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GoShogun (戦国魔神ゴーショーグン, Sengoku Majin GōShōgun?) was a super robot anime series produced in 1981 and aired in 1982 in Japan. It is variously referred to in English as Demon God of the War-Torn Land GoShogun , Warring Demon God GoShogun , Civil War Devil-God GoShogun and Macron 1 .

In 1985, staff in the USA combined footage from GoShogun and Akū Dai Sakusen Srungle (Great Military Operation in Subspace Srungle)/(Mission Outer Space 'Srungle), a similar show produced by Kokusai Eiga-sha, to form Macron-1 , which portrays the Srungle characters as being part of another branch of the organization fighting evil in a parallel universe. This combined series was produced and released in the United States by Saban.

The US version involves test pilot David Chance travelling into a parallel universe under the tyrannical control of an organization called GRIP, led by Dark Star. Chance's entrance into the other universe allows GRIP to send their forces to Earth, leaving Dark Star's cyborg henchman Orn to remain in control in the alternate universe. GRIP is opposed by the two teams of Macron-1, the first led by Dr. Shegall and his team on Earth (from the GoShogun footage), while in the alternate universe Chance organizes a band of rebel warriors, Beta Command, to combat and overthrow Orn (from the Srungle footage). The Beta Command members were given much less screen time than the Earth team.

Around the same time frame, in 1985, Saban translated and aired the series in several European countries, using the title Macron-1, but leaving the footage largely in its original form. In Italy it was broadcasted under the name Gotriniton-Goshogun, il dio della guerra. In France a video of the first episodes was released under the name Fulgutor.