Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Giant Robo: Gin-Rei Special, GinRei: The Animation Japanese: ジャイアントロボ外伝 GinRei 銀鈴
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Type: OVA
Episodes: 3
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Feb 20, 1994 to Feb 21, 1995
Duration:
30 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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SynopsisThe first story, something like "Barefoot Ginrei" is pretty abysmal and budget restricted. This includes using lots of footage cut out of the OVA series and then spliced into the middle of this. There's a fair amount of nudity but the story itself is better forgotten. The second episode, "Gin Rei's Blue Eyes" is much better, actually having a plot, characters and sequence... but is still fairly basic at its heart. This second sample is pretty watchable, and has its moments, but really only hard core Gin Rei fans are going to value this material highly.
There are clear signs of some budget restrictions, most obvious in the first episode. Likewise the style maintains a sort of modern production of older style, or somewhat retro, look and atmosphere. While this is in keeping with the parent series it may be strange for someone unfamiliar with it. This is largely because the short running time, and certain degree of assumed knowledge, may make this somewhat confusing for new viewers. Taken as an independant product I would have to say the animation is nothing special, competent but simple, that does little to fill the voice left by the short running times and basic stories.
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Related AnimeSpin-off: Giant Robo the Animation: Chikyuu ga Seishi Suru Hi
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Maur
10 of 24 people found this review helpful
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3 of 3 episodes seen
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
5 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
7 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
Some may disagree, but I actually enjoyed this (the first two episodes at least) more than the actual OVA itself.
I think the reason why is because the whole Giant Robo story is pretty ridiculous just on the face of it. So approaching it from a more comedic stance fits it much better. This spin-off takes place somewhere in between the OVA and includes copious amounts of crude humor and fanservice. I suppose it was also less misleading and more focused since it was just being generally silly and having more fun with the stories. There were parts where I actually laughed out loud. It almost reminded me of Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu. The exception being the third episode which was more serious and less entertaining.
In retrospect it's kind of sad that there were only two funny episodes, I would've much rather have watched more of this kind of anime. read more
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BatSurfer
2 of 12 people found this review helpful
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3 of 3 episodes seen
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| Overall |
4 |
| Story |
3 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
1 |
| Enjoyment |
3 |
I'll do a short overview of this special then review each episode individually since they're all standalone.
Story: 3/10
Art: 7/10
Sound: 7/10
Characters: 1/10
Enjoyment: 3/10
Overall: 4/10
*Slight Spoilers*
Episode 1
4/10
Basically Ginrei has halted so many crimes, Alberto of "Blue Flower", feels as though he needs to finally do something villainy about this. So he assigns a disciple of his own to take her place, of course after capturing Ginrei herself he falls short when Daisaku saves Ginrei with Giant Robo. Oh, needless nudity from Ginrei lets grab her tit and have it explode! Robo river of blood.
Episode 2
1/10
Someone at the office forgot to can this garbage of an idea and thought "Hey, lets have Daisaku battle a giant Ginrei robot for good measure!" Oh! and lets get him totally smashed because that's what 12 year olds normally do! More needless nudity for Ginrei!
Episode 3
5/10
The only half way decent episode in this mess. Ginrei and co take up on a journey in the dessert to solve.. something. Some guy dies protecting his son? Clarity[] Sad ending, was meh.
Overall this felt like Imagawa came in out of shape and lazy with a script. Even the animation suffered slightly. The plot devices and cheap character development butchered a perception you had for Giant Robo and its characters. In the end, this special is very forgettable and like many specials, a failed experiment to make fans more into Giant Robo. Stop slapping me Imagawa, stahp! read more
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Fumoffu is similar to Ginrei in the whole light-hearted humorous approach to story telling. The humor in Fumoffu is less crude but much more masterful and significant. If you enjoyed the Ginrei Special I suspect you will love the coy playfulness of Fumoffu, even without having watched any of the actual FMP series.
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