Andro Melos

• Genre — Tokusatsu Superhero Kaiju Science fiction Kyodai Hero • Creator — Tsuburaya Productions • Writer — * Andro Kōbō • Kazuho Mitsuta • Masahide Fukushima • Takumi Fujimori • Naoyuki Etō • Director — * Yoshikazu Takahashi • Tatsurō Furuta • Voices — * Makoto Ataka • Kenyu Horiuchi • Susumu Kotaki • Kumiko Mizukura • Shojiro Kihara • Shingo Kanemoto • Kyoko Oguma • Open Theme — "Andro Melos" by Ichirou Mizuki, Columbia Yurikago Kai • End Theme — "Kaettekoi yo Andro Melos" by Ichirou Mizuki • Composer — Shizuka Tamagawa • Country — Japan • First Aired — 1983 2 28 • Last Aired — 1983 4 29 • Num Episodes — 45 • Producer — Tomohiko Hamada • Runtime — 5–10 minutes • Network — TBS • Related — Ultra Series

The Andorojin is a tribe similar to the Ultras from Nebula M78. In addition to their devotion for peace and justice, they established the Andro Defense Force as their answer to the Inter-Galactic Defense Force. At that moment, the Gua Army started their conquest for universal domination and sent out their Fighting Bems to wreak havoc in multiple planets. To protect the peace of the universe, Melos and the Andro Defense Force rode the Andro Boat to fly in the vast universe.

The Andro Defense Force is an organization formed by the Andros (a race with similar traits to the Ultra Warriors) under Zoffy's advice to maintain peace in outer space. When the Gua Army spread their influence, the team set out to fight the regime and its leaders. Each members wear Kosumo Tekutā combat armor with distinctive colors and weapons. As revealed in Ultra Galaxy Fight, the team had recruited several new members (including Andro Ares), as Andro Melos left his position as a leader to join the Galaxy Rescue Force. • Andro Melos: The titular protagonist in the mini-series, he is the captain of the Andro Defense Force and is known for his green colored armor. The Urutora Kurosu badge on his armor is an award given by Zoffy himself. In the recent media of Ultra Series, Andro Melos had since left his position to join the Galaxy Rescue Force. • In Andro Melos magazine, the original owner of the green Cosmo Tector was Sezaru, who relinquished it to Zoffy to save his life at the cost of his own. Zoffy adopted the alias Andro Melos to fight against the Gua Army and eventually gave it to Caesar's son Benoit, who assumed it and the Andro Melos alias ever since then, including his appearance in the eponymous television series. • Andoro Urufu: A team member who wears the red-colored Cosmo Tector. He has a companion named Alien Ape "Elpa", who was killed by Judah of the Gua Army. In the magazine series, he was originally known as Andoro Merosu Nisei. • Andoro Marusu: The strongest member of the team, known for his brute strength and orange Cosmo Tector. • Andoro Furoru: The only female member of the team, her Cosmo Tector is white colored and has a pair of wings. Flor came from a family of royal descendants, hence she is able to conjure the Super Barrier force field like her family members.

The Gua Gundan is the antagonist of the series, a barbaric empire led by the unseen Combined Great Devil Emperor Gua and stationed on the similarly named planet. The empire's main agenda is to spread their influence through iron fist and constantly fighting against the Andro Defense Force and Ultra Warriors for standing in their way of conquest. Later in the series, it was revealed that Gua is actually the combined form of the siblings and his creation almost doomed the universe before Melos defeated him with the Grantechtor. • Uchū no Akuma: A trio of siblings that lead the Gua Army in their conquest, namely Judah, Morudo, and Gina. Following their near defeat by the Andro Defense Force, they merged into Gua in the final battle against Melos. • Faitingu Bemu: The army's invasion soldiers, each were under servitude of a Space Devil sibling. • Monster Battleships: Massive combat mechas created in the image of past Ultra Monsters. The Space Devil siblings rode each one of them in a fight against the Andro Defense Force. • Maguma Seijin San-nin-shū: A trio of Alien Magma mercenaries based on the similarly named alien from Ultraman Leo. Led by the Kaizō Maguma Seijin, they offered their services to Gua Army and has targeted multiple planets under their banner.

• Andro Melos: Makoto Ataka • Andro Wolf: Kenyu Horiuchi • Andro Mars: Susumu Kotaki • Andro Flor: Kumiko Mizukura • Alien Ape "Elpa", Edorasu: Shigeru Chiba • Judah: Shojiro Kihara • Mold: Shingo Kanemoto • Gina: Kyoko Oguma • Dakumiran: Hiroshi Ikaida • Bazelia: Yoshiaki Nemoto • Narrator: Takashi Tsuda

• Opening theme • "Andro Melos" • Lyrics: Noboru Tani • Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi • Arrangement: Kōji Yoshimura • Artist: Ichirou Mizuki, Columbia Yurikago Kai • Ending theme • "Kaettekoi yo Andro Melos" • Lyrics: Noboru Tani • Composition: Shunsuke Kikuchi • Arrangement: Kōji Yoshimura • Artist: Ichirou Mizuki

• Ultraman Story (1984): Judah was featured in this movie as the adversary of Father of Ultra and created Grand King to fight against Ultra Brothers. The appearance of Judah was to promote the Andro Melos media as both series and related magazines. • Ultraman X (2015): The Space Devil siblings appear as the antagonist of episodes 13 and 14 during the series' crossover with Ultraman Ginga S. • SSSS.Gridman (2018): Andro Melos appear alongside Hunter Knight Tsurugi and Techtor Gear Zero in a cover for in-universe Uchusen magazine. • Ultraman Taiga (2019): Episodes 13 to 15 of the Voice Drama features original characters Andro Ares and Imbeeza in Taiga's recollection in his past. The two characters pay tribute to the Andro Melos miniseries. • Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy (2020): Andro Melos returned to live action media for the first time since the end of his titular series. Having left the Andro Defense Force to join the Galaxy Rescue Force, he would eventually become part of Zero's Ultra League team to curb Tartarus' nefarious plot.