Audience reviews
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OkamiDrawsArt
BANBANBABABABAN BRAVERNNNN
I can't think of an anime that grabbed me by the throat and got into my brain as much as this anime has. Characters? Great! Story? Peak! Action? My soul is burning!
Isami deserves a warm bath and a long sleep after everything.
Bravern, get that bot his husband.
Lewis, same thing.
If it was given a 24 episode treatment I KNOW this would be up there with Gurren Lagann in other peoples eyes as it has mine. If you love mech, you'll love this. If you don't love mech, you might ALSO like this!
Not 10/10 because they didn't kiss, but then again they might as well have given how obvious they are.
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From what I barely remembered in a group chat when it came out, Bravern was described as a mecha anime with comedic self-awareness. This is still true, but at the time, it was a bit misleading and I assumed it would have leaned more towards comedy.
I'm not a long-time watcher of Gundam or mecha, but the references and jokes didn't fly over my head; of course, there's bits, etc., that are more likely to hit if you're familiar with the cliches of mecha anime (e.g., Gundam originally having a high ratio of fujoshi fans, or weirdly-named attacks). It's still a mecha anime more than a parody/comedy anime, though. There's action scenes and character conflict.
It also goes heavy-handed with BL fanservice, so I wouldn't "recommend" it, but I still love my not-crack ship!
The plot is a bit out t…
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The best way I can describe this anime is as follows - I'm not sure what the hell I just saw, but I am sure that I liked it! Bang Bravern is just a bundle of fun dipped in weirdness so if you just wanna kick back with some giant robot fun, look no further. You've heard of cute girls doing cute things and (hopefully) also of BIG MEN DOING MAN SHIT. Well, this can best be described as BIG MECHS DOING MECH SHIT.
Right, you know how the saying goes that if you took Fist of the North Star and dipped it in pure unfiltered uncontaminated Gay, you'd get JoJo's Bizarre Adventure? Well, if you took Gundam and gave it a homosexual treatment of comparable potency, you'd get Bang Bravern. I have no idea why this anime is so aggressively gay. I don't mean that as a criticism by the way and I'm not call…
Read at the sourceMayspark
As long as you ignore the second half, it is ABSOLUTE PEAK!!!
If the anime ended at 7 episodes, it would be an unquestionable 10/10, with a perfect mix of the "Super" and "Real" robot genres, where both highlight the other's strengths, pitch perfect jokes, and a genuinely intriguing and earnest plot. I'd recommend anyone who wants a satisfying stopping point to end there.
There are a few good jokes in episodes 8 and 9, for anyone who doesn't care about the plot, However, it feels like episode 10 and beyond were written by a completely different person who hated the show before that point, so i would highly recommend just not watching beyond 7, for anyone who fell in love with it like I did.
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This is what happens when a bunch of animators and voice actors love gunpla, shonen, and the memes that are circulating about both. It's over the top, nonsensical, fun, and must've been a blast to create. It has a crap story and none of the character progression makes sense, but that's exactly what it's meant to be! It makes fun of its entire genre and is a great short watch for that reason.
TL;DR: This is a great, fun anime to have on just so you can laugh along with it, stay away if you're looking for anything with real substance.
Read at the sourceKasuk
Absolute trash... and I loved it!
Think of a parody of Gurren Lagann, bunch of jokes mixed in with action and a WHOLE lot of over the top nonsense.
But surprisingly the jokes are funny, the over the topness in the serious moments make you laugh, and nice payoff at the end even though nothing makes sense.
There are a couple of interesting plot twists even if everything else goes the way you would expect it, and the characters are decent enough. What I also like about this is the fact that there are tons of characters but you see them interact with different cliques at different times
Turn you brain off and you'll enjoy the ride
Read at the sourceToasty
What the goddamn hell did I just watch. If you've ever seen a super-robot anime or tokusatsu, you'll be familiar with a lot of the tropes. Imagine if a sentient robot suddenly showed up in the real world completely personifying all those tropes.
Now you know what all of the characters in this show are thinking.
They're normal human beings living in a normal world, and suddenly that world is now a super-robot anime. That's the premise of this show.
There is a *lot* of comedy in this anime, and a few somber moments. But it's best not to take it too seriously, because it doesn't take itself seriously either.
And that's a good thing! This show is a lot of fun, the action sequences are pretty great, and the comedy is done really well. My only complaint is the baby-babble and screeching f…
Read at the sourceKittykate13
Where do I even start?
This anime was an emotional roller coaster from beginning to end.
I'm not sure what I expected when I sat down to watch "the gay robot anime" but it certainly delivered.
I really enjoyed how it explored the themes of what it means to be a hero, what courage and bravery look like, and what it means to bond with and care about someone. Despite the abundance of robots (both sentient and not) it really showed what it means to be human and the experiences that make us who we are.
I appreciated how it could go from ridiculously silly to gut wrenchingly serious in the blink of an eye. And that no matter how over the top a fight scene was, it still somehow felt believable. The characters struggled and each had their own flaws and challenges to overcome. We got to see them…
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This is what happens when you mix a traditional, serious mecha show, a cheesy tokusatsu (e.g. Power Rangers) show and Top Gun.
If this description made you curious then it might be for you. I can't really recommend it easily because the show is definitely not for everyone. If you can't take the cheesyness then you will probably dislike it, if you don't want self-aware comedy in your mecha anime then you will probably dislike it and if the "bromance" is too much for you to handle then you might also... Dislike it. Yet for people who look at the ingredients and think they have to try the dish, well, it might just be exactly what you never knew you wanted.
The show looks good but, unfortunately, the times of complex, hand-drawn, mechanical operations are gone. Still, I think the CG used he…
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The general description for this show does not do it justice. I passed on this show multiple times before I saw someone review it on youtube - and barely a minute into that review I knew I had to watch it.
This is a mecha anime that isn't actually about mecha. Yes, one of the main characters is a giant robot, and there is plenty of robot on robot combat in every episode, but that isn't what this show is actually about. It's hard to describe what the story actually is about without spoiling anything or being somewhat misleading. Just know that it tries damn hard at being both serious and completely nuts at the same time. A few tweaks to the script could change the tone drastically in either direction.
Bravern is definitely in my top 5 for the year so far. This is a unique story that is t…
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This is the first time seeing a Super Gay Robot Show. The story is about a Japanese Elite Special Forces guy name Isami Ao who while in Hawaii during joint American-Japanese military exercises suddenly Alien looking beings attack the base his squad almost destroyed all hope seems lost, and a mysterious talking robot appear out of nowhere named Bravern asks Isami to get inside his cockpit to pilot him into battle (hidden gay joke) using the power of manly energy from Isami Ao he defeated these Alien beings. Later on the next episode Bravern tells the joint military leaders about the threat of the "Deathdrives". While Isami is being interrogated and tortured which made no sense the Military decided to use Bravern in their Military operations to Japan. This Anime has Comedy, that parodies the…
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Stop reading reviews. Go watch it now.
Like a hot piece of meat off the grill, the more you stare at it before digging in the worse it gets. Do yourself a favor, watch an episode or two and then come back if you still want to see others' opinions.
Trust me, you'll thank me later.
Or you'll need bleach for your eyes. Same difference but clearly this show wasn't your cup of tea if you couldn't handle what is essentially pure MANLINESS distilled into anime form.
Only weak men, and women, can't handle the pure unadulterated love and passion shared by two men and a robot. So if you are weak, you should probably not watch this show and instead go watch some isekai harem fantasy show to fill your scrawny-armed needs.
From this point onward, only those who also believe anime needs to star…
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This show is Unabashedly goofy, and I love it for that. It initially presents as though it's going to have real-robot tone, but then swerves hard into classic Super Robot territory and makes it gay, and that's an A+ in my book. The humor, while a little crude, is hilarious. The drama had me tearing up at a couple points. If you're already a fan of mecha, and aren't afraid of a good, humorous time, you will love this show.
Frankly the show defies description. It plays a lot of the usual "super robot" tropes pretty straight a lot of the time, what with evil aliens, combining the hearts of sentient robot and pilot (except this time with a lot of innuendo), etc. What it does with those tropes is give us a show that is filled to the brim (eheh) with raw (heh) emotion. Not once does the show ac…
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probably my favorite anime of the season. it's got comedy, heartfelt scenes, pop culture references, sci-fi, mechs... lots of things i love in one place.
the animation was really polished and i liked that it used traditional animation alongside cg well and the cg wasn't glaringly obvious. the humor was tongue-in-cheek for the most part, with some pretty heavy handed innuendos. the action scenes were really nicely choreographed and fun to watch. i felt the story was solid and i was often left wondering what would happen next. pacing was good, and i hope there will be a second season.
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Are you a fan of shows like GaoGaiGar and Samurai Flamenco? Tiger & Bunny, perhaps? Then there's something here for you. This is a show about a 9m tall robot who is madly in love with his pilot. Which is amazing. Bravern revels in the absurdity of its own premise, taking full advantage of it at every opportunity. If there's anything to criticize about this show, it's the fact that it can feel cramped because the creators were (self-admittedly) trying to cram as much into 12 episodes as humanly possible. It's an easy flaw to forgive because it's just a sign of the passion that went into creating this masterpiece.
I think that some might be disappointed that this isn't strictly a show about giant robots. Don't be mistaken, it's definitely a show about giant robots. But it's also a story abo…
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Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern is the kind of show that tries to be too many things at the same time.
It takes real talent to be able to write a story that can balance the drama of war with (often situational) comedy and gaudy mechs, talent that you won't find here, where all of these elements are thrown in together without much regard as to how they interact, leading to some serious tonal whiplash, usually to the detriment of the drama, and sometimes the fighting and humor. The humor, by the way, relies mostly on homoerotic jokes, so if you don't think gay men = funny, there might not be much in there for you. Personally, I did laugh at some of the double entendres (lots of uses of the word "ride"), although, now that the shows is over, I feel mostly foolish and disappointed in what amount…
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For the love of god, please watch this fucking masterpiece.
Peak animation, peak over-the-topness, peak comedy. Everything you ever wanted to get out of a mecha anime, parodied to hell and back and packed into twelve extremely easy to watch episodes that will leave you craving more. All that being said, god-forbid you try to take anything too seriously or question the plot too much - it's entirely not what the anime wants from you. Sit back and enjoy how much this title seems to indulge the goofiness of itself and anime as a genre. There is little I can say the other reviews haven't pointed out in the terms of content, so I'll wrap it up with a single sentence - Top gun meets mecha while subtle homoerotic tones shift into full on gay tension, and boy oh boy is every second of it a treat f…
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Imagine, if you will, that Michael Bay decided to make a movie adaptation of Exkaiser. Now imagine that, in addition to the usual Bay staples (explosions, lots of military vehicles, Christian references, oversexualization of female characters), this movie is light-hearted, self-referential, and intensely homoerotic. Such is Bang Bravern, the first TV anime directed by legendary animator Masami Obari in over a decade.
Without a doubt, Bravern is one of the better seasonal anime in recent memory -- probably the best one since Reconguista in G from a decade ago. However, like a lot of the better seasonal anime, Bravern's story is more suited to a 1-2 hour OVA, which is evident in the sheer amount of filler in the anime. There are episodes where slideshow animation abounds and a lot of meani…
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My pick for the most surprising anime of the season. I found myself loving this one for a variety of reasons, but first, I’ve got to talk about that premise:
Top Gun with aliens invading a la Independence Day but giant robot Kamina from Gurren Lagann comes to save the day.
That sounds like a mess, and while it kind of is, this is a show that revels in the mess. It leans in hard as the robot Bravern diagetically blasts his theme music from its cockpit (projecting his opening animation background behind him like a boss), proclaims that his pilot Isami is its soul mate, and proceeds to devastate Death Drive alien robots (all of whom have personalities that are some variation of absurd in the best way) with abandon. It helps that Isami and many of the characters in this series are very unli…
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Brave Bang Bravern - *OP song plays, churns up* "Bang Bang, Bang Bang, Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang, BBRRRRAAAAAVVVVEEERRRRNNNNN!!!" *Explosion SFX* You have my sincere congratulations for being part of the spiritual revival of a long dead franchise.
What defines a dark horse? The Cambridge Dictionary describes it as such: "a person who is not expected to succeed in or unexpectedly wins an election, race, or other competition", or how the Mirriam-Webster Dictionary worded the definition even better: a usually little-known contender (such as a racehorse) that makes an unexpectedly good showing". And in this season, get ready for a wild goose chase of a show that will have you constantly be duped, bamboozled, bait-and-switched, especially for fans of this VERY specific theme in all of the histo…
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