However, maybe I'm biased in saying this, but it seems to me that of all the versions, the French one was the coolest! Even (and this is a rarity) possibly cooler than the original Japanese version!

Part of the reason that I feel this to be true is the naming of characters and things used in the various series. One of the coolest aspects of Goldorak in French was always the names of the characters, particularly the heroes. Almost without exception, the names are taken from the names of stars (celestial, not Hollywood!). For example: Actarus = Arcturus, Venusia = Venus, Alcor and Mizar are both stars in the Great Bear, Sirius is the Dog star, and then there was Antarès, Procyon, Rigel, etc...

In English, the names did not fare as well. Only Actarus himself gained a celestial name (Orion), while the other characters were branded with "General Hospital"-sounding names such as Lance, Brenda, Sonny etc. Worst of all was the name chosen for Rigel: "Panhandle". Yeeech!

Here is a table of the French names vs. the original Japanese, the Italian, and the English ones I could determine from the first two episodes. In general, the Arabic version followed a mixture of the Japanese and English names.

French	Japanese	English	Italian
Goldorak	Grendizer	Grandizer	Goldrake
Prince d'Euphor	Duke Fleed	Orion Quest Prince Of Antares	Duca di Fleed
Euphor	Fleed	Antares	Fleed
Actarus	Daisuke Umon	Johnny Valconian	Actarus
Alcor	Kooji Kabuto	Lance Hyatt	Alcor (But sometimes Koji!)
Professeur Procyon	Genzo Umon	Professor Valconian	Dottor (or Prof) Procton
F�nicia	Maria Grace Fleed	Maria	Maria Grazia Fleed
Sam Rigel	Danpyooe Makiba	Panhandle Morgan	Rigel
V�nusia	Hikaru Makiba	Brenda Morgan	V�nusia
Mizar	G�ro Makiba	Sonny Morgan	Mizar
Banta	Banta Arano	???	Banta
Sirius, Antares, Argoli and Cochir	???	Smith, Falcone, Yamada (Unclear which is which)	Hayashi, Hamon, Yamada
Le grand Strat�guerre	Vega Dai�	Vega The Strong	Vega il Grande / Re Vega
(Commandant) Minos	Gandall (Shirei)	General Belicos	Comandante Gandall
Minas	Lady Gandall	Lady Gandeye	Signora Gandall
(G�n�ral) Horos	Zuril (Ch�kan)	???	Ministro della Scienza Zuril
(Commandant d'escadron) Hydargos	Blacky (Taich�)	Commander Ding	Comandante Hydargos
Le Centre	???	Space Science Institute	Centro di Ricerche Spaziali
Ranch Du Bouleau Blanc	Makiba Ranch	Triple Triangle Ranch	Betulla Bianca
Golgothe	???	Saucer Animal	Mostri Spaziali
OVT	TFO	TFO	???
Alcorac	Double Spacer	Spacer 2 or Double Spacer?	Goldrake 2
Venusiac	Marine Spacer?	???	Delfino Spaziale
Faussoirac	Drill Spacer	Drill Spacer?	Trivella Spaziale

Another place where I feel the English version of the series loses out is in the naming of the weapons, and the commands that Actarus utters to activate those weapons. The French names are, in general, mysterious spacey-sounding words that would be cool in any language. In the original Japanese, the series used the common anime idea of using English words, which may sound familiar to people who understand english but to most Japanese people sound... mysterious and spacey-sounding!

But unfortunately, in English, the translators missed the boat and in most cases simply used the exact terms that were used in the Japanese version! Now while those words may have sounded most cool when heard by Japanese ears, the exact same words are all either too functional & boring ("Hand Beams") or just too corny sounding ("Space Thunder!") when you hear them spoken in English for English by an English voice.

In the Philippines, a different English dub (performed by local talents) was used. Here, the names chosed for the the weapons had a unifying theme- each weapon was designated by a letter in the Greek alphabet. Cornofulgure was called "Alpha Rays," Pulvonium was "Beta Rays" and the Retrolaser beams were "Gamma Rays". The Clavicogyre were "Sigma Slashers;" when combined to Asteroache, they became the "Sigma Scythe." And so on and so on.

Here is a table of many of the commands that Actarus uses in French vs. English vs.Italian.

French	English	Italian
Metamorphos	Orion Quest	Goldrake!!!
Goldorak Go!	Launch! Fire! Grandizer go! (Varies by episode)	Goldrake, avanti!
Megavolt	Hydro Phasers	Pioggia di Fuoco
Planitronk	Spin Saucers	Lame Rotanti
Missile Gamma	Spin Drill	Missili Perforanti
Transfert	Grandizer Go!	Giravolta Spaziale
Autolargue	???	Balzo Cosmico
Pulvonium	Hand Beams	Disintegratori Multipli
Cornofulgure	Space Thunder	Tuono Spaziale
Retrolaser	Rainbow Wave (Sometimes Rainbow Beam)	Raggio Antigravita
Fulguropoing	Screw Pressure Screw Pressure Punch (Varies by episode)	Colpo di Maglio
Meteopunch	Dizer-Punch	Maglio Perforante or Doppio Maglio Perforante
Clavicogyre	Shoulder Boomerangs	Boomerangs Elettronici
Asteroache	Double-sicle	Alabarda Spaziale
Recuperation	Dizer-Jump	???
Cabre	???	Allineamento
Arrimage	???	Aggancio
Megamach	???	Velocita Sub-Fotonica

One last note: So far, every version of Goldorak that I've seen (French, English, and Arabic) uses variations of the same music as the original Japanese version, both the theme songs and the background music. Good thing, because that's really cool music!