Goldorak, Episode Guide
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First Season
- Les frères de l'espace
Alcor arrives with his OVT. While in flight, he is attacked
by Vegan saucers. Fortunately, Actarus decides to revive Goldorak
from storage in time to save him. Alcor doesn't yet know Actarus'
secret.
- Le prince d'un autre monde
Alcor learns Actarus' secret. Vega attacks.
- La fiesta tragique
Rigel organises a party at the ranch, and Procyon, Alcor
& Actarus are invited. But Actarus barely has time to scoff down a
few pickles before another Vegan attack takes place.
Can he reach Goldorak in time to repel the invaders?
- L'ile de la peur
Minos sets out to find Goldorak's hiding place, and starts a
massive attack to help him do this. Alcor tries to hold off the enemy alone,
to prevent Goldorak from falling into this trap. Finally, Actarus
launches Goldorak and destroys the Vegans.
- Le traquenard de la mort
Alcor is taken hostage. Actarus rescues him.
- Attaque sur Perlépolis
Vénusia visits Tokyo with Banta.
Their bus is attacked by a Végan monster. Alcor
distracts the monster until Actarus arrives.
- Le festin des loups
Hydargos lays a trap for Goldorak by hiding mines in a cloud
of space dust. Alcor falls into the trap. Fortunately, Actarus saves the day.
- Les radars se sont tû
Goldorak destroys space mines planted by Vega and then
battles Golgoth 8.
- Le camp de la lune noire
Alcor is captured with his ship by the Végans.
Goldorak attacks the camp de la Lune noire to rescue him.
- L'espion qui venait de Vega
An inhabitant of the planet Rubi is forced by Véga
to try to destroy Goldorak's carrying saucer. Thanks to
Actarus the mission fails, and the Végans decide to kill the
Rubinien. But Actarus flies to his rescue.
- Le jour ou le soleil s'arrêtera
On the occasion of a total solar eclipse, Minos plans an attack
against the earth. Actarus takes off to the moon by the shadow caused
by the eclipse paralyses Goldorak (who works on solar energy). For once,
Alcor saves the day.
- Du sang sur la neige
A Christmas episode. A Golgoth destroys a house, killing all inhabitants
except for a young girl, who had asked to meet the Prince of Space for Christmas.
After defeating Golgoth 12, Alcor disguises himself as Santa Claus and takes the
girl to meet Santa Claus (who is of course Actarus), hoping that this will help
her get over the loss of her parents.
- Par le fer et par le feu
Véga builds a new solar-powered robot, whose main
weapon is a flaming lance. It takes two battles for Actarus
& Alcor to come out on top.
- Le jour du soleil levant
It's new year's day, and some of Alcor's friends
(who may have also been MAZINGER Z characters) come to visit with
a very silly robot. Of course, it's no holiday for Goldorak,
who starts off the year well by defeating Golgoth 14.
- Akerabe la rouge
Hydargos forces an alien scientist to work on a powerful new
weapon that causes earthquakes. The scientist turns out ot be a
pacifist and sacrifices himself to help Actarus.
- Le fiancé de la mort
Argoli's fiancee is controlled by Vega,
hoping to discover Goldorak's secret hiding place.
- La chevauchée infernale
Riguel, Alcor, Venusia, Misar & Actarus bring out the horses,
but are surprised by an unexpected snow storm.
- Le nouveau temps des cavernes
To reduce the chances of being discovered by Vega,
Procyon constructs seven different routes for Goldorak to exit his secret
hiding place.
- Le village écrasé
Actarus helps a young boy whose village was completely destroyed by
Golgoth 19. Goldorak gets vengeance on the boy's behalf by destroying the new Golgoth.
- Terre en danger
An asteroid is on a collision course with the moon. The Végans
deflect it to head towards the Earth instead. Actarus sets out to destroy the asteroid completely,
but Véga sends a Golgoth to stop him.
- Les continents submergés
The North Pole melts mysteriously...
- Les massacreurs du ciel
Hydargos captures an Earth scientist to steal his invention,
which is able to paralyze Goldorak. Procyon wastes no time trying to find a way to
counteract the scientist's weapon.
- Le déluge des nouveaux mondes
Vega's latest plan is to flood the valley in which the ranch
is located, having figured out that Goldorak's secret base is somewhere nearby.
In this episode, Venusia learns Actarus' true identity.
- L'éxécuteur
A general in Vega's "Division Ruine" disguises himself as an Earth scientist to
get into the centre, in order to find and kill Actarus. But Venusia discovers his secret
and warns the Prince in time. Of course, Goldorak destroys Golgoth 24.
- Les amoureux d'Euphor
A woman from Euphor is manipulated by Hydargos. She breaks Actarus' heart
by revealing that her brother's brain was a part of Golgoth 1, that Goldorak
destroyed.
- Les bords de l'abime
Procyon decides to build a space station, and sends
Argoli & Alcor into space. This does not thrill
Hydargos and Minos, who send two robots to attack the two astronauts.
Goldorak arrives to save them, while Venusia, wounded by a
laser beam, lies dying in need of a transfusion. The episode
ends in a cliffhanger, with Goldorak losing the battle with Golgoth 26.
- Vaincre ou périr
Goldorak tries to evade Golgoth 26, but is griviously damages, and has to
hide in a grotto. Meanwhile, Venusia is saved and Hydargos and a small army take
over the Centre. He tortures Procyon to learn where prince Actarus is hiding.
Goldorak is repaired and destroys several hundred saucers as well as
Golgoths 26 et 27. Alcor's O.V.T. is destroyed.
Hydargos is killed and Minos, his face badly burned, retreats to the enemy base.
Second season
- Les nouveaux maitres des ténèbres
Général Oros replaces Hydargos. His plan: to
attack Goldorak with smal energy balls that transform into a giant robot.
Golroak wins the day by destroying the balls. Minas now appears by completely
swapping faces with Minos, and Riguel joins an anti-alien committee!
- L'oiseau de feu
Alcor's friends come help Goldorak destrpy a phoenix-shaped robot.
- La pierre de foudre
A strange asteroid falls into a zoo...
- Don Quichotte de l'espace
Alcor's friends return.
- La reine fantome
Actarus finds his mother - or does he?
- Les ailes de la mort
A Vegan general disguises himself as a young boy who befriends Mizar.
His mission is (of course) to find Goldorak. He kills a small bird to
turn it into a mechanical spy. Meanwhile, Goldorak battles a bat-shaped robot, which
he trashes with little effort.
- Le mercenaire de l'oppression
Ergastul and his robot must capture Goldorak, or Véga
will destroy his home planet.
- Le premier raid
Procyon completes Alcor's new ship, the Alcorak. With it, Alcor helps Actarus
destroy a two-headed bee-robot.
- L'invincible du cosmos
A Vegan lieutenant finds a weakness in Goldorak:
during the "transfert" command, he is totally vulnerable.
Procyon tackles the problem and resolves it by devising a way to dock
the Goldorak robot to Alcorak.
- Une étoile est morte
Actarus et Alcor combat a Golgoth attempting to steal plutonium.
When Alcor is wounded in the battle, Venusia
pilots the Alcorak and saves Actarus.
- Les faiseurs de ténébres
Redundant episode in which Venusia pilots
Alcorak to save Actarus. See previous episode.
- La patrouille des aigles
Venusia officially joins the team.
- Le réveil des volcans
Goldorak is trapped under water by a crab-robot sent to retreive a container for
Vega. Goldorak appears to be losing the battle until Alcor comes to the rescue.
At the end, we learn of Procyon's latest plan: To build a submarine-ship to be piloted by Venusia.
- Le baptême du feu
Venusia pilots Venusiak for the first time, and renders Goldorak more
effective underwater by docking with him.
- Péril en la demeure
Vega destroys the Centre but Procyon completes a new defense system just in
time. Meanwhile, Goldorak, Alcorak and Venusiak are kept busy by a phychodelic
robot.
- La victoire des aigles
A Vegan officer establishes an Earth base.
- Quand les chiens sont lachés
An archeological site attracts a young man's curiousity...
- Des fourmis et des hommes
Mizar swears to having seen a meteorite split itself in two...
- Le ballet des requins
Alcor receives an invitation to spend the day at the Marina park.
- Le lac embrasé
Actarus, Alcor, Mizar, Riguel and Venusia go on a camping trip.
- Le monde en fusion
Faussoirak is built, allowing Goldorak to drill underground.
- La dernière survivante
All of planet Euphor's inhabitants were killed? Only Actarus escaped? Wrong!
Princesse Fénicia is alive and well, and also believes herself to be the
final survivor of her planet... And she is convinced that her planet was
destroyed by Goldorak and its pilot, the infamous Actarus! She decides to kill him,
but at the last second realizes his true identity, thanks to her pendant.
- L'aigle à quatre têtes
Fènicia on bord Faussoirak joins the team to defend the Earth.
Actarus, Alcor, Fénicia and Vénusia become like five fingers of a hand.
The 4-headed eagle is born, and Vega pays the price for the first time in this episode.
- L'étoile noire
Vega's home planet, Stikades, is slowly being destroyed...
- La génération des monstres
Vega sends a new generation of Golgoths, called Monstrogoths.
- La bête
Venusia is help captured by a Monstrogoth.
- Le serpent
An incredible Monstrogoth attacks.
- Le monstre du Loch Ness
A strange life form haunts the waters near the Centre.
- Le lynx de l'espace
Procyon sends a radar sattellite into space.
- Le monstre et enfant
A young boy spends his time with his pet bug, a pet bug that finds itslef
becoming a real pest!
- Le sosie
After a bomb explodes, Goldorak destroys everything in its path!
- Le commando
A group of young Vegans attack a military base.
- Les rats
The Végans send robot-rats armed with bombs to Earth.
- Operation Pégase
Why is Riguel acting so strangely?
- Les cygnes
A flock of swans that take up residence in the lake near the Centre
may be more than they seem.
- L'ours polaire
A Vegan scientist develops a freezing weapon.
- Cinq minutes pour mourir
A giant spider attacks the city.
- Un grand entre les grands
Alcor is full of guilt when he fails to fire a missile in time...
- La mort vient de la mer
Goldorak and Venusiak are helpless when caught underwater.
- Opération plongée
Procyon builds Aquarak, a new under-water vehicle for Goldorak.
- La grande douleur
A new Vegan plot is led by a former resident of Euphor.
- Tel père, tel fils
Horos' son wants to battle Goldorak.
- L'imposture
Fenisia sees her father in her dreams.
- Le meilleur ami
An old friend of Actarus arrives at the Camp de la Lune Noire.
- La princesse amoureuse
Vegalia, Vega's daughter, discovers that life is returning to Euphor's
surface.
- La jolie Terre
Véga prepares its final assault. Procyon works to complete his latest ship, the
Cosmorak. Meanwhile, Actarus and his friends face off against Minos in Antirak 173.
Actarus is losing the battle, and Alcor is about to crash big time. Will the Cosmorak be ready in time to save the day?
- Ce n'est qu'un au revoir
Minas turns against the Grand Stratéguerre,
but is killed by Minos, which of course causes his own death.
Actarus with Goldorak, with his friends in the Cosmorak, profit from
this opportunity to defeat the Grand Stratéguerre.
Actarus & Fénicia return to their planet to try to rebuld it.
Movies
- Goldorak Au Cinema
Compilation of several early episodes, show Alcor's arrival to the
Centre and the first Vegan attacks on Earth.
- Le Retour De Goldorak
Combines two shorter Japanese movies, "Grandizer V. Mazinger", and a second
shorter movie (original title unknown), which features a grand reunion of several 70's Go Nagai robots!