Let’s start with history: The anime was first aired in 1983, in Japan, Hong Kong, Greece (I really loved Jumaru) and Arab countries. The manga appeared in 1982 and continued until 1985.

In japanese the name is: Plawres Sanshiro (Puraresu Sanshirō)

Story: Sanshiro Sugata and his 30cm PlaWrestler robot Juohmaru are trying to win against all their rivals and one day become the champion of the PlaWrestler tournament. The anime combines  professional wrestling, hi-tech Robot Wars and traditional Dojo features. That’s because the grandfather of Sanshiro is the judo master of the Sugata dojo, which of course, Sanshiro never attends to.

Characters:

Sanshiro Sugata (Sugata Sanshirō)

Kyoko Fubuki (Fubuki Kyōko), friend, love interest,  assistant judo instructor

Shota Yamaguchi (Yamaguchi Shōta), best friend, information collector

Tetsuya Hasegawa (Hasegawa Tetsuya), Juohmaru’s mechanic

Shinji Murao (Murao Shinji), Juohmaru’s programmer

Kennosuke Sugata (Sugata Kennosuke), grandfather

Kaoru Sugata (Sugata Kaoru), mother

Machiko Sugata (Sugata Machiko), little sister

Kenichiro Sugata (Sugata Ken’ichirō), father

Jose Garcia, The mastermind behind all the plans directed against Sanshiro

Ballesteros, Chairman of the World PlaWresting Association (WPWA)

Sheila Misty, she works for Jose Garcia

Gendou Kurosaki (Kurosaki Gendō), Japan’s national PlaWrestling champion for three consecutive years

Shinogu Narita (Narita Shinogu)

Dr. Warmer

Rival PlaWrestlers

Mad Hurricane, Ikarus Wing, Majin, Rocky, Mosquito, Cherry Bomber, Iron Killer, Blue Hawaii, El Matador, Stardust, Ganchanko, Hiryu, Pretty Rosa, Big Bang, Asteroid, Death Trap, Devil, Yoga, Great America, Western Buffalo, Red Arrow, JJ, El Cid, Mad Maximum, Great Simba, Siegfried, Ivan, Jupiter.

Genres: Mecha, Sport, Shonen

Episodes: 37