"Two hundred years in the future, Rugger pilots Miranda Keets, Walter Jack and Manabu Aki lead three teams across the cosmos in search of a suitable planet to help ease the overcrowding problem plaguing Earth. But when they encroach on the evil Galbeston Empire, they must merge their units into the mighty supermachine Dairugger XV to defend themselves. This anime hit was the basis for the American 'toon series "Voltron: Defender of the Universe.""