Why was Gaogaigar the only Brave show to really take off? It's not that different from other Brave shows.
Watch Bravern.
>>22517361The height of the Brave series popularity was Goldran or the series before it. Gaogaigar is just popular with adults.
>>22519891It's boring
>>22519912>Gaogaigar is just popular with adults.But it's not different from other brave shows, so why?
>>22519992Higher production values, I guess. It did failed to meet Takara’s expectations and had low ratings and toy sales. But sold well in home video. They just moved back to Transformers afterwards since Beast Wars was successful and Bandai took GGG for themselves and promoted it heavily since the past series were their rival’s property.
Hiyama Nobuyuki
>>22519992IIRC despite its otherwise low metrics, GGG did have the highest DVD sales of the franchise, hence why it got the OVA followup. I'm not sure when Bamco acquired Sunrise, but I think it was somewhere around that time or just before. Either way, they did actual franchise maintenance with GGG, as opposed to Takara, who held on to the other Braves and did basically nothing with them other than release pathetic SRW clones instead of letting Bamco put them in the actual SRWBasically blame Takara for basically throwing the franchise in the garbage until Bamco dug it back up
>>22519992All brave shows are kinda shitty till episode twenty or so?
>>22519891Not Sunrise
>>22519992GGG is the most over the top of all Brave shows.
First one westerners were exposed to in a time where anime with subs weren't as common.
>>22519992Ryosuke Takahashi and the show's painstaking effort in worldbuilding and realism.
>>22517361SRW inclusion. Every show that appears in SRW gets a popularity boost. It was just announced that Wataru is getting a new anime. Also, the title being King of Braves: GaoGaiGar puts it at the top of its own hierarchy
>>22520078Maybe in terms of animation directionSome others are pretty equivalent in terms of scale and there's definitely more completely insane writing in Goldran
>>22520207>Every show that appears in SRW gets a popularity boostWell...
>>22520228Would have helped if the show was actually decent
>>22519992GGG flopped back in the day.
>>22520026Sunrise merged with Bandai in '94. Goldran, Dagwon, Gaogaigar and possibly J-Decker were all done with Bandai influence. If Takara and Bandai were clashing in the background over the Braves series it might be more a case of Bandai having greater ownership and control of Gaogaigar than the other Braves series which is why they continued to do stuff with the Gaogaigar universe.
>>22517361Because it got subbed
>>22520035Da Garn and J-Decker are great from beginning to end.
>>22520207If Baan Gaan was made, would it have been above GaoGaiGar since saints are higher than kings?
>>22520471No, Because Baan Gaan is about toys n shit.
>>22520888So was GaoGaiGar, plus a lot of Baan Gaan ended up in Dendoh, which is very story-driven.
>>22520902I mean,Baan Gaan's MC was in some kind of tournament for toys at the start of Bann Gaan.
>>22519985Imagine being gayer than Bravern, but unironically...
>>22520916GaoGaiGar literally proves you can be toyetic and story-driven. That shouldn't have been a detriment to Baan Gaan.
>>22520969GGG wasn't a toy at the start of the show, now was it?
>>22519992mysterious unfathomable reasons
Who cares? Webdiver was GaoGaiGar done right.
>>22520981This is as stupid as saying that Toy Story can't be good because it's literally about toys. If Baan Gaan was super good and super powerful, it would have been above GaoGaiGar. >>22524283I love Webdiver so stop making that show impossible to discuss, Drool.
>>22520207Watary is big in China so they're pushing it. it doesn't have much to do with srw
>>22524283Gaogaigar is Gaogaigar done right. Gaogaigar done wrong doesn't exist.
>>22520228>>22520276It's an okay show, but there's not enough depth to much. The characters aren't fleshed out enough (both the heroes AND villains), some of the mechs are dull knights and the music isn't that great (except the opening, which is a banger). Most fun really is watching Ernie autisming over mechs but there's only so much that can hold a show up.https://youtu.be/I4y8vsD6_PI
>>22520228One of the most hideous pieces of box art I've ever seen.>gaudy fan drawing next to the official artwork>synopsis is borderline unreadable due to ugly, narrow font>low-res, overexposed DVD logo on spineWhere did you find this monstrosity?>>22520276>>22524914I didn't care for the invincible master engineer/master pilot protagonist, but I'd have been fine with it if the rival scientist from the last 3 episodes was a recurring threat instead of being relegated to the final challenge. Anything to make the power fantasy a bit less one-sided.
>>22524822Nope, not him.>>22524886Never saw Goldran, did you?
>>22524283>>22524369Whoever you are..Kys shitposting faggot.
>>22525370Why are (you) like this?
I feel it's because Gaogaigar embodies the Brave series the best, out of the ones I've seen. Other Brave series have probably outdone Gaogaigar in areas, but Gaogaigar does what Brave did with a gusto execution. It's not often that a series, let alone the last, completely encapsulates the first as "the" representative.Or maybe it's just an X-factor.
>>22519992>But it's not different from other brave shows, so why?GaoGaiGar came out when EVA did and offered a fun over the top energy to adult mecha fans that EVA didn't have, making it popular with adult fans that needed something to wash the grimdark shit from their minds that was EVA
>>22525493Almost as bad as the "tourist" spammer.
>>22525546I disagree; most Braves are episodic, but GGG is only like that for its first half. Granted it did do episodic stuff really well, better than most of the franchise I'd argue; but then it became something else.I don't know that I'd say there's any one series that "embodies" Yuusha. While the shows do have broad similarities, the differences from series to series are significant enough that every show does feel like its doing its own thing (except Fighbird, which is pretty much just Exkaiser season 2)
>>22525844> adult mechWasnt this show marketed to 6 year olds?
>>22526885If only we all gatekeep as hard as he does.
>>22525844kek. Why is it always so much more funny when the internet disses eva but not funny when its anything else?
>>22527657Yes
>>22527665>mindless spam>gatekeepHello, ban evading shitposter.
>>22517361Mech designs are cool but the entire show is "Dude friendship and bravery is magic XD" meme trashoverrated slop
>>22520228Man, the anime was such a bad telling of the story. The manga and the light novel did it better, turns out when you tell a story that needs 120+ chapters to tell in manga form into a 13 episode show the pacing's shit.
Why did the OVA suddenly introduce adult themes? Felt kimd of weird going from the big rubber mallet construction vehicle to lesbian sex
>>22520207>Watarufunny because X sold like shit because of this retarded cringe fest
>>22530180I wondered when watching it, because most characters didn't even get a full arc or an arc at all. Even the important childhood friends literally got a narration that said "these 2 are important friends" and then nothing till the princess out of nowhere in the last couple episodes.
>>22530183they realized who their core audience was
>>22530183>Why did the OVA suddenly introduce adult themes?Pandering
>>2253030430 also did the show no favors being a crappy phoned in copy of a crappy phoned in copy. Shout out to the 3 playable mechs K&M had in 30 consisting of the Tzendolg the first mech they create in the show, the Ikaruga Ernie's masterpiece and the Goldleo who's anime showing consisted of it swiveling left to right vaporizing enemies repeatedly. Like they didn't even bother to include the actual members of the Order of the Silver Pheonix or the show's literal reskin of the Goldleo. Like they literally gave you the start and end of the show's development tree in their join mission.
>>22531439I think the showing was enough to interest me to watch the show. I can say the show is bad, which it is, but Ernie's mecha fanaticism blending with others, especially Ryuusei was endearing enough to interest me.I think I'll check out the manga and see if that's more worth it but it does feel more like an isekai alternative setting (literally so many isekais are "isekai but this single aspect is different" and never have a more unique setting) rather than an interesting mecha show.The Ikaruga is awesome though.
>>22530183OVAs back then (and now honestly) are pretty much only for an adult audience
>>22524283Correct.
>>22531439Oh my god, I just now realized that. Man, 30 was so meh.
I found this vtuber doing Gaogaigar watchalong. It seems she has never watched any of the Yuusha series before either. Her reactions are great if you're interestedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ohj5DHScxM&list=PLhsmdTF6EjNEO2F4uM9dRJ2oOzLdRMhAG
>>22519992It got subs in the early 2000s and OVAs. That's about it.
gaogaigar is brave for westerners
>>22535867
>>22530146>slopGo back
https://files.catbox.moe/94yp7o.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/8074r1.mp4https://files.catbox.moe/u3cxgm.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/6xx3gs.mp4
>>22526924>except Fighbird, which is pretty much just Exkaiser season 2)In Fighbird's defense, Exkaiser doesn't have two single career women who want to fuck a space energy ghost robot man.
>>22540805Neither do we!
https://files.catbox.moe/k7yllp.mp4
>>22519889Coolest mecha.
>>22541065>tfw you'll never experience the gradually changing opening for the first time again
https://files.catbox.moe/491j3b.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/gqzs61.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/wb3osh.mp4Gagaga, gagaga, GaoGaiGar
>>22540874One with the voice of Japanese Lisa Simpson and a Minky Momo haircut.
>>22541501>Japanese Lisa Simpsonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w8fm7OvsTQ
>>22541501She's even named Momo.
>>22541535Makes it even funnier.
>>22530146https://youtu.be/x7CUD36_7Gc
>>22541502Before I even looked up that she was Lisa her voice just seemed so oddly familiar. And I appreciate they used her to make the Clark Kent glasses thing with Fighbird seem a little plausible.
>>22540805Katori is hot.
The face of the Brave franchise.
>>22542260He's kind hearted, loyal, can talk to babies, and combines with a jet and a space shuttle. What more could a woman want?
>>22541501I've literally never seen her until today... but she's cute!>>22541502Cursed
>>22542814>can talk to babiesThe most vital part.
https://files.catbox.moe/jnrqoq.mp4
>>22544274>>22541660Researching at the Japanese Simpsons cast further, Itchy and Maude were voiced by Sayuri Yamauchi (Kaido, Mamoru's adopted mother, Palus Abel, Primarda), and Krusty is voiced by Bin Shimada (Land Bison and Nemoto)
https://twitter.com/666nao999/status/1772051559964344594Fujisawa's new drawing progress.
>>22544435That's...That's a bit bizarre to think about
>>22544609The sadder part is Maude and Sayuri are both dead.
>>22544614Oh... rip ;_;>55 of cancerWhy does no one in this industry die old from natural causes...
>>22544640At least GGG's narrator, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, passed on at the age of 89https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d40hL6OT1c&t=60s
>>22544643Ohh... that was recent too, wasn't it, I think last year or the year before... which doesn't make it less sad.. it never gets easier, does it?
>>22544655>the year beforeBingo, he passed away in 2022 with Kiyoyuki Yanada (Palparepa). The 2020s have been pretty /m/erciless on GGG's cast and staff, especially with Kimura passing away last year.
>>22544657Man... I'm not looking forward to this year>we'll never see Kimura's designs ever again (after Code Geass)
>>22525546https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAQpGtf_Lo4&t=74sThe moment that really cemented me as a fan of GaoGaiGar.
https://files.catbox.moe/zfy110.mp4
>>22519912>The height of the Brave series popularity was GoldranGoldran is the least popular Braves show from the time it released till current day it has consistently been ranked at the bottom of every fan list.NICE B8 M8
>>22545143TV ratings and toy sales peaked at Goldran, dude. What people on the internet think of it NOW doesn’t matter.
>>22545201Genuinely asking this, how come Goldran didn't get sequels like Dagwon and GGG did?
>>22545270Not him, and "you can't improve on perfection" biases aside, I think the ending was fine enough to just leave alone.
>>22545201>Literally can't handle Gaogaigar, J-Decker, and Exkaiser outpacing Goldran in popularity.
>>22544274the other one was a doctor lady who gets convinced to move in with them
>tfw Goldran's still my favourite but it's the least popular one(?)>>22545339>feel very little until I see the hair let downOnce again, long hair is superiorShe's cute though
>>22545276>I think the ending was fine enough to just leave alone.That doesn't usually stop people.
>>22545342For the giant robot side of the franchise, definitely.
>>22545385I'll stop them>>22545416I guess it doesn't help that it's uh, entirely gold
>>22545429>entirely goldBut gold is the embodiment color of "it looks cool"
>>22545342She's the woman with the ocarina from the OP too. They were planning out her role right from the start.
>>22545433That is also true!
He always felt the Decade of riders to the braves, inheritor of a daunting legacy. I don’t like poster boys so it’s probably why i moved towards Might gaine, J decker and Dagwon/Goldran more than GGG but I do like him nowadays but he’s been wanked so hard for the last 10 years it’s incredibly hard to not ask for other brave shit.
>>22545270Dagwon and GGG had character designs that appealed to an older OVA buying audience.
>>22545443>Decade of riders to the bravesWith the way Sworgrader's promo art is looking, GGG appears to be the deuteragonist brave of Sworgrader.
>>22545447Lmao so Sworgrader is just Zi-O
>>22545443I always felt like he was the Den-O of the Brave series in terms of exposure.
>>22545449Sworgrader is even fighting evil counterparts of past Braves like Zi-O does with the Another Riders.
>>22545447Of course GGG is, Yonetani is writing this manga. I'd be shocked if we didn't get Betterman and Brigadoon crossovers.
>>22545480>Of course GGG is, Yonetani is writing this manga.What's next, giving GGG a new final form/Goldion weapon in Sworgrader?
>>22545270It’s a kids show and those not necessarily appeal to otaku. OVAs are made for hardcore fans.
>>22545336Adorable Maiznger and Boss scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFM42qr54q8The Year of Baan Gaan.
https://twitter.com/dorichiko/status/1769105149170008297Yonetani's pre-GGG work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWD0C_DWMcoBirth of a Cyborg DX
>>22548341I've always found it funny how Zonderization is very similar to how the Laughing Salesman punishes his customers. Pinchernone even looks like Moguro!New headcanon: Moguro is a stray Tomoro who was corrupted by Oath Over Omega and now tortures humans in his attempt to follow cosmic law.
>>22549017
>>22544657>>22544660>Kimura is no longer with usThis makes me sad and reminds me that >>22520207 incorrect as if SRW was gives a popularity boost then we would've had Hakai Oh shortly after 30 was released. Worst feeling knowing that Kimura's sendoff was artwork for Code Geass mobile iirc and not one last animation even if it didn't end up being Hakai Oh.
>>22531507>I think I'll check out the mangaKnights & Magic is originally a novel series. The manga still compresses things (though the mangaka is a true /m/an and well-respected here for other reasons).
>>22549121I will do my due diligence and check both then.
>>22550247Sworgrader's fourth chapter.
>>22549058Roze is pretty much Kimura's last bit of character design work before his death.
https://twitter.com/yonetanikantoku/status/1772920368312762701https://twitter.com/666nao999/status/1773151362777223281Sneak peeks of the latest Hobby Japan Issue.
>>22544660>>22549058Don't need to be so dramatic. Just train an AI to draw like him and problem solved.
>>22530183Wait what? Im watching GaoGaiGar right now with my 13 year old kid how bad does the weirdo lesbian shit get? Is it easy enough to just skip that part?
>>22551552I wouldn't watch FINAL regardless, the ending is "everyone except Mammoru and Kaidou dies and the Earth gets ruined"Of course this all gets retconned later but FINAL does feel like Yonetani trying to force his edgy tendencies into a setting they don't belong in
>>22551552It's only in the OVA. The initial series is fairly safe except for a few blink-and-you'll-miss-it fanservice moments and the ending having sidal nudity of Gai and Mikoto.
>>22551564What's in the OVA though?>>22551563BESIDES THE FUCKING ENDING
GaoGaiGar says trans rights!
>>22551552Like the other anon's said, that was only in FINAL and was meant to be uncomfortable to Renais and titillating to the older viewers. FINAL was always meant to be for fans who grew up with the original GGG and not really for younger viewers.>>22551563>FINAL does feel like Yonetani trying to force his edgy tendencies into a setting they don't belong inWas he involved with Betterman because that's the only explanation why FINAL ended up being a bit edgy at times. Also, >"everyone except Mammoru and Kaidou dies and the Earth gets ruined" >Of course this all gets retconnedDid you forget the "Oath Sworn through Courage"? Mamoru and the others believed that Guy and GGG would return one day and carried on in their stead. I don't see how that's a retcon when they kept their promise, even if it took 20 years for it to happen. >>22551594BSDM Bee women having her way with hot Lion girl, isn't that what you were talking about?
>>22551552>Im watching GaoGaiGar right now with my 13 year old kidWholesome to hear that.
GGG/Bravern crossover art by Yonetani
>>22551605Might Gaine says trains rights
>>22517361If Brave didn't take off it wouldn't be a series, now, would it?GGG is just the most popular of them.
>>22517361Yonetani is a grand, glorious director.
>>22530183The ending of final really fucking sucked. Also curiously I assumed Takeda wrote the ending. Am I wrong or what?
>>22552339For the Final OVA, he wrote episodes 2, 4, and 6.
>>22548435I will now follow this headcanon.
>>22552342Yea, I remember finding information about who wrote what episode hard about 4 years ago when I watched it. I remember Takeda wrote the best arc in the actual show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PZIQis-UuU&t=1sAmakuni King J-Der's Option Parts set.
https://files.catbox.moe/9be3au.mp4
>>22520367>tfw it aired in the same year as the Pokemon animeI feel bad for every other anime that premiered in 1997.
>>22549205Have fun with both of them.
>>22530183Disregarding some of the odd pacing and addition of Betterman scenes to connect the two, Grand Glorious Gathering felt better as the sequel to Gaogaigar.But all the stuff after the original series really does feel like pushing a story past it's conclusion to keep sales going. Hell, I would've been fine if the reference to GGG in Betterman were just references, but now it's inexplicably tied to all of it. I like the Lamia Gai rivalry though.
>>22551858I would watch this crossover.
>>22554845> I would've been fine if the reference to GGG in Betterman were just referencesIm pretty sure most people that saw betterman in america had no idea GGG existed and was completely unaware of any in story connection between them.The first time i ever even heard of GGG was on here.
>>22555423Curse of the Braves. Everyone's favorites, nowhere as many fans as you'd think. With how popular GGG was, I thought all the other braves were at least fan subbed, but, unless there's been some changes, I think some are still untranslated.
>>22555521There's one anon handling the Might Gaine episodes>>22460529
>>22554075OG Berserk, End of Evangelion and Cutie Honey Flash came out the same year
Happy Easter, King of Braves.
>>22545441
>>22557738Was reminded by Bravern how cool it is to have a gold power-up even if it didn't really make sense/was a bit rushedThis Obari fellow seems to know quite a bit about Bravery, maybe he would enjoy watching GaoGaiGar and other Brave shows.I'm joking don't kill me
https://twitter.com/yonetanikantoku/status/1774493552485224526Yonetani's April Fools post
>>22520035I mean that kinda sums up Might Gaine
Jiheisho no Yuusha
April Fools Day
https://twitter.com/SUNRISE_web/status/8478271055092776972017's GGG April Fools.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c_9CqlNbAg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6uxKcDqMXM
https://twitter.com/666nao999/status/1775000861225390584More drawing progress from Fujisawa
>>22520228Incorrect apostrophe
>>22520207>>22520471I think I've come up with a medieval hierarchy for all the Brave robots:Saint: Baan GaanPope: SperionKing: GaoGaiGar, J-Der, Silverion, Captain Shark, Goldran, Advenger, Da GarnDuke: Exkaiser, Fighbird, SworgraderLord: J-Decker, Might Gaine, Might Kaiser, Might Gunner, Duke Fire, Seven ChangerKnight: HyoRyu, EnRyu, FuRyu, RaiRyu, AnRyu, KouRyuu, Porc-Auto, Volfogg, Max Team, Thunder Baron, Guard Team, Try Bomber, Horn Bomber, Build Team, Gunmax, Kageru, Shadowmaru, Landers, Sabers, all Dagwon robotsJester: Mic Sounders, Drill BoyPeasant: Pliers, Carpenters, Goldymarg
i never cared for gaogaigar or the brave verse
>>22517361I haven't watched all of the Braves, but I think what made Gaogaigar took off from the other Braves series is the sakuga.also, I believe that this is the only Brave so far that hasn't used swords or beams, which is so overused from the other series. while other Braves signature moves are swords, beams, gun beams, GaoGaiGar's signature moves are double fisting the enemy, using a screwdriver, using pliers, nail remover and an oversized toy hammer.so I think its a breath of fresh air for Brave fans
>>22517361Nobuyuki Hiyama
>>22561724There are others. Dragon Kaiser and Great Goldran had bow finishers, Ga Ohn and Great Da Garn GX used a minigun, Might Kaiser and Power Dagwon had a drill, etcIt was nice to have the tool thematic, I'll grant you. But it was a bit weird since it never really meant anything in the narrative
>>22557754On a more serious note, he did the turning gold concept twice before in his other directed shows.https://files.catbox.moe/0wsiyb.mp4https://files.catbox.moe/tzh1jf.mp4
>>22562933I've seen Gravion, but haven't touched Dancouga at all. I appreciated the pilots and their spirits in SRW30, but felt neutral about it otherwise. I don't remember it having an elephant on its chest though. Would I like it if I like Yuushas?
>>22563630Dancouga isn't really anything like the Brave seriesIt's hard to come up with a good comparison for the original show since it's one of those very rare shows where the military built a combining super robot. Gunbuster did that too, I guess, but Dancouga certainly didn't have any time dilationDancouga Nova is basically just a really bland super robot version of Gundam 00. Total 5/10 show; everything in it I felt like I'd seen a million times before. Felt like Obari wasn't trying and just wanted to make a show as an excuse for him to put a new Dancouga in SRW
>>22563645>the military built a combining super robot. Gunbuster did that too, I guess, but Dancouga certainly didn't have any time dilationHeh.I moreso wanted to ask whether specifically I would like it, but that's not necessarily the most helpful question. I think the last time I asked, someone mentioned there were at least stuff for the individual components to do, and that they get a neat attack where they each do their own thing, that sounded cute>Gundam 00I have not seen this yet, I'm completely unfamiliar with 00 other than "we are Gundams" and Tieria.>5/10>Felt like Obari wasn't tryingOh dear...
>>22517361coz is has the best mech design everdid it really take off? i believe what happened is that people grew an appreciation for GGG over time and now it is considered a classic(rightfully)
>>22563649> I think the last time I asked, someone mentioned there were at least stuff for the individual components to doYeah, in the first show, where the combination doesn't even happen until episode 16 and isn't always the solution afterwardsI can't remember the components ever doing anything in Nova to the point where I don't even remember what they look like. I guess it doesn't help that Nova is only 1/3 the length of the original show
>>22563679Sorry, I'm extremely hungry and I didn't fully register the fact that Dancouga and Dancouga Nova are two completely different shows.>isn't always the solution afterwardsNot being able to spam a finishing attack is the mark of a good show...>the combination doesn't even happen until episode 16but I fear such an anticipation would kill me.I guess the proper question would have been "is the original show good, and is Nova worth watching after just so I get to see and hear the characters again, while knowing it would be sub-par it's also a measly twelve episodes"
>>22563685I mean, I think the original show is also a 5/10, but it's a different kind of 5/10, the kind where it does some things pretty good and some things pretty bad, but either way it's still interesting. You might rate it more highly if you can deal the rough parts (shoehorned idol VA on an awkward child character, repetitive focus on the team's token girl and her inability to get over her ex-boyfriend who betrayed humanity and joined the aliens) better than I didNova isn't a sequel; the two shows have almost nothing to do with each other
>>22520228Proof that Isekai is the shittiest genre. Even giant robots can't save it.
>>22563645It had a strong first episode, though, with its futuristic taxi and robots with pistols (think J-Decker). But then again, you could say the same about G Dangaioh. The worst piece of Dancouga media, though, is the Burn manga -- it teases you with some great stuff but it never is explored fully and it's all in a terrible artstyle. God, I hate Hagesawa.
>>22563750it's the opposite, the Burn manga was the best part. I thought it got across everything it needed to. It was definitely more interesting than Nova. Cast and premise were better than the original show as well and I say that not being a fan of harem type teams. Ryo and Masato just weren't very interesting. I remember Burn actually being a little more tactical with its fight scenes despite the non military team. Having a sniper helped.I just wish the titular robot had an upgrade at some point. Its profile is hurting for a wing pack
>>22563750>G Dangaioh.I remember watching that series back in 2022. I recall it pulling a similar shtick to Mazinger Z's finale and and GGG episode 31, where the new robot shows up after the old one gets their ass decimated.
>>22545339Oh shit, she's got a bazooka.
>>22563723>shoehorned idol VA on an awkward child character, repetitive focus on the team's token girl and her inability to get over her ex-boyfriend who betrayed humanity and joined the aliensNot a fan of shitty children, but maybe I'll feel bad for the girl, either that or get annoyed>the two shows have almost nothing to do with each otherWait what, what the fuck?
>>22566286Nova is about as much of a sequel to the original as Turn A is a sequel to 0079There's some vague backstory about something that saved the world once which may or may not have been talking about the original show, there's a character who looks like the original protagonist and is named "Mr. FS" (original protagonist's name: Fujiwara Shinobu, also has the same VA) acting as a Sandman like figure (though Shinobu wasn't at all like that, also Sandman himself actually does make a background cameo); they never explain what Mr. FS’s deal is. And then the robot is also similar to the original Dancouga, though there's no mention of it being based on the original. That's about it. The Dancouga BURN manga also has nothing to do with either of them. As I said up here, >>22563779 I actually do think it's better than both shows. It's one of those rare post apocalyptic mecha stories where it actually does feel like the Earth is completely ruined and everyone is struggling to survive
>>22566592>Nova is about as much of a sequel to the original as Turn A is a sequel to 0079I watch my shows alphabetically, therefore Turn A (A comes first) should be watched before Double Zeta, then Wing, then Zeta.>backstory and protag referenceSounds like it's meant to be maybe-implied but still a mystery. Sort of like how Beast Wars vaguely refers to the cartoon and comics such that they're ancient legends that's intentionally not laid out in stone. Or at least it's certainly nice to think that FS is Shinobu! But seems like it's beginner-friendly, sort of like how Steel Jeeg takes place before Kotetsushin, but you're told enough to watch it without much worry.If/when I get around to this, I'll watch the OG, Nova, and then end on a high note with the manga.>It's one of those rare post apocalyptic mecha stories where it actually does feel like the Earth is completely ruined and everyone is struggling to surviveIs this setting generally done poorly? Aside from Fallout showing people somehow struggling after 200 years, I can't remember anything else at the top of my head that treats this setting well or poorly.
>>22567227>Is this setting generally done poorly?Eh, well I find in mecha stories specifically, it tends to break down into one of two things1. The apocalypse happened so long ago that everyone has recovered since then and you can't really tell it's a post apocalyptic work beyond vague backstory mentions. This type you see in works like Turn A and King Gainer2. You can tell that tell that civilization as we know it broke down, but everyone's still kinda doing okay somehow, there's not really any problems with food or water and it's just basically an excuse for the setting to be little more lawless. You see this type in stuff like G Gundam, Xabungle, certain parts of Macross, and so forthBut with Dancouga BURN, it's like, civilization lies in complete ruins and humans are kept as slaves to be experimented on a by a hostile alien collective. It's pretty hardcore.
>>225672551 and 2 sound rather similar apart from "would you like the aesthetics of breakdowns or rebuilding"Whereas with complete and actual ruin, it starts off depressing but leaves so much room for improvement and hope- wait what? Slaves? This is worse than a regular apocalypse.Wait, the name Dancouga BURN is familiar, this cool Jagd Doga looking thing is from it, right?
>>22567339I think that's actually BURN itself, albeit with the tusks folded away
>>22520165Mostly this. GGG got a partial dub, and as far as i can recall was the first one to get better than crabstick fansubs in english. It was definitely the most available It made a definite impression too, very little of the super robot genre was in the zeitgeist among most western toonami-kids. GGG hit communities like 4chan a couple years before Gurren Lagann too, it was a very striking juxtaposition of the more well known melodramatic war series like gundam and blue gender, and more emo/2deep4u stuff like NGE or The Big O.
>>22566211That’s from the episode where they save babies from a baby stealing giant robot. And we learn Katori can talk to babies. He also tries to eat a scrub brush.
>>22567353Oh what, how come he gets the coolest head!>has the coolest head but the worst coloursI'm sure I'll warm up to it eventually once I start reading. Tusks and elephants are always cool though>he gets three whole girls as pilots
>>22567460I'm not even sure about colors with this being the cover of the 2nd (and final) volume (why does everyone now have blue hair?)The legs having the :3 face sometimes makes the design feel like a shitpost
>>22567481Maybe it's a no-canon-colours thing, although uhhh.. yeah why ARE they all blue?>the :3 faceI was moreso distracted by it having a singular blue limb, but now I can't unsee it>hawk head>elephant body>a blue cat>a cat that is just really happy to be thereWhy...
>>22567543
>>22567537The other two Dancougas also have different colored cats, although they only form the feet instead of the the entire lower leg with both of themI think the face is due to it matching its pilot, the barely clothed genki lady (Yuuri)
>>22567631>just the feetIs the elephant 90% of the robot, then? Sounds like it's doing most of the work.Man-machine sounds an awkward term, but I guess it was a product of its time in-universe>Liger began to trustSentient friends??This sounds like befriending a horse>stared at each other for two daysUnited by autism...>barely clothedAnyone honest and open enough to be barely clothed is someone you can trust!
>>22567460It's not often green gets used as the signature color of the main mecha.
>>22567644Yeah the meme with Dancouga is that the other components besides the Big Moth are "just shoes and a hat"Though Final Dancouga (as seen in SRW) is combined also with a fifth component, the Black Wing, which has considerably more mass than the other non-Big Moth components. Ditto with Nova combining with its own (actually canon) fifth component, R-Daigun when it upgrades to MAXGOD. They bring it down from 90% to maybe 70%
>>22567672There's Scopedog and uhhhhhJeeg?>>22567675>just shoes and a hatCute...And well, having a mega flight upgrade is such a cool staple, that you can't accuse them of straying from their concept
>>22568003Off the top of my head, Sasuraiger and Walker Gallia (Xabungle's mid-season upgrade mecha)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwkKKDbTGL8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oToxXgQHQV8
>>22568011I haven't heard of Sasuraiger but trains are always fun, although with such a name I would have expected a saucer. And that is... a LOT of green.And I suppose green goes well with blue, they compliment each other. Didn't know the OP was such a bopper (and how to pronounce Xabungle now), nor that it had a really cool looking red bot. That's a lot of robots they're showing you in the opening
>>22568026Sasuraiger is like Might Gunner before Might Gunner with that color scheme and train motifhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uisnVNQuXmg
>>22568030Ok yeah, I see it! It felt vaguely familiar but I guess that's why (having only seen Might Gunner in SRW)
>>22562044>But it was a bit weird since it never really meant anything in the narrativeThe whole entire theme of the show was man made technology and robots used to defend earth and mechanization from Zonders. What better theme to use for weapons than tools?
>>22567583The embodiment of GX-era card design.
https://twitter.com/IronsagaEN/status/17764598191527200203 day roulette.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-zrv8M9I1g
>>22566592Doesn't Nova also do a fakeout by talking up an "Original Dancouga" which turns out to be something completely different?
>>22563630SRW 30's "Ultimate Dancouga" was a weird game-original design wearing extra armour that altered its attackshttps://youtu.be/6r9iBA4zucU
What are your thoughts on the Pose+ version of GaoGaiGar?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwLg4tYvg0kWhen the mid-season attack is more iconic than the first finisher.
>>22569706Yao before his vocal chords were completely shot.
https://twitter.com/yonetanikantoku/status/1777126948055236712
>>22569706I can overlook some weirdness as long as it's powerful in the end, I think>>22570878Oh dear..
https://twitter.com/666nao999/status/1777706104304398830Fujisawa's new progress on the Hakaioh manga
>>22571603Some of Yao's recorded lines in 30.https://files.catbox.moe/fmk18q.mp4https://files.catbox.moe/4xkt39.mp4https://files.catbox.moe/vvctag.mp4
>>22572681Poor Judeau's VA sounded pretty bad in SRW, but it's a bit depressing to hear it for a super robot, or at least something with super-level strength. Hope they take good care of their voices and health, but if it's just an age-related thing, well... ;_;
>>22573170From what I've heard, Yao pretty much fucked his vocals by drinking and smoking and and also voicing Franky from One Piece.
>>22573219Understandable, but maybe he should moderate->One Piece ruined everythingHorrible. Pirates should only be from space.
>>22573399>they perfected the protag design on the last try
>>22573526With the perfect voice actorhttps://files.catbox.moe/i5z13h.mp4
>>22574872Indeed.>calmest Brave moment.mp4I do hope he takes care of his voice and without straining it... if he starts sounding like he's seventy, I'm going to be heartbroken
>>22574980https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8k0PyzMYnU
Is there any high-detail art of Mic Sounders similar to the design of Mazinger in Infinity?
>>22575146Like official or fanart stuff? So far, I only have his TV series animation model in my GGG folders.
https://e-hentai.org/g/2883357/af66eb278b/GaoGaiGar's 25th anniversary Toy Chronicle scans
>>22568034Might Gunner webm
>>22575800Thank you, I should really resume/restart/finish Might Gaine at some point.>he gets his own entry speech/line and posing as well, just like the cool one Might Gaine hasCool...
>>22575802Might Kaiser has one too.
>>22575157Fanart, please!
>>22575811I didn't expect or realize that at all, only saw his debut in SRW either V or X. I thought it was non-sentient though, only piloted by Maito?
>>22575826I'm gonna be very real with you: I searched his name in Katakana for fanart on pixiv, twitter and Japanese google and I got no luck on a highly detailed Mic.
https://twitter.com/onsen_hanadi/status/1776243847372362019
>>22575828>I thought it was non-sentient though, only piloted by Maito?Correct on those parts. Remastered webm of Might Gaine's entrance too.
>>22575865Thank you! I can't emphasize enough how cool this was!
https://twitter.com/onsen_hanadi/status/1776244195063427351
>>22573526With the perfect mecha.
https://twitter.com/dragonknight__/status/1778434541407047744Wabbit Hammer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELMqo-wUWQ4
>>22563685>I'm extremely hungryUh-oh, the Glutton's powers are consuminghttps://files.catbox.moe/e880mo.jpg
>>22545270It did get a sequel audio drama IIRC. A few of the Braves did.Probably for the best given that every time they animated a sequel to a Brave it turned out like shit.
>>22576621I'm not a glutton...
>>22526924I watched both Exkaiser and Fighbird relatively recently and while they are pretty similar, there are nuances. Exkaiser's enemies being wacky thieves as opposed to Fighbird being straight up terrorists give the shows a somewhat different feel, and Exkaiser and Fighbird end up having pretty different personalities (Exkaiser is more wise while Fighbird is more innocent). I'd personally say that Goldran is significantly better while J-Decker and GGG are way better, haven't gotten to Da Garn or Dagwon yet.
>>22577277Yes, I've basically thought that they just switched the heroes with the villains in FighbirdExkaiser has serious heroes and goofy villainsFighbird has goofy heroes and serious villainsBut apart from that they're pretty much the same since the personalities of each character are still extremely limited compared to other shows and there's barely any recurring elements
>>22575802>Might GaineUnfortunate on what happened around Gaine's VA nearly a month ago>>22576670
>>22577319Yeah, I saw that, but what exactly is happening here
/m/an's best friend.
https://twitter.com/onsen_hanadi/status/1778031525214466479
>>22575869The Brave series has some really expressive mecha sequences and art.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K49pkJmg4Sc
https://twitter.com/onsen_hanadi/status/1778031742466842826
>>22577277>>22577305The biggest difference is that Kouta is really the lead of Exkaiser while the Kaisers are just the heroic robots that protect him, while in Fighbird, even though it has the token Brave child character Fighbird himself is the actual protagonist and gets most of the focus.
>>22577739Black Gaine! Still have to see this episode, a bit sad that he's only recruitable in SRW, same with Kagerou
>>22517361According to someone Goldran was actually when the franchise was the most popular. Though it may have been because of the previous series.
What was the previous series before Goldran? J-decker?
>>22580127Yup. Goldran was the 1995 Brave while J-Decker was the 1994 series.
>>22580113Black Gaine technically is alive. He's shown in maintenance... in the final episode. So, we never see him in action again, but he apparently didn't really die canonically.It's the fate of a robot that wasn't part of the toyline, I guess.
>>22580144Oh! That's actually great news, I didn't know that thank you!>It's the fate of a robot that wasn't part of the toyline, I guess.You could always ask for a second copy of the toy and ask mom or dad to paint it for you
>>22575869Combination sequence too.
>>22580166You are spoiling this glutton for webms, thank you!
>>22580178Well, I was posting quite a few GGG webms much earlier in this thread.https://files.catbox.moe/r7kn6x.webm
>>22580200That too, I saved the ones I've seen when I had energyAre you doing okay, haven't seen you watch things these days
>>22580211Basically, I've been recovering from a three-day cold and staying low besides posting Brave pictures and webms.
>>22580261Geez, I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully you'll get better soon, and get back into how things usually are.
https://files.catbox.moe/b8hick.mp4
https://twitter.com/srw_dd_pr/status/1779434420417577210DD Star GaoGaiGar's Goldion Hammer sequence
https://twitter.com/yonetanikantoku/status/1778574235050631191
https://files.catbox.moe/zxjehd.mp4
>>22582105Is that a Dagwon toy Mamoru picked up?
>>22580268After finishing the non-mecha show I was watching, I started viewing Bravern.
https://twitter.com/IronsagaEN/status/1779835358471188919
https://twitter.com/666nao999/status/1780070198265225560GGG mob brush
>>22582958Hope you enjoy Bravern, not Obari's best work but still pretty enjoyable.
The Power is such a retarded asspull power up
>>22583731Only two episodes in and Bravern is quite the amusing character. Feeling indifferent about Isami at the moment though.
>>22584441Yeah, Bravern is the highlight of the show, he's very fun, and completely normal and mild-mannered to boot.
https://files.catbox.moe/hauqp4.mp4
>>22577103https://files.catbox.moe/82kblq.mp4
>>22584749I remember this EXACT EPISODEAlso that's still not me, but still!
https://twitter.com/666nao999/status/1780457999380689044Preview page
>>22545465That means the upgrade path could require fusing with an evil counterpart called "GunGrader" into "Sworgrader II", then fusing with support mechs into "Tri Swordgrader", then lastly both a "Great Sworgrader" form and an Oma-esque "Black Sworgrader" form with all powers of past Braves combined
>>22585756I really don't know if Yuusha would try and have the same number of upgrade forms as modern Kamen Rider. I can only see Sworgrader having one or two upgrade forms at best.
>>22580178
>>22586667>an SRW ending screen out of all things spoil me about either their death or upgrade
>>22585019Kirby is not a glutton either, or at least tries to not be one.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqUdP5CVl8I
https://twitter.com/666nao999/status/1780797727657631990
>>22560844Sperion > Francis
https://twitter.com/666nao999/status/1780820863992140218
>>22587354
>>22588634Yeah haha, this might have been it, or an adjacent one, it's definitely familiar.Was going to try finding other dialogue but my favourite Sally picture caught my eye, so have that instead.
>>22588648Have this webm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rDYh6sgYcw
https://twitter.com/666nao999/status/1779065091268530416Fujisawa's Hakaioh trivia."The cover illustration for the chapter I'm currently working on is reminiscent of Aboriginal art created by Australian indigenous people who sensed the laws of the universe... I drew it with that image in mind. Each chapter is composed of motifs and materials that may or may not be related to each other. I also used some photos given to me by the director."
>>22588667Thank you! This is pleasant.>tfw will never get around to actually watching Might Gaine
>>22585019>this EXACT EPISODEhttps://files.catbox.moe/ta5z1e.mp4https://files.catbox.moe/fdvrdk.mp4
>>22587507I remember Dedede edited footage to make it look like he was eating people's food non-stop>>22589380>tfw so used to the hammy 4kids dub, that the more-fitting JP voices are jarringDedede's a jerk but he's still my favourite
>>22589382Japanese Dedede has Leo, Liger and EI-01's voice actor.
>>22589386That's a bit of an odd place to meet them again..
>>22589389Japanese Meta Knight has Atsushi Kisachi, the voice of Hashiba Ryu.https://files.catbox.moe/bwyamy.mp4https://files.catbox.moe/ccr353.mp4https://files.catbox.moe/tz1es7.mp4
>>22589419>Hashiba RyuThat is not someone I've thought about in a long long while.>voices the best character yet again>still has the Spanish guitar riff outside the 4kids dub for some reasonI can sort of hear Ryu though, didn't think Meta Knight was supposed to be this young, assumed he was in like, his 30s.
>>225446602024 has already been rough in general with the death of Akira Toriyama back in the beginning of March.
>>22589616Yeah... and with the other deaths the past few years, not looking forward to how this one goes..
>>22545441Gotta show some respect and appreciation to gold's cousin, yellow as well.
>>22590128I'm only realizing literally right now, that Power Joe, Dumpson, and McCrane had to be at least primarily yellow for Build Tiger to exist the way it is. I just associated them with yellow/blue/red.It's magic
One last GaoGaiGar post ITT
