Dino Mech Gaiking - S01

Earth is still in danger: aliens from the planet Zeraz are ready to invade because a black hole is swallowing their world. Led by Great Darius and his four generals, they begin spreading death and destruction. When an ESP warrior is killed by the aliens, Professor Hi-Tech realizes the threat and builds the huge Space Dragon (Daiku Maryuu),piloted by Pete, and the giant robot Gaiking, piloted by Sanshiro Shiwobuki, a former baseball player. Daiku Maryuu is a large dragon-shaped spaceship, and its head is the Gaiking torso. When Gaiking enters the action, Daiku Maryuu launches Gaiking's other components, which then reunite neck with tail, becoming unbreakable. The story followed the battle between the crew of the semi-transformable carrier Daikuu Maryuu and the Super Mecha Gaiking against an invading alien race from the planet Zela, whose home world is being destroyed by a black hole. Gaiking was piloted by a baseball star named Sanshiro Tsuwabuki (his name was changed to Aries Astonopolis for the English version, with the carrier called the "Great Space Dragon", a literal translation of "Daikuu Maryuu"). Gaiking was notable for being one of the few super robot series set in real locations outside Japan, and for being the first Super Robot series to have a mobile carrier for its main robots.