After the destruction of their home world, the survivors of the planet Baam head towards Earth with the goal of negotiating the purchase of land for emigration.

The only thing standing between the Earthlings and annihilation is the transforming, karate-using super robot, Daimos and its pilot, Kazuya Ryūzaki, but that changes when he meets and falls in love with a mysterious girl named Erika, who turns out to be the daughter of the deceased Baam leader.

After meeting and falling in love with Erika, he fights for the day when the war will end and they will be reunited, with his strong will of survival motivating him to be victorious.

Kazuya's friend with a dark brown Afro style hair, and the main pilot of the jet fighter Galva FX-II.

She leaves the group for some time after committing a big mistake that almost costs her her life, and returns with a more serious attitude.

After the death of Doctor Ryuuzaki, he takes over the operations of the base and taught Kazuya in the art of Karate.

The ever-cheerful support robot at Daimobic, Kairo is useful assistant to Doctor Izumi, but sometimes bumbling, wise-cracking and always harassed by Nana's nanny Okane.

A scientist from Utopia, he arrived at the Baam Greenpeace Force Base to examine the secret formula of the ring.

In episode 40, he was knocked unconscious by Kazuya after the Daimobic relaunches from the Baam underwater base, and as his misdeeds were discovered, he was to be arrested.

He usurped the throne by killing Emperor Leon since the rightful heir has not reached the age of maturity.

Just before he dies, he manages to prevent the Baam Asteroid City from crashing into Jupiter and tells Kazuya to look after Erika for him.

Thus, to atone for the death of her father, she is working as a field doctor while Richter became the admiral for the Baam forces against Earth.

A Baam warrior who, in exchange for a pardon for his supposedly traitorous activities, challenged Kazuya to a man-to-man duel.

The concept itself was added during production, as he believes it can emphasize its dramatic nature such as humiliation, forbidden love and war for national interests.

[4] Originally meant to have 50 episodes, the series was cut short to 44 due to low ratings in Japan alone.

[5] Daimos was broadcast in Japan by TV Asahi from April 1, 1978 to January 27, 1979, replacing Voltes V. The series' opening theme is titled "Tate!

3B Productions strung the pivotal episodes of the show together to form a compilation movie under the title Starbirds.

[6] In December 2020, Discotek Media licensed the series for its DVD and Blu-ray release in North America.

In 2008, Bandai released a newer, smaller Daimos toy as part of their Soul of Chogokin line.

Bandai Spirits later released a non-transformable version of Daimos under the Soul of Chogokin Full Action line, with more articulation and assortment of accessoriries.

In the Graphika Manila event of 2024, Riot Inc. showcased a pitch material clip proposing a live-action adaptation of Daimos.

[8] This presentation confirmed ongoing negotiations between GMA Network and Toei for the production of the live-action adaptation.