Choushin Hime Dangaizer 3

First things first. This anime is ecchi. There is tits and ass galore. Everyone jiggles. That out of the way, let's talk about the rest of it.

I bought the first part of this series on DVD at a Half Priced Books. I had never heard it before but it looked like a weird mecha, which I'm very into. And am I glad I stumbled upon it. This series is absolutely gorgeous. The visual design is great. The mecha design can be a little ho hum at times, but it's never bad. The animation is crisp and smooth. The character designs are all top notch. ... And the style itself is unique and eye catching. Backgrounds are detailed and gorgeous. Everything works together visually and makes for an anime that is actual eye candy.

The story has it's ups and downs. Sadly, the OVA is unfinished. There was probably meant to be at least 2 more episodes, so it ends on a cliffhanger. What is there is pretty serviceable. The overarching story is pretty by the books, but it's the details that are interesting. The Villains are all sympathetic and well characterized. The hero's mecha appears to be evil, and not even under their control. The human race originated in Okinawa (not really sure on this one)? Our main characters are kinda stock archetypes. The Quiet One, The Hot One, The Spunky One.

This anime does so much right, and even the stuff it does wrong is just falling back on genre stock tropes. This really deserved a proper ending. And lastly, but maybe most importantly, none of the girls getting naked on screen are underage! And there's even some equal opportunity skimpy outfits (unfortunately there looks like there was gonna be a lot more if we got a proper resolution). So if you can handle some tits and ass, you should watch this.

Dangaizer 3. Hmmm...where to start??

The plot itself was lacking some serious substance. This may be partially due to the fact that Dangaizer 3 is a four episode OAV and therefore not given enough time to develop, or it may be due to the fact that the writers tried to cover too much ground without the ample ability to properly clearify what was supposed to be happening. Regardless, because of this huge misfire, the veiwer is left unsure and unconvinced of the actions taking place before them.

As the world nears its end, our three main female leads, try to undermine an evil corporation ... named Goma, who want nothing more then to use the power of Dangaizer for their own purpose. Does this sound familiar?? Nothing specifically original in the story concept, and certainly constructed poorly enough to warrent a tedious and drawn out watch.

The characters themselves are all very one dimentional. The series does not spend any time on character development and instead expects the viewer to believe what is laid out before them. And what is that?? We are expected to believe that three very beauiful, very young, and very like-minded individuals are mankinds saving grace. That these three women are the only ones that an ancient God-Like mecha has chosen to do his will. Very improbably, but not impossible. However, because of either the poor voice acting or poor script writing, the girls come off as nothing more then attractive, nitwits, who think of nothing more then their next snid remark aimed at each other or one-liners aimed at the enemy.

The art style of Dangaizer is somewhat below standard for the timeframe when it was produced. The late 90's held some epic and groundbreaking styles that paved the way for future series, however, Dangaizer chose to skimp out of some necessary details that could have made up for other lacking areas. The costume designs were original but completely absurd, the backgrounds were very generic and lacking any detail, and even Dangaizer himself looked like any number of mecha's found in far better series.

All this being said, there were a number of things that the series did well. The jesting between the girls seemed real and was well thought out. The fanservice and nudity was not over-the-top and did not feel out of place. And a number of secondary characters lightened the mood with genuenly enjoyable humor.

Comparing the positive points of Dangaizer 3 to the negitive ones, the latter would certainly outweight the former. The odd boob shot and rare snicker don't hold a candle next to the certain lack of plot, ill portrayed female heroines, and sloppy art form. Not worth your time.

Schlocky action OVA with some raunchiness. This made by the same creator/director as Orgun and Gravion. It's also the best looking of the three. There's not much to say besides the fact that it looks nice. Ohh and there's no resolution. I assume there were planning to do more with it, but cancelled the project due to it not selling well. That or some other reason, I don't care enough to look into it.

Despite the eye candy, I wouldn't recommend it. There's better looking shows and movies out there that look just as good, and even better, that actually have proper stories.