So, let me get this out of the way first, Chokkyuu Hyoudai Robot Anime: Straight Title is absolutely NOT what it seems to be at first glance, and even MAL seems to have been mistaken. Straight Title is NOT an mecha action anime, it is a comedy anime through and through. Now that's out of the way, onto my review.
When I first heard of this show, I immediately went “Cool! A mecha anime with lots of action using MMD? Sounds awesome!” However, after the action-packed opening sequence, I learned that I was sadly mistaken as the line immediately after the title stated “This anime is
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Japanese: 直球表題 ロボットアニメ-STRAIGHT TITLE-
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Type:
TV
Episodes:
12
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Feb 6, 2013 to Apr 24, 2013
Premiered:
Winter 2013
Broadcast:
Unknown
Licensors:
None found, add some
Studios:
Bouncy
Source:
Unknown
Genre:
Comedy
Theme:
Mecha
Duration:
15 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Statistics
Ranked:
#110662
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Popularity:
#10288
Members:
2,753
Favorites:
4
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Your Feelings Categories Mar 23, 2017
It seems that even a pure comedy series needs a premise with some weight, to anchor itself down; Robot Anime is much stronger in this sense than the similar GdGd Fairies. Put another way, stories need a reason for existing, in this case the quest of the three robots to discover laughter, providing a few laughs and a couple of very poignant moments along the way. The characters of the three robots are quite middle-of-the-road, but very well defined and distinct. Their humour (and most of the show is humour) might tickle a Japanese audience nearer the funny bone, but is still quite good. I
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