Zillion (anime)
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| Zillion
<tr><td colspan="2" style="background: #fff; text-align: center;">Image:Zillion Anime.jpg</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background: #ccf; text-align: center;">赤い光弾ジリオン | |
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| Genre | Adventure, Science fiction, Shōnen |
| TV anime | |
| Directed by | Akira Watanabe |
| Studio | Production I.G. - Victor Entertainment |
| Network | Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg NTV |
| Original run | April 12 1987 – December 13 1987 |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
Zillion (赤い光弾ジリオン Akai Kōdan Jirion?), or Red Photon Zillion, is an anime series that ran from April 12 1987 to December 13 1987 on Nippon Television in Japan and was produced by Tatsunoko Productions and Sega. The series was dubbed partially, five of the 31 episodes, into English and released on VHS in the United States by Streamline Pictures.
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[edit] Plot
The story takes place on the planet Maris in the year 2387. Around this time, the Nozas started to genocidally kill all humans in order to lay eggs and reproduce on the planet. Three mysterious guns dubbed the "Zillion Weapon System" appear and three teens (JJ, Champ, and Apple) are chosen to wield them as the White Knights in order to fight back against the Nozas.
[edit] Adaptations
Two video games have been spawned with the story loosely based on the series with Zillion and Zillion II. An OVA movie titled Zillion: Burning Night has also been released after the success of the TV series. It also left a legacy of becoming the first anime to inspire a video game hardware namely Sega Master System's Light Phaser.
[edit] Characters
| Name | Japanese Voiced by | US Voiced by |
|---|---|---|
| Champ | Kazuhiko Inoue | Kerrigan Mahan |
| J.J. | Toshihiko Seki | Doug Stone |
| Apple | Yuko Mizutani | Barbara Goodson |
| Amy | Chieko Honda | Wendee Lee |
