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New Getter Robo

New Getter Robo

Alternative Titles

English: New Getter Robo
Synonyms: Shin Getter Robo [2004]
Japanese: 新ゲッターロボ

Information

Type: OVA
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 9, 2004 to Sep 10, 2004
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.591 (scored by 1213 users)
Ranked: #11362
Popularity: #3002
Members: 2,365
Favorites: 19
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Synopsis

Humanity is under attack by demonic creatures called Oni. Unable to fight back by any other means, the scientist Dr. Saotome creates a series of giant robots that harness the mysterious power of Getter Rays, giving them the strength necessary to fight the Oni. The strongest of these is Getter Robo, and Saotome must enlist three very different men to pilot it - martial artist Ryoma Nagare, criminal leader Hayato Jin, and monk Benkei Musashibou. Together, the Getter Team fights to end the Oni menace forever.

(Source: ANN)

Related Anime

Alternative version: Getter Robo

Characters & Voice Actors

Jin, Hayato
Jin, Hayato
Main
Thornton, Kirk
English
Thornton, Kirk
Uchida, Naoya
Japanese
Uchida, Naoya
Musashibo, Benkei
Musashibo, Benkei
Main
Yanada, Kiyoyuki
Japanese
Yanada, Kiyoyuki
Nagare, Ryoma
Nagare, Ryoma
Main
Lang, Lex
English
Lang, Lex
Ishikawa, Hideo
Japanese
Ishikawa, Hideo
...
Professor Saotome
Professor Saotome
Supporting
Arimoto, Kinryuu
Japanese
Arimoto, Kinryuu

Staff

Kawagoe, Jun
Director, Storyboard
Iwanami, Yoshikazu
Sound Director
Oonishi, Shinsuke
Script
JAM Project
Theme Song Performance



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Jul 2, 2008
Chag
The original Getter Robo anime and manga by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa were the definitive classics of the 70's. Thirty years later, the original story gets an alternate re-telling in the form of New Getter Robo. The question is, does it live up to the hefty getter name? For the most part, yes.

The story of New Getter Robo is definitely not its forte. Rather than focusing on actual storytelling, the plot mostly just seems like an excuse to pit the three violent and near-psychotic men against legions unfortunate foes. While this may put off some viewers, it does make for plenty of screen time read more
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Aug 4, 2010
Foolness
Unlike Chag, I believe the enjoyment of this series comes not from the preference of Super Robot animes (come on, this is way way better plot-wise than most of the classic TV shows - you don't just diss and rate a show against it's genre) but rather more on how much you know and love the Getter Robo series.

As a person who only sporadically saw Getter Robo and never read the manga especially it's version of Shin Getter Robo (which I've heard was way better), what makes this OVA stand out was that it actually implemented many of the elements from Gunbuster which is one read more
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Recommendations

Getter Robo is by far the biggest influence on TTGL, as admitted by the staff and as evident in the show. New Getter Robo isn't the best of its franchise (the Getter Robo Saga manga is), but is likely the most solid and accessible of the animated incarnations.
Gunbuster is the more depthful series by a mile but both have parallels of a bright mecha future turned dark and then turned bright again. (Not in lighting but in optimism/pessimism levels)

Compared to most recommendations though, watching one or the other will tone down your liking for the other series because of the quality of the events. Because of this I recommend watching Gunbuster first as Shin Getter Robo is the more forgiveable series to hate.

(Forgiveable as in even if you don't like the series because it doesn't meet the standards set by the previous series, you could still gleam enough enjoyment from it because of the addition of an iconic Super Robot series)

Opening Theme

"DRAGON" by JAM Project

Ending Theme

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