Must Be All That Grendizer in the Water. The Middle East’s First Super Robot Show “Torkaizer” PV 1
Who do we think of as being the first to introduce the, “Anything above 0% is still a chance to win” cliche? I think of it being Gurren Lagann, but that might be naive of me.
Anyway, the super robot show from a place you probably didn’t expect. It’s not that weird. The Middle East still loves the hell out of some UFO Robo Grendizer, so a studio, Alter Ego it looks like, just decided that they can make their own. It looks a bit cliche and the animation doesn’t look top notch, but it’s probably going to be a throwback to 70 super style and 80s “save the city” drama which is not necessarily a bad thing. It’ll be interesting to see super robots handled by another culture that just happened to also grow up with a little Nagai in the morning. Also, the robot design is pretty nice and I love scarves on robots. Keep an eye out.
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2013/04/09 at 08:15
Pretty sure it’s been a trope since the days of Mazinger Z and Getter Robo. The earliest modern example I can offically cite is one of the earlier episodes of Gaogaigar. Their Manual Final Fusion program only has a success rate of 30%, and Hyuma bombastically states that the courage from each of them will add an extra 10% each, adding up to a 100% chance of victory.
Was that BassGNewtype from youtube as one of the voice actors?! Definitely sounds like him…
2013/04/09 at 19:55
That’s what I was talking about, the cliche phrase of something like “Not 0% still means we can win” specifically. The whole we can win even if we have no chance to win is, like you say, as old as anime itself.
I could see it being GGG. That would be appropriate to that show.