Invincible King Tri-Zenon (無敵王トライゼノン, Muteki-Ō Torai-Zenon)is a Japanese anime television series created by E&G Films which broadcasted on TBS between October 14, 2000, and March 17, 2001.
Series info[]
A long time ago, an alien civilization called the "Zeno Palace" were forced to wander in space in a mass exodus after their home planet was destroyed due to overpopulation. Aboard the gigantic starship "Estorio", they sail all of space to search for new land to live with selected military personnel to operate the ship as the populace sleeps while storing their genetic codes as their seeds of hope. They eventually find their "Elysium" on the planet Earth (Terra) as their "promised land", but arrived at its time where its native population are developing in their early stages of civilizations. The Zeno Palace were then divided between opposing factions consisting of the "Mars" extremists intending to expedite the migration by controlling the Earthlings and the "Osiris" moderates who prefer compromising negotiations with the locals.
The factions' conflict continues to escalate before becoming a long-lasting civil war within Estorio. Overpowered by the "Mars" faction, the "Osiris" factions decide to place hopes to the planet's natives by bequeathing them three super robots called "Zenon Guardians", each with its own battleship to give them a fighting chance against the "Mars" faction. The three Zenon battleships (with its robot) were sent to Earth in Japan during the Edo period, where they respectively landed in Edo, Ezo and Satsuma Province, where their discoverers sealed them underground and their existences recorded in manuscripts that were passed down to their descendants.
Now in present day Japan, 2000; Estorio arrives at Earth's orbit and the Zeno Palace military begin their invasion on Earth starting with Japan to unearth their "heritages". It is then, the "inheritances" start to awaken by the descendants of the prime discoverers where they begin counterattack against Zeno Palace respectively in Tokyo and Kogashima, but the one inheritance in Hokkaido appears more ludicrous than the rest being its inheritors of one dysfunctional family.
Characters[]
Episodes[]
| # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake Up! My Tri-Zenon! | October 14, 2000 |
| 2 | Triangle Face-Off! | October 21, 2000 |
| 3 | Let's Explore the Secret Base! | October 28, 2000 |
| 4 | Unite! Tri-Burning! | November 11, 2000 |
| 5 | Howl, Gon! | November 18, 2000 |
| 6 | Farewell Sapporo! Shinonome Takes Off! | November 25, 2000 |
| 7 | Trouble! Combination Block | December 2, 2000 |
| 8 | Food Crisis Before the Battle!? | December 9, 2000 |
| 9 | Seafood! The Battle of the Sea of Japan! | December 16, 2000 |
| 10 | Gontaro, Dies on the Akatasuki!? | December 23, 2000 |
| 11 | Ascend the First Sunrise | Jaunary 6, 2001 |
| 12 | Duran's Decision! | Jaunary 13, 2001 |
| 13 | SOS Akira! The Black Flash! | Jaunary 20, 2001 |
| OVA2 | A Strange Encounter | March 15, 2001 (from PS game) |
| 14 | Duel! Akira VS. Duran | Jaunary 27, 2001 |
| 15 | Gathered! The Three Guardians | February 3, 2001 |
| 16 | Arma Zenon, the Soaring Goddess! | February 10, 2001 |
| 17 | Goraiko, Into Space! | February 17, 2001 |
| OVA2 | There's 18 Aboard! | March 15, 2001 (from PS game) |
| 18 | The Zero-Gravity Trap! | February 24, 2001 |
| 19 | Descive Battle on the Estorio! | March 3, 2001 |
| 20 | Fraudia's Tears | March 10, 2001 |
| 21 | Elyusion Activates! | March 17, 2001 |
| 22 | I'll be Waiting! | March 24, 2001 |
Trivia[]
- The series was inspired by The Invincible Zambot 3 1977 anime, as a presumable amendment to its tragic ending while nearly planning the same episode lineup with one episode less.