Hello!
By the way I need help finding an old Anime that I saw when I was like 4 years old.
I am lost in trying to think up of an old combining robot animation I saw a long time ago in a theater like back in 1979-1981 or so.
I believe it was a movie, tho I know I saw it in a theater.
Basic story I remember is that a scientist or someone from another planet is fleeing the an enemy with a secret power (I believe it's 3 orbs with different color that grants the power of ships that combine into a robot) and he escapes to earth in his ship and finds 3 people, probably kids and gives them the power. The power resides I believe in their belly button or their back. I think the bad guy/enemy boss is a flame gas monster or something from another planet. I think somehow the kids can lose the power if someone touches them on the spot or something, I forget.
Also I remember one scene where I believe one of the kids (probably the heavy one) jump and does flips in the air to get into his ship and lands backwards and starts crying and wonders where all the controls went. I believe the 3 ships they have combine into one robot.
Sorry I don't have much more info but I hope someone can help.
Thanks for listening!
By the way I gotta say Gunbuster was one of the first actual Anime I saw like back in 1991-92ish that really got me into it tho I have seen the Maginzer Z, G-Force/Battle of the Planets, Captain Harlock, Star Blazers and etc when I was a kid on TV. I think due to that I attended my First Anime Expo back in 1993 and still have the badge... LOL
I am kinda old school tho noob to new anime.. LOL