The guy who wrote Tetsujin and Giant Robo also happened to write one of the best super robot manga of all time. “Why haven’t I heard of it?” you may ask. >Mitsuteru Yokoyama is approached for an anime adaptation a la Mazinger or Tetsujin. >he shrugs and gave the studio full creative control, so they made a generic 50 ish episode combiner team toy commercial like Voltes V, Voltron or Grendizer with no actual fidelity to the original manga.>An OVA was commissioned in 1994 (pic related) but only two episodes were produced due to poor sales and the Japanese bubble economy finally popping. >12 episode adaptation was made in 2002 but still took creative liberties by giving the protagonist a love interest. >No official English paperback release of the manga and zero acknowledgement outside of Alberto the Impact from the Giant Robo OVA.If you’re convinced that super robot shows are goofy or light hearted, give it a read. You won’t regret it.
>>23781148Who do you think you're talking to?
>>23781148I forget which but there was some lolrok cartoon that I'm pretty sure boosted the scene from the end when the kid yells for mars
>>23781148Also paradoxically in the SRW 64 Manga, supposedly Godmars ends up fighting this version of MARS
>>23781158I think I meant Gaia from op pic but I haven’t checked it out personally so see what the scenario actually looked like
>>23781156First time I’ve seen a guy on the mecha board complain about a post recommending mecha
>>23781148>“Why haven’t I heard of it?” you may ask. Because it wasn't one of the best. Gaia is invincible and unstoppable. None of the God robots stand much of a chance. The ending is abrupt and stupid, almost buildup to it whatsoeverYokoyama's best mecha manga is Babel II and it isn't even close.
>>23781158IIRC it's the entire cast vs Big Fire piloting Shin God Mars (as in manga Gaia combined with the manga God robots, something that did not happen in the manga itself)
>>23781148>so they made a generic 50 ish episode combiner team toy commercialIt's a 64 episode show about wanting to fuck your hot twink brother, you fucking philistine.
>>23781148>If you’re convinced that super robot shows are goofy or light hearted, give it a read. You won’t regret it.Saying that just gives the impression that you're a faggot whose opinion can't be trusted
>>23781166If you think the ending was abrupt chances are you didn’t actually fucking read the manga
>>23781204He literally just decides it on a whim based on one random squabble he seesIt feels Yokoyama didn't give a shit about the story in this manga, like he thought that he didn't have to try because the ending would be so unusual that people would talk about it anyway. Granted even that much was more effort than he put into Giant Robo, but still, neither Mars nor its adaptations are any good
>>23781171Oh right that’s what it was, still had anime godmars fighting it so I was at least right
>>23781345Bait used to be funny
>>23781162Look you want to recommend something cool but don't act like you discovered something that's not even all that obscure. We are familiar with the works of Mitsuteru Yokoyama
>>23781148Great design.
People never heard of it cause for a long time Godmars WAS the adaptation, and the one you posted is an infamous adaptation that fucks up the tragic ending that was kind of the whole payoff to the manga. Also it's not very search English optimized for English speakers.
>>23781148>12 episode adaptation was made in 2002 but still took creative liberties by giving the protagonist a love interest.It’s actually a really, really close adaptation, often featuring exact panel recreations, and a vastly superior ending that adheres more closely to what the manga was trying to say. It’s just animated like shit.
>>23781796I found the animation to be good, even if it wasn’t flattering when it came to Gaia but it’s literally just how he’s drawn in the manga.
My favorite part of the 1994 OVA is how there's a preview for episode 3 but no actual episode 3. I don't think I've ever heard of something ending that abruptly.
>>23786193Hurricane Polymar Holy Blood was like that too, even if Tatsunoko says there were no plans for an episode 3. Supposedly the idea was that all their remake OVAs would be 4 episodes, but then they dropped the idea after Casshan. Some think the New Polymar staff did the cliffhanger as bait or revolt.
>>23786193IIRC the studio did that with multiple OVAs where they'd budget it for two episodes and if it didn't hit the sales numbers then it would go no further.
>>23786334I saw on a blog that apparently the sponsor of it just yanked funding after it undersold once lmao. >>23786193I’m mildly annoyed that we didn’t see the redesign for the forth sacred item animated but I’m glad we have it in the first place. That and we only have like three scenes of the gender swapped Uraeus who became a Lalah Sune clone for no reason.
>>23781148Huh I didn't know god mars was based on a manga.Do I read the Manga and watch the anime or are they same thing?
>>23786963God Mars is almost nothing like the manga aside from a few shared names and the concepts.
>>23787126Yeah, Yokoyama was known for having a liberal and commericially minded approach to how adaptations of his manga were handled.Probably why he isn't as discussed or even gets shit picked up as readily as his peers. It's hard to pinpoint what makes Tetsujin Tetsujin or Babel II Babel II when every adaptation is accurate to varying extents.>>23786368There was a 2 book novel that set out the rest of the story. Director said he wanted to make something that'd surpass the ongoing Giant Robo OVA.
>>23787309Has the novel been translated or put online at least?
