Daikû maryû Gaiking

Here is another underrated anime series I now love after watching the opening sequence on YouTube. And it's also another favorite from Toei Animation; I'm a huge Toei fan.

The story is about Sanshiro Tsuwabuki, a brash baseball player who was about to show his "Miracle Pitch" during a game, when someone attacked him, breaking his wrist. And thus he can never play baseball again. Later, Sanshiro finds himself surrounded by winged aliens but is saved by astrobiologist Dr. Daimonji and his psychic crew on the carrier superweapon Daiku Maryu. The doctor explains to Sanshiro that the aliens that attack him are invaders from the faraway planet Zela. The planet is on the verge of being sucked into a black hole. Zela's supercomputer, Emperor Darius, plans to conquer Earth and make it home for the Zelans. The one thing that stands in the way of this invasion is the Daiku Maryu and its crew. Sanshiro, who wanted revenge on the Zelans, is now a pilot of the giant robot Gaiking.

So that's all I could tell you, folks. You will have to watch the series on DVD for yourself. Overall, I love every bit of this "retro" sci-fi anime series.