Ninja Robots (1985): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1985, Ninja Robots is an animation and action & adventure series.

What it’s about. One day, Joe Maya, who lives on Mars, witnesses a battle between aliens. Those from Planet Zaboom are attacking the princess of Planet Radorio, she has escaped from the emperor of Zaboom who is scheming to conquer the universe and has crash landed on mars. Joe stumbles aboard the princesses ship, this starts a chain reaction of events that will alter their lives. Joe and his friends wield three powerful mecha beasts against the emperor of Zaboom and his forces, but the odds are stacked heavily against them. When all hope seems to be lost a mysterious ninja robot named Tobikage appears as if from nowhere to provide assitance, able to combine with the 3 mechanical beasts provides Tobikage with unmatched power, with his aide Joe fights the forces of Zaboom...

Who’s in it. Ninja Robots stars Kazuhiko Inoue as Joe Maya, Noriko Hidaka as Jenny Ai, Masami Kikuchi as Mike Coil and Masamichi Sato as Damian, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.0/10, Ninja Robots has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and RetroCrush Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Ninja Robots page.

If you liked it. Fans of Ninja Robots tend to enjoy Rick and Morty, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan: No Regrets.