646f9e108c 12-year old Daisaku Kusama is the sole controller of Giant Robo, the world&#39;s most powerful robot. With the help of INTERPOL and the Experts of Justice, Daisaku must thwart the nefarious plans of Big Fire, a terrorist organization determined to control the world. 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. WARNING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS The Short Version-Giant Robo is one of the Greatest Anime Works ever.<br/><br/>The Long Version-Giant Robo is a 90&#39;s Anime with a 70&#39;s Heart. Everything apart from the Story is Retro in some way, the Shizuma Drize-the Ultimate Enegy Source could be from the old Pulp Sci-Fi Magazines of the 40&#39;s. The Characters themselves are the set in the Good/Evil Archtypes of Star Wars and Japanese Shows such&#39;Gigantor&#39; (who also created the original Giant Robo Comic back in the 70&#39;s, which is more Gigantor.) Archtypes suchYoung Boy with Special Responsibilities, Father Figure, Genius Scientist, Big Tough Guy who has little respect for the Young Boy etc, we&#39;ve seen them all before.<br/><br/>The Titlelar Robot-Giant Robo is a good example of Retro Designs, unlike the Giant Streamlined, sleek Piloted Robots of Go Nagi&#39;s oeuvre, with their Rocket Punches, and the gritty realism and more scientificly probable Robots from the &#39;Gundam&#39; Series. GR looks like it was built in a factory with it&#39;s rivited together steel and muscular power, even better is that the Young Boy Daisaku controls Robo with his watch (again shades of Gigantor!)<br/><br/>But with all these elements making GIANT ROBO seem like a cut &#39;n&#39; paste effort, let me tell you-IT ISN&#39;T! The Animation is mind blowing and an obviously hard working creative team, (The Final Episode no 7 took several years to complete and it shows.) The Story improves with each episode and makes us care for the Charecters, we like/hate them, feel sad when the Heroes die (which happens several times)all this makes for a defining animation point of the 90&#39;s. A True Classic<br/><br/>LOOK JUST WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Right in the beginning you can tell Giant Robo is different. Set in a retro-future where the heroes and villians fight it out in tailored suits, and the robots look like 50s atomic toys, this series is my all-time favorite Japanese animation - in the company of Akira, Evangelion, Mononuke and Ghost in the Shell - where each episode is better than the last, and for those of you who watch all 7, the end comes far too soon..
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