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Giant mech anime.

 

King of Braves GaoGaiGar (Yuusha-Oh GaoGaiGar) started broadcast in 1997, as the final installment of the Takara/Sunrise "Braves" franchise. Taking place in the far flung future of 2005, apparently normal 8 year old boy Mamoru is on a school trip to a garbage island in order to have demonstrated to him the importance of recycling, only to awaken a giant Robeast. He and his classmates are trapped on said robot, and all hope seems lost as the military bombards it with fighter jets, only to have them shot out of the sky. But whats this? A mysterious cyborg swoops in to save them, then jumps into a huge robot lion, turning it into a large robot man. When this proves not enough to save the kids, he fuses it with a bullet train, stealth bomber and drill tank to turn it into an even more Super Robot and basically rips its heart out. Just as he's about to crush it however, Mamoru suddenly starts to glow green, wings of light spread from his back, and he flies towards the robot, begging the robot not to destroy the core.

 

Thus goes the first episode of Gao Gai Gar, an anime made in the aftermath of Evangelion that firmly refused to comply to the trends set by it, and instead gleefully returned to old school Super Robot style of brute-force attacks while declaring each one by name, and action driven by a pretty good plot. The first 25 episodes are Monster Of The Week action - Someone gets made into a Zonder, they attack the city, GGG launch to fight it. It doesn't get old, though; new technologies and characters get introduced at a constant rate to keep it interesting and you get the occasional glimpse of what's to come. Then, after the half-way point all hell breaks loose and GGG have to try twice as hard as they were just to stay alive. Courage, friendship and sacrifice, it's everything a growing boy needs. Overall a very solid series. Lots of fun, made for kids without being kiddy and with some damn fine robot fights.

 

It's spiritual successor is Tenga Topen Gurran Lagann

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@Friend - Which means they spend a lot of time on the first chapter.

 

@Nexev - Sounds interesting... but I'm not much for mechas... or the typical shonen....

 

*mutters something about being pestered into watching Heroman*

 

 

EDIT: Gurenn Lagann was epic, I tell you >O

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@20: Screw you DX

 

 

@DMG: No particular reason, It's a chemical reaction.

 

Plus he threatened to murder anyone who slapped him for not knowing who Sasaki is. That included me and you. Despite you hitting me, my head back is covered in hair, therefore you got away. Shadow however beat me to a pulp and thus was terribly affected.

 

Since he threatened your life I though I'd make the battle 'mutually enjoyable'.

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Heroman has cliche up the @$$.

 

Seriously.

 

 

Bullying

Scientist guy w/ weird dream

Guy that scares off bullies

 

 

The only part I liked so far was the talk between Lina and the girlish dude.

 

Simply because it WASN'T cliche.

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...

 

No, his hair is actually the only downside to him. Otherwise, he's pretty cool.

 

I think I will refer to girlish dude as girlish dude from now on.

 

And no, I prefered if he didn't talk as much.

 

 

EDIT: I prefer Ultimo by miles and miles too!!!

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@ Link and Friend: Are you two trying to convince people to read/watch it, or discourage them? 'Cause this is sounding both interesting, and really weird...

 

@ Nex: *Grins* I like that thought...I really like that thought...Shadow probably doesn't wanna know what I'm thinking...Probably only DL will like it...

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Die 20th, cliches don't belong here in this forum.

Yet it is not by my hand they are once again, made prominent, they were brought by fanboys, who wished to buy thier franchise.

 

The franchise? Face it folks, the plot is overused and kinda lame.

Perhaps the same can be said of all animes?

 

Your post is as empty, as your soul. Stan Lee ill needs a fanboy such as you!

 

What is a fan but a miserable pile of obsessions? But enough talk. HAVE AT YOU!

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