Giant Robo

Title:Giant Robo
Giant Robo : The Day the Earth Stood Still
Giant Robo : The Night the Earth Stood Still
Overall:Buy
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Notables: R1 License - Manga Entertainment
R1 License - Media Blasters
In the brave new world of the future, Earth has gone through its third energy revolution, and now all power is based on a new invention called 'the Shizuma Drive,' a complete indispensable and pollution free energy system created ten years ago by a group of five scientists. The Shizuma Drive powers everything and there is absolutely no danger of nuclear radiation, or waste of rare petroleum resources.

Even though it sounds like an ideal society, there are still problems. There are two major powers who are locked in a fierce struggle. The first is the Big Fire Organization, which is a very powerful evil organization, and threatens to conquer the world, with the help of their numerous robots.

The only people capable of putting a stop to their plan is the International Police Organization. They consist of a team of agents, all having their own special powers. They also have the most powerful robot in the world, Giant Robo, which is controlled by Daisaku Kusama...
[OVA, 1992-1995 and 1998, 7 episodes, 39-55 min; see also: Giant Robo 2007]
Episode Details 
05, 97, 98, 99
OverallArtAnimationCharacter Design MusicSeries StoryEpisode StoryReviewer
Buy 10 10 10 10 9 Big Fire #
Updated 11-2008 After not having watched Giant Robo in a while and not wanting to break out my VCR, I forced my self to watch the hated Media Blaster version which I own as well. After not being able to handle the new version of the english dub, I found to my suprise the ability to switch over to the Original Manga Entertainment version dub under the Extras section. To my suprise it has been there all along!!! I apologize to Media Blasters for bad mouthing it's product. Yes their version of the dub is still bad, but I have to give a HUGE THANK YOU for including the original dub on the DVDs. I can now enjoy Giant Robo in all its splendor the way I am accustomed to viewing it. Yes the art is very cartoon character looking, but Giant Robo is a great ride and I still highly recommend.

Original review Ok, so this is why i became a reviewer for this site, we didn't have any Giant Robo Info...The Horrah!!! Yes it is old circa 1992-1998, and it was kinda irritating how it took them 4 years to give you the last episode, and i felt there were too many flash backs...But aside from that...This anime had it all...Super Powered Bad guys(Big Fire) and Bad Guys Fighting With Good Guys(Experts of Justice), and even Bad guys fighting amongst themselves!!! and to top it off...a Huge Robot and a big mechanical menacing eye...I know the animation is retro, but it was sooooo Good and there were tons of characters that you can get to like and not like...The original anime was released in the us via manga entertainment and the music was performed by Poland National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra which was VERY good...If anyone is picking up giant robo for the first time and going to be watching it in english I STRONGLY RECOMMEND you DO NOT WATCH the media blasters version(also known as the DVD version) the soundtrack sucks and the voice overs are sub-par...Yes the Manga Entertainment version is only available on VHS, but it is like Night and Day...I cannot say enough about the anime, but i am out of time for now...So if you never watched it before and you like robots and people with super human powers, with an actual story line to boot! Go Watch It!

Last updated Tuesday, November 04 2008. Created Friday, January 26 2007.

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