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Actor: Itaru Orita, Katsuhiko Taguchi, Koichi Takemoto, Michio Konishi, Minoru YamadaAudio: English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language); English (Original Language); English (Dubbed)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 340 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Anime Works
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Movie Review: Becomes stranger by the episode
Summary: 3 Stars
I would have really loved this anime if I was around 14, and it is too violent for younger viewers.
The plot, as with most Japanese animation of the 90s, is very incoherent. It is as if the writers decided to take the story in multiple directions and failed in every single one. It tries to be philosophical. Can one obtain happiness without sacrifice?, repeatedly asks the main character, but I really didn't care for the answer to the question because it seemed very trivial to me (adult in his 30s).
How come most of the villians are always wearing a nice suit? How come the giant evil sphere is in a shape of an eye and many of the characters lose their eye? How come Giant Robo (which is purely mechanical) inexplicably cries when it loses its arm? How come Dr. Shizuma just explain things instead looking like a drug addict suffering from severe withdrawl and speech impairment? There are many inexplicable events which this anime does not even attempt to explain.
The 6 episode series starts off great. The initial explaination of Dr. Von Fogler and his attempt to create a "beautiful night" is one of the all time great Japanese animation clips. Rarely has a depiction of a "Mad Scientist" so compellingly dramatized and shown with such unforgettable vision.
But the series takes few twists and starts to introduce unnecessary characters which confuses lot more than it adds to the coherence of the story.
In the end, it is just a cartoon. It is visually satisfying and has enough elements to be worth watching. This is still one of the best Japanese animation of the 90s. Giant Robo is an example of how much Japanese animation has slid from its glory years of late 60s to early 80s.
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It is a new dawn for mankind. The Shizuma Drive has brought clean, limitless energy and launched humanity into an age of prosperity. But even in this Eden of technology, there lurk the shadows of envy and greed. Big Fire is a secret brotherhood whose only goal is to direct the world toward chaos. The world is protected by the Experts of Justice, a team of operatives assembled from around the globe to stop the ultimate disaster of The Eternal Night. The key to everything is the bravery of their newest member, a boy named Daisaku Kusama, and the great machine he commands.Animation DVD Video
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