), produced by Toei Animation, originally aired from April 8, 1982, to May 13, 1983, on Fuji TV, and was the first to present shōnen-ai themes on television.

[3] The series has also received four stage plays based on various arcs from anime and manga,[4][5][6][7] and a live action film adaptation in 2018.

received an anime adaptation produced by Magic Bus which aired on Kids Station from June 5 to November 9, 2005.

A robot that Patalliro built to mine diamonds on the moon, and another powerful character; one of his abilities is to shoot lasers from his eyes.

Rock musician Tomoaki Ishizuka took his stage name "Pata" from Patalliro, his nickname in high school as he was said to resemble the series' title character.