Getter Robo

Professor Saotome's research into Getter energy produces three aircraft that can combine into different giant robots. As an underground reptilian civilization threatens the surface, the volatile Ryoma Nagare and his fellow pilots become humanity's unlikely defense, each formation demanding a different approach to battle. Ken Ishikawa and Go Nagai turn the combining-robot premise into an intense struggle against monstrous enemies. The original manga brings rough-edged characters, sudden violence and ominous discoveries to its mechanical spectacle, establishing the opening chapter of the larger Getter universe.