Salamander

Category: OVA
Adult: No
Native: 沙羅曼蛇
Titles:
沙羅曼陀 (incorrect)
Runtime: 55 minutes
Aired: Feb 25, 1987 [37 years 11 months ago]
Ended: Feb 25, 1989 [35 years 11 months ago]
Language: Japanese
Genres:
Action
Science Fiction
Tags:
Military
Alien
Space Travel
Disaster
Other Planet
Space Battles
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Three tales based on the Gradius video game series by Konami. The planet Latis is under attack by the Space Dragon Salamander and it's war planet, the Bacterian horde destroying everything in sight, their defenses ineffective and losing all hope, three heroes from the planet Gradius join Lord British in defense of his beloved planet... Then in a prequel, a girl from a distant planet brings an ominous warning to the planet Gradius, the Bacterians and how three people become heroes of the galaxy.... Then we jump to the future, after the signing of a peace treaty, one of our heroes gets captured by the Bacterians, can the military might of Gradius and our remaining heroes save the prisoner from a fate worse than death.

Episode 1: Salamander
Runtime: 55 minutes
Air Date: 1987-02-25
Episode 2: Basic Saga: Paula's Meditation
Runtime: 55 minutes
Air Date: 1988-02-25
Episode 3: Advanced Saga: Gofer's Ambition
Runtime: 55 minutes
Air Date: 1989-02-25