STORY
The story takes us to a planet called Fleed, which is located far from earth in the Vega star system. Duke Fleed, the prince of the planet Fleed is forced to leave his home because the evil King Vega wants to conquer the whole galaxy, and is now attacking and destroying planet Fleed, the peacefull planet whose people have excelled in many branches of science.
Duke Fleed escapes with Grendizer looking for revenge after watching both his father and mother die(IMAGES BELOW)in front of his eyes, and also he had to leave his younger sister Maria behind. After a long journey and a hard battle with the Vegan army he finally manages to escape and land on Earth.
Professor Umon finds Duke Fleed on the ground by Mt. Fuji in bad shape and next to him a huge robot(Grendizer).Duke Fleed is then adopted by professor Umon who calls him Daisuke Umon. He starts to work in Dampyee's farm to hide his true identity. Grendizer is taken to the space & science center and hidden underground to burry the secret.
Two years pass, and one day Vega's army arrive's on Earth, willing to conquer it, but this time Duke Fleed dose not want to leave again, instead he's going to fight Vega with Grendizer.
Many friends and allies will help Duke Fleed in the battle to save the planet: Koji Kabuto (he was the pilot of Mazinger Z ) who pilots the TFO and the Double Spazer, Hikaru Makiba who pilots the Marine Spazer and Maria Grace Fleed(Duke's sister), she was rescued from the burning planet Fleed by one of the ministers on planet Fleed and both of them landed on earth. Maria pilots the Drill Spazer.
The battle against Vega's forces is hard and long (74 episodes) but in the end Duke Fleed and co. will triumph over Vega and his allied forces and end his terror over the universe. When the war is over, Duke and Maria went back to planet Fleed that is slowly comming back to life. This series is one of the all time greats if not the greatest. UFO ROBO GRENDIZER, a name you and I won't forget....