Anime where pilot phases through a mountain to reach his mecha [closed]
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Can anybody help identify this anime series with a fighting robot? Two specifics stood out in my mind (which hopefully doesn't indicate my remembering two different series):
The boy who controlled the robot did so by phasing through the rock of a mountain that the robot was in.
The bad/guy witch had a face that would split apart down the centre. I think it revealed a smaller version of the bad guy/witch when it opened.
My guess is going to be late 70's early 80s. It was on US Broadcast TV. So likely it was dubbed into English.
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From your description I'm fairly sure it's UFO Robot Grendizer. I believe it was aired in the US as Grandizer (a instead of e) and was part of the "Force Five" serires.
When the bad guys attacked, the hero (farm hand Daisuke) would rush to Grendizer who was hidden inside a cave and jump into the cockpit while transforming into his real identity as the exiled alien prince Duke Fleed. Here's a youtube of that scene from the Italian version:
One of the major bad guys was General Gandal who (in the first season at least) housed his minuscule wife inside his head.
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Answer 2
Sounds a lot like Brave Raideen, which has a little kid that phases to get inside of Raideen's head. It's from the 1970s, and is very Japanese giant robot crazy.
All the details you can handle at Wikipedia and this blog.
As was mentioned above, if you can think of anything more that would be helpful. A lot of the giant robots from that time period emerge from stuff and have some person or being fly into their head.
Answer 3
Could it be Tranzor Z? (aka Mazinger Z) I know that the villain had a henchman that was 1/2 woman/man split down the middel of his/her face and the robot lived in an underground cave. I realize that it is somewhat different than the things you recalled, but some similarities and aired in the US during the correct time period. Some pics here to jog your memory.
Answer 4
The series I remember with a giant robot could be Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, A squadron of giant robot pilots of a beleaguered Earth colony bring the war to their oppressive home planet.
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