Video Warrior Laserion


Video Warrior Laserion is a Japanese anime television series animated by Toei Animation. It aired on TBS from March 4, 1984, to February 3, 1985 with a total of 45 episodes. It is also referred to as Rezarion, Laserion and its literal translation Video Senshi Laserion. It was broadcast in Latin America as El Super Lasser.
In South Korea, a pirated version was made based on the Japanese footage and aired under the title Video Ranger 007.
Video Warrior Laserion is the first Anime serie who included Cyberpunk themes.

Overview

Story

The anime is set in the future where the Earth is unified under a world government called the Earth Federation; and is centered on young middle school student Takashi Katori and his classmate/best friend/love interest, Olivia Lawrence. Takashi, who began as a mere online game fan, developed a small virtual world with his friend David from New York City, in which they played their robot combat game. They would play by sending data to each other using satellite technology. One day while they were playing, a scientific experiment using the same satellite was being conducted involving teleporting an American plane from New York to Japan. In a freak accident caused by an explosion during a rebellion by people of the moon who attacked Earth, the plane that was converted into digital information was sent to the virtual world while Takashi's robot information was rematerialized into a real robot.
Takashi was arrested, but later the Earth Government discovered that Dr. Godheim, an evil, broken-hearted genius scientist from the Moon was behind the revolt. The government forces Takashi to pilot the virtual robot Laserion and protect the Earth alongside robot pilots Sarah and Charles and their G1 and G2 robots.
Soon things change, due to the entry of an extraterrestrial named Erefan. He has been captured by the Earth forces and brought in to answer their questions about who he is, and what kind of mission he was carrying. But Erefan proves he is benevolent, somehow refusing to talk about his past. But Olivia with her kindness and intellect helps him to express his suppressed recollections, the way was her encouragement to him to draw on a notebook.
It's the arrival of the extraterrestrial Jack Empire makes all things very complicated, Erefan reveals he knows them, and a lot about their evil thinking, tactics and goals. Plus he was dragged to the pits, he witnessed their cruelty, and the Jack prime minister in the Hall of Throne. The specific notebook where the Jacks are illustrated about their appearances, mecha, and behavior. Everyone sees these images: Blueheim, General Sylvester, Takashi, Olivia, Charles Danner, and Sarah see what he had experienced, thus they realizing the dire danger the Jacks bring. So he enters the Earth mecha forces to help out the people of Earth against the Jacks as the pilot of the newly made G5 robot.
For Takashi as well, the war against the Jacks becomes personal as he and Olivia have fallen in love, only for her father Steve to take her away and effectively let her be kidnapped by the Jacks. From Episodes 34 to 42 Takashi and Olivia are thus separated. Takashi follows the Jacks and the Lawrences to Kyoto, then to Africa. In Episode 42, seeing how Takashi's fury is making Laserion destroy their base and lose a lot of robots, Gario lets her go over Jack grunts' orders and they are reunited.
After several skirmishes and intense fights between Earth and Jack forces the Earthlings win the war on the moon and finally rescue all the hostages remaining, including Steve, who is last seen recovering with his daughter's help. Erefan with his space craft in full capacity, thanks to the efforts of the scientists, bids farewell to his Earth friends, and departs for his home world in episode 45.

Staff

  • Planner: Itaru Orita, Hiroshi Kominato., Susumu Yoshikawa
  • Original Creator: Saburo Yatsude
  • Music by: Michiaki Watanabe
  • Theme Song Writer: Chuumei Watanabe
  • Theme Song Performance Opening "Video Senshi Laserion": Takayuki Miyauchi
  • Theme Song Performance Ending "Heartful Hotline": Kumiko Kaori
  • Character Draft: Shinji Imura
  • Character Design: Hideyuki Motohashi
  • Mechanical Design: Kamio Ohara, Akira Hio, Koichi Ohata
  • Planning Cooperation: Momiji Akino, Satoshi Konishi
  • Art Settings: Fumihiro Uchikawa
  • Chief Director: Kozo Morishita
  • In Charge of Production: Tokiji Kabuki
  • Produced by: Toei Animation, Asatsu-DK

    Characters

Main protagonists

Earth Federation and other allies

Rebel Army

Episodes

Media

Video Warrior Laserion officially received its first release on DVD on March 11, 2020, in two volumes with a retail price of 22,000 yen. Volume 1 covered episodes 1-22, while volume 2 covered episodes 23–45.
The series was released on Blu-ray by Discotek Media in 2021.