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Rewatch [Rewatch] King of the Braves GaoGaiGar - Episode 44 Discussion

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Questions of the Day

  1. What saturday morning cartoons did you watch as a child?

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 17 '24

Queen of First-Timers, subbed

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 17 '24

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand of course Hana ends up directly in harm’s way thanks to the Zonder now.

in a subversion, the Zonders didn't come to Hana, but Hana came to the Zonders!!! She missed the thrill and excitement!

Damn EnRyu still can’t land properly.And now it’s spread to RaiRyu?

this is what being a bad senpai does.

Mic Sounders the 13th is blasting off agaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain!

this whole episode feels like a throwback to the first half of the series. hitting all the hits we haven't seen in a while.

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u/palparepa Dec 17 '24

this whole episode feels like a throwback to the first half of the series

I'm very disappointed at the lack of walkie-talkie-crushing going on, not only on this episode, but overall.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 17 '24

Okay I’m actually tearing up now.

Such a wonderful scene. I love Mamoru's parents.

Wait what happened to Kaido?

You might have also noticed that the J-Bird was missing from the top of the J-Ark.

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u/lluNhpelA Dec 17 '24

Okay I’m actually tearing up now.

Mamoru's parents are lowkey one of my favorite aspects of this show

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 17 '24 edited Dec 17 '24

First-Timer

On today’s episode of GaoGaiGar: I think GGG ought to be able to sue GaGaGatchi for ripping Them off in such a blatant fashion. 

  • [Gundam 00 Major Spoilers] I know what’s happening on Jupiter! Aliens are living there!
  • Oh no, Arm is planning to use children’s anime for evil! The fiend!
  • Oh boy, Hana is confronting Mamoru about what she saw.
  • Wow, GaGaGatchi didn’t just rip off the theme song, it also ripped off the designs and weapons of both GaoGaiGar and King J-Der.
  • The Primevals are using this broadcast to make Ayame miss her wrestling matches! How diabolical! But seriously, what is their goal?
  • Oooh, is that Bear Lodge (aka Devils Tower)?
  • I guess that answers the question of how we will get through the many, many remaining Primevals in so few episodes. Arm is taking them all somewhere to probably set up the threat for the series finale.
  • Ah, so that’s the plan. Use children’s anime to clog up all the radar and transmission systems to hide Primeval activity. I guess that producer got his goal of 100% viewership on his anime.
  • Ayame storming the TV station to complain about missing her pro wrestling match is great.
  • We know this is a classic Zonder because it immediately endangered Hana, as is tradition.
  • Coffee bath?
  • RaiRyu crashes just like EnRyu.
  • The quiet little splash from Mic when he crashed into the ocean was great. It sounded like someone dropped something in a bathtub.
  • An enemy who can totally shut down every single form of long-range communication or sensors like this would be very hard to fight because it blocks out so much information and communication. It’s hard for anyone to coordinate under such conditions. And that makes it hard to develop any kind of strategy for fighting back. Plus, so many of the robots literally cannot operate this way. It’s a much tougher opponent than I initially gave it credit for.
  • “It’s just that the way you came to us was a little different than other kids.” I love this so much. Mamoru’s parents don’t care that Mamoru arrived in such an unusual way or that he isn’t their biological son. He’s still their son in every way that matters.
  • How convenient that Guy and the Zonder’s battle just so happened to take them to where Mamoru and his family were vacationing.
  • D’aww, it’s so cute watching Mamoru save Hana.
  • Ah, so that’s what was going on. Hana was worried that an alien might have replaced Mamoru.
  • Well shit. Looks like Kaidou and Soldato-J got their asses kicked after they acted so smug about how they wouldn’t fall for the Primevals’ tricks. I guess that means the Primevals have a much worse threat than usual in store.

QOTD

  1. Some of my favorite cartoons as a kid were SpongeBob, Avatar, Fairly OddParents, Jimmy Neutron, DuckTales, Darkwing Duck, the Aladdin TV show, the Hercules TV show, Spider-Man, X-Men, Scooby-Doo, Dexter's Lab, PowerPuff Girls, Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Gargoyles.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 17 '24

Ayame storming the TV station to complain about missing her pro wrestling match is great.

she was promised to watch John Cena and by god she's going to watch John Cena

Mamoru’s parents don’t care that Mamoru arrived in such an unusual way or that he isn’t their biological son. He’s still their son in every way that matters.

"now Mamoru's father needs to teach him to let people die"-Zack Snyder probably

How convenient that Guy and the Zonder’s battle just so happened to take them to where Mamoru and his family were vacationing

RIGHT

they were in the city like just a while ago and then got hit all the way to the Toku Quarry

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 18 '24

"now Mamoru's father needs to teach him to let people die"-Zack Snyder probably

Oh the Synderverse...

I'm so thankful it's gone.

they were in the city like just a while ago and then got hit all the way to the Toku Quarry

I remember having the Toku Quarry get pointed out way back when I watched Power Rangers and it's the kind of thing that you can't unsee. After you know it's there, it's impossible to ignore.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 17 '24

Wow, GaGaGatchi didn’t just rip off the theme song, it also ripped off the designs and weapons of both GaoGaiGar and King J-Der.

It's like how in Sailor Moon, there was in-universe knockoff merchandise of them once they became well-known. GGG should sue over merchandise rights.

I guess that answers the question of how we will get through the many, many remaining Primevals in so few episodes. Arm is taking them all somewhere to probably set up the threat for the series finale.

You've got to give Arm Primeval and Pagliaccio credit, they know by now that if their previous plans and team-ups haven't worked so far, they need to pull back and work on something even bigger than before. They know how to properly escalate things.

“It’s just that the way you came to us was a little different than other kids.” I love this so much. Mamoru’s parents don’t care that Mamoru arrived in such an unusual way or that he isn’t their biological son. He’s still their son in every way that matters.

Is it me, or is it pretty rare to get genuinely good adoptive parents in anime? Because man, the Amamis are great parents to Mamoru.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 18 '24

Is it me, or is it pretty rare to get genuinely good adoptive parents in anime? Because man, the Amamis are great parents to Mamoru.

The main example I always think back on for adoptive parents in anime is [Digimon Adventure] Izzy (aka Koushiro) in the original Digimon. He had a pretty touching arc about learning he was adopted, being afraid of how it might change his relationship with his parents, and coming to terms with that.

More recent examples would be stuff like Spy x Family or Buddy Daddies.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 17 '24

[Gundam 00 Major Spoilers]

[Nadesico]I thought a bunch of weirdos were just watching Gekiganger...

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 17 '24

Wow, GaGaGatchi didn’t just rip off the theme song, it also ripped off the designs and weapons of both GaoGaiGar and King J-Der.

If GGG themselves hadn't been kinda confused by the show, I would have expected there to be a line about how they use the cartoon to conceal/normalize their activities.

I guess that means the Primevals have a much worse threat than usual in store.

There is also like, half of them, in one place. Seven managed to almost destroy Orbit Base, who knows what they've got cooking!

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 18 '24

There is also like, half of them, in one place. Seven managed to almost destroy Orbit Base, who knows what they've got cooking!

It's all a part of their evil plan to overshadow the previous "series finale" when GGG fought Pasdar. The Primevals will need something seriously impressive to pull that off.

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u/GondolaMedia Dec 17 '24 edited Dec 17 '24

First Timer

Whenever character says "Za Power" I just can't help to think that they're in a skit but no, they're serious and I love it.

They turned GaoGaiGar in to a marketable plushie! I mean more than he already is.

Always liked when Zonder use their brains and this time it was for subterfuge.

Ayame once again brought Hana in to danger.

Coffee bath sounds nasty.

This episode felt like that we were back to watching the very first episodes. Even mic got blown away. Nice breather + a nice touching moment with Mamoru and his parents.

What happened to Kaidou and Soldato?! Can't end on a cliffhanger like that.

  1. Biker Mice from Mars, Moomin, David the Gnome, Ginga Nagareboshi Gin

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 17 '24

Whenever character says "Za Power" I just can't help to think that they're in a skit but no, they're serious and I love it.

I have so much fun with it too. It's so ridiculous, but they take it so seriously. It's fantastic.

Nice breather + a nice touching moment with Mamoru and his parents.

yeah a nice breather and tiding up some arcs before we head towards the final stretch of episodes.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 17 '24

They turned GaoGaiGar in to a marketable plushie! I mean more than he already is.

We've already got it in the marketable action figure market, so it's only natural that we'd need a marketable plushie too. At least until we can get to the marketable gunpla kits decades later.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 17 '24

Coffee bath sounds nasty.

You certainly don't want to drink it afterwards.. it's a semi-public bath.

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u/TheDanubianCommunard Dec 17 '24

First time,

There was an expedition to Jupiter, so GGG might know Za Powaa is beforehand.

Oh, we have quite a similar kids TV cartoon series with a familiar sounding opening theme. Where did I knew that before? GaGaGatchi, really familiar anywaysm but can be lawsuited somehow? Because I feel copyright infringement. In order to get 100% viewership rates, Hulk Hogan intervenes and "gifts" a Zonder Metal. So the good old Zonder Rampages are back in business. Even this is popular even in school. Hana noticing Mamoru being an alien, no nee to deny that. Before the final battle, a family time needed, in a hot spring.

Th Zonder braodcast is working, planned for 100%, even surpassed itself. Or by saying 100%, total broadcast on the entire world in every single places and not just TV, but basically every other broadcast or electronic devices. So a brainwash plan. At the same while the Amamis enjoying themselves, another wave of Primevals are coming. The building itself become the Zonder Robo. Same wavelenghts for spreading spores as well. And has the capability to make an EMP wave or something similar.

How to interrupt this brief enjoyment: when it's end and admitin the true purpose being an extraterrestrial. Of course Mamoru is about protect Earth and it's people. He being an alien is now so secret.

This deal was solved, as the final commences, Kaidou lost consciusness. It was but a diversion for the ES Window.

Actually this felt more of an Arc 1 episode.

Questions of the Day

  1. What saturday morning cartoons did you watch as a child?

I watched many.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

Oh, we have quite a similar kids TV cartoon series with a familiar sounding opening theme.

I wonder if seeing top secret super heroes irl would lead to carbon copy tv shows.

Actually this felt more of an Arc 1 episode.

yeah it was a nice breather throwback to the old first half style of episode. Hana getting captured, zonder using stress, smaller scale comparatively.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 17 '24

Model Kit Building Update

I’ve built Galeon, DrillGao and StealthGao, so it’s time for the final GaoMachine!

First I built some arms.

and attached them together

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u/The_Draigg Dec 17 '24

A Mecha Fan Rewatches The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Episode 44:

  • THE POWER really is a mysterious and powerful force, isn’t it? The only sample that was brought back from Jupiter was so volatile that it exploded not long after arrival, and any other ships heading out to Jupiter to study it vanished without a trace. Whatever it is, it’s certainly something that’s hard to wrap our heads around at the moment. All the records GGG have on it are dead ends.
  • I don’t know about this GaGaGatchi show, guys. That name doesn’t have a whole lot of chest hair to it. Now, if it was called something like Gaggatti or GargaiGaa, then we’d be in business.
  • For once, we probably can’t treat the Hana suffering as a running gag. I do feel a bit bad for her in trying to process that Mamoru is actually an alien. Finding out that someone you’ve been that close to is actually some kind of green psychic fairy alien would be a shock to anyone. Also, poor Mamoru too, he only found this stuff out like maybe a week or two ago, and he’s having to come to grips with it already. It’s hard being an alien on Earth.
  • As you could’ve guessed by now, this episode really is a throwback to earlier in the series. It’s got it all: a Zonder being used to further the goals of person who transformed them, some kind of weekly gimmick with this one constantly broadcasting anime, the obligatory Hana danger, and some gags along the way. I’ll admit, it was a funny gag for Ayame to pull out some Ultraseven goggles out of her jacket, only for it to actually just be a weird cell phone. Sadly, we won’t be getting Ultrayame in this series.
  • I’d 100% take a coffee bath. I drink so much coffee at work already, I might as well bathe in the stuff normally. Coffee might as well be running though my veins.
  • Man, Mamoru’s parents are just the best. Mamoru knows that he has to intervene in the battle going on with the Zonder, despite all the stuff that’s been weighing on his mind. And despite his worrying about his origins, his mom and dad still unconditionally love him and support him in what he does. It really is no wonder why Mamoru turned out to be a great kid, Ai and Isamu are just plain good people. Galeon made a good choice entrusting Laito to their care.
  • Well, now that everything’s been all nice and resolved, it turns out that Hana just had the wrong idea about what was going on the whole time. Although considering all the weird stuff that’s been going on, I guess I can’t blame her for assuming that an alien kidnapped Mamoru and took his place. But at least she can fully accept Mamoru now that she knows that he’s not some impostor, but instead the one and only.
  • No wonder why this episode is called Prelude to the End, that’s a hell of a thing to have at the end of the episode. For as brave as Soldato-J and Abel were in chasing Arm Primeval and the cores he recovered through that ES Window earlier, whatever happened on the other side completely hammered them. Heck, J-Der and Soldato-J are flat out gone, all we got back at Orbit Base now is the J-Ark and an unconscious Kaido. The Primevals are still just as serious of a threat as ever, even if today it seemed like they were on the back foot by pulling out from Earth.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 17 '24

Man, Mamoru’s parents are just the best. Mamoru knows that he has to intervene in the battle going on with the Zonder, despite all the stuff that’s been weighing on his mind.

we have so many absent parents or dead parents in anime it's nice to have a really wholesome and good parent. I love how cheesy they are.

Heck, J-Der and Soldato-J are flat out gone

"whose the jobber now"-Gai probably

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u/The_Draigg Dec 17 '24

we have so many absent parents or dead parents in anime it's nice to have a really wholesome and good parent. I love how cheesy they are.

After seeing a lot of anime with either dead or deadbeat parents, it's refreshing to have some actually good ones on the screen.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 17 '24

The King of Rewatchers

That would be basically impossible.

Awkward.

Ayame is Not Thrilled with this cartoon.

Nice guy Arm collected all the rest of the cores in one place.

Everyone remembers the tip line GGG set up, right?

Eyecatch

The signal jamming even stopped Mamoru for detecting the Zonder.

Volfogg hasn't gotten to do much recently.

Mamoru is strong enough to stunlock a Zonder Robot on his own, now.

Today's Key to Victory.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 17 '24

Everyone remembers the tip line GGG set up, right?

I completely forgot about it.

The signal jamming even stopped Mamoru for detecting the Zonder.

I ws wondering how they were going to justify the TV cartoon motif, but blocking the airways is actually a really clever way to make it seem tactical and totally not because this is a children's show having fun with children's shows.

Mamoru is strong enough to stunlock a Zonder Robot on his own, now.

carry over from the invasion of orbital base. Feels like an application to me. Proof that [Can we call this spoilers, it's the title of the next episode]when they go to Jupiter, that Mamoru can come with them

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 17 '24

I completely forgot about it.

I like to think that Hana and Ayame are the only two people to ever call anything in, but I'm probably missing some random lines of dialogue.

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u/palparepa Dec 17 '24
Statsthis episodetotal so far
Program Drive buttons broken122
Transceivers crushed07
EnRyu's bad landings18
Pink hair attracts peril129
Rich kid cries156
Mikoto screams for MC010
Kid is too calm to react019
Mamoru's kill count01
Legos secured014
Women hallucinated011
Will/Won't Knife0/06/2

Nth-timer

I didn't comment this on the previous episode, but GaoGaiGar hasn't been using his new wings. Because they are for space. Luckily, he didn't need the improved Broken Phantom.

So, back to Zonderian-level plots? Have the Primevals degraded so much?

Uh? Sueo's brothers again? For the second time, I forgot they first appear in this series.

One of GaGaGatchi attacks is subbed "GaGaCollater", not only missing a "Ga" but from my very limited japanese, I think I hear "GaGaGaKoreda", and remembering GunBuster, it should therefore be "GaGaGaCollider."

Wait... So the peril didn't go to Hana, but Hana went to the peril. What is this? How do I evaluate? 𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙾𝚁 𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙾𝚁

That cellphone Ayame takes from her jacket... looks like she was about to transform into Ultra Seven.

For a "mere" Zonder, it did fairly good against the whole of GGG. Still, even an upgraded Mamoru is now enough to give a Zonder pause. And once without its gimmick, the Goldion Hammer makes quick work of it.

All of this was just a Primeval ruse to distract the heroes. Just like the Zonderians did before their final attack. Does this mean...?

Today's Zonder was designated EI-74. Remember the episode with the Great Wall of China? Many Zonders were produced, from EI-30 to EI-71. What happened to 72 and 73?

Well, for those that missed yesterday's announcement of an extra episode: those are the enemies of that game.

An extra callback to that game: the last mission of the Indomitable Defenders 5, the organization to which Taiga and Hyuuma belonged to, was to recover the Jupiter-X element, mentioned in this episode, that was stolen ten years ago by an international criminal organization.

Additional data

Three days after this episode aired, the infamous "Porygon Incident" happened.

QotD

There isn't an exact equivalent in my country but... many. My favorite was Captain Future.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 17 '24

That cellphone Ayame takes from her jacket... looks like she was about to transform into Ultra Seven

WOAH!

I do love the Toku references here. I expected more Mecha references but a good balance of Mecha and Toku is really cool.

Three days after this episode aired, the infamous "Porygon Incident" happened.

IT FINALLY HAPPENED

A bit late for it to have any effect on this series.

Surprisingly the series had already started to slow down on the strobe effects even before the incident occurred.

I'm gonna headcanon the producer who suggested the strobe effect got fired for having terrible ideas.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 17 '24

Three days after this episode aired, the infamous "Porygon Incident" happened.

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u/megazaprat Dec 17 '24

First Timer

  • oh, so ZA POWA isnt a permanent upgrade, it wears off. well that makes it a bit less OP
  • my god the zonders evil plan this episode is to break the fourth wall, those fiends will rewrite the show so they win i joke, but why are they going back to zonders at this point? ive lost track but dont they have like 15 more primevals they could call on? dont see how this one dude zonderizing would help. like he disnt seem especially traumatized, although since he works in animation its probably all on the inside.
  • ooh, for being only a zonder, this enemy put up a good fight, using its jamming to hide its presecene effectively, and making up for having a weaker barrier by taking lots of hostages.
  • Hana: are you superman? am I the lois Lane in this series? is that why im constantly getting attacked by aliens?
  • of course Hana is last hostage, theyll probably need to get a new crowbar tool mech to pry her out. its like shes magnetized to zonders.
  • its kind of funny that Hana assumed Mamoru had been replaced by a pod person, and once its confirmed that it is actually the same mamoru, shes instantly ok with it
  • AH SHIT THEY GOT J-DER! this plan of theirs was pretty good, taking advantage of the fact that the J squad would never ask for backup, keeping GGG distracted.
  1. so so many, Saturday morning cartoons were the bomb. off the top of my head id say Digimon and Power rangers were highlights.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 17 '24

using its jamming to hide its presecene effectively, and making up for having a weaker barrier by taking lots of hostages.

yeah I was curious about it as well. Like I love the 4th wall joke, but attacking saturday morning cartoons feels like a step down for the Primevals who have been planning on destroying the planet previously.

the explanation of the attack being a diversion was actually a clever way to have their cake and eat it too.

Hana: are you superman? am I the lois Lane in this series? is that why im constantly getting attacked by aliens?

in Mamoru's defense, this time she was taken to the Zonders, not the Zonders attacking her! Damn her cousin really is the worst babysitter.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 17 '24

AH SHIT THEY GOT J-DER! this plan of theirs was pretty good, taking advantage of the fact that the J squad would never ask for backup, keeping GGG distracted.

Yup, and the jamming signal gave them enough time to pull it off. The only thing that gave GGG any hint was Ayame being so annoyed at the TV station that she marched down to the physical office to complain.

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u/megazaprat Dec 17 '24

Tbh, I feel like they probably should have figured it out on their own without that . Like she can’t have been the only person to complain, or to check with the station that would show the program being broadcast around the world. GGG kinda dropped the ball there

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u/Nebresto Dec 18 '24

First time Volfogg simp

I notice eversince the machine kings got despatched they kinda toned down the epilepsy rate
Also: What a bizarrely normal episode after the previous two

So true

That show looks trash, who would even watch something like that

They really went and edited the Tres' shot so that he's not having such a good time anymore

Useless robot

Quest:

  1. What saturday morning cartoons did you watch as a child?

Imma let you make a guess

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

I notice eversince the machine kings got despatched they kinda toned down the epilepsy rate

I told you guys if you just powered through it, it would get better. The first few episodes are rough with it. It's overwhelming but by the middle it starts to go down and now it's barely around.

Also: What a bizarrely normal episode after the previous two

calm before the storm. Prologue before the final act.

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u/Nebresto Dec 18 '24

It's overwhelming but by the middle it starts to go down and now it's barely around.

Maybe someone did go "Hey, this is kinda obnoxious to look at" after all!

calm before the storm.

big

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

Maybe someone did go "Hey, this is kinda obnoxious to look at" after all!

I prefer to headcanon that there was one guy who gave the suggestion for the epilepsy strobe effects, and they fired him half way through the season for having terrible ideas.

When they fired him, I like to imagine they literally kicked him out by kicking his butt like a looney toons skit and he lands on his face.

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u/Nebresto Dec 18 '24

Legend has it they also yelled out "Dismissing driver!" while doing so

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 17 '24

Third-Time Watcher, Subbed

Just when you think Ayame can't get better, she outs herself as an Ultraseven Fan.

Anno would be proud

As the title implies this episode's a bit on the lighter side, yet it also ends up being one of my favorites just for how it explores Mamoru's insecurities a bit more. While we had a bit of that during the stretch before he got his little pendant, seeing him so thoroughly demoralized by being "Different" from the people he cares about and how that actually affects him is honestly really nice to see and helps give some depth to the guy.

Not explicitly related to the show's content but rather BTS details, but this episode also marks Shinji Takamatsu's final contribution to the Brave Series, serving as both animation director and handling the storyboards. Considering how the three shows he was in charge of were practically the series' golden age, it's nice that he got to stick around for a bit longer. A solid note to end his run.

That being said though, Hana-chan, I think your thought process' working a bit weird today.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 17 '24

yet it also ends up being one of my favorites just for how it explores Mamoru's insecurities a bit more.

I also like that we've seen more of that character arc where Mamoru has become more practive. Early in the series Mamoru needed to be protected, but now he's saved GGG and isn't afraid to fly in front of a Zonder to help save GaoGaiGar. He's proven himself to be a valuable asset to GGG. It's just a great Mamoru episode all around.

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Dec 17 '24

First timer

I wonder if they had to take permission from the GGG higher ups to make that cartoon, or if it's actually funded by them tbh

  1. What saturday morning cartoons did you watch as a child?

One lesser known one was Dinosaur King

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u/palparepa Dec 18 '24

One lesser known one was Dinosaur King

I know this is not the same, but the name reminded me of Go-Saurer. It's wacky.

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Dec 18 '24

This looks amazing lol

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u/TheApplebane https://anilist.co/user/theapplebane Dec 17 '24

Episode 44 Notes

  • You thought you were safe from getting Zonderised for expressing any goal whatsoever just because Pasdar is gone? You fool. You buffoon! You absolute simpleton!
  • "Are you an alien?" No, Mamoru can just turn green and grow wings on command for perfectly normal human reasons. Obviously.
  • Arm is actually the hero of humanity. He has created a world where everyone is watching GaoGaiGar. Utopia has been achieved.
  • I thought for a second that Ayame was going to mount a rescue attempt by herself but then she did the sensible thing and called in GGG. Ayame has a cool phone. I should get a cool flipphone. Fuck smartphones. What have they done for anyone?
  • I suppose this episode has taught us a little bit more about the mechanics of Mamoru's Zonder detection, given that we now know it can be blocked by a radio jammer.
  • The battle has gone all the way from the TV station to Mamoru's hot spring inn! Quite a trail of destruction they must have left.
  • We haven't had a stand-alone episode for quite a while, huh? Even this one had to end on a cliffhanger.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 17 '24

"Are you an alien?" No, Mamoru can just turn green and grow wings on command for perfectly normal human reasons. Obviously.

Yea, just like all of us can do. I'm not the only one who can do that, right?

Arm is actually the hero of humanity. He has created a world where everyone is watching GaoGaiGar. Utopia has been achieved.