Super Robot Thread Z: PILDER ON! MAZIN GO!

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Guyver: Dec 5, 2006

The good people at TSHS have put out a Giant Gorg episode every week for the last four weeks. Get on that if you've ever wanted to watch Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's 1984 TV series.

http://skarohuntingsociety.blogspot.com/

# ? Sep 5, 2013 12:30

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 14:44

GorfZaplen: Jan 20, 2012

Guyver posted:

The good people at TSHS have put out a Giant Gorg episode every week for the last four weeks. Get on that if you've ever wanted to watch Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's 1984 TV series.

http://skarohuntingsociety.blogspot.com/

I'm just starting Giant Gorg right now and five minutes in our hero is spray painting in a ratty subway car in New York City :allears:

# ? Sep 7, 2013 06:28

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

I'm halfway through Zambot 3 and I just realised how short it is, did it do the usual Tomino thing from this time period and get cancelled? 24 episodes for a 70's giant robot show is just weird.

Also Kappei is still kind of an rear end in a top hat.

# ? Sep 7, 2013 22:50

Guyver: Dec 5, 2006

Nope. I've heard the toy sales were good and it was popular enough that they went ahead with its sister series Daitarn 3. Never heard anyone say it was canceled.

Also a bit of trivia. Zambot 3 originally was going to be a warring states robot anime till Tomino got his hands on it and threw all that poo poo out.

# ? Sep 7, 2013 23:15

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

Warring states super robots would have been aces, shame.

It still boggles my mind that this is a kids show made to sell toy robots when about a hundred civilians get killed on screen every episode and I've been spoiled to the fact that practically everyone dies at the end.

# ? Sep 8, 2013 01:07

Daler Mehndi: Apr 10, 2005; Tunak Tunak Tun!

Killer the Butcher! :argh:

# ? Sep 8, 2013 03:55

GorfZaplen: Jan 20, 2012

The team behind Star Driver is coming back together for an anime called "Captain Earth". Not much else is know at the moment.

http://www.jefusion.com/2013/09/star-driver-team-reunites-for-captain-earth-mecha-anime.html

# ? Sep 11, 2013 05:15

drrockso20: May 6, 2013; Has Not Actually Done Cocaine

GorfZaplen posted:

The team behind Star Driver is coming back together for an anime called "Captain Earth". Not much else is know at the moment.

http://www.jefusion.com/2013/09/star-driver-team-reunites-for-captain-earth-mecha-anime.html

I've heard of some doofy mecha series names before but that takes the cake

# ? Sep 11, 2013 06:06

Schwarzwald: Jul 27, 2004; Don't Blink

With a name like that I can only hope that it's tremendously super robot.

# ? Sep 11, 2013 08:08

Son Ryo: Jun 13, 2007; Excuse me, do you know where Saiyans hang out?

Schwarzwald posted:

With a name like that I can only hope that it's tremendously super robot.

I heard (from a guy who I didn't bother asking for a source, so take it with a grain of salt) that the influences are 'Zeta Gundam, Gunbuster, L-Gaim, and Linebarrels'. So I'm cautiously excited for it... but given the mention of Gunbuster and Linebarrels, VERY cautiously.

# ? Sep 11, 2013 08:15

ActionZero: Jan 22, 2011; I act once more in
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Son Ryo posted:

but given the mention of Gunbuster and Linebarrels, VERY cautiously.

Are you talking poo poo about Gunbuster cause you and I are going to have to have words if that's the case. :colbert:

# ? Sep 11, 2013 09:32

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

I can understand trepidation about it being influenced by Linebarrels, but why are you hesitant about Gunbuster being an influence?

If anything, I would think that would mean a possibility of colossal earth-defending space militaries with ridiculously huge starships, robots, and superweapons. Led by Captain Earth, of course! We can hope.

# ? Sep 11, 2013 10:08

Son Ryo: Jun 13, 2007; Excuse me, do you know where Saiyans hang out?

ActionZero posted:

Are you talking poo poo about Gunbuster cause you and I are going to have to have words if that's the case.

I guess it depends on what exactly they're taking from Gunbuster. 'Cause I could do without the fanservice and the training stuff that takes way too long, but I liked the science stuff and as Captain Invictus says anything from the last couple of episodes is good.

I think most of my problems with Gunbuster (few as they are) come from the pacing being weird because they only had 6 episodes to work with, come to think of it. And that isn't the case here since it's a full TV anime.

# ? Sep 11, 2013 11:00

Justin_Brett: Oct 23, 2012; GAMERDOME put down LOSER

Son Ryo posted:

I heard (from a guy who I didn't bother asking for a source, so take it with a grain of salt) that the influences are 'Zeta Gundam, Gunbuster, L-Gaim, and Linebarrels'. So I'm cautiously excited for it... but given the mention of Gunbuster and Linebarrels, VERY cautiously.

Better than the influence being Star Driver itself at least.

# ? Sep 11, 2013 16:30

Brother Entropy: Dec 27, 2009

Well, Star Driver's biggest influence was probably Utena and...we didn't get anything remotely as interesting as Utena. So even if that list was sourced it wouldn't alleviate my huge skepticism for another show by this team in the slightest.

# ? Sep 11, 2013 17:21

Broniki: Sep 2, 2009; Feminist Frequency is one of many women targeted by the Gamergate harassment campaign. Donate today!

Star Driver is why I can't get hyped about a show based on the staff's credentials any more.

# ? Sep 11, 2013 18:01

wielder: Feb 16, 2008; "You had best not do that, Avatar!"

I'm assuming Captain Earth won't be identical to Star Driver, one way or another, but I also think some people tend to be harsher on that show than it deserved.

Either way, I will not expect anything about the new series until we get something more than a vague promotional image to discuss.

# ? Sep 11, 2013 21:10

tsob: Sep 26, 2006; Chalalala~

There was a translated interview posted with Igarashi and Enokido from Newtype on /m/ a few days ago. Link to the archived thread. I'm assuming it's been translated correctly, but I've no way to verify that so take with a grain of salt I guess.

Newtype Magazine posted:

The Robot Anime that Dares to Pitch Right Down the Middle

��The two of you were just working on Star Driver and its movie, but just what is this new project going to be like?

IGARASHI: Star Driver was a project about balancing "school" and "robots." So this time, we decided to try digging deeper into the 'robots' part of that. And that's how we got started with this project.

ENOKIDO: I think it's pretty risky to make another series in the same genre right away. People might start thinking we were one-trick ponies! Or that we'd lost our groove. But, with all that in mind, we wanted to try taking it to the next step this time.

��So, what sorts of things is this new project inheriting from previous works and what sorts of things are completely new?

IGARASHI: I guess you could say the themes of youth and adolescence that have shown up in my previous projects are sort of my 'life's work.' So, those themes will be a component this time and I thought I'd try my hand at some 'tear-jerking drama' too.

��Just what kind of robot anime is this going to be?

ENOKIDO: To put it simply, Star Driver was a series where robots could only move in a special, closed space called Zero Time. That was a bit of a curve ball for robot anime, but this time I thought I'd try pitching a straightforward game (lol). {tl note: I can't in2baseball so I'm sorry for butchering that metaphor}

IGARASHI: If you think of Star Driver as a story about leaving a closed space, in this project, that happens in the very first episode. Once we leave Earth for space, what happens next? I think that's one thing to look out for.

��The title is 'Captain Earth.' What does it mean exactly?

IGARASHI: I just think clear and easy-to-understand titles are nice.

ENOKIDO: I wanted to give it a more mainstream title. When it occurred to me that there wasn't any 'Captain Earth,' I thought it might work. So there's 'Captain Future' a captain from the future, and there's 'Captain America' a captain of America, but there's no captain of Earth. And its seemed perfect for the story of a boy leaving earth (lol).

IGARASHI: I was a little hung up on questions like, 'just what does "captain" mean and what kind of captain are we talking about here?' It's really a question of what it means to be an adult. And what it means to lay your life on the line for someone. This time, we wanted to center [the story] around those themes.

��I hear you've already started scouting locations. Where have your feet taken you?

ENOKIDO: (Pulling from our previous work) We wanted to to set it on a southern island. It seems rather BONES-ish, that was the thinking. BONES has made quite a few robot anime set on southern islands after all(lol).

IGARASHI: This time we took it a step further and decided to set it on a real island. So we decided on Tanegashima where the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)is located. We've been there twice to scout the location. We saw a rocket launch the second time.

��How did you feel watching the rocket launch?

IGARASHI: It was deeply moved. The conditions were so good Tanegashima locals were even saying, 'this doesn't happen very often.' Beneath the sparkling Milky Way, we could see the whole thing from take-off until it disappeared into the sky.

ENOKIDO: When the countdown hit zero, a brilliance, as bright as the sun, appeared on the ground. It was almost as bright as mid-day. And that 'sun' rose into the sky. That rare sight of those noctilucent clouds gleaming in the night sky left a real impression on me.

��I'm looking forward to seeing how this location is used in the story.

IGARASHI: I'm so happy that I can keep making original works in this day and age. And mecha anime is sort of a special genre of animation��there's a lot of staff involved and a lot of elements [in general]. I think it's [a genre] full of the feelings of a greater number of staff. So I've been whole-heartedly focused on how to convey all of those feelings on the screen.

ENOKIDO: This time, I'm planning to challenge [the audience] with such a simple robot gimmick that it'll make everyone wonder why no one's done it yet. But, the 'strike-zone' that'll make people go, 'now THIS is mecha anime!' is a little different [from what we're doing]. I'm facing the difficulty of doing that and pitching straight down the middle at the same time.

IGARASHI: We've gotta throw fast balls straight over home plate hard enough to blow the catcher away. That's the issue Enokido and I are facing right now.

BONES WATCH!
"If I hadn't joined BONES, I probably wouldn't have had the opportunity to make mecha anime. This time we plan to have the robots drawn by hand again. I think I have the opportunity to take up that challenge over and over thanks to BONES as well." (Igarashi)

"The first thing I worked on at BONES with director Igarashi was Ouran Host Club. It was based on a shoujo manga, playing to our personal strengths. But, BONES's forte is definitely mecha anime. Since we went to Tanegashima, I wanted to see a rocket launch. And since I'm working at BONES, I figure I should be making mecha anime. Something like that (lol)." (Enokido)

I don't know that I'd really be that excited myself since it just sounds like more of the same to a large degree, but maybe they learned from the criticism of Star Driver and will inject a bit more tension in to it and end it a bit better at least.

# ? Sep 11, 2013 21:26

HitTheTargets: Mar 3, 2006; I came here to laugh at you.

Captain Earth sounds like the '70s super robot anime based on Captain Planet that never happened. I'm pretty sure only me and Mercury Crusader would watch that though.

# ? Sep 12, 2013 00:29

Justin_Brett: Oct 23, 2012; GAMERDOME put down LOSER

That does sound pretty promising.

# ? Sep 12, 2013 01:13

Mercury Crusader: Apr 20, 2005; You know they say that all demons are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Pyro Jack and you can see that statement is not true, hee-ho!

HitTheTargets posted:

Captain Earth sounds like the '70s super robot anime based on Captain Planet that never happened. I'm pretty sure only me and Mercury Crusader would watch that though.

Hell yeah I'd watch the poo poo out of that :getin:

# ? Sep 12, 2013 01:54

paragon1: Nov 22, 2010; FULL COMMUNISM NOW

HitTheTargets posted:

Captain Earth sounds like the '70s super robot anime based on Captain Planet that never happened. I'm pretty sure only me and Mercury Crusader would watch that though.

The budget would consist solely of an empty unmarked manila folder and the laughter of a man with no hope.

# ? Sep 12, 2013 02:20

onepixeljumpman: Jun 23, 2010; In a world where one bear has a shotgun: Fuck.

HitTheTargets posted:

Captain Earth sounds like the '70s super robot anime based on Captain Planet that never happened. I'm pretty sure only me and Mercury Crusader would watch that though.

That depends. Is there an enemy robot that shoots endangered animals? I don't mean it goes around shooting them, I mean it has a gun that uses endangered animals for ammo.

# ? Sep 12, 2013 03:23

HitTheTargets: Mar 3, 2006; I came here to laugh at you.

I'm picturing the Grendizer vs Great Mazinger fight, but with pandas.

# ? Sep 12, 2013 03:56

GorfZaplen: Jan 20, 2012

HitTheTargets posted:

Captain Earth sounds like the '70s super robot anime based on Captain Planet that never happened. I'm pretty sure only me and Mercury Crusader would watch that though.

I'd watch the poo poo out of that, doubly so if it has HK Subs.

# ? Sep 12, 2013 04:04

GimmickMan: Dec 27, 2011

So Japan just did something weird but cool, it sadly is not translated (and probably won't be anytime soon) but it sure sounds interesting and maybe some thread regulars fluent in Japanese can get a kick out of reading it.

# ? Sep 19, 2013 04:21

Revolver Bunker: May 12, 2004; 「この一撃にかけるっ!」

HitTheTargets posted:

Captain Earth sounds like the '70s super robot anime based on Captain Planet that never happened. I'm pretty sure only me and Mercury Crusader would watch that though.

I would watch this whole-heartedly.

# ? Sep 19, 2013 08:29

Schwarzwald: Jul 27, 2004; Don't Blink

I imagine 70's Captain Earth as basically God Mars, only the component mecha are named after the Aristotelian Elements, plus heart.

# ? Sep 19, 2013 12:31

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

Finished Zambot 3, wasn't quite as depressing as I expected since it was mostly noble self-sacrifice deaths rather than Ideon style ironic pointless deaths.

So, how high does Daitarn 3 rank on the 'kill 'em all' scale?

# ? Sep 20, 2013 15:09

Pureauthor: Jul 8, 2010; ASK ME ABOUT KISSING A GHOST

Sakurazuka posted:

Finished Zambot 3, wasn't quite as depressing as I expected since it was mostly noble self-sacrifice deaths rather than Ideon style ironic pointless deaths.

So, how high does Daitarn 3 rank on the 'kill 'em all' scale?

Not even a blip.

# ? Sep 20, 2013 16:31

Mercury Crusader: Apr 20, 2005; You know they say that all demons are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Pyro Jack and you can see that statement is not true, hee-ho!

Sakurazuka posted:

Finished Zambot 3, wasn't quite as depressing as I expected since it was mostly noble self-sacrifice deaths rather than Ideon style ironic pointless deaths.

So, how high does Daitarn 3 rank on the 'kill 'em all' scale?

Barely. It's one of Tomino's more light-hearted shows, like Xabungle.

Here's a fun game: try and find the number of things the show has in common with Big O!

# ? Sep 20, 2013 19:53

Guyver: Dec 5, 2006

One of the parts I love about Daitarn 3 is it has this veneer of wackiness and playfulness but as the show goes on and you see more of Banjo you realize he has a barely contained seething rage under the surface. The reasons for it and way it's presented are very serious and that it's not at all a good thing for Banjo or anyone around him.

Of coarse it's all sandwiched between slapstick and jokes but it's there.

# ? Sep 20, 2013 20:16

SethSeries: Sep 10, 2013

Another good thing to check out if you want to want something similar to Xabungle is Overman King Gainer. Tomino is at the helm, but surprisingly no kill 'em all tendencies show up, it is also an excellent show.

# ? Sep 21, 2013 21:34

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

Honestly don't think I've seen any of Tomino's more light hearted stuff, I've only really got Dunbine to go and then I've seen all of his 'everyone dies shows' so I'll save them for after that.

Speaking of which, EG just started putting out subs for the Ideon BR's, well the first episode anyway.

# ? Sep 21, 2013 22:25

AzraelNewtype: Nov 9, 2004; 「ブレストバーン！！」

Don't download the first episode if you haven't yet, he hosed up the encode a bit and will be rereleasing.

Bunny Hat is rereleasing Xabungle with vastly improved video too, by the way.

# ? Sep 21, 2013 23:24

Srice: Sep 11, 2011

And Overman King Gainer's blu-rays are getting released too.

IIRC EG might be getting someone to do a new translation for Ideon? I hope that's the case since those Shin-Getter subs are rather janky.

# ? Sep 21, 2013 23:26

tsob: Sep 26, 2006; Chalalala~

ManSeriesBrofist posted:

Another good thing to check out if you want to want something similar to Xabungle is Overman King Gainer. Tomino is at the helm, but surprisingly no kill 'em all tendencies show up, it is also an excellent show.

While I admittedly haven't watched King Gainer in years, I don't recall enjoying it close to as much as I did when I recently watched Xabungle. I just don't recall King Gainer being nearly as fun and funny, even if it has some sweet designs and some cool ideas. I also felt that the show didn't really do as much world-building as it should have, and you never really get a clear picture of what the rest of the world is like, what's happening to the non-Siberian places like London they mention and a really vague sense of progression and time. I do think it's worth a watch if you're a Tomino fan, I just wouldn't place it on the same level as Xabungle.

# ? Sep 22, 2013 03:59

Kanos: Sep 6, 2006; was there a time when speedwagon didn't get trolled

ManSeriesBrofist posted:

Another good thing to check out if you want to want something similar to Xabungle is Overman King Gainer. Tomino is at the helm, but surprisingly no kill 'em all tendencies show up, it is also an excellent show.

Excellent is a bit of a sretch. King Gainer is pretty fun and light hearted, but the characters are all really shallow and it suffers from this weird thing where it can't decide if it wants to be a goofy slapstick slice of life episode-of-the-day comedy show or to actually have a coherent plot. It's a pretty okay time waster but it's not remotely as good as Xabungle, which manages to have a coherent plot while also doing the goofy slapstick stuff really well.

# ? Sep 23, 2013 01:01

GimmickMan: Dec 27, 2011

On the other hand, it gave us dancing robots and Episode 17 (I think? The one with the mind reading Overman) is fantastic.

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 14:44

tsob: Sep 26, 2006; Chalalala~

It also has one of the best modern ninjas on tv.

# ? Sep 23, 2013 09:07

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