Getter Robo

From deep within the Earth's surface, the Dinosaur Kingdom make their move to wipe out mankind and conquer the planet with their mechanical dinosaurs. After a prototype Getter Robo is shot down by a mechanical dinosaur, the Saotome Research Institute decides to use the real Getter Robo, which is combat-capable. Due to a lack of pilots in the institute, Ryo Nagare goes to his college to persuade martial artist Musashi Tomoe and outcast Hayato Jin to join him and pilot the Getter Machines to combat the new threat and protect mankind.

If you like this, try

Mazinger Z 90%

92 eps · 1972

You get the same era's monster-of-the-week grind and motorcycle-riding pilots swearing revenge on ruthless invaders.

MEGATON MUSASHI 81%

13 eps · 2021

Three ordinary teens are handed a combining super robot, echoing that same reluctant-pilot setup, though the mood leans school-life softer.

Combattler V 79%

54 eps · 1976

Alien colonizers besiege Earth and an episodic super robot answers back, keeping the kaiju-smashing rhythm you loved.

Go Lion 76%

52 eps · 1981

A punished robot fractures into pieces piloted by young men against alien beastmen, matching the episodic kaiju structure beat for beat.