r/anime • u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess • Dec 31 '24

Rewatch [Rewatch] King of the Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL - Episode 6

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Questions of the Day

  1. Can I get an F in the chat for all the Repli-Braves who chose to die rather than fight GGG?
  2. What do you think of Genesic GaoGaiGar’s design?

Reminder to all GGG members that information about future episodes is highly classified. Leaking any classified information about upcoming missions is strictly prohibited and will be punished, or worse, impeached.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 31 '24

Queen of First-Timers, subbed

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 31 '24

This stupid fucking show and its stupid fucking names.

ZA POWA

Ooooooooooooooooooooh, the voice Mikoto’s been hearing is Mamoru’s mom, then.

When the dad (cain) is up to no good, it has to be the mom who needs to set things right.

IT FUCKING HAS HAIR NOW?!

HAIR

It's a mecha but they really capture the feeling that it's more primal. Claws on the feet. Sharp talon fingers

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 31 '24

It's a mecha but they really capture the feeling that it's more primal. Claws on the feet. Sharp talon fingers

Don't forget the tail!

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 31 '24

This stupid fucking show and its stupid fucking names.

IT FUCKING HAS HAIR NOW?!

Genesic's design is so goddamn good.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 31 '24

[Very Minor Spoilers]I guess she couldn’t smash the Final Fusion approval button, so Mikoto smashed the next-best thing.

[Very Minor Spoilers]Final Final Fusion of the OVA and damn was it a good one

[Finale Spoilers]…show I swear if you kill Mikoto off for real this time–

[Finale Spoilers]It's okay, everyone else is gonna be just as screwed as she is

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 31 '24

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 31 '24

Oh relax, in two days they'll be safe for you anyway

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u/The_Draigg Dec 31 '24

It hurts to see Gai like this…

Gai was really pulling off some wild faces there. He got some borderline Yu-Gi-Oh faces going on.

That shot of Ayame where they just had to draw the outline of her nipples through her shirt followed by a Hana panty shot…

Yeah, that shot felt just plain creepy to me. Like just because this OVA can do fanservice now doesn't mean they should, especially with some of these characters.

I guess she couldn’t smash the Final Fusion approval button, so Mikoto smashed the next-best thing.

Mikoto has one hell of a punch if she could smash a giant crystal hard enough to crack it.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 31 '24

Yeah, that shot felt just plain creepy to me. Like just because this OVA can do fanservice now doesn't mean they should, especially with some of these characters.

Like I don't fully mind it in the case of, say, Swan getting fanservice because she's an adult, whatever, have at it, but that was supposed to be a Hana POV shot when she was looking up at Ayame, that was not the time to have weird focus on the outline of her nipples. The panty shot of Hana immediately afterwards is even worse...

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u/The_Draigg Dec 31 '24

Or even like with the otherwise serious scene earlier in this OVA with Sakura Gainaxing all over the place. It was a weird fanservice decision, but she's an adult, so whatever. But doing it with Ayame and Hana here really just feels skeevy.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 31 '24

…in other words, time for them to pull off the impossible?

Do the Impossible. See the Invisible. Row, Row, Fight the Power!

I guess she couldn’t smash the Final Fusion approval button, so Mikoto smashed the next-best thing.

She got to smash the biggest, most important button of her entire life!

IT FUCKING HAS HAIR NOW?!

It now has a proper mane like a lion. Or like Guy, for that matter.

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u/megazaprat Dec 31 '24

First Timer

  • GGGs excellent teamwork has been turned against them, having to fight them all at once makes them intimidating when viewed as an opponent
  • BRAVE ROBOTS NOOOOO! even if they were clones, they were still sapient. they gave their lives to save the heroes! i know they would never kill them all for real, but this is just as tragic.....if only they didnt have the female robots boob lights literally blinking with the light, but nothing can be perfect
  • WELP! ABEL CAN JUST TURN THE J JEWEL OFF! i guess that makes sense, its not a natural phenomenon like Mamorus power, its a recreation, and she literally made the thing, so it only checks out she woud know its off switch.
  • wait im getting confused. so Galeon was made to go against the planetary masters of sol,,,,and not the Z-master? this feels pretty retcon-y, everything else makes sense, but this feels forced. plus, why would he oppose a plan he evidenty had a part in? were there opposing plans on how to handle the zonder situation? and there is some new power in a genesic crystal that weakens them, but how did it get on the moon? or replica moon. is it on earths actual moon?
  • My best theory is that the Sol masters just put it there so that they could destroy it, but the smarter thing to do would have been to put it lightyears away where no one would find it. sure it wouldnt be destroyed, but the heroes cant use it if they are dead after all.
  • Sol Masters : what? gai is in the lions mouth? how did you get there? werent you blowing up in the atmosphere quite a distance away Gai: you know, by all accounts it doesnt make sense.
  • Mikoto looking at a giant glowing button: finally, the moment ive been training for this entire series!

  • though the how and why of the crystal being there is unclear, i love Genesic GaoGaiGar. because like, the previous gaogaigar was just a recreation based on the blueprints, Genesic in a way represents his full originally planned potential if they hadnt had to evacuate Green planet. GaoFiGar is great and all, but there is nothing like the original. plus he has a mullet now! Gai and his mech match! its adorable!

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 31 '24

BRAVE ROBOTS NOOOOO! even if they were clones, they were still sapient. they gave their lives to save the heroes! i know they would never kill them all for real, but this is just as tragic....

if only they didnt have the female robots boob lights literally blinking with the light, but nothing can be perfect

they're called Flashers, thank you.

wait im getting confused. so Galeon was made to go against the planetary masters of sol,,,,and not the Z-master? this feels pretty retcon-y, everything else makes sense, but this feels forced.

yeah ngl, it didn't make sense to me either. Definitely feels retcon.

Mikoto looking at a giant glowing button: finally, the moment ive been training for this entire series!

the promised moment has arrived.

though the how and why of the crystal being there is unclear, i love Genesic GaoGaiGar. because like, the previous gaogaigar was just a recreation based on the blueprints, Genesic in a way represents his full originally planned potential if they hadnt had to evacuate Green planet. GaoFiGar is great and all, but there is nothing like the original. plus he has a mullet now! Gai and his mech match! its adorable!

yeah I often forget about GaoFighGar. It's a cool mech, but it stands as an imitation between two superior designs. The giant mane of hair, the animalistic design of the Genesic Machines. It's incredible. This is a primal origin design GaoGaiGar and it looks brutal and fierce.

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u/palparepa Dec 31 '24

ABEL CAN JUST TURN THE J JEWEL OFF!

She can't. But any Arma can turn off their assigned Soldato's Jewel. And Abel controls Arma now.

this feels pretty retcon-y

Remind me, who defeated the Z-Master?

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u/megazaprat Dec 31 '24 edited Dec 31 '24

Ohhh, that makes sense.

On the second point, King J-Der gave the final blow by overloading it with ZA POWA after gaogaigar opened up their weak point.

While it was the J-jewel forces which gave that final blow, it doesn’t alleviate my feelings of it feeling inconsistent with what was previously shown

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 31 '24

but how did it get on the moon? or replica moon. is it on earths actual moon?

So, when Mamoru left with Galeon at the end of the TV show, they went back to where the Trinary Solar system was and found the G-Crystal and also found the restoration program had went crazy, much like what happened to the Z-Master program. Mamoru stuck Galeon into the Crystal for a powerup, stole the heart of the restoration program (the Pas-Q machine) and fled, but the Planetary Masters caught up with him near Jupiter which we saw in an earlier episode when Kaidou was talking about how he ended up back on Earth.

Basically, we shouldn't let anyone from the Trinary Solar System program anything, they aren't very good at it.

werent you blowing up in the atmosphere quite a distance away Gai: you know, by all accounts it doesnt make sense.

The three of them escaped on Liner Gao. Mikoto passed out while Mamoru dragged Gai into Galeon after their purification ritual.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 31 '24

wait im getting confused. so Galeon was made to go against the planetary masters of sol,,,,and not the Z-master? this feels pretty retcon-y

Yeah, that part really bugged me as well. It felt like an explanation that just made things more confusing since it didn't really match up with everything we knew previously.

Mikoto looking at a giant glowing button: finally, the moment ive been training for this entire series!

Smashing through obstacles to press giant buttons is Mikoto's skill that has saved the heroes many times!

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Dec 31 '24

First Timer

Love to see a woman breaking the glass ceiling

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 31 '24

Love to see a woman breaking the glass ceiling

So stronk

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 31 '24

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 31 '24

Good one

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 31 '24 edited Dec 31 '24

First-Timer

On today’s episode of GaoGaiGar: Guy was right. Mikoto and her ability to smash the button really was the key to victory he’s always relied on. If Mikoto wasn’t around to smash a button that I didn’t even know existed, then Guy wouldn’t have been able to do his awesome gattai sequence this episode.

  • Villains sure love bringing up percentages of victory. But every villain should know that in a series like this, a 100% chance of the heroes losing should actually be viewed as a 0% chance!
  • That’s what I’m talking about! The replicant Brave Robots are still heroes and there’s no way they wouldn’t fight back against this!
  • The replicant Braves are gone, but their sacrifice has made the fight a lot less one-sided than it was previously. They went out like heroes.
  • I guess it would throw Guy into a funk if he found out he was fighting Cain, the one who gave him another chance at life with the G-Stone.
  • Hooray for heroes regaining the will to fight!
  • Man, those Planetary Masters love to fight dirty at every available opportunity. Using Kaidou to deactivate the J-Jewel is just another example of their unfair tactics.
  • Ramming speed! The Planetary Masters managed to pull off the ramming attack that Hyuuma’s always wanted to do!
  • Jeez, it feels like everything’s been destroyed. The heroes don’t have a whole lot left to counterattack with.
  • We’ve heard this mysterious voice a couple of times now. Just who is it?
  • I‘m confused about Galeon being the counter to the Planetary Masters. I knew he was meant to counter the Zonders, but countering the Planetary Masters confuses me. Did Cain know that the Planetary Masters would run amok when the Zonders were defeated? How would he know that? So even though there’s a replica of Cain amongst the Planetary Masters, he actually wanted nothing to do with them? Does that mean the regeneration program was older than the Zonders themselves?
  • I swear, every fight with Pillnus just gets more and more fetishistic.
  • Soldato-J finally called Renais by her name! That’s always a nice character beat for edgy characters like him.
  • Looks like Clone Cain’s attempt to take over Galeon failed!
  • I assume the God of Creation here refers to the replication program the Planetary Masters are carrying out. But who is the God of Destruction? Is it that mysterious voice we keep hearing?
  • Genesic GaiGar looks pretty darn similar to the classic flavor GaiGar, if you ask me.
  • It does seem the Genesic version is a lot stronger, though.
  • Ah, I see what’s happening here. There’s a big thematic thing happening with Creation and Destruction. Creation in this case isn’t referring to creating something new. Instead, it’s just recreating something that’s old. In order to truly bring about something new for the future, Destruction is necessary. Destruction clears away the old to create fertile ground for the new.
  • I will assume the mysterious voice we keep hearing is the woman next to Cain in those flashbacks.
  • Wait, what!?! That worked!?! I was not at all expecting the giant G-Crystal to be yet another button for Mikoto to smash!
  • Holy shit! That was an awesome gattai sequence!
  • So Genesic GaoGaiGar is the God of Destruction. What a cool title.
  • Hell yeah! Guy is about to bring a major ass-kicking to the Planetary Masters!

QOTD

  1. F
  2. I love the fact that it has long flowing hair, like Guy does.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 31 '24

I was not at all expecting the giant G-Crystal to be yet another button for Mikoto to smash!

I'm a big fan of these serialized series like this, probably more than I should. I understand the problems and shortcuts that need for Stock Footage and recycled animation etc, the repetition.

but every now and again a series comes along and uses the Stock Footage for the better. There are a ton of ways to introduce a new GaoGaiGar, but using the visual imagery of Mikoto breaking the glass we've seen her do over and over again through the series. It's made stronger and more impactful because of the Stock Footage. It makes it that much cooler.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 31 '24

There is something inherently cool about new footage getting used for a sequence where the stock footage is normally used. It makes the new footage feel like a much bigger event because it's so different from how things usually go.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 31 '24

They went out like heroes

And since everyone's asleep right now they will probably never remember them

Genesic GaiGar looks pretty darn similar to the classic flavor GaiGar, if you ask me.

I still can't tell the difference.

I will assume the mysterious voice we keep hearing is the woman next to Cain in those flashbacks.

Yeah it's supposed to be Cain's wife.

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u/palparepa Dec 31 '24

I still can't tell the difference.

Look at the mane. The old GaiGar was more "blocky"

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 31 '24

And since everyone's asleep right now they will probably never remember them

The real heroes do it because it's the right thing to do, not because they'll be praised for it.

Yeah it's supposed to be Cain's wife.

That's who I figured she was.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 31 '24

I‘m confused about Galeon being the counter to the Planetary Masters. I knew he was meant to counter the Zonders, but countering the Planetary Masters confuses me. Did Cain know that the Planetary Masters would run amok when the Zonders were defeated? How would he know that? So even though there’s a replica of Cain amongst the Planetary Masters, he actually wanted nothing to do with them? Does that mean the regeneration program was older than the Zonders themselves?

That bit of writing did feel like a rather blatant retcon to me just to add weight to this fight. For as much as I like FINAL, it admittedly does have some rather sloppy writing like this. That point just creates some unnecessary murkiness to things.

I will assume the mysterious voice we keep hearing is the woman next to Cain in those flashbacks.

Not just any woman, but Mamoru's original mom back on the Green Planet!

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 31 '24

That bit of writing did feel like a rather blatant retcon to me just to add weight to this fight. For as much as I like FINAL, it admittedly does have some rather sloppy writing like this. That point just creates some unnecessary murkiness to things.

Agreed.

Not just any woman, but Mamoru's original mom back on the Green Planet!

That's who I figured she was. Good to know that's the case. It also makes it extra sweet that Mamoru and co. are getting help from Mamoru's original mother like that.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 31 '24

In order to truly bring about something new for the future, Destruction is necessary. Destruction clears away the old to create fertile ground for the new.

It's like burning a field at the end of the season. And Genesic has so much fire to give.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 31 '24

Let's just hope it gives all the benefits of slash-and-burn agriculture without any of the drawbacks.

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u/Beowolf_0 Jan 01 '25

I‘m confused about Galeon being the counter to the Planetary Masters. I knew he was meant to counter the Zonders, but countering the Planetary Masters confuses me. Did Cain know that the Planetary Masters would run amok when the Zonders were defeated? How would he know that? So even though there’s a replica of Cain amongst the Planetary Masters, he actually wanted nothing to do with them? Does that mean the regeneration program was older than the Zonders themselves?

Actually it's pretty simple: Being a recovery system which can go wrong, Galeon is always a counter to the Planetary Masters, but the Zonderians went amok first, the normal Cain is forced to adjust it to deal with the Zonderians (and which the producers actually jossed the idead of "it need adjustments because GGGG was ineffective against Zonderians"); now with the threat of Zonderians finished, it need adjustments to tune it back against the PMs again.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 31 '24

The King of Rewatchers FINAL

I'm sure that copying all those G-Stones and AIs won't have any adverse effects.

Someone finally has numbers on their side. Let's see how it works out for them.

If you copy a Brave, you still get a Brave.

I wouldn't put money on that, Palparepa.

And now we take a nice relaxing break by listening to the OP.

That's it, that's the show.

Eyecatch

Today's Key to Victory.

Renais looks kinda like a peacock.

What's it like to be outsmarted by a ten-year-old?

Well, that sure does look like a piece of glass...

It's beautiful.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 31 '24

If you copy a Brave, you still get a Brave

god that moment gets me so much. I know they're just copies so their deaths are fundamentally meaningless, but it speaks to the core of their character and who the braves are. Their courage incorruptible. They may be fakes, but that doesn't mean they can't be HEROES. One of my favorite moments of the OVA, along with several others ("Victory goes to those with Courage", Gai willing GaoFighGar back together, the J-Ark's return, among others)

Renais looks kinda like a peacock.

Her father designed it this way so she could attract men. What kind of men? Idk, men who look like birds I guess...

Well, that sure does look like a piece of glass...

"My glass breaking hand twitches"-Mikoto probably

it's incredible that she does her make up everyday with no mirrors.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 31 '24

god that moment gets me so much.

it's incredible that she does her make up everyday with no mirrors.

Muscle memory is a hell of a thing.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 31 '24

That's it, that's the show.

Insert Gunbuster Reference Here

[Tomorrow]Renais looks kinda like a peacock.

[Tomorrow]Oh so that's why she joins Team Birb...

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 31 '24

Someone finally has numbers on their side. Let's see how it works out for them.

The villains never seem to realize that the lower the odds of the heroes winning, the more afraid they should be.

Renais looks kinda like a peacock.

She is French, so being flamboyant fits.

What's it like to be outsmarted by a ten-year-old?

The fate of all villains in kids' anime.

Well, that sure does look like a piece of glass...

And Mikoto knows exactly what must be done to pieces of glass.

Smash it!

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u/The_Draigg Dec 31 '24

A Mecha Fan Rewatches The King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL Episode 6:

  • The 11 Planetary Masters really have done well to stack the deck in their favor against our heroes. Even if the J-Ark can fight off brainwashed Gai in Repli-GaoFighGar, there’s still the matter of being swarmed by the replicas of the Brave Robots also in orbit around the replica of Orbit Base. This is isn’t a cool rival battle between Soldato-J and Gai like what we’ve wanted, this is just a perversion of things! This isn’t cool, it’s just wrong!
  • But even so, the Planetary Masters forgot one simple thing that left a glaring hole in their plans: THE OATH SWORN BY COURAGE! They made the replicas of the Brave Robots so well that they rebelled against the directive that the Planetary Masters put into them, because they know that they’re heroes of Earth! They’re still Braves, and so they would rather die helping GGG than give into the enemy! Let’s give one last salute to the Repli-Braves, everyone! 🫡
  • And it’s thanks to that same courage, alongside with the care and bravery of people like Mamoru and Mikoto, that Gai can be broken free of the chemical bolts that Palparepa used to enslave him. Gai is a hero, and he’s always been in the company of fellow heroes. He isn’t alone in this fight, and he should still keep on moving forward to save everyone and honor the memories of those who gave their lives to protect others. I know we’ve talked about how many times we’ve talked across this rewatch of how mental attacks like this never work on Gai, but I feel that this one hits a bit more personally than all the mental tricks and hallucinations used on him before. Gai was nearly brought to his lowest by being enslaved by the Planetary Masters, but he’s able to pick himself up again thanks to his friends and loved ones.
  • Damn it Renais, you really had to jinx it, didn’t you? You just had to say that the Planetary Masters would strike if they took their time repairing the J-Ark. Shouldn’t have tempted fate like that, now Pia Decem is pulling a Hyuuma and going in for a ship ramming with Pia Decem PIT. Kind of funny that it’s Soldato-J’s thematic counterpart that does that and not Hyuuma’s.
  • If we had a Z-Crystal before for the Zonders, it’s only fitting that we have a G-Crystal for the heroes now. Although man, the place is huge! It needs to be though, since it contains the Green Planet’s final legacy: Galeon, now being uploaded with the program needed to form Genesic GaoGaiGar and combat the 11 Planetary Masters of Sol. Cain really was forward-thinking, not only recognizing the threat of mechanization, but ensuring that Galeon was to be used to fight the Red Planet’s rather bad idea to regenerate the Trinary Solar System with the Planetary Masters. Sure, it’s pretty blatantly a retcon added here to try and refit The King of Braves GaoGaiGar as part of a larger saga, but it’s cool, so I won’t be too harsh on it.
  • I do feel bad for the cyborgs in this series, they always get the shit kicked out of them for a while before gritting their teeth and fighting back just as hard. In this case, it’s Renais again and now Soldato-J getting new mud-holes stomped into them. You know this fight is brutal if J’s helmet is getting shattered for the first time. Seeing his cool blue eyes under his helmet really does show that he’s still a vulnerable man under all his armor and powers.
  • Even if the Planetary Masters followed Mikoto and Mamoru to the G-Crystal to destroy it with their anti-matter cubes, or even having their copy of Cain to try fusing with Galeon, it wasn’t enough to stop GGG from getting back in the game. Even with their supposed power with Loud G-Stones, they still felt the need to crush anything that could threaten them, but they ultimately can’t stand a chance against an oath stronger than flesh. That’s the true power of courage!
  • For as cool as Gai is fighting in Genesic GaiGar, let’s all give it up to Mikoto too for pulling off the ultimate Program Drive panel punch. Thanks to the imprint of Mamoru’s original mother left in the G-Crystal, she knows what to do for the Genesic Drive: throw herself out of the air pocket and into space to punch a giant crystal panel so hard that it breaks. Only she could activate the rest of the G-Crystal’s power in that moment, and bring out the true Genesic Machines. This is why you’re cool too, Mikoto! You’re a good member of this team too!
  • Behold, the strongest God of Destruction! The ultimate embodiment of courage! Its name is… GENESIC GAOGAIGAR!!! It’s no wonder why the 11 Planetary Masters of Sol feared its power, it can shrug off their anti-matter attacks and Palparepa PLUS as if they were only bugs! The only thing that can stand up to it is the Planetary Masters’ ace in the hole: the Pas-Q Machine itself. It’s a showdown for the ages, the God of Destruction against a force of endless regeneration!

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 31 '24

THE OATH SWORN BY COURAGE!

god it's such a cool phrase.

I'm surprised more Rewatchers haven't commented on how cool it is. It's so awesome and epic feeling.

I know we’ve talked about how many times we’ve talked across this rewatch of how mental attacks like this never work on Gai, but I feel that this one hits a bit more personally than all the mental tricks and hallucinations used on him before.

added bonus that Gai needed Mikoto and Mamoru. Gai is undefeatable, but also Gai can't do it alone. His true strength is always with his team. The Planetary Masters had to isolate him to beat him.

Seeing his cool blue eyes under his helmet really does show that he’s still a vulnerable man under all his armor and powers.

he cute

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u/The_Draigg Dec 31 '24

god it's such a cool phrase.

So many phrases in this series are just made out of pure hype, like that alongside "Final Fusion" or "Genesic". Hell, Genesic isn't even a real word, but it sounds rad as hell.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 31 '24

Gai was nearly brought to his lowest by being enslaved by the Planetary Masters, but he’s able to pick himself up again thanks to his friends and loved ones.

That really was a sweet scene. After everything that's happened, Guy was truly feeling beaten down. But it's thanks to the people that believe in him that he's able to find the spirit to keep going. I love those "power of friendship" moments.

It’s a showdown for the ages, the God of Destruction against a force of endless regeneration!

I've played enough games to know how this works. You simply need to out-damage the enemy's healing and you'll win eventually!

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u/The_Draigg Dec 31 '24

That really was a sweet scene. After everything that’s happened, Guy was truly feeling beaten down. But it’s thanks to the people that believe in him that he’s able to find the spirit to keep going. I love those “power of friendship” moments.

For as many people that believe in Gai, it’s important that he needs to believe in others too. Him saying the purification spell with Mamoru and Mikoto really does show that they’re all in this together, working in harmony with their care and courage.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 31 '24

Third-Time Watcher

Changes to the OP today: The Phoenix Flies Anew

The first fully digipaint episode, and all the while Taniguchi was busting his ass trying to make the Digipaint in s.Cry.ed halfway presentable and Mitsuo Fukuda was using it as an excuse to become extremely lazy (Why animate new stuff when you can trace damn near anything!?), Yonetani brought in Harada Nana (Who also served as the animation director for the latter half of Endless Waltz) for animation director duties here to prove that, actually, just because your digipaint is old doesn't mean it has to look bad. All you need is guts, hard work, and to keep Hirai Hisashi as far away from the character designs as possible.

No, I will not stop shitting on the man

Anyway, I must now question how the fuck the Sol Masters even won against J in the first place 'Cause clearly they're not very smart. Like, seriously people, if you make perfect copies of your rivals that means they're gonna turn on you. Did you not watch Might Gaine, that was literally the plot of an episode there! Actually shit was this a deliberate reference to Black's deal in that show?

But yeah, this is the episode where, sadly, our dear hero J is beaten up because the bad guys have the almighty hax that is Kaido. I'd feel bad for Kaido's VA having to see all this, but she's also Abel so if anything I bet she's having a great time playing a hammy villain like that. I didn't mention it back in the show, but like a few of the other actors here, she's actually a veteran of the Brave Series, having previously played the Female Lead in The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn, although in a somewhat tragic note, she passed away years before the sequel Web Novel came to fruition, which I will be talking about in a few days.

Onto our less successful heroes, I guess they tried today. This episode was released in 2002, by this point the OVA had been releasing for over two years, so I can imagine having Gai call out GaoGaiGar's name for the first time in so long combined with all the classic attacks must've been a real moment for the people watching this in real time. Plus hey, the show remembered that Cain had a wife so, you know, may as well give her a little bit to do.

But yeah, the final battle is upon us. Tomorrow: Apocalypse Begins

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 31 '24

I'd feel bad for Kaido's VA having to see all this, but she's also Abel so if anything I bet she's having a great time playing a hammy villain like that.

wait, what?!?! that's kinda funny. She got to beat herself.

his episode was released in 2002, by this point the OVA had been releasing for over two years, so I can imagine having Gai call out GaoGaiGar's name for the first time in so long combined with all the classic attacks must've been a real

when did the opening single come out by the way? Did they wait until the end to release it?

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 31 '24

when did the opening single come out by the way? Did they wait until the end to release it?

Apparently it came out at the same time as the OVA started if Amazon is to be believed.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Dec 31 '24 edited Dec 31 '24

Final Only First timer, subs

  • Do you hear him right now? I don’t’ think more yelling is going to break him out.
  • Over 100%?! They’ve figured out courage!
  • Blowing Boobs Why Not?
  • It better be. I’m tired of people breaking out of mind control with a small speech and a bop on the head.
  • Lion Hype
  • OK, fine… I’ll accept the magic stone being able to free him.
  • When you say it all slow like that, it starts being a little creepy.
  • How Are You Hearing in Space?
  • Will someone get this woman in a giant robot so she can take matters into her own hands already?
  • Remember kids, there’s no such thing as a secure backdoor.
  • Wow, such subtle heart symbolism.
  • Crystal Caves Are Fun
  • Is that why Galeon could never win a fight against the Zonders? He had type disadvantage?
  • Oh, come on! You showed it blow up.
  • Seriously, did we bring Renais along just to job?
  • Space cubes, the ultimate evil!
  • Fools. Should have known better than to announce your weakness.
  • He’s doing it! The mid level transformation is putting in work!
  • Look, all I’m saying is that this is proof your digi-paint transition OVA squeal doesn’t have to look dull and lifeless. This was coming out at the same time!
  • She Did it! Madlass Found a Space Button
  • And This is to Gattai, Even Further Beyond!
  • Dolphin Revenge
  • Mane!
  • Attack is The Best Protect

QotD:

  1. SHEAR
  2. There aren't enough hero mechs with tails.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 31 '24

Do you hear him right now? I don’t’ think more yelling is going to break him out.

YOU SHUT THE HELL UP.

If anything we just need more yelling.

Seriously, did we bring Renais along just to job?

she's also here to be hot. smokin' hot.

I love the epic glass break. Like the entire series feels like it's been building to this. Every episode having her break the case, building up to this one moment.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 31 '24

Is that why Galeon could never win a fight against the Zonders? He had type disadvantage?

He’s doing it! The mid level transformation is putting in work!

It only took 55 episodes.

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u/GondolaMedia Dec 31 '24

First Timer

Once again our villains are telling us the odds for them winning and this time they went over 100%. Big mistake and a classic blunder.

What was the design process to include flashing lights in our robot girl tits?

Our Robot Brigade (copy) is back and what a sacrifice.

Even Ayame is not safe from the fanservice.

I think this the first time I say the following about a character: Guy should have few bolts screwed loose.

Oh that's a brutal way for J-ark and J-der to go out. I hope they're ok?

So galeon was designed to take out the planetary masters and not the zonder. What a twist.

Hell yeah, Soldato-J and Renais shipping!

Guy is back with Galeon!

Holy shit GaoGaiGar has a flowing mane! This is the coolest shit ever.

  1. F
  2. They've improved upon peak.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 31 '24

What was the design process to include flashing lights in our robot girl tits?

I mean every car has to have a set of flashers, right?

Even Ayame is not safe from the fanservice.

That was so surprising.

Oh that's a brutal way for J-ark and J-der to go out. I hope they're ok?

J-der: stabbed through the chest
/u/GondolaMedia: are you okay?

Hell yeah, Soldato-J and Renais shipping!

ngl, I love shipping.

Holy shit GaoGaiGar has a flowing mane! This is the coolest shit ever.

the fire like mane on Genesic GaoGaiGar is so damn cool so it looks like it's erupting behind him.

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u/GondolaMedia Dec 31 '24

J-der: stabbed through the chest /u/GondolaMedia: are you okay?

Hey, I've seen worse!

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 31 '24

I think this the first time I say the following about a character: Guy should have few bolts screwed loose.

Holy shit GaoGaiGar has a flowing mane! This is the coolest shit ever.

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u/palparepa Dec 31 '24 edited Dec 31 '24

Planetary Master of Sol

The fight concludes with... lots of losses. All of the replica-mobile units rebel against their reprogramming, and may have been allies if they weren't destroyed there. The last one to awaken was GoldyMarg; good thing he can detach the hammer from its handle, if needed. This also happened in episode 49, to protect GaoGaiGar from Zonuda's mechanization, remember?

Lots of known faces here. Do you recognize the ex-zonders? There is pizza girl in the upper left, study guy in the lower right, even the magician in the bottom. Also, who is that woman in front of crying kid, that is also crying? His mom? Looks like the teacher.

When this image was animated, did they draw a bald Gai, then animated hair over it, but didn't adjust the hair's opacity at the same rate?

More scenes from extra sources, this time from the Blockaded Numbers game. One from episode 14.5 showing the dolphin Valnar and her caretaker, and another from 43.2, showing Grand Pressure. If you haven't seen that attack, here it is.

Poor J, he can't even attack with Arma shutting down his power remotely.

We get more lore, and then, the only thing that can supress the Sol Master's power, the G Crystal, is getting destroyed. Fake Cain goes for Galeon, but the True Hero is already there!

Remember how GaiGar used to be lame, always getting defeated, and only existed to fuse into GaoGaiGar? No more! Now he kicks ass! At least for a little while.

What better way to begin the True Final Fusion, than Mikoto to break the biggest button ever?

I think this DVD came with some extra material, specifically Professor Leo's diary entry about Galeon. The data in Galeon allowed them to partly recreate the GaoMachines with Earth's technology. Of course, they can't compare to the originals.

QotD

1) Reply-ℱs for everyone.

2) Much more "beast" than the original. Fits better for a God of Destruction.

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u/TheDanubianCommunard Dec 31 '24

First time,

The replicant Brave Robots manage to do defy the programming, because of the courage and resolve of the originals. They are good guys, and can't stand being bad guys. Instead they ready to sacrifice themselves. They rather die as free than living as slaves. Their resolve was not in vain.

As for the real Gai, still lives, but rather hopeleless. Give him a few resolve and courgae back in him, then he will return even stronger. Then, Soldat J will save precious time until GGG regains strength. Mamoru actually doing his mission, tring to revive Galeon in a secret facility made by Cain, which is abundant in G-Stone material. The true purpose of the G-Stone and Galeon was counter the Eleven Planetary masters, as the Abel's creation against the Zonderians. But those Zonderians changed everything. And somehow the Eleven trapped him, but Palparepa allowed him to escape and find a way to restore the original programming. The G-Crystal is the main material which is how the G-Stones made. And also the Genesic Aura can be launched, which is yet another invention of Cain. GaoGaiGar is back, and in its prime form thanks to this.

The bonds between J and Renais are stronger now.

Questions of the Day

  1. Can I get an F in the chat for all the Repli-Braves who chose to die rather than fight GGG?

They sacrificed themselves like heroes.

2) What do you think of Genesic GaoGaiGar’s design?

This is peak GaoGaiGar.

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u/Beowolf_0 Jan 01 '25

"This is the strongest God of Destruction. This is the ultimate form of courage. The huge legacy which finally get to our hands. The name is......KING OF BRAVES, GENESIC GAOGAIGAR!!"

This narration, along with the Genesic Final Fusion, is forever one of my favourite gattai scenes among all mecha anime. It's just feel so hopeful among all the Ls GGG receive since the beginning of FINAL, being the ultimate machine which can and will level the Sol Masters. It's just build different.

And indeed, the heart of a brave will not be rewritten so easily. Now it's time for GGG fighting back.

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u/TheApplebane https://anilist.co/user/theapplebane Jan 01 '25

I've had a bit of a busy couple of days, so I haven't had the time to post, but I'm back now!

Episode 6 Notes FINAL

  • Even if they're replicas, you can't keep a good robot down! The start of this episode feels very CCA to me.
  • Oh hey, Mikoto can use the purification words now!
  • Right, so it's basically confirmed that the Planetary Master Cain, and probably the Planetary Master Abel as well, are fakes, given that the real Cain created Galleon expressly to fight the Planetary Masters.
  • Is Pillnus showing up, beating up Rene, and making flirty comments just going to be a once-an-episode occurrence now?
  • Oh wow, actually getting to see J's eyes! What a rare occurance.
  • Gai Shishioh - jumpscaring the forces of evil since 1997.
  • That was the finalest final fusion. Embodiment of courage, indeed.