The folks at TC Entertainment have another series from the past finding new life with the Ginga Shippu Sasuraiger property now scheduled for two Blu-ray box set releases. With the first volume out in a few weeks we now have a finalized larger sized version of it to get an idea of the tone of the sets. Priced at 20,000 yen each, the first arrives on July 27th, 2018 with twenty-two episodes while the second comes on August 31st, 2018 with twenty-one episodes for the full forty-three episode run.
The series, originally airing in 1983 and 1984, had Takao Yotsuji as the chief director with Yu Yamamoto handling the scripts. Kazuo Komatsubara worked on the character designs with animation production done by Kokusai Eigasha.
The Japanese cast includes Kazuyuki Sogabe as I.C. Blues, Kaneto Shiozawa as Rock, Katsuji Mori as Beat, and Youko Asagami as Birdie.
Plot Concept: It is 2911 and the solar system is made up of 50 planets. I.C Blues, a gambler, makes a bet with the boss of a criminal syndicate known as Bloody God that it is possible to navigate the whole solar system in one year. Helping out Blues is J9-III, made up of Rock, Beat, and Birdy. To clear any obstacles, they have the transforming train-robot Sasuraiger. But the Bloody Syndicate will do anything to ensure the Blues loses the bet.
[Source: Ginga Shippuu Sasuraiger]
