Sengoku Majin Goushougun: Toki no Etranger

Remy Shimoda is in a hurry. She's on her way to a reunion with the other members of the Go Shogun team, and she's late. A police action with some robbers gets in her way, so she runs the robbers off the road. Her vision blurs and she gets into an accident. The movie splits into two with one plot following Remy's slow decline at the hospital with the Go Shogun members and former enemies at her side, and her experience in a strange city where she, and the rest of the team have their deaths foretold. Remy, herself, is plagued by visions of her death, and visitations from a threatening girl and her panther-like cat. The temple at the center of the city is the key, so the team sets out to battle their way into it. Based on the giant robot series "Go Shogun", this is a story focusing on Remy, the female member of the team.

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Shimada, Remy Main

Koyama, Mami Japanese

Bundle, Leonardo Medici Main

Shiozawa, Kaneto Japanese

Gagler, Killy Main

Tanaka, Hideyuki Japanese

Hojoh, Shingo Main

Suzuoki, Hirotaka Japanese

Cuttnal, Suegni Main

Kihara, Shoujirou Japanese

Commander Kernagul Main

Gouri, Daisuke Japanese

Doctor Supporting

Matsuoka, Fumio Japanese

Nurse Supporting

Suzuki, Tomiko Japanese

Kernagul's secretary Supporting

Kawashima, Chiyoko Japanese

Yuyama, Kunihiko Director

Matsuura, Noriyoshi Sound Director

Shudou, Takeshi Script, Original Creator

Shinbou, Akiyuki Key Animation

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Oct 14, 2009

GreatRumbler

Recommended

Alright, take the director of the Pokemon movies and have him do a sequel movie to a fighting force mecha show from the early 80's. It sounds like a recipe for unadulterated mediocrity, yet somehow it manages to be one of the most bizarre, surreal, and personal animes ever created.

In a way, I would liken this to Watchmen, even though it came out over a year before that famous comic. Both weave tales of heroes who had their moment in the sun, but when the war was over, they faded into obscurity. They're all older now and one has turned his one-time fame into ... a successful commercial enterprise. Another is the Surgeon General. They haven't seen each other in years, but they quickly rally when one of their own is threatened.

While Time Stranger does have several action scenes, action is not the focus. Rather it focuses on Remy's internal struggle and how she deals with almost insurmountable odds. She realizes that her death is almost a certainty, but she never gives up.

But let's get one thing out of the way: Time Strange is 14 years old and it looks it. The animation gets the job done, and there are some moments where a lot is done with a little, but it's not going to blow anyone away. More than anything else, that's the main gripe with the show. However, it should, in no way, take away from enjoyment one gets from viewing this movie.

The music is a mix of haunting and surreal, with a pure 80's power ballad at the end. Again, nothing truly exceptional here, but it holds up better than the animation

The main draw here is the characters, or, specifically, Remy. She is one of the strongest and most unique female characters I've seen in an anime. She can fight when she needs to, but it's her strong will and never-say-die attitude that make her truly standout.

This is one that's not to be missed.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Aug 27, 2023

otakitty

Not Recommended

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I was in the mood for a little retro anime piece but ended up wishing I did not bother with this piece of Swiss cheese. For starters neither the animation nor the music was notable.
I thought maybe in this "future" the characters are privvy to some special anti-aging tech or medicine but no, it's just the animators not being able to draw people aging 40 years, heck they didn't even try to draw a 40+ years aged Remy, you just never get to see what she look liked in the end.
It seems the characters are lifted from another series but just dumped into this weird ... plotline with no rhyme or reason, and no stakes either. I simply couldn't get my head around as to why any of these men cared for Remy, besides that she was the only female in the group and, as one character comments in the finale "always beautiful".
The dub is serviceable, so there's that.
I wish I could say it was so bad you will at least get a few laughs, but nope, not even enjoyable in a "haha campy 80s OVA" kinda way.
To put the final nail in the coffin, you're probably going to be deeply insulted by this anime if you are a Muslim.
Just another racist, sexist, unmemorable little piece of animation.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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