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Jaianto robo: Animeshon (1991) -- In the future, the Experts of Justice battle to protect Earth from the terrorist organization, Big Fire, with the help of a boy who is the sole controller of a colossal robot.

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Director:

Yasuhiro Imagawa

Writers:

Yasuhiro Imagawa (writer)
Eiichi Yamamoto (writer)
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Plot:

In the future, the Experts of Justice battle to protect Earth from the terrorist organization, Big Fire, with the help of a boy who is the sole controller of a colossal robot. full summary | add synopsis

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Cast

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Kappei Yamaguchi ... Daisaku Kusama
Sumi Shimamoto ... Ginrei
Shôzô Îzuka ... Tetsugyu
Kazue Komiya ... Youshi
Norio Wakamoto ... Taisou
Masashi Ebara ... Professor Go
Iemasa Kayumi ... Chief Chûjô Shizuo
Yûji Mikimoto ... Kenji Murasame
Koichi Chiba ... Doctor Vogler
Yôsuke Akimoto ... Alberto
Yasuyoshi Hara ... Ivan
Takeshi Aono ... Issei
Shinji Ogawa ... Genya
Michitaka Kobayashi ... Professor Tranbo (as Nitta Shinshirô)
Shigezô Sasaoka ... BF Agent Leader
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Giant Robo: The Animation (International: English title)
Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (International: English title) (literal title)
Giant Robo: The Night Earth Stood Still (Japan: English title) (informal alternative title)
Jaianto Robo - Chikyu ga seishi suru hi (Japan) (long title)
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Runtime:

45 min (7 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The character Kenji Murasame had appeared in "Jaianto robo" (1967), but in that series he was just a normal police inspector, while in this series he is an immortal superhuman. more

Quotes:

Alberto: Damn it, you're annoying! more

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Tetsujin nijûhachi-go" (1963) more


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The best anime series I have ever seen, 9 May 2002
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Author: evilasahobby



Giant Robo should have really sucked. It had a retro-futuristic style (think Astro-Boy), it has some really cliched characters and the story doesn't start out in any exceptional way. Except... as the story progresses, these things start to change. Characters lose their one dimensionality and start to have human motivations. Plot twists drive shake everything the narrative has led you to believe. There are times when it appears the story just can't get any bigger, but it does!

What makes this series great is giant cast of characters (each with unique abilities, some of which are very original), the twisting of convential anime plot lines and that it doesn't rely purely on shock value or huge explosions to keep you interested. Having seen a lot of the MD Geist-style anime (read: very very bad anime in regards to plot or characterisation), it is great to see a series that doesn't insult my intelligence.

There are some negatives to this series - the whiny boy who controls Giant Robo, the voice acting for some of the characters (I saw a dubbed version), there are some really cheesy moments and some anime conventions are still followed religiously (eg the girl (Ginrei sp?) is mostly useless... except when she isn't). A big let-down is the additional episode on the final tape - because there are 7 one-hour episodes, a filler episode called "Barefoot Ginrei" was after the final episode. It doesn't really add anything to the story, and the fact that Ginrei's feet aren't the only things that are bare may have been the reason it was included.

Despite this, Giant Robo deserves any accolades it gets. Go out and see it.

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