Giant Robo
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In the near future, a small team of scientists have solved the world’s energy problems with the Shizuma Device. While the development of the device was hampered by a chilling disaster, the device is now viewed as the ideal power supply; it is clean, recyclable, and can be used to power every device imaginable. However, the terrorist group Big Fire has found a way to recreate the disaster that was triggered during the item’s development, in every Shizuma Device around the world. It is up to InterPol, a group of justice specialists with extraordinary powers, to stop this nefarious plan and save the world with the help of their trump card known as Giant Robo and the young Kusama Daisaku, the crux of the robot’s power.
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Read or Die
- OVA (3 eps)
- 2001
Secret agent for the British Libraries, Yomiko Readman, has an infatuation with books. When she purchases one of the books that contain the notes for a plan to purge the world of humanity, Yomiko (along with the help of Ms. Deep and Drake) uses her powers of paper manipulation to stop a group of resurrected men from fulfilling the plan.
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add recLike Giant Robo, Read or Die takes place in a retro-futuristic setting populated by superhuman individuals. While Robo's heroes are based on the mystic warriors of Hong Kong cinema, I'm sure you'll enjoy R.O.D's "X-men meets James Bond" feel.
Big O, The
Forty years ago the citizens of Paradigm lost all of their memories, and live their lives without any knowledge of their past, or any hope for the future. Roger Smith is a man who performs the much needed task of negotiator in Paradigm. He provides his services to the wealthy with the help of a peculiar android named Dorothy and his mechanically inclined butler Norman. When greater evil arises, he calls on his magnificent relic of Paradigm's past, the Megadeus Big O. With Big O at his side, Roger Smith may be Paradigm's only hope of surviving in this new world without memories...
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add recThe resemblances between The Big O and Giant Robo are more than obvious, from their similarity in animation style that combines old school with new, to their themes of how history can repeat itself. If you had a fun time with Giant Robo and want something a little more psychologically in depth, then check out The Big O.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Alt titles: Gurren Lagann
- TV (27 eps)
- 2007
- Spring 2007
Simon lives a boring life in the underground village of Jeeha, where his main job day in and day out is to dig tunnels. His close friend Kamina, however, longs to bust out of their oppressive existence and reach the surface world where open skies and adventure await! One day, during his usual digs, Simon discovers a robot with a big face buried amongst the rocks. No sooner has he shown Kamina his mysterious find when two beings from the surface crash land into Jeeha Village - one is a gun-toting woman calling herself Yoko and the other is a terrifying mecha piloted by a Beastman! Seeing their chance to escape village drudgery, Kamina rallies Simon and Yoko to defeat the invader using their new robot, Lagann. However, upon breaking out onto the surface world, Simon, Kamina, and Yoko encounter enemies more powerful than they could have envisioned. Their fight for adventure just turned into a war for the survival of the human race - will their lust for freedom hold out against such terrible odds?
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add recGiant Robo stands at the beginning of mecha genre, it influenced the scene already half a century ago. Someone who enjoyed it might also like some of the modern mecha series. Of those, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is considered to be one of the best.
If you watched Giant Robo attentively, you will even be able to immediately recognise some basic elements in the design of Kamina, TTGL's main character!
Getter Robo Armageddon
Alt titles: Shin Getter Robo: Sekai Saigo no Hi
- OVA (13 eps)
- 2004
In the distant future, far from the time of the great war and defeat of the alien invaders, the original Getter Robo team is back and continuing the fight against evil. The world is in ashes, and the invaders are back and in full control. Using their powerful transforming Getter Robots, the team's mission is twofold: to vanquish the robotic army of invaders and to discover the mystery behind Shin Dragon, the artifact left behind by Dr. Saotome, the now dead inventor of the Getter Robot; or IS he?
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add recThe 1990's saw a bunch of old TV and manga series re-imagined. The "retro" trend began with Giant Robo in 1992 and, in my opinion, culminated with Getter Robo Armageddon in 1998. These OVAs will please fans who grew up with the original shows, but viewers not familiar with the source material need not worry. The series are more than enjoyable, even if you're missing on the nostalgia.
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