Beast King GoLion - Season 1 (1981)

After being defeated by a Beastman with only 4 lions; Chief, Quiet, Moody, and Hothead return to the castle to find the missing key to the Black Lion. Only then can Golion be re-formed, as well as stand a chance against the Beastman.

As Emperor Daibazaal sends the Beastman "Deathhell" to Altea to destroy Golion, Fala & co. attempt to rally support for their fight from the Altean citizens, who have been in hiding since the Galrans attacked their world years ago.

Honerva the witch decides to personally kill the Golion team. After capturing Moody, Quiet challenges her to a duel of swords and sorcery. Little does he know that Honerva brought a Beastman with her.

A Beastman is sent to Altea to take advantage of Golion's absence. Fala wants to fill the late Shirogane's shoes and pilot the Blue Lion, whether the others like it or not.

Fala undergoes some rough combat training with Moody, a mysterious white-haired man arrives when she is injured during sparring. He is convinced to stay on Altea and become a possible replacement for Fala as the Blue Lion's pilot.

Hothead finds an unconscious young woman lying on a hill near a wrecked ship. When she awakens at Castle Gradam, she reveals her name is Lisa, and that she is an escaped Earth slave from the Galran Empire. However it is soon discovered that she is in fact a Galra operative when she attempts to blow up the castle, and that Daibazaal has (falsely) promised to free the other slaves in exchange for her and her newly-Beastified brother's cooperation.

Fala sees her mother in a dream one night. When she awakes, she sees a white lion calling to her in her mother's voice. She follows the lion away from the castle, believing it to be her mother, but is in fact one of Honerva's deadly ploys.

Unnatural calamities of Biblical proportions have been occurring on Altea. It begins with a torrential rainstorm of human blood. Next, a lightning strike ignites the raining blood, spawning flaming rivers and raging infernos, threatening the residents of a nearby village. The Lions arrive at the scene and attempt to put out the fires and evacuate the people. Once the team have safely moved the survivors out of harm's way, they are attacked by Sadak's forces, and the villagers are taken hostage. He orders the Golion team to surrender to him, or all the villagers will ...

On the planet Jarre, the Galrans have been forcing Jarran slaves to build a monument to Daibazaal in advance of his 500th birthday celebration. No longer able to bear watching his people suffer, a Jarran boy makes a daring escape to Altea to seek help from Golion.

Queen Elena, Fala's aunt and only living relative, is ambushed on-route to Castle Gradam by Honerva. The witch assumes Elena's identity, and lies along a road, pretending to be unconscious where Fala and the rest of the Golion team find her. "Elena" is taken to the castle, where strange things happen: Fala's mice try to warn her that "Elena" has tried to garrote her, Honerva's cat Jaga has been spotted lurking the castle, and Raible notes that there is "Elena" is not quite herself.

Commander Sadak faces execution for his repeated failure to destroy Golion. Before Daizabaal can kill him, his son Crown Prince Sincline arrives home after having conquered the Great Goering Nebula. He offers a plan that will satisfy his father, clear Sadak's dishonor, and eliminate Golion once and for all.

Sincline has taken a liking to Fala, and will stop at nothing to have her. Meanwhile Fala has been secretly training in the Black Lion, but the secret is out when Sincline attacks, and the rest of the Golion team notice the Black Lion is missing.

Hothead wins the chance to join Fala in a special ceremony dedicating the opening of "The Bridge of Love". Sincline uses the event an an opportunity to disrupt the ceremony and try to take Fala.

The King of the planet Heracles, a longtime rival of Altea, asks Daibazaal to let him assist the Galran Empire in fighting Altra and Golion with his son Samson. Sincline immediately tests Samson's fighting skill by sending him into a ring to face a Beastman. When Samson emerges victorious, Sincline challenges him personally. During the duel, Sincline is distracted by the beauty of Samson's sister, Princess Amue, a dead ringer Fala, and finds himself bested by Samson. King Heracles later offers a challenge to Altea, and Golion is dispatched to the planet Heracles, ...

Daibazaal has taken gravely ill, and Honerva tasks Sincline with retrieving the blood of a human girl needed to save his life. He heads off to Altea (and Fala), taking with him a flask given to him by an occult scientist, containing an extract of the brains of Deathblack Beatmen, the substance is capable of making plants into Beastmen. On Altea, Sincline tracks down Fala to a forest, where she, Hys, and some handmaidens are gathering fruit. He uses Beastified plants to capture the women, Kogane & Co. are alerted to this incident when they see vultures circling over ...

An old castle that was once buried inside a hill is discovered by three children, and Shorty is sent to the castle to investigate. The four of them enter the castle, hoping that there might be some treasure in it, but the castle is in fact a deadly trap set by the witch Hoverna.

The Galran Empire is attacking Earth, and Kogane, Kurogane, Seidô, and Suzuishi want to go to there in case there are still people alive. Raible opposes this, claiming Earth is now a completely dead world, but the four of them are adamant about leaving. Raible's attempt to prevent them from reaching the Lions fails, and the four of them embark on a sad journey to see their homeworld one last time. The initial attack was part of Sincline's plan to lure the Lions to Earth, once they arrive, he will destroy both Golion and the Earth with one swift stroke

Princess Amue and several other Heraclean women have been abducted by Sincline and are languishing inside a Galran dungeon. When Amue is forced to submit to Sincline's carnal desires as a surrogate Fala, she and the other women plan an escape from this hellish prison. They start a fire and steal a slave ship while the guards are distracted, but it's not long before the Galrans give chase and attack them. They crash-land on the wintry planet Russel, but not before sending out a distress signal that is picked up by the Golion team, Prince Alor, and Sincline.

Strange space-borne flowers grow throughout Altea, the Alteans are overjoyed at first, until they begin to fall ill from the flowers. A triage is set up in Castle Gradam, and the lead doctor informs the Golion team that they must recover the amazonia flower from the planet Amazon to save the patients' lives. When Fala becomes sick from the flowers, Moody takes it upon himself to take Blue Lion to travel to Amazon. This is yet another trap set by Sincline, who intends to lure Golion to Amazon. Soon after Moody arrives in Amazon, he finds himself captured by Amazonians,...

Daibazaal has gotten tired of his son's failure to defeat Golion, as it undermines his credibility as the Galran ruler. Sincline hopes to clear his name by pushing his most powerful Deathblack Beastman Kauman as hard as he can. Meanwhile on Altea, Raible and Hys force Fala to behave more like a proper princess, they have even locked her in her room and refused to allow her to fight along with the Golion team.

Hoverva deploys hundreds of deadly laser-shooting Galra Rats to infiltrate Castle Gradam and wreak havoc with the castle's computer systems. The Deathblack Beastman Catgun has also been sent to attack the castle from the outside and to fight Golion. Platt the mouse and his family help the Golion team locate and stop the rats.

Daibazaal is en route to planet Mura aboard his Galactic Train. On Mura, Sincline has enslaved the population and forced them to build a giant cannon capable of obliterating Golion in one blast. Golion follows the train to Mura, whose people are allies of Altea. Kogane hopes to enlist the aid of a Muran named Hallem, but it seems he's allied with Sincline instead.

Honerva devises a way to render a Beastman invisible and attack Altea without being detected by neither Castle Gradam's nor Golion's technology.

Sincline travels to the planet Meduse to acquire large creatures called Gorgons to be converted into Beastmen, for they possess a natural ability to turn their attackers into stone. But upon arrival he finds nothing but scores of dead Gorgons, all wiped out by a virus outbreak. A surviving female is eventually found, and Sincline captures her while she buries her dead child. The Gorgon is made into a Beastman on Galra, and is sent to Altea to fight Golion. But during the battle, the Gorgon captures Shorty and disappears with him, she believes him to be her child.

It is Sincline's 106th birthday, and he uses the occasion for some needed relaxation on the planet Walbrane, a Galra ally. His father Daibazaal sends a ship carrying a gold statue of Sincline to the planet. But the ship gets caught in a meteor storm, and a distress signal is sent. Golion responds, not knowing the ship is from Galra or not. All doubt is remove once the team enters the derelict craft, where they discover dead Galra Honor Guard, a massive amount of treasure, and the statue of Sincline.

Sincline unleashes a unique attack on Altea with Devilburn, a Beastman that emits a superheated gas, causing the Altean skies to burn, and all the water on the planet's surface to boil off. The lack of water prevents Fala from activating Blue Lion, and the ghost of her father informs her that its power source is water, and she must find some. The other four members of the Golion team must devise a way of getting water for Blue Lion, and for the Altean people who are dying of thirst.

Daibazaal wants Sincline to marry a woman that he has chosen for him, Princess Sahlia of Galleria. Sincline angrily refuses, as he's still fixated with Fala. He then asks his father uncomfortable questions: what his mother looked like and how she died. In private Honerva offers to tell him about his mother in exchange for Sahlia's hand in marriage. He accepts, on the condition that she help him get Fala first. They head to Altea with an enchanted dagger, and Hoverna's cat Jaga uses it to cut Fala, who fall unconscious. Fala is rushed to the hospital in the castle, but...

As Honerva develops a "Mecha Beastman", she learns that Daibazaal and Sincline are quarreling again. The emperor hopes to teach his son a lesson by throwing him into the arena with three Beastmen. This plan fails, and Sincline slays them all. He then brazenly raises his sword against Daibazaal, and challenges him to a duel over the throne. Father defeats son in a quick yet vicious sword-fight. Daibazaal then prepares to execute Sincline when he is stopped by Honerva, who pleads him to spare Sincline's life so he can defeat Golion. Daibazaal agrees, Sincline humbly ...

The ghost of King Raimon appears before the Golion team, telling them that Golion is in fact invincible, and they have yet to achieve Golion's full potential. Heeding the King's words, Kogane pushes his team much harder than ever before, regardless of what the team may think, he knows that all of Altea depends their strength.

Sincline secretly deposits scores of tadpoles of deadly Galran frogs into Altea's waters. Shorty and some kids collect some of tadpoles out of curiosity, unaware of the danger they pose until it is too late. The tadpoles quickly grow into adults and begin attacking any living thing they see.

Sincline is drilling beneath the surface of Altea so he can plant a 10-megaton bomb underneath Castle Gradam, and obliterate both the castle and Golion in one swift stroke. Shorty and a local boy discover Sincline's plot and try to stop it.

The Golion team is building a soccer field for the children, and Seidô is using a large construction vehicle that's specially designed for the task. Later that night, Sincline and Honerva send a Mecha Beastman to infiltrate and take control of the machine. The machine promptly runs amok, damages the soccer field, and traps three children inside the vehicle. The Golion team must stop the machine and rescue the kids.

Fed up with his son's failures, Daibazaal tells Sincline his must go and lead his forces into battle, and fight Golion himself. Sincline turns to Honerva for help, who creates a clone for him, a clone that is physically more powerful than him.

Daibazaal chooses a reckless yet highly skilled fighter pilot named Reggar to pilot the latest Mecha Beastman. Reggar is deployed to Altea to go up against Golion and their deadly Four-Lion Attack.

Sincline sends a team of professional assassins to Altea, where they proceed to ruthlessly slaughter innocent Alteans with blinding speed. Raible and the Golion teams are shocked by the reports of the murders, but they are even more shocked to find thousands of terrified villagers gathered in front of Castle Gradam. The people are pleading for sanctuary from the killers, but Raible is hesitant to let them inside, fearing the killers may be lurking among the crowds.

Honerva has found a way to capture and harness the power of Space Wolf, a dangerous planetoid known for its immense gravity force. Now she has sent it on a collision course towards Altea. Once it arrives, Space Wolf's gravity will tear Altea apart, killing every living on the planet. Sincline forces a horrified Princess Amue to watch Space Wolf being launched towards Altea. Amue sends a frantic message to Fala, warning her about the terror that's bearing down on her world.

Golion has been collected by Space Wolf in its massive gravity well, and is hurtling into deep space. Meanwhile, Sincline launches a massive attack on Altea, and is practically unopposed without Golion to stop him. Raible and Prince Alor try to contact Golion, but the team is unconscious. Alor orders his fleet to try and tow Golion away from Space Wolf, but to no avail. All seems lost...

Amue is saved from execution at the last moment by a young man named Ryô Shirogane, the younger brother of original Blue Lion pilot Takashi Shirogane. From Amue, Ryô learns his brother was killed by Honerva, and he takes the news hard. Ryô then declares revenge on Galra, and he and Amue help some Heraclean slaves escape from Galra. He also contacts the Golion team, introduces himself, and tells them he has rescued Amue. Honerva devises a plan to lure out Amue from hiding: capture the escaped slaves, return them to Galra, and have them all crushed to death with her ...

Raible's friend Dr. Harvard reports from the sand planet that Galra are capturing the otherwise gentle Sand People, and converted them into dangerous Beastmen. The Golion team arrives on the planet, and meets up with Harvard and some Sand People. Fala befriends one of the Sand People, whom she nicknames "Sand", and gives him her bracelet. Soon afterward, Sincline attacks Golion and buried them with a sand tsunami and. He takes Sand, remakes him into a fearsome Beastman. Now Golion has the unenviable task of confronting their new-found friend in battle.

Daibazaal is furious with Sincline over the alliance of Altea and Heracles, and demands that his son reclaim the worlds that Galra has lost. Sincline chooses to reconquer Amazon first, since his father needs their amazonia flowers to aid his longevity. He keeps the people from rebelling with pointless forced labor, refilling the water for a man-made waterfall. The adults are too demoralized to resist Sincline, but four child conspire to assassinate him, and form the "Youth Suicide Corps". The kids enter Sincline's palace, but they walk right into a trap and are ...

The Jarrans are ready to join the alliance with Altea and Golion, and have invited Golion to a formal ceremony on their planet. Sincline and Honerva have developed their own Golion that shares the same powers and abilities as the real Golion. Garla sends the fake Golion to Jarre with a unsuspecting crowd waiting to greet them. When the fake Golion lands, Galra soldiers emerge from its escort ships and open fire on the Jarrans, killing and capturing many of them. Sincline then buries the fake Golion under sand, and orders his troops hide and lie in wait for the real ...

Daibazaal is determined to put an end to the rebellion against him, which is now 5 planets strong. To this end, he plans to send 500 Mecha Beastmen against Golion, utilizing a massive facility that Honerva has finished building. To mobilize these Beastman forces, he uses the resources of all the planets still under his control. Ryô and Amue sneak back to Galra, and learn that hundreds of Beastman are fighting to the death in Daibazaal's arena. Ryô reports the intel they gathered to Altea, and he disguises himself as a Beastman to determine where Galra's main factory ...

The Golion team helps Platt and his family train so they can fight Jaga. Shorty also builds a robot mouse for them to pilot, which is put to the test when Honerva shows up with a Mecha Beastman.

The first meeting of the Leo Alliance is held on Altea, and Raible decides that Fala should be the pilot of the Black Lion. The 4 men of the Golion are adamantly opposed to this, given her relative inexperience. Kogane relents after a private meeting with Raible. Meanwhile Daibazaal is alarmed that 42 worlds have broken away from the Galra Empire, Sincline assures him that everything is under control, and that he is having the leaders of those planets assassinated as he speaks. Fala's initial training as Black Lion's pilot end in failure as she loses control and is ...

As Golion returns to Altea, Blue Lion malfunctions and crashes, and is rescued by a mysterious young man with a cape. Raible, Hys and the other Golion members arrive on the scene and notice his agility when he dodges an explosion from the Blue Lion. At the castle, he identifies himself as Saint, and reveals that he is a survivor from the Galra attack on Altea 15 years earlier, and was taken from the castle by his mother. When Raible later sees Saint wearing a necklace that Raible put on his infant son years ago, he tells Saint that he is in fact his son.

The treacherous Saint has taken over the control room in Castle Gradam, and has taken Raible and Hys hostage. Outside, Sincline is using a Mecha Beastman and the Giant Interstellar Cannon against Golion.

Daibazaal has ordered the arrest and for his son for the grave error of allowing the Giant Interstellar Cannon to fall into enemy hands. Sincline is sentenced to death and is held at the Demon Castle to await execution. Daibazaal assumes command of his forces and leads them to Altea. The Leo Alliance prepares an attack on Galra using the stolen cannon, Golion, and even Castle Gradam itself.

Sincline has deposed Daibazaal and remade him into a Mecha Beastman, Golion is en-route to Galra for the final showdown with Daibazaal.

The final decisive battle between good and evil in the universe is at hand, the Golion team and Sincline have one last confrontation on the grounds of Castle Galra.