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==History==

Some of the staff fresh from [[Zambot 3]] worked with Tomino on the Daitarn 3 project. The suave nature of the hero, BanjoBanjou Haran, was a direct attempt at capturing some of the spirit of the [[James Bond]] movies, which can be seen in the fact almost as much action takes place with Banjo, Reika Sanjo and Beautiful Tachibana (aka "Beauty) playing superspies as Banjo fighting against Meganoid robots in Daitarn 3.

Other important charachters were Garrison Tokida, Banjo's trusted butler and Toppy, a comic-relief brat who gets rescued from a meganoid-hijacked city block in ep. 3 and then stays with AramBanjou & C. for no apparent reason (was he orphaned in the attack?).

There is a light comedic element running through the whole series and an interesting point to note is that the Meganoid foot soldiers exerted some of their own personality with witty banter, bringing a fresh change to the silent drones which permeated super robot series previously.

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The series sported lots of references and influences, mainly from 1970-ish spy thrillers (Aram Banjo Haran himself is a suave 'man of mystery') and 'Batman' (both the comic and the campy series, with BanjoBanjou's mansion, super-car and butler and the odd themed meganoid teams, often fashioned as 'skaters', 'tank enthusiasts' and the like).

The series is also noteworthy for having the second largest [[Super Robot]] in the [[mecha]] anime canon to date (second only to [[Gunbuster]], and the same height as later show [[Daikengo]]) , standing over 210 meters (about 750 feet).