Introduction
It is the dawn of the 21st century. Mankind has terraformed and colonized Mars. But we are not alone in the universe. An ancient race of alien beings, known only as "The Gods," has been watching mankind's progress ...and waiting. Now, these mysterious aliens have returned to halt mankind's expansion into space ...by force.
Now, the planet named after the God of War will become our final battlefield, as mankind fights a desperate battle with the latest in high-tech, military hardware: hyper-advanced aircraft, orbital fighters, and gigantic, desert battleships brimming with the most advanced weaponry.
But will it be enough? The aliens have awesome, incredibly destructive weapons at their disposal—including "Hell"—an unstoppable stealth carrier. But the alien's primary weapon is insidiously quiet and invisible—a mind control plaque. Incurable. Inevitable. Contagious. Humans are powerless to resist its effects, which transforms even the most loyal soldiers into dangerous subversives.
Our last hope lies with Captain Akuh and the crew of the Battleship Aoba. If his top-secret mission is successful, mankind will deal a decisive blow to the alien armada. But Akuh's girlfriend is showing signs of nymphomania—the first symptom of alien subversion!
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Audience reviews
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Gsarthotegga
In Biggu Wōzu, otherwise known as Grandiloquent Conflicts of Substantial Magnitude, there's a pronounced cinematic vision in the initial scenes: colossal Earthian military ships and tanks floating in darkness and illuminated by sudden explosions and plumes of flame, a dog fight against UFOs (or, rather, the conventional alien saucer ship, since these are very clearly identified) breaks out amidst an electrical storm on the hostile Martian surface, and the introduction of an exotic Martian woman with wind-swept blonde hair tumbling out of her helmet (if you couldn't tell the character would be female before the reveal, then you haven't watched much anime). There are a number of scenes, such as the tracking shot in the airport, with people walking along, and a massive advertisement of a red…
Read at the sourceLizardKing0
I don't get the hate, this movie is fine. I watched it first when I was a teenager and absolutely loved it! I thought the action was great, the story was original and thought provoking, and even liked some characters! Even back then, most people flat out hated it.
Watched it again recently and noticed a lot of flaws that I didn't the first time around. The story is not that original, characters are generic and not that likeable, editing has room for improvement and a few other things. That being said, I still thought the action was great and the animation quality is decent for a 30 year old anime.
Something that helped me enjoy it more and may help you if you're wondering it's worth spending the time is this: Think of it as a sci-fi historical documentary, as if you're watching a slice…
Read at the sourceAnimeEnjoyer420
At the risk of being overly dismissive, this is a blatant attempt to capitalize on the success of the original Space Battleship Yamato, without any understanding of what made it work. The story and the central conflict between humans and an alien race called "the gods" is paper thin and unengaging. The aliens are a faceless menace, you only ever see their UFOs or humans being mind controlled by them, and it makes them seem unthreatening. The film makes no attempt to explain their goals or why this war is being fought, other than a vague sense that humanity became too technologically advanced. The setting is so vague and poorly thought out that it feels like being dropped into episode 8 or 9 of a 12 episode TV series, like you've missed tons of important setup and context.
The characters…
Read at the sourceMisterX25
Yoshio Aramaki is officially one of the worst content creators in Japan in my book.
Not only did he create one of the worst historical novels (it could very well be the worst) in Konpeki no Kantai but he also created this strange thing that is difficult to describe.
Like many people here already said "Big Wars"? more like Big *BORING* Wars!!!
The movie tries to tell a great story but it doesn't have the time or the proper writing for it, Yoshio simply doesn't know how to write a good story to save his life, even with an interesting premise.
It is not completely an atrocity like konpeki no kantai because it at least tries to tell its own story instead of being a child playing with his toys, but it is very poorly done, nothing particularly horrible like other animes I have seen throughout my…
Read at the sourceToastyy
I usually put quite some work into writing these, but I don't feel like that it's necessary for this production. Like seriously, that fucking sucked. And I will spoiler the shit out of this movie because you shouldn't watch it anyway.
Story:
The basic concept of the storyline is the following: Fighterjet/Spaceship battlescene > boring talking where you don't understand jackshit > Sexscene of mainprotagonist and his female acquaintance > boring talking > Another sec scene > more boring talking > some explosions > Maincharacter kills female acquaintance because she's a spy, then kills another spy in a ridiculous action scene > Maincharacter takes off with his ship (Literally ship, not spaceship. There are spaceships, but appearently it makes more sense to fight ufos and shit with actual cr…
Read at the sourceAnnoKano
The title of this movie, ‘Big Wars’, did not leave one with the impression that it would be a film with any intellectual substance or emotive storytelling. In fact, the effect of such a ridiculous title is to whet the male appetite for explosions and guns and blood, guts and gore. It creates an expectation that the following hour will be spent ogling over sense of intense cruelty and wave after wave of laser cannon induced bloodshed. That ‘Big Wars’ failed to deliver in this regard is as much a shock to me as it probably will be to you.
Rather than use this opportunity to create an entertaining, unintelligent exploitation piece that will appease bottom feeders such as myself, the creators of this turgid anime have developed a taste for luxuries, and have attempted to give the film a plot…
Read at the sourceMr_Panda
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Big Wars comes out of the period of anime history when Sci-Fi was the clear and present King of the medium. This stage in the development of the industry suffered a myriad of triumphs and epic failures. Big Wars is one of those obscure movies that falls somewhere in-between.
The basic storyline is familiar enough. Humanity has colonized Mars and, following the opening of transforming operations, is attacked by an alien race known as "The Gods". A massive, technologically advanced war ensues over the next several decades in which (it is implied) there has been no real significant progress.
Big Wars lives up to its name in principle (though it is…
Read at the sourceHuntsman
If you looking for a good sci-fi anime movie, this isn't it. Everything about this 1993 anime movie is average to bad. From the story about the future of Mars and the war there with the mysterious aliens to the uncharismatic characters to the bad music. This anime movie is one of the ones you don't want to see. If they hadn't tried to make it so big of a movie it might have been better. The creators of the anime movie should had made it into a OVA or a short series. I think it would have been much better had they done that.
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