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** Technically ''Grendizer'' beat ''Mazinger'' to American airwaves as well, but due to [[Macekre|name changes and the like]] the phenomenon went unnoticed.

*** In fact, ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' didn't make it to America until the 80s (under the title ''Tranzor Z''), and when it did, it got dismissed as a "''[[Voltron]]'' ripoff" (despite being the ''[[Trope Codifier]]'').

* This was even worse, and weirder, for ''[[Raideen]]'', ''Danguard'', and ''[[Combattler V]]''. They were part of the "Shogun Warriors" toy set Mattel introduced into the States in the late 70s - which also included bizzaro versions of Mazinger and the various [[Getter Robo|Getters]], so if you really want to stretch the trope you could say that a lot of robots "debuted" as oddly huge toys - but the cartoons weren't licensed for American release. Oh no, that would be logical. Instead, the likenesses of the Raideen, Danguard and Combattler robots were licensed to, of all people, ''[[Marvel Comics]]'' for the creation of a Shogun Warriors American print comic. That eventually featured, among other things, ''Combattler fighting alongside the Fantastic Four against the gigantic robot minion of, basically, the Star of David''. Really, you couldn't make up something like this [http://www.option38.com/comics/80s/shogun_warriors_19.asp if you tried.] Raideen and Combattler's shows never made it to America (well, ''Raideen'' aired in three cities on local Japanese language commmunity channels, but the majority of the Union and 99% of the public never got to see the show); Danguard eventually made it to American TV with the franchise name intact as part of the syndicated ''[[Force Five]]'' cartoon package (alongside Grendizer from above), after the toys and comic went out of production.

* This was even worse, and weirder, for ''[[Raideen]]'', ''Danguard'', and ''[[Combattler V]]''. They were part of the "Shogun Warriors" toy set Mattel introduced into the States in the late 70s - which also included bizzaro versions of Mazinger and the various [[Getter Robo|Getters]], so if you really want to stretch the trope you could say that a lot of robots "debuted" as oddly huge toys - but the cartoons weren't licensed for American release. Oh no, that would be logical. Instead, the likenesses of the Raideen, Danguard and Combattler robots were licensed to, of all people, ''[[Marvel Comics]]'' for the creation of a Shogun Warriors American print comic. That eventually featured, among other things, ''Combattler fighting alongside the Fantastic Four against the gigantic robot minion of, basically, the Star of David''. Really, you couldn't make up something like this [https://web.archive.org/web/20140212054822/http://www.option38.com/comics/80s/shogun_warriors_19.asp if you tried.] Raideen and Combattler's shows never made it to America (well, ''Raideen'' aired in three cities on local Japanese language commmunity channels, but the majority of the Union and 99% of the public never got to see the show); Danguard eventually made it to American TV with the franchise name intact as part of the syndicated ''[[Force Five]]'' cartoon package (alongside Grendizer from above), after the toys and comic went out of production.

* ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' - While neither, the original manga nor anime were licensed for the US, toy company Mattel did sell a toyline of ''Kinnikuman'' figures under the name of ''M.U.S.C.L.E.'' When the sequel series, ''Kinnikuman Nisei'', was later adapted to the US, the title was changed to ''Ultimate Muscle'' in order to tie the series with Mattel's figures.

* The only American appearance of ''Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru'' (1988) is the US game "Keith Courage in the Alpha Zones". The anime has yet to appear as of 2009.