Gridman anime!

[XvGojira]

Watched the two episodes and I'm intrigued. The mystery of why the world resets (are they in the cyber world and not know it?) is great and I kind of love the pettiness behind the antagonist's reasons for releasing the monsters.

Also there's a lot of homages to Shatter Glass Transformers (no idea what that is myself, a comic series?)

http://spankzilla85.tumblr.com/post/179 ... ptainsnoop

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[klen7]

It seems like the Tumblr community has whole heartedly embraced this series

[O.Supreme]

^That is amazing. Also, for Transformers fans, there are a ton of hidden easter eggs.

[lhb412]

[Dai]

The first episode dragged a bit with its tired amnesiac protagonist premise, but once the buildings started crumbling and the cars were being flung all over the place this was pure entertainment. At first I was disappointed that even Studio Trigger have resorted to CG for their large-scale fight scenes, but by episode 3 I find it's so dynamic that it's not bothering me so much.

[Rody]

I fell behind on this show due to real life (y'know how that tends to happen), but I've been catching up this week and I dig it! The series is doing a great job with atmosphere and visual storytelling, the characters are likeable (or highly unlikeable - that Akane is a deplorable psycho), and the monsters are cool, 3D-style issues regardless. The show has a good sense of humor and solid action sequences, with an effective score by Shiro Sagisu. SSS Gridman might not be exceptionally made, but it's very consistent; and if Trigger can keep this up to the end I think they'll have one of their best titles yet.
The guys over at Sakuga Blog are doing a great job - going into the production, the design, etc. Apparently the show is loaded with references to the original Gridman as well as all those Transformers references; I haven't seen the original yet, so I don't tend to catch them (guess I'd better consider that Toku subscription), but it's pretty cool how many details they've snuck in.

[Rody]

[Rody]

Oh, man, that finale has me so pumped right now.
No, I didn't get all the answers I was really hoping for ; but arguably, all the truly important matters were resolved. The final fights and character/monster designs were terrific, and all three of the lead heroes played a part in saving Akane - who, if you ask me, might have gotten off a liiiiiitle easy, but I digress. That very last scene in particular was fascinating, and a great way to end a surreal story on a surreal note. I'm sad this is over, but I'm very glad we got it; I hope Trigger's crew get to make more series like this in the future!!

[Rody]

[lhb412]

I'm thinking Gridman could be a good fit for Toonami.

[O.Supreme]

So I cheated, after watching only 6 episodes, last night I skipped all the way to 12 *not* knowing this would be the end (that is incredibly short for an anime series) . The last episode was incredibly fun especially with . I do plan to go back and watch the rest though.

I do have one question...Is the main villain ever referred to by name? Khandeshwa/Kilokhan ? I thought especially in the last episode his name would appear a few times, it seemingly never did.

[Rody]

Twelve episodes is pretty standard for late-night, non-kid anime series these days. Just take a look at the yearly listings on MyAnimeList.

Alexis Kerib seems to be the alien's true name, unless I missed a detail somewhere.