Goliath the Super Fighter

Gowappā 5 Gōdam (ゴワッパー5ゴーダム) is an anime series aired in 1976. There were 36 episodes. It is also referred to as Goliath the Super Fighter , Gowapper 5 Gundam, Godam, Go Wapper 5 Go Dam, Gowappa 5 Gordam.

The series has also been aired on Italian television under the title Godam.

Story
Five youths from Edo City explore a strange rocky island and discover the mecha that Doctor Hoarai had been creating in order to resist the impending attack by a race of subterranean rock people. Doctor Hoarai was ridiculed by the scientific community for his predictions that such an attack would take place. The youths decide to join the doctor (who was dead but had transferred his mind into a computer) in piloting the vehicles and protecting Earth. The Gowapper 5 Godam team is born! With the aid of the giant fighting robot Godam, the Gowapper team under the leadership of Yoko Misaki must face the hordes of the inhuman subterranean people.

Concept
Gowappa was the first super robot anime to feature a female as the leader and main character. This was done in an effort to increase the TV viewing demographic to both male and female youth.

Staff
Director Hisayuki Toriumi

Additional Director Masami Suda Tsuneo Ninomiya

Screenwriter Toshio Nagata Saburo Taki

Design Yoshitaka Amano

Mechanical Design Kunio Okawara (Tatsunoko Mechaman Design Office)

Animator Yoshihisa Okuno Chuichi Iguchi

Music Bob Sakuma

Characters
{|class="wikitable" ! width=35%|Japanese Name ! width=20%|Vehicle ! width=35%|Voiced by
 * Yoko Misaki || A-Plane || Terumi Niki
 * Go Tsunami || Gasomashin || Yoshito Yasuhara
 * Godaemon || Heli-Marine ||
 * Norisuke || Yadokari Jeep ||
 * Daikichi Kameyama || Turtle Tank ||
 * Doctor Hoarai || ||
 * Jo || ||
 * Maguda Shogun || ||
 * Daikichi Kameyama || Turtle Tank ||
 * Doctor Hoarai || ||
 * Jo || ||
 * Maguda Shogun || ||
 * Jo || ||
 * Maguda Shogun || ||
 * Maguda Shogun || ||
 * Maguda Shogun || ||

DVD
The series has since been released on DVD.

Merchandise
The Gowappa 5 Godam characters and mecha were released in Takara's Magnemo toy line in Japan in 1976.