Heavy Metal L-Gaim

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Heavy Metal L-Gaim
The title screen from the opening sequence
重戦機（ヘビーメタル）エルガイム (Jūsenki (Hebī Metaru) Erugaimu)
Genre	Mecha
Created by	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Anime television series
Directed by	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Written by	Yūji Watanabe
Music by	Kei Wakakusa
Studio	Nippon Sunrise
Original network	ANN (Nagoya TV)
Original run	February 4, 1984 – February 23, 1985
Episodes	54
Original video animation
Directed by	Yoshiyuki Tomino (ep 1, 2) Osamu Sekita (ep 3)
Studio	Nippon Sunrise
Released	November 5, 1986 – March 28, 1987
Runtime	60 minutes each
Episodes	3

Heavy Metal L-Gaim (重戦機（ヘビーメタル）エルガイム, Jūsenki (Hebī Metaru) Erugaimu, literally "Heavy Fighting Machine L-Gaim") is a mecha anime television series,^[1] begun in 1984, which was created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. Its characters and mecha were designed by Mamoru Nagano, who would later go on to create The Five Star Stories. Heavy Metal L-Gaim takes place in the Pentagona System, a solar system made up of five planets. Oldna Poseidal, the legendary emperor from the planet Gastogal leads his 24 Temple Knights from planet to planet until all have fallen under his control. His final victory is on the planet Mizum in 3975 when he defeats Kamon Walha V, ruler of the Yaman Clan. Kamon hides his heir, Kamon Myroad on the planet Mizum with the legendary white mecha, L-Gaim. In 3990 (Fifteen years later), now grown up and known as Daba Myroad, he leads a rebellion to free the planets of Pentagona from Poseidal's grasp.