Grendizer U Episode 1 Discussion

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Jul 8, 11:26 PM

#51

voltwaffle

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todd2580 said:
@voltwaffle lol mecha designs were good

Duh, they're ripped right out of the manga. Doesn't give this anime a pass.

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Jul 9, 9:24 AM

#52

GENDSAMA

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@GENDSAMA at least it's not like getter robo arc which was weaker production-wise
i felt sorry for the director of arc

@todd2580 same, he's my favourite director to direct a super robot show. now he stuck doing anpanman movie :(

Jul 9, 8:10 PM

#53

Zawia07

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43521qod damn it was shit. Surprisingly the 3d was really well done.

Jul 10, 3:23 PM

#54

Jmobro

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Sarah-Sama said:
@LuRo middle east setting feels forced and its cringe af to be honest.. i feel the same you can totally fund a project and make it stay true to the original i mean what's wrong with making everything in Japan like the old one

i also heard that the events will take place in France and Italy too

it makes sense, the original was really popular in those countries, it became the face of the mecha genre over there, it's fanservice in the truest sense of the word.

Jul 11, 12:24 PM

#55

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This was a disgrace. It's graphically horrible, the animation is very bad, the chara design is insulting (wtf Duke looks like his 14 y/o with a child's body?), the OP/ED are trash, there's is no tension at all in the BGM, no sense of danger, or grandeur.
Sorry for being so direct and rude, sorry to all of you who enjoyed it, but I felt offended by this reboot.
The biggest crime, imo, is the total lack of charisma of every character. By the end, I was almost expecting Scooby-Doo to show up.

Jul 12, 7:10 AM

#56

MegamiRem

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How good are the fansubs?

Jul 13, 9:40 AM

#57

Jonas-K

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Mazinger, it's always good to see you my son!

Ps: Band-Maind breaking everything as always. 🤘😎

Jul 15, 10:52 AM

#58

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@Fortress_Maximus I've never watched the Grendizer anime, but I was hoping that I would get something that was both new and faithful to the old idea.

@RobertBobert it is but maybe you expected way much i guess.

Jul 15, 10:55 AM

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@todd2580 same, he's my favourite director to direct a super robot show. now he stuck doing anpanman movie :(

@GENDSAMA yep makes me sorry for him even more lol

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Jul 15, 10:56 AM

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@RobertBobert it is but maybe you expected way much i guess.

@todd2580 I really don't know what to expect from the franchise as a whole. Even if I may have watched this once, I have already forgotten everything.

Jul 15, 11:07 AM

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@todd2580 I really don't know what to expect from the franchise as a whole. Even if I may have watched this once, I have already forgotten everything.

@RobertBobert i don't think it'd be a franchise as it'll be an one series for a 13 episodes.

Jul 15, 11:09 AM

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@RobertBobert i don't think it'd be a franchise as it'll be an one series for a 13 episodes.

@todd2580 I'm talking about Grendizer in general.

Jul 15, 7:11 PM

#63

PettankoLover

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Nov 2016

SPACE THUNDER!!

uh lalalalala uh lalalala

Jul 16, 6:22 AM

#64

Ranxomare

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Cool watch again Mazinger Z....
...but the Grendizer seems unstoppable!!!
Animation style, poor, very poor!!!
kekeke

Jul 17, 6:28 AM

#65

zennino

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I wanted to rate it 3 but rate it 5 by mistake
The first episode was boring and full of outdated troops

Jul 17, 3:26 PM

#66

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sasahara_n said:
hm... that was... strange at least, not what i expected...

and why arabs? am i forgetting smth from original?

Think the Saudis have a somewhat significant amount of funding into this.

Jul 20, 11:49 AM

#67

mithyronnie

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First EP was good, nice pacing, drawing. though as a whole it feels a lot more adult compared to previous installment

Jul 20, 11:48 AM

#68

mithyronnie

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First EP was good, nice pacing, drawing. though as a whole it feels a lot more adult compared to previous installment

Jul 22, 9:40 PM

#69

ChangeLeopardon

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I don't get what people's problem with the Middle East setting is? What about it was cringe?

I found it pretty formulaic, but considering the series pedigree I wasn't exactly expecting anything revolutionary - in fact, I went into this expecting super robot and that's exactly what I got. And since I've been watching a ton of Gundam the past few years, it was a nice change of pace. The animation looked pretty good, the progression of story and what was happening kept me interested, I loved the modern interpretations of 70s design, and I thought the 3D mechs actually looked pretty nice. I do feel like I wish I would have seen Shin Mazinger Z or something, just so I know who Koji and Sayaka are and to get a better sense of the stakes and power scaling when seeing Mazinger defeated, but I also feel like it's kind of nice to experience this as its own thing.

Jul 23, 2:20 PM

#70

oShaRkio

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i didnt like the start and how it was (and how they destroyed my boy Actarus)

Oct 5, 10:57 PM

#71

RGreatDanton

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might be another quick drop

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