロボットアニメが垣根を超えて戦うクロスオーバーアクションゲーム |url=https://realsound.jp/tech/2022/09/post-1121200.html |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Real Sound｜リアルサウンド テック |language=ja}}</ref>

==Legacy==
In an interview with [[Kazuki Nakashima]], the writer of ''Gurren Lagann'' and chief editor on the ''Getter Robo Saga'' compilation, ''Getter Robo'' was cited as one of ''[[Gurren Lagann]]''{{'}}s main inspirations.<ref name="Getter Robo">{{cite web|url=http://img710.imageshack.us/i/1259714556574.jpg/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114042013/http://img710.imageshack.us/i/1259714556574.jpg/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2013| title=''Part of interview with Kazuki Nakajima''}}</ref> Video game company [[SNK]] also commented they were influenced by the series when designing the three main characters of ''[[The King of Fighters '94]]''.<ref name="kofperfectcast1">{{Cite book| year=2005| editor=Akihiko Ureshino| title=The King of Fighters Perfect Reader| pages=136~139| language=ja| publisher=Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.|isbn= 4-8222-1711-6}}</ref>

===Live-action film===
A live-action film adaptation was announced, produced by Big One and directed by Junya Okabe with a planned release for the franchise's 50th anniversary in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title=Getter Robo Robot Franchise Plans Live-Action Film in Spring 2025|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-04/getter-robo-robot-franchise-plans-live-action-film-in-spring-2025/.196760|website=[[Anime News Network]]|first=Rafael Antonio|last=Pineda|date=April 4, 2023|access-date=April 5, 2023|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405002643/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-04/getter-robo-robot-franchise-plans-live-action-film-in-spring-2025/.196760|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Anime News Network|anime|19}}

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