Sparrow Family

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Sparrow Family
Clockwise from upper-left: "Beast-Warrior Puma", "Phoenix Beast Gairuda", "Ironhammer the Giant" and "D.D. Esper Star Sparrow" riding "D.D. Jet Iron".
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  • ロビン・ファミリー
  • Robin Famirī (romanized)
  • Robin Family (translated)
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The Sparrow Family, known as the Robin Family in the Japanese version,[1] is a series of cards used by Nelson Andrews in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime.

These monsters are based on characters from Nelson's television show "The Sparrow" ("D.D. ESPer Star Robin" in the original). The main monster is "D.D. Esper Star Sparrow" as it also represents its owner. They are geared towards Summoning "D.D. Jet Iron".

These monsters and Nelson's television show "The Sparrow" seem to reference a 1971 manga series named Babel II. Both feature a junior high school student turned alien hero and three servants, a black cat servant, a flying servant and a loyal humanoid robot. It also features an evil monarch relative conspiring to take over the world, similar to "Galaxy Queen".

References[edit]

  1. Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 04545: "Ruffled Feathers"