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“9-year-old Wataru is transported to Soukaizan, where he must save the realm by creating a small Super Robot.”
Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru
魔神英雄伝ワタル
7.07
4,370 rank · 4,129 viewers · 14 favorites
Adventure
Comedy
Sci-Fi
Isekai
Mecha
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Synopsis
9-year-old Wataru is transported to Soukaizan, where he must save the realm by creating a small Super Robot.
A 9-year-old boy named Wataru Ikusabe is magically transported to a magical realm of the gods called Soukaizan which he is supposed to save. In his quest to save the realm, he manages to transform a clay sculpture into a somewhat autonomous (small) Super Robot. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 0.47
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.33
Running avg · Apr 2015 → Feb 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru delivers a colourful, chibi-styled blend of RPG adventure, mecha action and charming character personalities that keeps the songs and catchphrases stuck in your head. While...”
- 8 “Mashin Eiyuuden Wataru wins you over with its playful, gag-driven fantasy adventure, charming half-chibi character designs, and standout voice work from Mayumi Tanaka. Animation quality dips and...”
- 7 “A charming fantasy adventure series that is pretty much unknown in the English-speaking part of the world. Which is quite shocking, given that it was a fairly big success in Japan and got 3...”
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Short · 0%
Medium · 33%
Long · 67%
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- Format 45 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 18h 00m all episodes
- Aired Apr 1988 – Mar 1989 Spring 1988
- Source Tv media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-3309 catalog
Produced by
- Asatsu DK Producer
- Nippon Television Network Producer