Akai Koudan Zillion (anime)

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Akai Koudan Zillion
Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Number of seasons: 1
Number of episodes: 31
Original airdate: 1987-04-12 — 1987-12-13
Country of origin: Japan

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Akai Koudan Zillion (赤い光弾ジリオン) is a 31-episode Japanese animated television series that ran for eight months during 1987 on Nippon TV.

While not created or animated by Sega, the company was involved in its production, using it as a vehicle to sell a laser tag game, a tie-in Sega Master System game (also called Zillion) and a line of toys. The "Zillion" weapons which are used extensively in the series are modelled after the Master System's Light Phaser peripheral, and de facto Sega mascot Opa-Opa serves as a main character in the show.

The show itself was handled by a division of Tatsunoko Production headed by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa. While the anime was not particularly successful in Japan, Ishikawa wanted to keep as much of the team behind Akai Koudan Zillion together as possible, setting up, alongside Zillion character designer Takayuki Goto, an internal group within Tatsunoko Production known as IG Tatsunoko. This would later break away from its parent company and become Production I.G.

List of episodes

Episode Video Name Date Airtime Description
1x01 Codename wa JJ (コードネームはJJ) 1987-04-12
1x02 Zujou no Teki o Ute! (頭上の敵をうて!) 1987-04-19
1x03 Chance wa 0.1 Byou! (チャンスは0.1秒!) 1987-04-26
1x04 Sugata Naki Ninja Butai no Wana (姿なき忍者部隊のわな) 1987-05-03
1x05 Apple Meirei Ihan!? (アップル命令違反!?) 1987-05-10
1x06 Hasshin Tricharger (発進トライチャージャー) 1987-05-17
1x07 Shitou! JJ Tai Ricks (死闘! JJ対リックス) 1987-05-24
1x08 Kaitei Kitchi o Buttobase! (海底基地をぶっとばせ!) 1987-05-31
1x09 Nusumareta Zillion (ぬすまれたジリオン) 1987-06-07
1x10 Honou! Ricks no Gyakushyuu (炎! リックスの逆襲) 1987-06-14
1x11 Shin Zillion Tanjou! (新ジリオン誕生!) 1987-06-21
1x12 Ute! Triple Shoot (撃て! トリプルシュート) 1987-06-28
1x13 Ikare Shutter Chance (怒れシャッターチャンス) 1987-07-05
1x14 Senjou no Nightingale (戦場のナイチンゲール) 1987-07-12
1x15 Ikashika!? Shukumei no Taiketsu (Zenhen) (生か死か!? 宿命の対決(前編)) 1987-07-19
1x16 Ikashika!? Shukumei no Taiketsu (Kouhen) (生か死か!? 宿命の対決(後編)) 1987-07-26
1x17 Namida! JJ o Sagase 涙! JJをさがせ 1987-09-06
1x18 Noza no Utsukushiki Chousen ノーザの美しき挑戦 1987-09-13
1x19 Shoubu! Coin o Nagero (勝負! コインを投げろ) 1987-09-20
1x20 Shitsuren Power de Ketchirase (失恋パワーでけちらせ) 1987-09-27
1x21 Gekitotsu! The Sniper (激突! ザ・スナイパー) 1987-10-04
1x22 Uso kara Deta Dai Shouri! (ウソから出た大勝利!) 1987-10-11
1x23 Kyoufu! Ma no Bio Heiki (恐怖! 魔のバイオ兵器) 1987-10-18
1x24 Daibouken! Senshi Opa-Opa (大冒険! 戦士オパオパ) 1987-10-25
1x25 Yasashiki Toubousha Apple (優しき逃亡者アップル) 1987-11-01
1x26 Shinobi Yoru Fukushuu Oni! (しのびよる復讐鬼!) 1987-11-08
1x27 Hijou no Hangyakusha Ricks (非情の反逆者リックス) 1987-11-15
1x28 Shinpi!? Zillion Power (神秘!? ジリオンパワー) 1987-11-22
1x29 Souzetsu! Ricks Shisu!? (壮絶! リックス死す!?) 1987-11-29
1x30 Wakusei Maris Zettaizetsumei! (惑星マリス絶体絶命!) 1987-12-06
1x31 Shouri no Last Shoot (勝利のラストシュート) 1987-12-13

References



Games in the Zillion Series
Sega Master System
Zillion (1987) | Zillion II: The Tri Formation (1987)
Zillion related media
Film
Akai Koudan Zillion (1987)
Toy
Zillion (1987) | Zillion (toy range) (1987)