Space Warrior Baldios
A cancelled 1980 mecha series completed by a 1981 film.
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Space Warrior Baldios (宇宙戦士 バルディオス, Uchū Senshi Barudiosu) is a 1980 Japanese super robot mecha anime produced by Ashi Productions and Kokusai Eiga-sha. The television series was cancelled before its intended conclusion, but a feature film distributed by Toei Company in 1981 used footage from the series along with newly animated material to provide a proper ending. The series and film are licensed in North America by Discotek Media, and the series streams on Crunchyroll.
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- science fiction, mecha
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The conflict ends when Gattler and Aldebaran use a polar ice-melting weapon to melt Earth's polar ice caps, causing a massive tsunami that floods the planet and kills millions. Blue Fixer is helpless. Marin, the Blue Fixers, Gattler, and Aphrodia realize that after the flood Earth resembles S-1 because it is the same planet: the Aldebaran Army and Marin accidentally traveled back in time to S-1's ancient past (2100s Earth). In the film's canonical ending, Aphrodia shoots Gattler before collapsing and being carried by Marin; the unfinished TV series outline is speculative and not canon.
Baldios destroys the Argor, but nuclear missiles are not activated and Raita survives. Marin confronts Gattler while the rest of the crew are not shown waiting underground with survivors during that confrontation. The Earthlings survive and will evolve into S-1 civilization, forming a closed loop.
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- Wikipedia: Space Warrior Baldios (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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