Phoenix-bot Phoenix King

Phoenix King (Korean: 불사조 로보트 피닉스킹; RR: Bulsajo roboteu Pinikseu-King) is a South Korean animated feature film. It was later dubbed into English and released in America and Europe as Defenders of Space and parts of its footage was used to create Space Thunder Kids. The small image of the movie poster depicts a toy version of Phoenix King that was released.

Phoenix King
Hangul	불사조 로보트 피닉스킹
Hanja	不死鳥 로보트 피닉스킹
Revised Romanization	Bulsajo roboteu Pinikseu-King
McCune–Reischauer	Pulsajo rŏbŏt'ŭ p'iniksŭ-k'ing
Directed by	Jeong Su-yong
Written by	Lim Woong-sun
Produced by	Choe Deok-su An Bong-sik
Cinematography	Kim Jong-seok
Edited by	Ree Kyoung-ja
Music by	Jeong Min-seob
Release date	January 20, 1984 (1984-01-20)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Phoenix King is identical to a Diaclone toy No.10 Fire Engine, that later became Inferno of the Transformers. This is the earliest animated version of said toy.

Criticism

The film is infamous for copying designs from numerous Super Robot Series in Japan, especially Mazinger Z, Ippatsuman, Space Cruiser Yamato, Mobile Suit Gundam and many of Leiji Matsumoto's work.