Gaiking

Daikyuu Maryuu Gaiking (Japanese:大空魔竜ガイキング; In English "Giant Sky Demon Dragon Gaiking") was a Super Robot mecha anime series produced by Toei Animation on an original idea by Akio Sugino (not Go Nagai, contrary to legend, even though his company, Dynamic Productions, co-produced
the show from Episode 22 on, but he had no direct involvement), which ran from
April 1976 through January 1977 and consisted of 44 26-minute episodes. Gaiking
was notable for being perhaps the only show of its kind (besides GoShogun)
to take place in real places outside of Japan, and for being the first Super
Robot series to have a mobile carrier for the chief robots.

The story chronicled the battle between the crew of the semi-transformable
carrier Daikyu Maryuu (also called the Kargosaur) and the Super
Robot Gaiking against an invading race of aliens called the Zelons, whose
home planet is facing destruction by a black
hole. Notable aspects of the series include the dinosaur-based designs
of the Daikyu Maryuu and its support machines and the use of part of the carrier
to form the main robot. The robot Gaiking was piloted by a baseball star
named Sanshiro Tsuwabuki (Sanshiro's name was changed to Aries Astonopolis
for the English version of the show with the carrier being called the "Great
Space Dragon", a literal translation of "Daikuu Maryuu"). It is most easily
distinguished from other mecha by
its skull-shaped golden torso and its golden horns. (Wikipedia)