What should I expect from an anime directed by Obari Masami? Probably robots with crisp yet muscular design that can make striking poses. Yes, the top priority is to see some cool robots!
To my disappointment, the first half of ep.1 was totally a real robot mecha anime; and the robot designs were so…boring. There were some nice characters though, who seemed to be skilled, hard-working, and passionate…blah blah blah…
But you know what? After 10 minutes, all of those wouldn’t matter anymore. Audience would be thrown into a totally different story, accompanied by this bizarre but earwormy opening theme. Yes, here it is, a robot with crisp yet muscular design…oh, and it can talk.
But wait a minute…Is this robot talk too much? Is the story is a little weird? Is this episode ending too soon?…Do you…want to watch the next episode for no reason?
I knew ep.2 wouldn’t disappoint, but I didn’t expect it to so hilarious and …homoerotic (hey, it’s a robot anime so that’s not too surprising, right?). It’s true that the jokes were mostly silly, maybe even vulgar - but I couldn’t really hold in a laugh when watching this.
Is the plot and theme important at all, in this anime? Maybe they will be in the future; we can’t tell yet. But for now, I just want to enjoy the absurd humor and cool battles. So far It did really well in piquing my curiosity - Will I be deceived again? Will it get even funnier? Will these silly scenes turn out to be foreshadowing? I can’t wait to see the next episode!
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