While the previous review on this DVD attempts to sound informed, this Giant Robo animation is done by a completely new staff and has nothing to do with the classic OAV series. However, I do agree somewhat with his views on this version being not as strong and inventive as The Night the Earth Stood Still. That's not to say that it doesn't have it's strengths, the animation has the nice flowing feeling of other shows in a similar style like Kamichu and The Girl Who Lept Through Time, and I don't think the story should be judged on a single episode, when we have 12 more episodes to expand the world with. On it's own its a pretty good robot anime and I'll probably pick this show up and check out how it finishes up, but still... I'd rather check out a new Imagawa GR epic.
Animation
GR -Giant Robo- Platinum Set Vol.1 [DVD+CD]
Animation
| Points You Earn | 3% (84p) |
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| Release Date | July 27, 2007 |
| Availability | Usually ships in 3-7 days |
Product Details
| Catalog No. | JDXA-26301 |
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| JAN/ISBN | 4988707563010 |
| Product Type | DVD |
| TV Standard | NTSC |
| Number of Discs | 2 |
| Color | Color |
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| Running Time | 30minutes |
| Original Release Year | 2007 |
| Encoding | MPEG-2 |
| Layers | single-sided/single-layered |
| Aspect Ratio(s) | 16:9 LB Vista |
| Region | 2 |
| Subtitles | None |
| Audio Track |
Japanese
Dolby Digital
5.1ch
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GR -GIANT ROBO- プラチナセット 第1巻 [DVD+CD+爆裂造形フィギュア(応募券)] / アニメ
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Qubit:01「契約」
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Customer Reviews
Thoroughly underwhelmed. VERY hard to believe the same crew that was responsible for the amazing "Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still" series is the same one responsible for this yawn-fest. I take that back. They did the awful "Tetsujin 28" series, which was supposed to be a prequel to the original Giant Robo series, so I guess it all makes sense now. This new GR series is full of the stuff that makes generic, cookie-cutter anime so predictable: blind girl with psychic precognition, mysterious visions of an otherworldly girl floating under water while scuba diving (after which, astoundingly, the main protagonist doesn't appear to think twice about this bizarre vision), alien races depositing giant robots under ground thousands of years ago to be conveniently discovered by modern man, etc.. It's all presented as if it should all be perfectly acceptable, and not in the least highly unusual and highly unlikely. Give me good ol' mad scientists, power-hungry global corporations bent on world-domination, love-to-hate-'em/hate-to-love-'em bad guys, and flawed but loyal-to-a-fault good guys any day. Leave out all that mystical nonsense. Even Pokemon doesn't stoop that low!
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