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is an anime series within the anime series ''Martian Successor Nadesico'' that plays a critical part in the plot thereof. Gekiganger III was designed to mimic 70s Super Robots, especially Getter Robo. Initially, only Gai Daigoji and Akito Tenkawa are depicted as enjoying the series. Later in the series, Hikaru Amano becomes the other resident anime fanatic, and towards the end of the series everyone on the ship learns to love the series. ==Story== ''Gekiganger III'' exists only as brief clips within ''Nadesico'', but a basic storyline can nonetheless be determined. As seen in the OVA, the story began with Professor Kokubunji (a character similar to the professors seen in other Super Robot series, such as Professor Saotome of ''Getter Robo'') discovering cave paintings somewhere underground placed by the "Super Paleolithic people". The paintings predicted that the Kyo'akk Empire would invade the Earth, and provided plans for a super robot, Gekiganger III. Other clips seen throughout ''Nadesico'' establish the characters and setting. The main characters, and pilots of the titular robot, are Tenku Ken (A reference to Voltes V's sword name), Umitsubame Joe, and Daichi Akira. The characters are similar in appearance and personality to the Getter Team from ''Getter Robo'', as well as having counterparts in ''Nadesico'' itself (most prominently Gai and the Jovian robot pilots). Also similar to ''Getter'' is the Gekiganger robot, which is made up of three machines: the Gekiga Jet, piloted by Ken; the Gekiga Marine, piloted by Joe; and the Gekiga Tank, piloted by Akira. The names of the machines are similar to three of the component parts of Combattler V, bringing another 70's mecha anime into the influence on the series. Like ''Getter'', the machines assemble in three different ways to form three robots: Gekiganger III is formed with ''Jet'' as the head and torso, ''Marine'' as its waist and upper legs, and ''Tank'' as its lower legs, and is similar to ''Getter 1'' in its preference for air combat. Umiganger is formed with ''Marine'' as the head and torso, ''Tank'' as the waist and ''Jet'' as the legs, and is the fastest, but weakest, form of Gekiganger. Finally, Rikuganger is formed with ''Tank'' as the head and torso, ''Jet'' as the waist and ''Marine'' as the legs, and is slow but has great brute strength. These last two, however, switch their best areas of battle from ''Getter Robo'': Umiganger works best underwater and Rikuganger works more on land, whereas Getter 2 was the land-based robot and Getter 3 was for water in that series. The villains of ''Gekiganger'' are the Kyo'akk Empire, an alien race from the "Dark String Universe" (a galaxy shaped like the infinity symbol). They are led by the Emperor Hyperion, and under him Prince Akara. Throughout ''Nadesico'' we see that Akara sends out many "mecha-monsters" to fight Gekiganger. There are only a few major plot advancements that occur in ''Gekiganger'', many of which are actually shown out of order in ''Nadesico''. In one clip, a new character, Cowboy Johnny is introduced. He is from America, and pilots the "Texas Robo" machine, an obvious parody of Jack King and the "Texas Mack" from ''Getter Robo''. Another clip features the death of Akara's sidekick, Mii-e Mii-e who was in love with the oblivious prince. Akara himself is killed later after infiltrating a highschool finding to his shock that humans are capable of emotions. By far the most important plot moment in ''Gekiganger'' is the death of Joe, at the hands of Prince Akara's replacement, General Masaka. In ''Nadesico'', seeing this scene is a major bonding moment between Akito and Gai, and it is seen and heard several times in the first few episodes. The characters continue to watch ''Gekiganger'' past this point, though not much is known about the remainder of the series. Joe is replaced by a new character, Ryuuzaki Tetsuya, and the Gekiganger III is replaced by Gekiganger V. (Like ''Combattler V'', the V is pronounced as the letter V; the English dub, however, referred to it as "Gekiganger 5"). Eventually, it is seen that Masaka is defeated. The final episode features a battle between the Gekiganger V (upgraded into "Spaceganger") and Emperor Hyperion, which Gekiganger is losing until the original Gekiganger III appears, piloted by Joe. With a final Super Passion Slash and Double Gekigan Fire, Hyperion is defeated. However, by this point most of the ''Nadesico'' characters have given up their fanaticism over Gekiganger; several characters criticize the ending. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gekiganger III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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