Giant Robo OVA - "Can Happiness Be Achieved Without Sacrifice?"

a.ka. A young boy crying for the creator of the Fire Emblem Series.
Sorry, subs are slightly screwed.
It's been 20 years since Giant Robo was finished - will we ever find out the answer to that question?

[@largehill9736]

犠牲の原因が、遺言を正しく伝えていなかったための勘違いというのが何とも

[@user-sg3fg9eh3h]

これも涙なしには観れない。ぜひ若い人達に全編観てほしいものです。

[@user-qt5xm2fb1q]

これが勝平さん曰く 「7ヶ月の内容を7年掛けて作成した超大作」 かぁ。 改めて観たくなった。

[@eledra]

7日間では？

[@ArtePoeticaTV]

This animé is simply AWESOME. From first to last OVA, for the characters, history, and the incredible soundtrack, is, for me, THE BEST!

[@cloober2099]

so agree... nothing else like it since...

[@catsithx]

Always love that question from the anime. Thank you for uploading this scene.

[@user-ek7kf4yp1c]

草間博士=矢島正明さん 幻惑のセルバンテス=羽佐間道夫さん レジェンドだらけだGR……

[@user-ne5wb4jc7w]

幸せは他者の犠牲なく得ることはできないのか？人類のテーマですよ

[@AtsushiMizobe]

それも永遠の┉┉┉┉ね😖

[@popcultureoverdosed]

Easily the best mecha anime of all time despite being incomplete. It desperately needs a prequel and sequel

[@revivalfromruins]

Yes

[@castelleon]

I'd give that to either Escaflowne or the Big O, but Giant Robo is definitely up there with the best. Wish it had gotten the full series they planned.

[@littlewitchling535]

Bless this OVA

[@revivalfromruins]

Can Financial Success be achieved without Sacrifice? Please tell me the Answer some day...

[@pelifzuilraubiet8750]

Marvelous designs..you can almost feel the weight and impact....Beatiful...

[@plasma5722]

I never noticed this until recently but if you look closely at Cervantes when GR2 prepares to use his Rocket Punches, you can see Cervantes acting out the move

[@shitpost-o-matic7469]

INSANE, I JUST SAW

[@nekozebanzai]

3:20 セルバンテスがGR-2と同じポーズとってるの好きｗ

[@Ljordan093]

Thank you Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934-2004)

[@pencilmania8622]

Underrated show

[@user-xv2dr4ok6x]

この重量感がタマンネェ

[@bluewater5239]

GR2との対敵のシーンで大作くんとセルパンですさんとの会話が成立するのが、、？や、ロケットバツーカの指令を「ロボ！！」の一言で理解しるロボも凄い！因みに、ロボには操縦者へのオートガードシステムが採用されてるらしいです！

[@moonrect]

たしか操縦者の危険を察知して出力30倍機能付きとかとんでもないシステムでしたな。

[@amga4563]

@@moonrect オートガード機能でしたっけ？

[@leiqunni]

「ロボ、負けるな！」

[@benjaminstorace6699]

Can a new era be reached without misfortune? Our humanity renders the answer to both questions a resounding no. Nevertheless, that same humanity allows that new era of happiness to be reached at all.

[@triplehate6759]

Considering how the series ended, I would say that happiness CAN potentially be achieved without sacrifice; the real clincher is whether or not we can make the right choices to pull it off, or end up screwing the pooch due to haste/panic/not having all the necessary information.

[@stephenbyrne2170]

That makes sense when you think about it.

[@AoiHeartStranger]

There where sacrifices, a lot of them actually.

[@RykenInverse]

@@AoiHeartStranger I think the commenter's point was that, if a certain key character hadn't made some very grave assumptions about another person's intentions, the entire conflict need not have happened, to which I would say that while that could be true for the individual story told in the OVA, there is still the lingering problem of Big Fire.

[@cookieDaXapper]

"I told you, he's not a toy."

[@user-qw7qw6cw3f]

ジャイアントロボはあのような終わり方では勿体なさすぎるほどの良作

[@revivalfromruins]

その答えを、 いつか私に・・・

[@lufia7387]

A wise man once said- “giant robo is a mofo”

[@MEX-ITM]

この動画のバックに流れてるのが、交響組曲第2番「GR」ですね。吹奏楽で演奏される曲のひとつです。

[@user-je2lk8qn5h]

GR2、しびれる程カッコ良いですね。 流石にマジンガーZより５年前にロケットパンチしただけありますね。 ちなみにOPのGR2は庵野監督の作画で、パンチが発射直後に少し沈む細かい演出は庵野監督発案だそうで、それ以後様々な媒体のGR2作画の伝統になっているそうです。(出典、オタキング)

[@user-np2ve3dd7h]

好きなエピソードですね。 このジャイアントロボ、新作でやらないかねぇ。

[@pkkingcrimsonrequiem1332]

the figure standing back at 2:10 is Rinchu of the Clestial Nine, who is also the true identity of Zangetsu from the Magnificent Ten. Rinchu/Zangetsu was made to pilot GR-1 and was in cahoots with Dr Kusama and the Fujiwara clan (explaining why Kenji is there). Rinchu was originally meant to show up in the OVA but was scrapped at the last minute (he shows up in a model sheet of IPO characters). This scene is actually supposted to be a flashback to the first concieved episode of the GR OVA: Birth -The Lingering Moon at Midday (誕生編 ~白昼の残月~), which shares it's name with the Imagawa Tetsujin 28 film in 2007. The film has a Rinchu looking character wanting Tetsujin back as his own mech and an assassin named Zangetsu; all of this was probably from the original plan for the GR OVA.

[@user-co3uc8vt7e]

Okay, 1) where do you get all of this from? 2) there's a 2007 Tetsujin movie?

[@popcultureoverdosed]

Where did you get thos info.

[@popcultureoverdosed]

​@@user-co3uc8vt7e Yes, a tetsujin movie came out in 2007 where shoutaro finds out he has a brother with the same name as him and has to stop a bomb from going off in tokyo.

[@pkkingcrimsonrequiem1332]

@@popcultureoverdosed There are several pieces that of evidence that point to this: >The model sheets and Newtype 100% manga include Rinchu as part of the IPO > 2:10 is a chapter stop on the original laserdisc release and is named 白昼の残月(Zangetsu of Midday), subtly confirming It's Zangetsu >Imagawa has said Zangetsu has "some sort of connection" to Daisaku, but explicitly shuts down the sibling theory >The Day The Earth Burned features Rinchu and Zangetsu as split personalities that inhabit their own bodies. Here the Zangetsu thing was a setup by Chuujo that led to Rinchu's death, but was revived by Koumei as a proper Ten member. Here it's established that Rinchu was to get a hold of Robo before it was given to Daisaku >The name, plot and designs of the Tetsujin 28 movie, in which a new character (the other Shotaro) looks suspiciously like the Rinchu found in the model sheet for the GR OVA. The plotline from TDEB in which the Rinchu character feels entitled to GR (substituted for Testujin here) from it's current owner returns here, given that this was a full on Imagawa production it's safe to assume this was at least some sort of plan for Birth. The fact the the name of the movie (白昼の残月) is the same points to this.

[@RX552VBK]

Zangetsu is a powerful member of the Magnificent Ten. I loved his appearence too. He seemed paticularily close to Hanzui: The Dark Messiah and Old Man Kawarazaki in the last episode on Big Fire island. Home of their Titan Robots like Poseidon and the mighty Garuda!

[@otama6318]

『不死身の村雨』が、カッコよく好きでした。銀鈴との別れが切ない。 ロケットパンチの元祖、最初の使い手は、 ＧＲ2です。 マジンガーＺでは、ありません。 回転すれば、(グレートの） ドリルプレッシャーパンチでは、ありませんか？ 今川版ロボのＧＲ2は、マッチョで好き❤️ 対セルバンデスのエピソードがもう少しみたい感じでした。

[@DaimosZ]

Apparently Yasuhiro Imagawa said he didn't like how the OVA ended, saying it was too depressing, and has said he is reluctant to do a sequel to it despite many fans wishes of one.

[@RM2011ish]

As a fan of this series, I thought the ending was perfect. I'm fine with it not happening.

[@DaimosZ]

Rashad Moore that's another thing....most people actually like the ending. The whole OVA from start to finish is a tragedy and the heroes losing kinda finishes it off well for a tragedy. Last time I checked, Hamlet and Macbeth didn't have very happy endings for our heroes either.

[@RM2011ish]

The bittersweet ending really capped off the story very well. The extra Big Fire stuff they tried to sequel hook for didn't feel very necessary for me. Von Folger's children was the lynchpin of Giant Robo's story and it was developed very well.

[@DaimosZ]

I always thought of that extra ending being filler. I mean, one can easily ignore it. Kinda like GR: Giant Robo's ending also had a similar end with a sequel hook that doesn't truly impact the final ending (I know kill me for thinking GR: Giant Robo wasn't that bad. Obviously it replaced what might have been a great adaptation of the original 1967 GR manga and couldn't live up to that expectation completely but I could find some merit to it. Then again I loved the Tokusatsu of Giant Robo to death being how I first heard of Giant Robo period so I dunno)

[@RM2011ish]

I'm not quite as familiar with Giant Robo's origins and history as you are, but I know when I was discovering anime, this OVA blew me away on so many levels. I still consider it my favorite anime of all time. It has so much of what I love about the medium in it.

[@BDTXIII]

I knew this unit from Super Robot Wars Alpha.

[@adhd3147]

なんか敵が妙に大作にやさしい、そんなアニメだった

[@user-le9dt7ro4z]

なんならジャイアントロボ絡む前はかわいがられてたし

[@user-qq2ij4ue4c]

すべてのスタッフが、自分の一発芸を詰め込んだ作品……という表現もあったな、

[@alexreay6520]

To answer that question I don't think it can. In exchange for victory and peace in world war 2 millions of men, women and children died. You can't have something brilliant without paying.

[@avi-ob3jq]

GR2かっけー。 水中戦特化のGR2に勝つロボはほんと傑作なんだろうな。

[@Loliko-occultic]

GR1盗られてGR2破壊されるとか、いくらセルバンテスでも十傑衆裁判は免れないよな…ｗ

[@bluewater5239]

ロボvsGR2！ロボが、めちゃくちゃ強い！！

[@tmats9787]

なんという握力と肺活量 これは世界を救う少年ですわ

[@edwardpoletti6238]

The best of Robert ❤️❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊😊

[@siouxsie1977]

草間博士の声優に、よくこんな大物引っ張ってきたなぁ。

[@bluewater5239]

siouxsie1977 トレッキーな自分には、ど〜しても「カーク船長」にしか聞こえない！笑！

[@user-gp1tq4ox3n]

呪いであり絆であり…

[@Rompastompa71]

Together...Allegiance Or Death...Big Fire!!!!

[@RX552VBK]

Classic

[@user-sr3vt8vg5f]

好きな場面🎵 久しぶりに動画見てたらＧロボまた見たくなった🎵 そしておじ様達がカッコいい作品🎵

[@user-ps5ww4pe9x]

Where do i find a last episode "The Siege of Babel"?

[@user-ek4ip8yx9p]

3:29 大作教委の握力

[@user-co3uc8vt7e]

Funny how this is the ONLY full-value mech duel in entire series.

[@MisfortunaExo]

Episoded 8- 12 were supposed to have mech fights :")

[@user-co3uc8vt7e]

@@MisfortunaExo Not in our imperfect world...

[@MisfortunaExo]

@@user-co3uc8vt7e :")

[@vulkan8093]

I wish they would have finished it. All those other robots were cool looking.

[@revivalfromruins]

Have you watched Tetsujin 28? A lot of robots from the opening ended up in that anime

[@vulkan8093]

@@revivalfromruins I haven't but I will, thank you

[@RX552VBK]

Agreed. I'd love to have seen why Hanzui had reference for Poseidon and Garuda! Also to see GR1 go up against them would've been fantastic.

[@Dorazonbi]

岡田斗司夫さんも仰っていましたが、 90年代のセル画アニメでこのロボットの動きと細部への書き込みは本当に凄い。 CGへ移行してしまった現代では、この作画を描ける優秀なアニメーター達は どこへ行ってしまったのでしょうか…

[@stradfenrir]

2:10 驚くセルバンテスの顔！その遥か後ろに立つ人影。 「止めろ！止めるんだぁ！」と叫んだ時には忽然と姿を消す謎の人物は誰！？

[@user-se5in6mb5m]

①Qちゃんが一瞬で降りてきた ②今川監督が続くと思って張った伏線 ③特に意味はない

[@tanakaaaaaaaa]

Stradivarius Fenrir 白昼の残月らしいよ

[@stradfenrir]

ああ ありがと(=ﾟωﾟ)ﾉ

[@pkkingcrimsonrequiem1332]

九大天王の林冲/十傑集の残月 (同じ人)

[@pon5976]

このアニメや特撮版だと、最初から腕時計型通信機あるけど 原作だと最初は存在せずに後で製作された、というのをこのアニメが話題になってから知った。 特撮版のが漫画のソレに忠実に作ってあったのを見てなんか嬉しかったな。 ていうか、肉声での指令なのに水中戦のGR―2とか空中戦のGR―3とかどうするんやとw

[@Ccs1989]

Which episode of the OVA is this from?

[@revivalfromruins]

Episode 5

[@jamesmcdavid1673]

What is Murasame made of? He takes wounds that should be lethal several times over, but he's just fine a little later.

[@revivalfromruins]

He's immortal, didn't you watch Tetsujin 28? 😁

[@RX552VBK]

Its gotta be the Pink fedora and coat! LOL

[@Perurikun]

😍😍😍

[@nekonyancafe]

OVAでは端折られてたけど、アニメ良すぎて調べてたら戴宗と楊志が夫婦でテンション上がった

[@user-hh6in7hn6k]

漫画版のバンテスめちゃんこカッコ良い

[@-gyokasuisin-4313]

もっとこーゆー巨大ロボット同士の戦いを増やして欲しかったのにこのアニメは～～・・・

[@user-ne5wb4jc7w]

@岸本牛乳 強いおっさんに禿同です

[@user-tc7qe1eu8e]

この作品は、十傑集がロボより強いことも魅力です。

[@mittak006]

うーん、やっぱ「必要」なのかねぇ。いっぱい亡くなったしなぁ

[@goforbrokenlookkg233]

そりゃあ、そんな握力で捕まれたらねぇ。カッコいいけどさ。

[@superblackhawk.44]

このシュワ顔のGR-1が好きです。("⌒∇⌒")

[@user-ft2eo8hr2i]

6:07 ウクライナ侵攻から1年、この台詞が重く突き刺さる。 1日も早く戦争が終わる事を望みます。

[@user-id7ig3sz6l]

ショタ勝平に呪いをかける矢島パパ。いまみるとすげぇな

[@jerome1899]

BIG O SHOW TIME...oops wrong show

[@RX552VBK]

Same ppl tho

[@user-pi6vn5qo3u]

またスパロボ参戦を🙏

[@user-noodle666noodle]

ox 望まれますね。 よくわからん新作アニメとか出されるよりかは、こういうの出して欲しいですねぇ。ガンダムも最近シードダブルオーユニコーンばかり…

[@user-pi6vn5qo3u]

@@user-noodle666noodle SEEDではインパルスとDestiny とデュエルが好きです。 Zみたいにオールド系多いのも希望ですね

[@imapcmorimoto]

@@user-noodle666noodle 最近のもいいやん。。 それより最近は偏りまくってるから…

[@user-rp2cn3po6f]

攻撃力高すぎるんだよなぁ。

[@TS-dj7gm]

今川は、横山キャラをオマージュで作ったんだわな。そこは履き違えるべきではないだろう。

[@kaidupree6407]

I have giant Robo the day the earth stood still. But where is this from? And how can I get it?

[@revivalfromruins]

This is episode 4 of Giant Robo. You sure you didn't get some other GR instead?

[@kaidupree6407]

@@revivalfromruins this is from the day the earth stood still? Then I'll have to rewatch because I don't remember it..

[@revivalfromruins]

@@kaidupree6407 It should definitely be rewatched a million times

[@hidehori5291]

さぁ、大作くん。覚悟はいいかね？

[@user-vs4qy4bv8v]

현혹의 세르반테스

[@siokara]

幸せは、犠牲無しには得ることはできないのか？ 人類史上、絶対に揺るがない真理であるにも関わらず、そうでないと思いたい博士の気持ちがいまだにわからん。だったらジャイアント・ロボなんて作るなよ。

[@RX552VBK]

GR2 was a punk! Nothing can against the might of GR1!!!!

[@user-bm5ng3db3e]

お父さんをファーザーって呼ぶ？ ダッドとかじゃないの普通

[@user-pq5pe6wy8f]

おとうさんおとうさんおとうさん

[@user-pq5pe6wy8f]

くみのぴのこ大丈夫元気です❗

[@user-pq5pe6wy8f]

野球憲章もしもし、１の２歳。電気💡レモン❗ドリンク番剤入れ込みへ灯し狙われみなごろしました都市

[@user-pq5pe6wy8f]

かのーこコリンかキンキンねまーま根レー土朝行かないとです。みかんのくみ👍

[@user-dd2kp9ly9q]

お父さんが張飛

[@satorut36]

音声認識するとこよ

[@cycgar]

5:58 え？これで死んだの？

[@user-ek4ip8yx9p]

いや別のとこで死ぬ

[@hatamototaikutuotoko8688]

草間博士の声、矢島正明さんどっかで聞いた声と思ったら、クイズタイムショックだった。 もう鬼籍に入られた方もおられますが、銀河英雄伝説と共に、GRシリーズは、お馴染みのベテラン声優さんが一堂に会した作品でしたねぇ。 プロモーション優先で若手を使うのは世の常ではあるけど、ご存命の間に、ベテランを勢揃いの作品がみたいものです。

[@user-cf8fx4le7e]

ロボットアニメってなんだっけと疑うくらいロボットが戦わないアニメ

[@user-my2qk2dx2j]

なんでロボット作品の父親キャラは、見た目が悪人みたいなんだろうなｗｗ (ゲッターの早乙女博士(娘が亡くなってるから父親である）を見つつ)

[@user-ul4sc7lz4p]

大作のお父さんスペース·ダンディーのナレーションの人？w

[@Gittykitty]

How come this is similar to tetsujin/gigantor?

[@revivalfromruins]

Same creator - the director also made an adaptation of Tetsujin. In fact a bunch of the enemy robots showed up in the openings.

[@Gittykitty]

@@revivalfromruins Oh cool, thanks for the info.

[@user-fm5xz4nu4i]

バシュタールの惨劇

[@user-sx3fh6mg1x]

巨大ロボ感溢れる戦闘シーン良いね でもビームだよね ロケットでもバズーカでも無いよね

[@sitinurrokhanna9022]

Hey that is not English not good

[@user-bm5ng3db3e]

でも私は村雨健次嫌いでした キャスティングも疑問だけど

[@maboh8872]

横山先生の絵柄と似ていないのは残念です。

[@user-se5in6mb5m]

キャラはともかくメカデザインは先生のデザインでは無いですよな となるとあのパイロットフィルム版の完全版を見てみたい気がしますね

[@TS-dj7gm]

２０年代に入って、最初のアニメがこれ。全編を通して、語られているテーマが錯誤。サンプルは３本集めないと、突然、この地平の地球が無酸素状態になって全ての生物は息耐える。シズマ以下４人科学者の暴走とフォーグラーの正道。大怪球とジャイアントロボ。呉先生に対する孔明。たいそうに対するアルベルト。対になる何かは、幸せと不幸、犠牲の意味。１０年前、思えば、１０年前にあの４７騒ぎのネットの恐ろしいことがあった。原発も何故か爆発した。劇中、１０年後、父親の復讐として、兄貴が不完全な状態で、アンチシズマシステムを使い倒して、世界を大混乱に陥れる。３本揃えさせようとしていたのは、勘違いしていた兄貴と、孔明のみ。意味は分からんが、親父が言ったことならという銀鈴が向かうが・・・。イワン「いくら、BF団でもここまではやりはしない」。暴走を止めるのは誰なんだろうね。１０年代に見れる作品ではなかった。

[@user-zd9sl3bp9l]

眩惑のセルバンテス イケオジ風のイケメンで石油王の大富豪でスタイルも抜群でクーフィーヤをマントにしたイカしたファッションセンスで戦闘力も53万あって知略戦にも長けるとか地球上の誰もが羨むスペックじゃね？