Outline Produced by ABC from April 1, 1972 to September 30, 1972, a total of 27 episodes were broadcast every Saturday from 19:00 to 19:30 on TBS with ABC as the key station. From this work, this slot has been changed from a TBS-produced program to an ABC-produced program.　　Originally, after the serialization ended, Osamu Tezuka planned to make it into an anime at Tezuka Productions, and a pilot version was produced. However, in the midst of the turmoil caused by the deterioration of Bug Productions, Yoshinobu Nishizaki, who was Tezuka's manager, acquired the rights to the anime adaptation and succeeded in selling the broadcast to TV stations. It is Nishizaki's first TV anime production and the first directorial work of Yoshiyuki Tomino (currently Yuki Tomino). It was decided to be produced in the anime staff room, which was established mainly by the staff of Mushi Pro Shoji. In fact, the studio that was at the center of the production was Asahi Film, which was mainly a subcontractor for Toei Douga's TV anime series, and director Tomino later stated that he could not use the staff of the Mushi Pro system. For this reason, the use of Akiyoshi Hane from Toei Video for the character design was based on the basic policy of taking on new challenges rather than insect pros, and deliberately choosing a character that was not in the style of Osamu Tezuka.　　Because of this background in production, Tezuka commented on the cover sleeve of the Akita Shoten edition of the book, "The TV manga Triton was not my own creation," and in the afterword to Kodansha's complete collection of Osamu Tezuka's manga, he refused to tell readers, "I am only in the position of the original author." Tomino speculated that Tezuka may have considered the original work to be a failure, and also recalled that he was given a great deal of freedom in modifying the story.　　In the anime version, the part of the relationship between the Tritons and humans that was in the original story is cut out, and the "Dagger of Orihalcon", which holds the key to the entire story, is introduced, explaining that the battle is possible against overwhelming enemies. Unlike Astro Boy and Knight of the Ribbon, this game did not feature any of Osamu Tezuka's star system characters.　　This is Yoshiyuki Tomino's directorial debut, and is often compared to the shocking end of the reversal of good and evil, in which the protagonist is chased by what needs to be protected, the community created by the protagonists, the Triton tribe is evil and the Poseidon tribe is good, which leads to the later "Invincible Superhuman Zambot 3".　　In the "Encyclopedia Series 112: Encyclopedia of the World's Monsters" published by Kavensha, some of the Poseidon tribes and Medons who appeared in this work are introduced.　　Reputation in the history of anime This work was popular among older people before "Space Battleship Yamato" and is considered important as a pioneer of the anime boom. It is said to be the first fan-centered TV anime fan club in Japan, and was especially popular with female fans. Formed in 1972"Sea Triton"Fan club"TRITON"Is said to be the fan club[17]. In addition, in the recording studio, there was also a phenomenon that foreshadowed the later anime voice actor boom in which junior high school girls and high school girls visited to see Tsubasa Shioya as Triton[18].　　Later, Nishizaki's Space Battleship Yamato and Tomino's Mobile Suit Gundam were huge hits, and the game was re-evaluated. On January 25, 1978, the soundtrack "Triton of the Sea" (CS-7044) was released as one of the "anime Aizoban series" and peaked at No. 4 on the Oricon LP chart.