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The series features the vocal talents of Kaito Ishikawa and Hisako Kanemoto as our main protagonists. GARGANTIA ON THE VERDUROUS PLANET pairs Mr. Ishikawa, who is relatively new to the scene, and Ms. Kanemoto, whose roles include Is This A Zombie?, Kokoro Connect, Squid Girl, and Lagrange; and together they bring Gen Urobuchi’s – the acclaimed author of Fate/Zero and Black Lagoon – story to life.
“In the distant future, a planet covered almost entirely by oceans, known as Earth, grows in space. Ledo, a boy who has known nothing but fighting all his life, saw the sea there for the first time. On its vast, faintly green waters, men organize huge naval fleets and live modest but active lives. Due to language and cultural barriers, Ledo lives as a lonely foreigner... but he's not alone. Ledo is just beginning his days on this green planet, asking what he must do to survive here, and what he is living for.”
GARGANTIA ON THE VERDUROUS PLANET will be available to Crunchyroll’s audience in the following territories: U.S.A., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, Brazil, and Portugal.
Suisei no Gargantia – 01
While retreating from a failed all-out attack on an alien enemy’s base Galactic Alliance pilot Lt. Red (Ledo) and his mobile weapon Chamber are swallowed up into a space-time distortion. He wakes up after six months of hibernation to witness several humans trying to open his hatch. Hungry for answers, when they leave Chamber alone for the night he gets out to explore, but he is discovered by locals Amy and Pinion. He grabs Amy as a hostage and runs, but he ends up outside, where Chamber ascertains that they’re on a giant seagoing ship on Earth, a world mentioned only in legend.
Not that it was hard, but this series kicks Majestic Prince out of the water for pure space battle porn, starting with a battle to end all battles that not surprisingly goes pear-shaped for the humans. We went into this episode with high expectations. The director helmed and drew several episodes of the original Eureka Seven. It’s produced by Prod I.G., which usually does top-notch work. And the series comp and script were penned by Urobuchi Gen, who we know is capable of excellent stuff, having also written Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Requiem for the Phantom.
Throw in some great female seiyus (including the voices of Kotoura, Sasami, Koko, Mei, and Erza), and what looks like a huge budget, and you have all the ingredients for success. And succeed it does. The opening battle is a tour de force of sci-fi mayhem, with a lot of different weapons and formations and tactics flying around the screen. After that thrilling and auspicious start, the episode slows down and takes its time; we go from a fantastic hi-tech world to somewhere that wouldn’t be out of place in a Miyazaki film, only with battleships that float rather than fly. We can be lucky to see one of these worlds in a series; this one has both.
The rolling-out of characters is also kept to a minimum, allowing us to get a feel for what we’re in for. Red is a fish-of-out-water, but he’s not alone; his trusty mecha Chamber is there to help him, and it won’t be long before he can communicate with the natives, the vast majority of whom are quite attractive. Swift, fire-haired Amy in particular is a great contrast to silver-haired, cool, calculating Red. They’re ideal stand-ins for their respective worlds, and it should be fun to learn more about this new world Red finds himself in, and what he does with the adventure fate has handed him.
While retreating from a failed all-out attack on an alien enemy’s base Galactic Alliance pilot Lt. Red (Ledo) and his mobile weapon Chamber are swallowed up into a space-time distortion. He wakes up after six months of hibernation to witness several humans trying to open his hatch. Hungry for answers, when they leave Chamber alone for the night he gets out to explore, but he is discovered by locals Amy and Pinion. He grabs Amy as a hostage and runs, but he ends up outside, where Chamber ascertains that they’re on a giant seagoing ship on Earth, a world mentioned only in legend.
Not that it was hard, but this series kicks Majestic Prince out of the water for pure space battle porn, starting with a battle to end all battles that not surprisingly goes pear-shaped for the humans. We went into this episode with high expectations. The director helmed and drew several episodes of the original Eureka Seven. It’s produced by Prod I.G., which usually does top-notch work. And the series comp and script were penned by Urobuchi Gen, who we know is capable of excellent stuff, having also written Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Requiem for the Phantom.
Throw in some great female seiyus (including the voices of Kotoura, Sasami, Koko, Mei, and Erza), and what looks like a huge budget, and you have all the ingredients for success. And succeed it does. The opening battle is a tour de force of sci-fi mayhem, with a lot of different weapons and formations and tactics flying around the screen. After that thrilling and auspicious start, the episode slows down and takes its time; we go from a fantastic hi-tech world to somewhere that wouldn’t be out of place in a Miyazaki film, only with battleships that float rather than fly. We can be lucky to see one of these worlds in a series; this one has both.
The rolling-out of characters is also kept to a minimum, allowing us to get a feel for what we’re in for. Red is a fish-of-out-water, but he’s not alone; his trusty mecha Chamber is there to help him, and it won’t be long before he can communicate with the natives, the vast majority of whom are quite attractive. Swift, fire-haired Amy in particular is a great contrast to silver-haired, cool, calculating Red. They’re ideal stand-ins for their respective worlds, and it should be fun to learn more about this new world Red finds himself in, and what he does with the adventure fate has handed him.
Suisei no Gargantia (FIRST IMPRESSIONS) – Urobuchi’s new sci-fi mecha anime
We had Psycho-Pass last season, and now, we get a sci-fi mecha anime which is something that Urobuchi hasn’t done before. The closest comparison would be Blassreiter. We know how serious the anime he’s writing can get, and with this episode, I’m fairly impressed at how he manages to deliver the often done, aliens versus humans with a bit of a twist.
Immediately, the anime starts off on a solemn note identifying the crisis that is facing humanity. The Galactic Alliance of Humankind has reached a level of technology far beyond what we have today, and Avalon is the home of these people. The first thing that crossed my mind when I saw this was that there is no “Earth” to speak of and it must have been forsaken in the past for one reason or another. However, even with such high levels of technology, conflict still remains and the speech made glorifies humanity maybe a bit too much which makes it seem more like propaganda than anything else.
Hideazue is the name of the game and the Galactic Alliance is doing all it can to wipe them out from the face of the universe. You know, there’s something about these talking A.I., Chamber, that I really like. I’m not sure if it’s because of it’s level of knowledge or it’s robotic voice, but it’s somewhat soothing listening to it talk. Also, it’s fairly funny that the A.I. mentions going to Avalon, which allows one to have the basic rights that we have today in first world countries, to be such a big deal. In a way, Urobuchi may be noting how some of the things we take for granted to be difficult to obtain elsewhere.
What is there to really say about the first half which mainly contains action? Thankfully, the technobabble doesn’t take away from the action and actually adds to it. Usually, it’s incomprehensible and ridiculous, but it isn’t overused here. The tactics that the Galactic Alliance uses is simple enough to follow and makes logical sense. Who doesn’t like explosions and space combat?
Damn that's flashy.
As humanity plunges itself into the Hideazue nest, the fortified super cannon wipes out the remainder of humanity’s hopes of overcoming the alien threat. What can be described as no other than a spectacular flash of various colours, all that the Galactic Alliance of Humankind has put is destroyed. That, coupled with the solid soundtrack make this a desperate situation that will make way for our protagonist to fend off some of the aliens while humanity makes its leave. Let’s be honest, if you’ve watched the PV you probably know where this is going to end up. Or do you?
Can't go wrong with hot female characters.
Directly contrasting the first half of the episode, the second half is a lot less serious and serves more as a relief from the solemn reminder of humanity’s failure. However, there are many questions that are brought up as soon as we see the second half of the episode. The people themselves are unfamiliar to the machine so we can either assume that they are another race of mankind elsewhere in the universe. Otherwise, it could be that our main protagonist, Red, travelled back in space and time to the Earth of old.
There’s a bit of an attempt at humor with Chamber, but more importantly, as the Chamber discovers more of this world, the hypothesis that this is indeed the Earth of old is found to be true. So then did Red go back into the past or did he not? But most of all, how will this be connected with the rest of the story? The Galactic Alliance striving to annihilate the Hideazue is still the main focus, but at this point, with the amount of technology around, it doesn’t seem feasible for him to go back alone. If that’s the case, I’m very interested with how Urobuchi will tie the knots together and make two seemingly unrelated scenarios work.
Suisei no Gargantia First Impressions (Episode 1) Review
I haven’t watched many anime surrounding mecha recently, so witnessing a spectacle of explosions and laser beams “pew pew” around is definitely enjoyable. The first part of the anime isn’t necessarily unique, but the second half is especially when you take the first part into consideration. At this point, I’m not even sure which direction the anime will go and how everything will be related to each other. To this extent, Urobuchi has done a fantastic job at piquing my interest in how the story will flow. The characters aren’t a primary focus yet, but I hope that Urobuchi expands on them a bit more this time around. Although, with only a season worth of episodes (12), that may be too difficult to accomplish. Nonetheless, Suisei no Gargantia is definitely worth following for just how the story will flesh out alone. The few ending moments left me with a chill and some heavy expectations for the next episode.
We had Psycho-Pass last season, and now, we get a sci-fi mecha anime which is something that Urobuchi hasn’t done before. The closest comparison would be Blassreiter. We know how serious the anime he’s writing can get, and with this episode, I’m fairly impressed at how he manages to deliver the often done, aliens versus humans with a bit of a twist.
Immediately, the anime starts off on a solemn note identifying the crisis that is facing humanity. The Galactic Alliance of Humankind has reached a level of technology far beyond what we have today, and Avalon is the home of these people. The first thing that crossed my mind when I saw this was that there is no “Earth” to speak of and it must have been forsaken in the past for one reason or another. However, even with such high levels of technology, conflict still remains and the speech made glorifies humanity maybe a bit too much which makes it seem more like propaganda than anything else.
Hideazue is the name of the game and the Galactic Alliance is doing all it can to wipe them out from the face of the universe. You know, there’s something about these talking A.I., Chamber, that I really like. I’m not sure if it’s because of it’s level of knowledge or it’s robotic voice, but it’s somewhat soothing listening to it talk. Also, it’s fairly funny that the A.I. mentions going to Avalon, which allows one to have the basic rights that we have today in first world countries, to be such a big deal. In a way, Urobuchi may be noting how some of the things we take for granted to be difficult to obtain elsewhere.
What is there to really say about the first half which mainly contains action? Thankfully, the technobabble doesn’t take away from the action and actually adds to it. Usually, it’s incomprehensible and ridiculous, but it isn’t overused here. The tactics that the Galactic Alliance uses is simple enough to follow and makes logical sense. Who doesn’t like explosions and space combat?
Damn that's flashy.
As humanity plunges itself into the Hideazue nest, the fortified super cannon wipes out the remainder of humanity’s hopes of overcoming the alien threat. What can be described as no other than a spectacular flash of various colours, all that the Galactic Alliance of Humankind has put is destroyed. That, coupled with the solid soundtrack make this a desperate situation that will make way for our protagonist to fend off some of the aliens while humanity makes its leave. Let’s be honest, if you’ve watched the PV you probably know where this is going to end up. Or do you?
Can't go wrong with hot female characters.
Directly contrasting the first half of the episode, the second half is a lot less serious and serves more as a relief from the solemn reminder of humanity’s failure. However, there are many questions that are brought up as soon as we see the second half of the episode. The people themselves are unfamiliar to the machine so we can either assume that they are another race of mankind elsewhere in the universe. Otherwise, it could be that our main protagonist, Red, travelled back in space and time to the Earth of old.
There’s a bit of an attempt at humor with Chamber, but more importantly, as the Chamber discovers more of this world, the hypothesis that this is indeed the Earth of old is found to be true. So then did Red go back into the past or did he not? But most of all, how will this be connected with the rest of the story? The Galactic Alliance striving to annihilate the Hideazue is still the main focus, but at this point, with the amount of technology around, it doesn’t seem feasible for him to go back alone. If that’s the case, I’m very interested with how Urobuchi will tie the knots together and make two seemingly unrelated scenarios work.
Suisei no Gargantia First Impressions (Episode 1) Review
I haven’t watched many anime surrounding mecha recently, so witnessing a spectacle of explosions and laser beams “pew pew” around is definitely enjoyable. The first part of the anime isn’t necessarily unique, but the second half is especially when you take the first part into consideration. At this point, I’m not even sure which direction the anime will go and how everything will be related to each other. To this extent, Urobuchi has done a fantastic job at piquing my interest in how the story will flow. The characters aren’t a primary focus yet, but I hope that Urobuchi expands on them a bit more this time around. Although, with only a season worth of episodes (12), that may be too difficult to accomplish. Nonetheless, Suisei no Gargantia is definitely worth following for just how the story will flesh out alone. The few ending moments left me with a chill and some heavy expectations for the next episode.
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