Promare: Taste The Rainbow

[@Bonsaipop]

"Let's do a video on Promare," we said. Turns out it really wasn't that easy to do cause there really isn't that much to write about besides how ridiculous it is. That being said i'd love to see more films like this, it's nice when it's obvious that a studio got to take the reins and do exactly what they wanted to do. I guess that's kind of the message though. ANYWAY, i have NO idea what we're covering next week so it'll be as much of a surprise for you as it is for us, thinking about going oldschool cause it's been a minute. look forward to it! wash your hands everyone! -Mike

[@iemier]

Never got around to watching it, but will give it a look-see after this vid. Amazed at many similarities there are in comparison to Fire Force early on.

[@Klonoa7H]

There's alot of social commentary in the film regarding government control and oppression that I found pretty effective I went into the film expecting it to be a turn off your brain dumb action movie, and I was quite surprised at how engaging it was, in addition to the crazy action. Anime fans who just write it off clearly don't understand the importance of visual storytelling or directing.

[@johnnymillar9056]

"Maybe I missed something. Tell me in the comments." Okay let's write an essay on how Promare is genius. So the first thing I wanna say is that in film, character is king. You've constructed this video just to talk about the ridiculous heights this film can attain, but without looking at the heights that story and character reach, emotionally. Galo is dumb as hell but this movie ain't. Only a smart well written piece of fiction can take you on the characters' journeys. I will cover how Promare does this in the first half. In the second half I'll discuss why the imagery of holocaust, oppression and fascism is absolutely intentional and not tacked on, but also quite relevant. You made a point to talk about how Aina didn't have much of a character. We'll come back to her. Let's talk about three characters who are incredibly fleshed out. We have the dumb jock with a heart of gold, Galo, trying to do the right thing in the most stylish way possible. The cool headed but compassionately driven Lio, head of a rebellion against a fascist system. Finally the villain Kray Foresight - a man who's drive to save the few causes him to endanger everyone. The movie wants you to know from minute 1 that the Burnish aren't bad. You see them trying to live their lives as normal but their difference, the fire that burns within them, explodes out killing those around them. But it's obviously not their fault. The movie never wants to fool you into thinking the Burnish are the bad guys. The first scene with our main characters sets everything up perfectly. We have Galo who repeatedly goes against orders from his Captain because he feels like he can do this alone. He can save people because he's doing the right thing and stylin' on the bad guy. When we meet Lio, perhaps the movie wants us to think "maybe only these Burnish are bad and not all" because Galo is great and you want to believe he's doing the right thing. But that's why we don't immediately get the revelation the something is wrong from Lio. We get it in the everyday world. The pizza boy is taken in by the obviously SS-inspired Freeze Force. Some other people have also noted that the symbol for the Burnish, the pink triangle, was a symbol used against LGBTQ people by the Nazis. Doubt that was an accident. Galo's emotional reaction to this takes the viewer with him because we already know this guy loves to do the right thing in the most stylish way. Fascism is neither right nor is it stylish. Galo is shook to his core. The audience, from the beginning, new this was coming, but it had to happen to prove that Galo can see fascism when put front of him. He knows that pizza is pizza no matter who makes it. We are introduced to the lake where we're teased with the idea of Aina as love interest. This is absolutely a red herring. She is given little characterisation beyond the obvious because the movie WANTS you to think they are going down that old trope of boring love interest. But actually Aina is a hard working member of the team who's sister is key to the plot. Trigger loves to play up the bond between siblings, whether those are adopted siblings like Kamina and Simon or blood related. We learn around this time why Galo hero worships Kray. At this point for Lio we are beginning to see the effect that the oppression has on the Burnish when they break out of their prison. They are weak, dying, underfed and without support from anyone but each other. Lio tries and fails to save the life of one of his own and Galo watches on in horror as she dies. Galo now sees the damage of what's been done to these people. The horror of it all. But because we know why he loves Kray we believe that he believes that Kray JUST DOESN'T KNOW. I can go on and explain why each point in the story makes perfect sense, emotionally, but I think you can probably figure it out from here. Let's skip to the D E U S E X M A C H I N A It means "god from the machine." Now, what element of deus ex machina makes it bad writing? That the solution appears, unbidden - the story is resolved without using the things set up. However, Deus ex machina is actually a pun here. The machine was actually built by human hands to fight back against oppression. The machine comes from the humans. And the machine does not solve the plot. In fact the fight between the Deus ex machina and Kray's robot is a chance for a philosophical battle between Galo and Kray now that Galo knows Kray is a bad guy. So if that robot doesn't solve the conflict of the film, what does? Unification. We learn that the Burnish flames are actually beings from another universe that mean us no harm. And Galo and Lio unify their beliefs. Take down the bad guys, do the right thing, fight the OPPRESSION and DO IT WITH SOME FUCKING STYLE. Kray breaks down in rage, revealing he is in fact also a Burnish, an ashamed, self-hating one who believes he can overcome the fire inside him instead of embrace in. He can rid the world of the thing he feels is wrong with him. Kray explicitly burned down Galo's house and kills his family and hid it from him for years. But what does Galo say? "I'm going to save everyone. Lio, the earth, even you!" I understand you never finished Gurren Lagann? Because Trigger always write about ANTIFASCISM. Fascism dictates that only one type of person will have privilege and the rest will be persecuted and killed. Its an inherently exclusionary ideology. The antithesis to this is inclusivity. There's a reason that Lio is deliberately androgynous, that the Burnish are represented with those pink triangles, that the Burnish aren't harmful if they are embraced instead of persecuted and killed and that the movie climaxes on a kiss between two men. THIS MOVIE, LIKE ALL ART, IS UNAVOIDABLY POLITICAL. This movie, like all Trigger anime, posits that we are all one, especially in the face of oppression. We are all equal and we must not allow ourselves to be divided by those base instincts to control, dominate and separate. The action, the ridiculousness and the FUN comes from trying to convey this nuanced and beautiful idea in a modern, exciting way. I feel like the creators would be very sad to hear your reaction of just "dumb fun." Because the fight against fascism is never ending. We always need these stories. I haven't even went in depth on how Lio's, Kray's and Aina and her sister's arcs play into the full story. Rewatch it with your eye on the emotional journeys and relationships and how the action is all a metaphor for how they evolve and clash. It will be an entirely different experience for you, I hope. Who the hell do you think they are?!

[@berniekatzroy]

Please do a video on their other recent anime brand new animal

[@nachosanchez3623]

This film has actually a couple of messages some of them quite obvious though...

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

One of the best things about Promare: Its soundtracks, Hiroyuki Sawano is an actual god of composition.

[@L16htW4rr10r]

You know your anime stuff. Good.

[@campkira]

feel like you just hear the same soundtrack again and agian.... are you sure this is soundtrack for a moive...?

[@fatjawns3671]

BRO YOURE ON EVERY VIDEO I WATCH HOLY FUCK

[@LeoArmada]

I NEED TO CHECK IT OUT NOW!

[@firstname474]

I see you everywhere

[@_GeneralMechanics_]

This is literally "Because Trigger" the movie.

[@funkystudent8577]

That and Dead Leaves

[@V2ULTRAKill]

@@funkystudent8577 dead leaves is the gainax equivalent

[@funkystudent8577]

@@V2ULTRAKill I'll be honest I realized I was wrong like 2 days after I posted the comment

[@V2ULTRAKill]

@@funkystudent8577 to be fair, it was still imaishi

[@pottedplant37_]

and that's why I love it

[@ohairflippio2010]

Lio and Galo hinted at being a romantic thing is funny because this whole movie is super macho. Which, reminds me of like... old greek mythology. because apparently the greek heroes had boyfriends because what was more manly than two dudes getting it on together?

[@peak-male-perfomrance]

Just some guys bein dudes

[@Roy-of7lo]

Two bros, chillin' in the hot tub~ 0 feet apart cuz they are gay

[@neonritsu9091]

Big jojo energy

[@alishee2989]

Aka Achilles and Patroclus

[@Pepper50057]

Bromosexual

[@myriadofcolours9861]

"Right when it gets icky with a kiss" Riiiiight, he was gonna kiss Aina. He was . . . yep, he was definitely gonna do that. Definitely.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

You ship him and leo by chance? Nice! i have not seen the movie myself but i can see either way, or if he bi or pan, still nice anyways though

[@WithASock]

i love how distracted he was in that shot lmao

[@Yuki_Ika7]

@@WithASock i know right!

[@icecreammm665]

he wasn't. it's not even if favor of galo x lio but he was getting closer because he saw lio's reflection in ice. and he wasn't even at the angle to kiss her because his head gets past her.

[@EvelynL.1112]

@@icecreammm665 YES GALO SAW LIO'S REFLECTION IN THE ICE, HE WASN'T LOOKING AT AINA!!!

[@geardog24]

I'm so happy Kamina got reincarnated as a fire fighter.

[@Narinjas]

Perfect (Fire Force +TTGL)

[@EvelynL.1112]

Too bad people whine incessantly about Galo being a "Kamina-ripoff" looks like they don't want Kamina back. 🤷

[@ultraprincesskenny6790]

@@EvelynL.1112 I don't like Kamina I like Galo. Kamina was kind of a mean person at times.

[@spookshankaman1038]

@@ultraprincesskenny6790 and insecure,and dead

[@LovedandTheLover]

This comment needs more likes

[@dayumdelions4744]

“there’s also a romantic subplot between galo and aina” lmaaoooooo more like straight-bait

[@EvelynL.1112]

Agreed, poor Aina.

[@roseskithes5966]

i felt bad for aina for a sec but you can tell if you notice small details how much galo and lio are hinted at being a romantic couple.

[@rubyj3287]

If by romantic subplot you mean Aina blushing and an almost kiss 20 minutes into a movie that's an hour, 45 minutes long and then barely being addressed again, then sure.

[@erinwolfe5781]

I always think of the pizzaria scene where Aina jumps into the argument against Vulcan and Galo looking so *disturbed* when Aina literally has her boobs squished on his head

[@Zak-bv4qm]

@@erinwolfe5781 his a gentleman

[@SgtIronbeak]

When it comes to the 'tease kiss' with Galo and Aina--His attention, in that moment, WAS NEVER ONCE ON HER. It was on the Burnish flare streaking through the sky.

[@thesheerwoodcrow5465]

“From the makers of kill la kill and Gurren Lagan”. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.

[@berry_hikari]

He added “Infamous” to Gurren Laggan and it just added that extra bit of respect

[@Omind2006]

100% with you on that. Own it in Steelbook and digitally. Bought my daughter a copy.

[@noneofyourbusiness1114]

Didn't they also make eva, flcl, gunbuster, and eden of the east?

[@noneofyourbusiness1114]

@@berry_hikari how's gurren lagann infamous?

[@EvelynL.1112]

*Gurren Lagann and Kill La Kill

[@percedurza]

also just something interesting to note: when they rename the deus x machina for the first time, galo renames it lio de galon, putting his copilot's name first. "de" is possesive and by naming it lio de galon, he is saying that he, galo, belongs to lio. and galo de lion is the vice versa. they???????????? gave themselves to each other. they both gave themselves to each other im????????? this movie is a masterpiece.

[@talkingcowthatwasthereallalong]

ur profile pic, and ur username I have no words, I can just SALUTE

[@talkingcowthatwasthereallalong]

In portuguese the subject before the DE is implied to belong to the subject after the DE, so in my brazilian mind, Galo said "Lio is mine" and Lio said "Galo is mine", it changes the dynamics of the interpretation, but the fact that they went along with eachothers "thing" is already enough for me (Lio named a mecha, going along Galo's anime-ness, and Galo "lit a fire" and burned down the whole world, going along with Lio's fireboi theme) Side note: in portuguese galo means rooster, so one of my two neurons was like "COLORS, MUSIK, GAY" and the other one was like "kek, galo is rooster"

[@percedurza]

Dead Inside wild

[@BrigadeAkaba]

I think that it was their marriage proposal. 😂

[@talkingcowthatwasthereallalong]

@@BrigadeAkaba I'm choosing to believe this now, and no one can stop me

[@Treegona]

Galo wasn't even about to kiss Aina. He saw the reflection of Lio's flames in the ice, and was moving closer to see if it was a thing *in* the ice. Aina seems to be into Galo but everything about Galo screams a) unaware and b) uninterested. Ya boi straightn’t, is what I'm saying.

[@SgtIronbeak]

A kiss of life scene doesn't hang in the air for ~20 seconds for no reason.

[@scremdelascrems9293]

Literally at the end when they re name the robot galo de lion (instead of lion de galo the first time they used it) when it unfreezes the smoke is LITERALLY A GIANT HEART

[@Electric0eye]

Kray Foresight: *G E N O C I D E C U L T I V A T I O N B E A M* Me: alright this movie's pretty good

[@cheyennes4010]

The Galo/Aina scene reminds me of the scene in Yuri on Ice when Yuri goes back home to perform for Yuuko, his childhood friend and crush, just for the show to reveal that she has 3 kids and ended up with another friend from their childhood. These scenes tell the audience that these straight pairings won’t be endgame

[@SalimDoodles]

Promare is my new comfort movie, I've rewatched it so many times already and each time I find more and more things that blow my mind. The story is cool, though not mind-blowing, but it's entertaining enough to justify watching cool fighting scenes over and over again. Also I'm still crying over the fact that Latin America didn't get a theatrical release ;n;

[@exchangediary968]

if Lio was female, people would treat the two as being canon just for that one fanservice scene

[@EvelynL.1112]

EXACTLY, people and their double standards, UGH!!!!!

[@amissa5362]

@@EvelynL.1112 Dude that's the dumbest thing I ever heard. People only fanservice when there are ACTUAL hints in the show or movie. Lio literally on the verge of death. If galo didn't save him he would've been dead. Galo is a certified firefighter. He knows how to perform CPR on people. Just because you're a guy that doesn't mean you're gonna only perform CPR on females. You're saving lives. How do you guys even use that one scene and automatically call him gay. I see people even saying "gay CPR"?????? what the fuck is that. There's no such thing as that. LGBT community blows my mind

[@amissa5362]

And the scene with lio and aina and the ice lake you guys completely changed what the scene was. The only reason he wasn't looking at aina because he saw a BURNISH, not lio a burnish. He didn't even know it was lio at first. Look back at the scene. He even tells aina to "call it in" meaning to call burning rescue for an unidentifed burnish. Even after he woke up he was shocked to find lio the LEADER OF THE BURNISH HAD ESCAPE!!! like guys I'm all up for a gay ship but this is terrible fanservice. You guys literally forced it Even if the writer himself says the characters is gay that means he not even trying to make good gay relationships. Everything is forced

[@exchangediary968]

@@amissa5362 stop bashing the LGBT community under the buss because we just like to see some rep in media, you know dam wel if Galo preformed cpr on a female main character of the movie, people would have been shipping it to and something tells me you wouldn't have been here commenting on how the shippers are wrong

[@anna5084]

@@amissa5362 Listen to Gall Character song and Lio character song, dude. I am not LGBT people but there are a lot of hints, the characters songs, the heart shaped explosion, the parallels between Mina/Galo scene and Galo/Lio scene, the moment where Lio protects Gall (say what do you want, but in animes, female character protecting male character at the price of her life is actually a romantic trope), the pink triangle that are symbols of LGBT people...

[@friskybitzboi]

Nobody: Trigger: IT WAS HIVE-MIND ALIENS THE WHOLE TIME (see: Kill la Kill, Promare, Darling in the Franxx)

[@spencerdancy5789]

Lmaoooo

[@Gloomdrake]

Technically also Gurren Lagann

[@drakefire6675]

The only time that didn't work was Darling in the Franxx.

[@friskybitzboi]

Drake Fire Ya.... they should’ve stopped while they were ahead

[@drakefire6675]

@@friskybitzboi If Darling in the Franxx was like the rest of the Trigger lineup, I wouldn't have much problem with it. But it felt very grounded compared to their usual creations, which is why the ending felt like a complete mess.

[@royalcryptid9983]

Galo and Lio had romantic connotations between them tho.. and actual development too...Trigger literally made that scene with Aina to make fun of the "main boy and girl get together " trope and trip up the straights and yet you still fell for it lmaooo

[@Symora]

This just confirms how much I simp for Trigger

[@Fynn0Funn]

Me too

[@edenwayne8407]

My favourite part of the movie aside from the visuals is Galo being the absolute definition of healthy masculinity.

[@noraunhappy]

I don’t think that Promare was intended to mirror the Holocaust, although it’s obviously super easy to read it that way. I think it’s more just a generalized metaphor for oppression, and depending on the parts you choose to focus on you can easily apply it to any group. A lot of people pointed out the parallels with illegal immigration in the US, or the LGBT symbolism that’s there too. Either way, the story is obviously just a vehicle to the insane and amazing visuals, so I have a feeling they didn’t actually put a ton of thought in to the deeper meanings.

[@Virus-vv2xs]

i have it on DVD & in the bonus menu there's an interview with director Hiroyuki Imaishi where he basically says "its just meant to be a fun movie. Don't think about it to hard." so yeah ur right

[@mabithebard]

This literally use pink triangles as a prominent motif how can anyone say this anime isn’t hella gay. THERES OFFICIAL ART OF LIO AND GALO GETTING MARRIED YALL

[@demariousclark9829]

Where?

[@mabithebard]

Demarious Clark twitter.com/ruemxu/status/1203762309849587712?s=21 From a Japanese magazine called Newtype apparently

[@peak-male-perfomrance]

Well. I've got some arguments to win. Thankyou

[@Yuki_Ika7]

what if it shows them ready to date (someone of the opposite gender, or them being "escorts"), if it is what you say it is I AM ALL FOR IT!

[@reggie6871]

how the fuck didn’t i catch that i’m so dumb

[@ZephyrEden]

great vid and reminded me why i love this dumb movie so damn much B U T. calling galo/aina a "romantic subplot" is kinda vastly overselling it lmao i actually had to pause and remember if they had any other scene that could be read as romantic cause even the "almost kiss" scene felt more like a subversion of the generic kiss scene that's in any piece of media that has both a boy and girl in the main cast. then again that could just be my own bias talking since i've become increasingly critical/cynical of romance in media over the last few years, who knows

[@BadRAM512]

Aina was literally straight bait.

[@biggestastiest]

>almost kiss >"romantic subplot" >full-on kiss >"just guys being dudes" >straight people

[@oniononion7560]

@@artilite Aina was picking up signals that weren’t even there 😔✋ I wouldn’t blame her because it WAS a very generic cliche romance thing movies and shows do. So there’s literally nothing else besides that one-sided scene. Nothing from Galo. Aina only being flustered once.

[@mikebipping6166]

exactly. Galo is a complete himbo and doesn't like anyone. i think everyone who thinks they're gay/meant to be together is just equally stupid and forgets that the dudebro status is solidified by the fist bump before the credits. yikes

[@zenzenitha]

@@mikebipping6166 and who said himbo couldn't be gay?

[@mochibunnyan6556]

I feel like its a bit of a stretch to call Aina Galo’s love interest when the only scene that shows that is Aina thinking he’ll kiss her, only for him to go SIKE

[@NeroStreetArt]

I learned about this trailer months before they announced the North American release. I became OBSESSED with it. I devoured the soundtrack, especially the vocal soundtrack. I must have seen that trailer a hundred times in both English and Japanese. I watched the first five minutes that Trigger put out hoping, praying that it would get an English release. Then they announced it was coming to theaters in America and Canada and so we gathered some friends and watched it in a tiny, crowded room because they vastly underestimated how many people wanted to see it. I was holding my boyfriend's hand the entire time and I got so excited that I managed to squeeze our hands until the blood cut off and I just didn't notice because I was so engrossed with the film. I remember the mid-point of the film with the robot AI explaining what the Promare were and my friend was so flabbergasted she let out a half-laugh, half-squeak and covered her mouth with her hands to cover her gaping mouth. The entire theater erupted when Deus Ex Machina appeared. That was when I knew: Trigger knew EXACTLY what they were doing. I love a good story as much as the next person but Promare tickles my brain in such a way that it genuinely gets me pumped and excited to watch. It's almost like a theme park ride than a movie. And I pity the fool who gets too caught up in the ham-fisted story and not enjoy the spectacle of it.

[@ordinarytree4678]

I like the gaymance between the two protags. Japan is notoriously anti-LGBT so I imagine that intimate cpr kiss and general fusion stuff was a bit of a risk for this movie's sales.

[@ladygrey4113]

Considering the director(or writer?) said it wasn’t gay (despite the flaming pink triangles and pretty hamfisted borrowing from queer oppression narratives) I think it was seen as a risk. Thankfully their tune has somewhat changed to where they’re no longer denying it’s there.

[@upg5147]

It's not that they are anti LGBT, it's more so that they don't usually mentioned it or showcase it in work. They don't like attack you support it or show it, it's just not something they usually do

[@ladygrey4113]

Actually japan is quite anti-lgbtq from a legal perspective, gay couples can’t adopt or do IVF, they don’t have a lot of civil rights protections, workplace discrimination protections, and conversion therapy is still legal. If you’re a little more curious about lgbtq folks in Japan there’s a manga by a trans-woman called “the bride was a boy” by a trans-woman under the pen-name Chi, she explains the hoops she had to jump through to get her name changed and get a legally recognized marriage to her now husband (she also goes into some of the legal issues too). en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Japan

[@campkira]

@@ladygrey4113 it happen when you had low rate of birth..... but i don't mean people out to gaybashing...

[@EvelynL.1112]

@@ladygrey4113 WHOA REALLY????

[@animeaddict9568]

When Galo De Lion first transformed, their fire made a heart in 13:52

[@em-rj1cc]

the scene with the pizza guy broke my heart :'(

[@opencabinets]

Seeing it in theaters was such a experience the crowd was great and the muSIC god

[@lorettabes4553]

07:15 Not really... She's smart, knows how to get the guys to cool off and is amazing in her plane. She saves her sister, too.

[@conspicuous.8163]

13:39 There’s not even any aftermath like cleaning up the city or arresting Kray or anything. It just ends with a fist bump

[@Scarethelocals]

Nice

[@em-rj1cc]

13:53 IS THAT A HEART??? I SWEAR I'M NOT TRIPPING THAT'S A HEART !!!

[@panpan4757]

But it's just "intimate cpr" 🙄 duh

[@Zak-bv4qm]

It was just the mech transforming. If yall ship it thats fine but we dont have to.

[@panpan4757]

@@Zak-bv4qm I mean, no ones forcing you to ship but it's really blatant tbh

[@painland]

@@Zak-bv4qm whatever theyre literally gay 🙄

[@thatstheteasis5072]

@@Zak-bv4qm I like how this whole comment section is just filled with people complaining about the lio/galo shippers "forcing their ship on them" when in reality, when we ship something- gay or not- nobody is thinking of u lmao we're just trying to have a good time.

[@deathknelle3868]

I need to see this not just for the visual spectacle that is Trigger but because I need to see this gaymance between Galo and Leo.

[@EvelynL.1112]

YESSSSS!!!! And it's Lio BTW

[@hhoottmmiillkk]

Haha I honestly laughed at the placement for “spoiler territory”, like what was the first half of the video then 😂

[@lazlysun]

everything in the first half was like. 100% predictable so it didn't really do much

[@polkadi]

Most of the advertising only really shows the first thirty minutes. Everything after the opening scene becomes a spoiler in some way.

[@bigusj]

I appreciate you calling attention to this or else I would have missed it, but man you entirely missed the depth of this piece. In the same way that Gurren Lagann is a more philosophically mature Evangelion, essentially climbing the hierarchy of needs to self-actualization and the moral imperative call to action, this movie condenses it down very effectively to feature length. In my experience, similar movies either jam too much in and it becomes a mess, or don't adequately convey their message in 75-120 mins and it becomes meangingless. Plus, this one is freaking gorgeous. Just not stupid---freaking hegelian thesis/antithesis/synthesis going on right here. Exceptional piece of art.

[@mikael3302]

#proudpatreon "the most anime anime that has ever anime" yeah that's the most accurate description

[@Azure_Sandora]

DUDE!!! THAT ANIME IS SO STUPID AWESOME!!! OH MY GOD I NEEDED THIS TODAY!!! *throws a glass on the wall shattering it* WHOO!!!!!

[@Virus-vv2xs]

Dude i watched it for the first time last night & i couldnt sleep for like three hours afterwards just bc it got me that pumped. its crazy stupid awesome ! ! !

[@Nyurufu]

I started laughing when you were explaining the last few minutes of the movie but then I quickly realized that it all actually happens. I love Promare. 🤣

[@mrnekojuanito]

this movie is the distillation of more than 30 years of the legacy of gainax / trigger

[@berry_hikari]

God I’m glad studio Trigger made this, I couldn’t see any other studio making an epic, colorful, robot/mech anime... Also Kamina is back

[@theycallmemagic]

>Movie is agressively ham fisted >Straights miss the point anyway

[@lob674]

Tatsujun icon👀

[@mikebipping6166]

nobody missed the point, you're just a hungry fujoshi projecting your thirst onto a film

[@matthewgagnon9426]

I loved the hell out of this movie enough to watch it in theaters twice, and then pre-order the blu-ray the moment it went on sale. It's so fun to watch.

[@shinygekkouga52]

Bonsai: There's also a romantic sub plot between Galo and another fire fighter... LioxGalo shippers: we would like to have a word with you On a serious note, I didn't really get the impression this movie mirrors the Holocaust while watching, but I can certainly understand the thinking behind that. The first thing that came to my mind was illegal immigration in the U.S. particularly for the Latinx community, probably because it hits so close to home. After all, the group tasked with detaining immigrants is called ICE, and like the Freeze Force, their methods of doing this are a contentious issue.

[@ladygrey4113]

That "romantic subplot" Galo is a himbo if he didn't notice. The guy had no romantic interest in Aina the whole movie. That ice-lake scene screamed straight-bait to me and I love it.

[@EvelynL.1112]

@@ladygrey4113 Yeah, I felt bad for Aina though. I don't ship them either but I love her still.

[@littleoreo7717]

As much as I don't think politically that's what I was thinking too. The illegal immigration in U.S thing and that sounded so familiar.

[@littleoreo7717]

@@ladygrey4113 Wow you're the first one to say straight-bait and I love this word. Straight-baiting>>>>>queer-baiting.

[@virginiacarvalho7378]

GaloxAina was straight baiting at it's finest but damn i fell for it. they had more chemistry than 90% of straight ships in media and galo fucking dropped her on the ground on purpose when they were supposed to be having a Moment TM

[@TerryBradstreet]

Aina was more than her relationship with Gallo. She was also about her relationship with her older sister. Ignoring that is like ignoring Lio's relationship with the Mad Burnish and the Burnish in general.

[@charlotteb.5542]

You can’t convince me Galo wasn’t a burnish. He got lit on fire too many times and came out unscathed. He fights fires shirtless for crying out loud and almost none of his gear protects his torso. The only other explanation is that this himbo of a man is too stupid to die.

[@undead_corsair]

Promare maybe doesn't have a brain, but it has so much heart that I don't care that it's dumb.

[@bocodamondo]

not gonna lie, when i heard the giant robot's name for the first time, i literally bursted out laughing!

[@iwontbesilenced2321]

aight which giant robot

[@bocodamondo]

@@iwontbesilenced2321 the one they used at the climax

[@O-san4]

I loved how they were very self aware they were, especially with the Deus ex machina

[@Pammin2739]

This video perfectly captures how I felt about this movie after I watched it. The plot wasn't anything new, it was kinda predictable but it still made me care about at least for the two main characters. Still, I enjoyed this movie a lot.

[@calacalamari3977]

i think you kinda downplay the excellent story, as if it isn’t as important as the visuals

[@goldenconstellations9887]

I agree, the plot is pretty solid for this movie even if it is very focused on spectacle as well

[@EvelynL.1112]

@@goldenconstellations9887 Agreed, call me a weirdo but I watch Promare for the story and characters over the visuals, animation, and music.

[@milkiiiteaa]

crazy how the only kiss in the movie was between galo and lio

[@TuiCatNZ]

Saw it in the theater. Came out with a giant grin on my face!

[@carbon_lifeforme]

It's Kill la-Gan in the Fraxx 👌🏾

[@ladygrey4113]

Unlike Franxx though, it didn’t pretend you should take it seriously then said “never mind, we’re going to go crazy with this”.

[@carbon_lifeforme]

@@ladygrey4113 I actually only got to episode 5 of Franxx before headed out lol. It just wasn't for me exactly. I LOVE Promare tho

[@Lueserloo]

Space Cowboy the world of Franxx was pretty cool but as soon as they decided to put a plot twist in ep 20 it was such a letdown

[@Unomimithegreat]

Plus fire force esque backstory

[@swellcornmeal8789]

This is completely off topic but Darling in The Franxx's art style looked incredibly similar to Me Me Me's and I haven't seen anyone else point it out?

[@d_nerdy]

Why is Gurren Lagann infamous? Isn’t it just famous?

[@campkira]

it was not popular when it first come out....

[@anoopsingh4825]

That's not what infamous means. Infamous is famous for being bad. If it wasn't a famous in the west then that's just not famous.

[@Ray-ski]

That ending was bat shit crazy

[@spencerdancy5789]

It was perfect

[@fernandorosales599]

Daulton G The second half of Gurren Lagann and it’s ending. The first episode showed a clip of what was going to happen in the original finale, but for some reason the original finale/story was changed and got scrapped.

[@erynflynn8467]

I watched this with my friend, and when the CPR scene came up I said, 'wow they didn't even wait for the fans to come up with this' lol

[@seanstroman6087]

Bonsai Pop is the Saturday morning coffee I needed 🔥👍🏿

[@killakaiju]

I saw this in the movie theater and it was amazing

[@Darklocke1]

I would LOVE a video about Angelic Layer. It’s such an emotional rollercoaster and one of the most overlooked anime of the last 20 years. One of my must watch anime once a year.

[@liofotia2179]

This is the most heterosexual explanation of promare I've ever heard.

[@royalcryptid9983]

fr lmao it actually hurts

[@conspicuous.8163]

14:26 But if they create something this GORGEOUS, shouldn't they get as most people as possible to see it? You want people to know how you express yourself, right? Promare was my first cinematic anime movie, and I'm not THAT big on anime in general, but I was certainly hooked on this!

[@mslightbulb]

I saw it in a video someone made, but the more I look at the movement of the dragon the more it reminds me of those worm on a string things. And it’s just making me laugh.

[@baconsky_akako]

Promare is unabashedly anime and trigger and that is why I love it, it is just trigger being trigger and they know it

[@jolynelady7473]

I am exactly the audience for this film. I can't easily keep track of plot, but am a HUGE visuals / animations / sound nerd. So, I watched this Film like a week ago and I love it so much, I will say, this is my favorite Film of every single Film I watched in the past.

[@wyzasukitan]

I am a science major and I tapped tf out approx 2.5 seconds into the explanation of the Burnish’s powers. Don’t care, that animation SLAPS so definitely watching this

[@nore5888]

2:19 BRO THIS IS LITERALLY THE PLOT OF FIRE FORCE

[@10ryuu10]

Except promare is actually good lmao

[@bbfishlawyer2129]

Not really

[@lazlysun]

except there's no dumb fanservice abilities and it isn't full of edgy sadness

[@Squish_Squash]

My only "complaints" about this video is about the mention that there's a romantic subplot between Galo and Aina and her character description. I watched Promare the other night and I'm ngl, I don't remember a single instance where Galo showed any romantic affection towards Aina. Even in that bait-kiss on the frozen lake, Galo only leaned in to get a better look at the ice Aina was almost laying on top of because something was reflecting in it, and then he immediately dropped her like a bag of dog food. Watching the movie I thought it was a little obvious Aina had feelings for Galo, but it was unrequited. However, I also found that those weren't her only personality traits. She cared about her sister, for one. She cared about her crew. She's a really good pilot too. Anyways, other than that I thought this video was extremely well-done!

[@SlipScout]

The only downside-upside was that i quite literally could NOT tell what the fuck was happening 90% of the time because it was so in my face lmao. I loved the art design and the music is SO GORGEOUS. The colors are bright and flashy and there's a bit of gayness in the air, I'm really in love with it.

[@chunkystains8950]

Trigger stuff always starts off good but then jumps the shark at some point and burns out before a coherent ending is achieved.

[@devonbob1166]

The music in the back is amazing 💕

[@samanthalara489]

Wow! I'm definitely gonna get the Blu-Ray of this! I really need one of those "sit down and watch the pretty light show" movies right now. I would've never have known about this if it wasn't for this vid 💙💚

[@campkira]

dvd is enough.... it don't had much detail to be blu ray...

[@0verDDoS]

Loved this movie. Gurren Lagann is my favorite anime of all time, and this gave me so much nostalgia for it yet was refreshing and new at the same time. Also they used cgi so well and blended it with 2d animation masterfully to the point it wasn't an eyesore but tasteful

[@DrMDHyde]

Trigger and their fucking Alien hive minds I swear to god.

[@RUdigitized]

I noticed something: Every burnished wears a triangle on them somewhere and every normal wears a square. Leo’s earrings. The pizza guy has a pizza on his shirt. Gov cray wears a square, but when he reveals he’s a burnished it breaks up into three triangles

[@chaewonsglasses]

I might check this movie out, cause I'm slowly going insane during quarantine-

[@johnwilliam7570]

Not even trigger can move past gurren lagann

[@frontrowattheshitshow8849]

5:28 Vulcan Haestus - volcano fire? Vulcan - Vulcanus Roman god of fire, volcanoes, deserts, metalworking, and the forge Haestus - Hephaestus Greek god of fire and smithery

[@cloudbloom]

Love you guys. Not even a patron (would if I could) but you're one of the only channels I sub to who is changing your patreon tiers in order to ease the burden for people affected by all this stuff going on. Thanks for maintaining integrity while continuing to make great videos on the things you are passionate about👌

[@tylerwells5750]

If Evangelion is a hearty and healthy meal that sticks with you and makes you a "healthier" person, then Promare is that sweet sweet dessert that gives your eyes cavities

[@swellcornmeal8789]

i fucking love how hes like "oh i can't fight without the trident" and everyones just like "okay sure" theres no conflict its purely aesthetic and they just fuckign make the trident mid fight. The monologues every time just MuAH ITALIAN GESTURE. Also Deus Ex Machina as a name mad eme nut. And when green man was catapulted into a volcano. GOD THATS HOT. HHhhhshdfjsdf it's so STUPID. The thirstiest a show hhas every made me. Also it looks so good i got spiderverse vibes a few times. hell yea

[@yayavill5101]

The way he prounounced Aina hurt my very SOUL!!😢(T_T)

[@JefferyBlue]

10:50 I was not ready for what followed this "So, here we go." No lie, I only know the time stamp because I had to go back to rewatch the last 5 minutes of the video because I found myself spending the entirety of that run time trying to figure out the first 20 seconds of what I'd just watched. Jesus fuck Promare. I thought Lagann was a ride. PIERCE THE HEAVENS! Shit, now I'm confused as to what I was even watching.

[@DragonStar524]

This is the epitome of dumb, melt your brain fun anime that we can watch to kill a few brain cells and watch animators at their peak.

[@tiammat]

seeing this bullshit in the theaters was such an experience and i fucking loved it

[@amiesports]

Went to theatres to watch it with a mate back in august. At one point we just started screaming. Yes, it's that badass.

[@geburgtorf]

When a group of friends went to see this, we walked away saying this felt like an hour and a half to 2-hour promotion for the most epic toy line since the 80's. And we also laughed at the unapologetic self fanservice Trigger gave themselves. But hey, Kill La Kill and Gurren Lagann pretty much covered Trigger's obvious love letter to Go Nagai. Great review and yhea for as dumb and pretty as Promare is, it is worth a watch.

[@rottentreegremlin5126]

I’m gonna say it. It was lowkey kinda gay. And that’s pretty jazzy I think.

[@nan0phone]

You really just made the plot way more funny than it needed it to be. And I don't mind that

[@Joe1339]

Wow ACAB even in anime, huh?

[@bubbles710]

When i got halfway through the video i went and watched it and was blown away by the absurdity, this movie looking like the inside of a childs imagination

[@nicholasaugello2534]

Promare is actually my favorite Anime movie I've ever watched and i think it's DUMB but i enjoy it to an unending degree it is the most anime thing I've ever seen in my life. Like Evangelion DREAMS it could be as high energy and fun as this. If I were to describe Promare it be like GurrenLogan but dumber and actually even Funner.

[@nicholasaugello2534]

Also I'm Glad my boi Kamina got to be the main character 🤣👍😎

[@LowellLucasJr.]

I swear Studio madhouse and Trigger are easily some of the best animation houses to really pump up what it means to be a visual stimulus when it comes to anime! Their talents and continue project always wow and amaze me and make me glad to be an artist!

[@charlie2.048]

Aina was straight bait.

[@logandohse]

After watching this, I agree with your idea that the themes are there as an excuse for conflict and action. However, being what Promare is, I wasn't expecting it to have themes of this kind. That, along with it's incredible art, is why I gave it such a high rating (8.5. or four stars on Letterboxd). This blew me away. One of the best non-Ghibili anime films ever made

[@davidtalavera9138]

This looks like a feast for your eyes something I'd definitely take a look at, love your videos brotha be safe 💙

[@LinkEX]

Not just a feast, a relentless binge. I think I'd feel nauseous the whole way through this movie, lol.

[@Dragnel0GenerationX]

When the title said “Taste the Rainbow”, My first thought was honestly the skittles commercial

[@sakunaruful]

“Feel the Rainbow, Taste the Rainbow”

[@GracefulNanami]

Aina does a LOT in the movie and is wonderful. She saves Galo's ass at least three times, basically stops her sister from fucking everything up etc. Promare IS stupid but its also really well done stupid. The characters are not totally one-dimensional.

[@EvelynL.1112]

THANK YOU!!!

[@GracefulNanami]

@@EvelynL.1112 I'm so glad when people actually take a minute to notice things in overly gaudy, ridiculous things like Promare. I love the movie so much but so much about it is ignored, including the female lead. Its a shame. Both Galo and Lio would be a mess without her IMO, haha.

[@EvelynL.1112]

@@GracefulNanami Yeah, Aina deserves SO MUCH BETTER!!! She is QUEEN!!! She doesn't deserve this disrespect!!!

[@RizLazey]

Am i the only one who ship Galo and Aina?? 😅 They look cute together soo 🤣

[@GracefulNanami]

@@RizLazey Very few people do. GaloLio is just too powerful. But really, I ship both for different reasons? haha And I agree, they DO look quite good together.

[@janimates2204]

I love that theres an appreciation of its stupidity too, its just fun

[@coolio6855]

I watched this movie because Galo looked like Kamina. I didn’t expect him to BE kamina, but I was happy to find out that he basically was him.

[@yellowcatgirl]

nah it doesnt only appeal to people who love action i get really easily bored by action shows and absolutely LOVE promare im a total art nerd and also characters and plot super fun