Product Details

• Actors: Various
• Directors: Various
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 19, 2010
• Run Time: 985 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002WBYDMQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,086 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Super Robot Red Baron is an actionpacked series produced by the same creative team responsible for Ultraman and Iron King, featuring wall-to-wall action, colorful miniature effects, imaginative production design and endless city-stomping excitement. Every one of the 39 episodes delivers the massive spectacle of clashing colossi reminiscent of Godzilla and other Tokusatsu series of the era.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Subtitles go out of sync, June 5, 2010

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Brother Bish - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Robot Red Baron: The Complete Series (DVD)

I own both the BCI version and Mill Creek version of the Super Robot Red Baron DVD's. If you can find a copy of the BCI release I would highly recommend getting that version over the Mill Creek release. BCI is now out of business so those discs are harder to find. My reason is that the Mill Creek version is a very shoddy cheap re-release of the BCI version. The episodes are crammed onto 4 DVD's rather than the 6 dvd's in the BCI version. Normally this would not be a big deal only meaning higher compression artifacts and lower image quality however somewhere in the process Mill Creek screwed up the subtitles so that as you are watching the show they start to go out of sync with the voices. It eventually gets to the point where subtitles are appearing on the screen when there is no voice to go along with it. It's very annoying and makes watching the episodes much more difficult as you don't always know which subtitle goes with which speaker. From the price it's obvious Mill Creek's are a budget release but in my opinion it's worth the effort to find the original BCI release even if it costs a little more.

(The Mill Creek release of Iron King has the same issue)

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vintage 70s pop culture from Japan, March 8, 2010

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Warren "Warren" (California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Super Robot Red Baron: The Complete Series (DVD)

Super Robot Red Baron is an immensely entertaining item of televisual sci-fi culture from 1970s Japan. A group of young people work for a super-science organization that battles a crime syndicate / evil empire from space. Central to every episode is a climactic battle between the good-guy giant robot, Red Baron, and the equally enormous bad-guy robot-of-the-week. They fight it out, Godzilla-style, in an H-O scale landscape complete with model cities, refineries, factories, and little toy tanks that actually shoot. Generally speaking, the production values compare well to some shows from the same era, for example, Doctor Who of the 70s. There is a certain amount of the quirky-seeming (to western eyes) comic relief that is often present in Japanese productions. And while character development is limited, it is not altogether absent, and there are also moments of genuine drama and pathos. Most importantly, there are occasional flashes of visual brilliance. For example, in the series finale there are scenes of a surreal virtual reality beach and a clockwork throne room that would be at home in an episode of The Prisoner or in one of Andrei Tarkovsky's science fiction films.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Robot Red Baron: The Complete Series....., May 29, 2010

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blackaciddevil (in the USA somewhere.....) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Robot Red Baron: The Complete Series (DVD)

If I had to pick a Kaiju(or Daikaiju, which means Giant Monster in Japanese) TV Show that is my favorite, I think Super Robot Red Baron would have to be my pick. Why? Well, it's a Japanese tokusatsu(special effects) TV series that doesn't take itself too seriously yet is serious enough that, even the hardcore Kaiju fan, would love it. The series, itself, aired from April 4, 1973, to March 27, 1974, with a total of 39 episodes. The series was produced by the same team that brought you Ultraman and Iron King. It's story was later retold in the anime of Red Baron and the sequel Super Robot Mach Baron. It is set in the early 21st century. The Iron Alliance begins stealing giant robots built from all over the world as well as kidnapping their creators. Kurenai Kenichiro who creates Red Baron turns over his robot to his brother Ken. Ken is a member of SSI (Secret Science Investigation). Ken uses Red Baron to help them put a stop to the Iron Alliance from taking over the world. That's pretty much what the show is about.

The series is completely in Japanese with subtitles. While it is fine with me, it will probably upset some of you. Really, you shouldn't let that stop you from watching such an awesome show. It'll give you a better understanding of Japanese TV shows such as this.