X-Bomber AKA Star Fleet 1980

X Bomber is a marionette tokusatsu TV series. It was created by manga master Go Nagai, and produced by Cosmo Productions and Jin Productions. The show aired on Fuji TV from October 4, 1980 to March 28, 1981, with a total of 26 episodes and was billed in Japan as being filmed in "Sūpāmariorama", a puppeteering process similar to Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation works.

The year is 2999 and the Earth is at peace following the Space Wars. The safety of the human race is ensured by Earth Defense Force (EDF). Shortly before the turn of the fourth millennium, the peace is broken by the appearance of a gigantic alien battle cruiser. Powerless to defend itself, the EDF's Pluto base is completely destroyed and the evil Commander Makara reveals that the same fate awaits the Earth unless the mysterious F-Zero-One is handed over to her.

Unaware of the nature of F-Zero-One and fearing retribution, the EDF presses into action an untested, incomplete weapon, codenamed X-Project, from its hidden moon-base. The X-Project is revealed to be a powerfully-armed spacecraft named X-Bomber.

The series then follows the adventures of the crew of the X-Bomber, namely Doctor Benn, Shiro Hagen, Barry Hercules and John Lee who are joined by PPA, Lamia and her guardian Kirara. They set off to discover the nature of the F-Zero-One and try to protect it from the increasingly desperate Commander Makara and her menacing overlord, the Imperial Master.

Eventually it is revealed that Lamia herself is the mysterious F-Zero-One, a powerful alien destined to bring peace to the galaxy at the turn of the millennium. The series continues with Lamia gradually discovering her true nature and powers while the Imperial Alliance attempts to capture her and destroy the X-Bomber. The series climaxes with the X-Bomber crew destroying Commander Makara and Lamia finally confronting and defeating the Imperial Master and bringing peace to the universe.

This is one weird show.

Starfleet.s01e01.Scramble.X-Bomber!
Starfleet.s01e02.The.Super.Powerful.Imperial.Alliance
Starfleet.s01e03.Find F-01!
Starfleet.s01e04.Wipe Out the Transport Fleet
Starfleet.s01e05.The Mysterious Ship Skull!
Starfleet.s01e06.X-Bomber Goes Forth!
Starfleet.s01e07.Mortal Combat In The Gravity Graveyard!
Starfleet.s01e08.An Attack Beyond Tears!
Starfleet.s01e09.Target the Captain
Starfleet.s01e10.Galaxy Adrift
Starfleet.s01e11.Farewell, the Eternal Battlefield
Starfleet.s01e12.Our Mortal Enemy Is Captain Carter
Starfleet.s01e13.Battle To The Death X Bomber Vs. the Imperial Alliance
Starfleet.s01e14.Lamia, Girl Of Destiny
Starfleet.s01e15.X-Bomber Death on Planet M
Starfleet.s01e16.Lamia Kidnapped
Starfleet.s01e17.Asleep In The Ice Prison
Starfleet.s01e18.Destroy the Prison Planet
Starfleet.s01e19.F-01 Assassination Plot
Starfleet.s01e20.M13 Full Frontal Attack Begins!
Starfleet.s01e21.M13 A Battle with No Tomorrow
Starfleet.s01e22.Board the Imperial Alliance Mothership
Starfleet.s01e23.The End of Earth
Starfleet.s01e24.A New Beginning For the Galaxy