Audience reviews
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Sp1cyCrab
GaoGaiGar is the embodiment of all the negative preconceptions about the Mecha genre.
As in, it's nothing but a shameless toy ad with no substance targeted at elementary schoolers. Guy has a WILL KNIFE; to launch Goldion Hammer you need A COOL BOX WITH A KEY and don't forget a golden PLASTIC CARD. And please buy our branded PENCILS that transformers rejects use as a weapon, you have to go to school, don't you?
GaoGaiGar is called Final Fusion but it's the go-to fusion to defeat Zonders because GaiGar is weak and useless. Gao machines are unmanned and aren't doing anything when not combined. The only called attacks GGG has is:
- Obligatory Rocket Punch - Broken Magnum/Phantom that occasionally deals damage,
- Hell and Heaven that kills the pilot and he has to do a strange chant every t…
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GaoGaiGar Revived the Super Robot Genre with Flair, but It’s a Mixed Bag Split in Two
Story:
The plot of GaoGaiGar is pretty straightforward but lacks depth early on. Villains corrupt humans to spawn monsters of the week, aiming to purge negative emotions, which inevitably leads to widespread destruction. GaoGaiGar and his team step in to defeat these monsters, purifying the human hosts in the process. However, the first 25 episodes are a slog—barely advancing the overarching story. You could honestly skip from Episode 1 to Episode 26 and miss little beyond the heroes’ gradual growth and the monster battles. Speaking of battles, the early fights feel like filler, dragging on with no real purpose. Why pad the runtime with pointless action? Things finally pick up after Episode 27, where bot…
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This is one of the worst mecha of all time.
There is no character development, their relationships are vague. It's 49 episodes of nothing but the monster of the week. Background stories are told through poorly executed flashbacks or rushed in a way that doesn't make sense, considering that 49 episodes are enough to develop a story.
Besides, there are even huge plot holes, as we can see in episode 43. The episodes ago the robots were thrown into space time on Jupiter, but in ep 43 they show them coming to earth in the era of dinosaurs (when they existed) and they were underground for all this time. What's the point? Look at the size of the plot hole...
How did they end up in the age of dinosaurs in the same timeline as everything is happening? They wrote this episode with their asses and di…
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Ever wanted to feel like a kid again? Well, I have good news for you, because The King of Braves GaoGaiGar is a show tailor made for that. Made in the aftermath of Neon Genesis Evangelion's cataclysmic effect on the mecha genre, GaoGaiGar is a throw back to classic super robot shows of the 70s ala Mazinger Z and Getter Robo, but its execution of its simple ideas turn it into an effective celebration of the genre, leading it to inspire Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and other future shows.
The plot is simple enough for the first half: Guy Shishioh is a cyborg member of the Earth defense force GGG, who can fuse with alien machines powered by courage that turn him into the giant robot GaoGaiGar, and alongside the mysterious superpowered kid Mamoru Amami, the duo have to take down and purify the…
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A decent series at its time, the appeal of the audience is probably not as good since most of the things that made it good in the past are outdated.
Out of all the animes I have watched, this is probably the closest to a power ranger series. Protagonist has cliche dialogue, always announces their attacks before initiating it and every 1 or 2 episode is fighting another mecha villain.
It does has its merits though as the characters are drawn to look every cool and still has a nice opening even to this day. There is not much else to say about this anime, but its good if someone just explore the series (you don't have to watch every episode to be honest) just to see what kids in Japan when this show first premiered really enjoyed.
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King of the Braves GaoGaiGar most definitely earns its title of King. This show is everything right with a super robot anime. GaoGaiGar has a fun story, colorful cast of humans and robots and it's loud, blood boiling, in-your-face action that makes you want to yell attack names along with the show. So with all that said, lets get to review. FINAL FUSION, APPROVED.
Story 9/10
The story is a basic Super Robot anime. It revolves around the members of Gusty Geoid Guard, Or GGG for short, as they deal with attacks from the Zonders, who are an alien machine race. The first 25 episodes are pretty standard monster of week, which mostly serve as a way to slowly introduce new characters and weapons for GGG. Please be aware that this show was meant to sell toys. After that though, the series begins…
Read at the sourceDhraiauvessillus
GaoGaiGar is absolutely awesome!
It is one the best animes ever. It has one of the best intros ever.
It's got a unique style and designs. And it's really fun and well written.
It does things other animes don't. It is always surprising.
It makes you feel happy watching it. And you always care about the characters.
They are all straightforward, enthusiastic, characters. They all do what they are meant to. And if it's a happy thing, they look happy to do it. Cyborg Guy/Guy Shishio is very enthusiastic, brave and heroic. He is a handsome, likable, lead. Willing to fight to the death to protect people.
The female and male characters are all treated equally. And are all equally good and proffessional.
They always get straight to the fight, or the action. They all act very sensibely and prof…
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GaoGaiGar made the Super Robot genre cool again, but could have been a lot better. It's an anime of two halves, the second being far superior to the first.
Story:
A bare-bones plot. The villains are corrupting humans to create monsters of the week to eliminate negative thoughts, resulting in a lot of destruction. GaoGaiGar and co. defeat these monsters, and after each battle the human hosts turn back to normal. However, the first 25 episodes don't do much to advance the plot, so after the 1st episode, you can skip them and not miss much about the plot (all you sacrifice are the heroes' evolution and the monsters.) Seriously, why do we need fight scenes for the sake of fight scenes (that also drag on for too long?) Then after Episode 27, the fights and story both become a lot better. If on…
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The King of Braves. The Oath sworn through Courage. To many fans of Mecha anime, it is considered one of the greats, a proud milestone in the three decade evolution of giant robots stomping evil into paste.
But how is it really? I'll do my best to step past my love of it, at least here if not in rating. Let's see how fair I can be.
The story of GaoGarGar is good, well above average. While it does start as monster of the week fare, the second half of the show is almost universally applauded, and rightfully so. The backstories of several characters are interesting AND important while the overall narrative is solid. GaoGarGar suffers from from few direct plotholes, though some amazingly hard-to-swallow coincidences crop up.
The art is fair: The human characters are styled in a more kid-sho…
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I had high hopes that I would be sinking into another EPIC mecha-anime because of all the reviews I read about this beforehand. They all said before "Gurren Lagann," there was GaoGaiGar. What I sunk into, no I mean drowned into was a predictable and "Neon Genesis Evangelion-like" story downgraded for kiddies. At least now I assuringly know which audience this was targeting, so I'll give the fairest and most unbiased review I can.
STORY... The plot of GaoGaiGar is your typical "save the world one day at a time," except it's with robots. You've got your evil mastermind sending his minions to do his bidding; you've got your typical "monster of the week" or in terms of GaoGaiGar, "Zonder of the week." And with each enemy encounter, the question isn't if GaoGaiGar will win, it's HOW GaoGaiGar…
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I bet you can't name too many other entries in the Brave franchise, of which GGG is a part. (Others include Might Gaine, J-Decker and Fighbird, if you're interested.)
But even so, the King of Braves has achieved almost cult status - getting riffed on in Gun X Sword, featured in multiple Super Robot Wars games and so on. And with good reason. It's a brilliantly fun show that's more than the sum of its parts.
Sure the first 20 or so episodes are so-so formulaic super robot fare which could easily be any other show from the 70s onwards, but that's part of the charm in my opinion. The characters are slight but fun - you've got a spread of kids from the comedy rich girl and rich boy to the cute damsel in distress and the fat one. You've got the heroic super robot team with an all action hero,…
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When I give this thing flat out 10s. It's for a Reason. I am what is called a "Real Robo Fan", but this sort of anime can turn anyone out of Reals, or non-mecha Anime fandom, and yank them right in. "Yuusha-Oh GaoGaiGar" brings about a slowly unwinding early story, as the heros are unsure what, or how, to handle their opponents, and the Enemies aren't simply Caring -that- much about GaoGaiGar until half way through the first half of the series, resulting in many odd or stupid plot devices.
In the Long run, The series does a great job. The Mecha are all well designed, the Hero and Mecha all personify the phrases "Super Robot" and "Hot-Blooded", and the Anime pulls off that Super Robo feel without ever dropping a dime. There's no mistaking GaoGaiGar as the personification of Bravery, a main…
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I went into GaoGaiGar with extremely hign expectations. This series is praised nonstop for being the greatest super robot show ever made. I constantly heard that the series had some of the manliest characters, coolest mecha and one best endings in all of super robot anime.
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When I first began to watch the show I was pretty dissapointed. The early episodes of this series aren't exactly bad, but they sure are mediocore. The biggest problem in GaoGaiGar is the pacing. The first 25 episodes are barely worth watching, they're meant to introduce the cast characters I'm sure, but story wise not much happens. Its really formuliac stuff, kinda like you'd expect out of a 70's super robot show. Each episode follows the same grind of a monster appearing, GaoGaiGar swoops in to save the day and…
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GaoGaiGar is the kind of show that makes you want to climb out of your bed on Saturday mornings and plop down in front of your PC or TV with a bowl of cereal. It's nostalgic in a lot of ways, but brings a lot of new things to the table. While it could easily be classified as a typical "monster of the week' show, with gimmicky enemies, moral lessons (in the first episode, you almost expect to be lectured about recycling) and clever plans by the good guys ending in an explosive finishing move, it manages to break from the formula at the halfway point, and delve into serious territory. And by serious, I mean awesome. Like the newest gartastic super robot hit, Gurren Lagann, GGG grows from what you'd expect to see in a series with cyborgs and talking, transforming robots (giant toy ads) into s…
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