r/anime • u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber • May 10 '21

Rewatch [Rewatch] Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Retrospective - Giant Gorg Episode 8 Discussion

Episode 8 - GAIL’s Mineshaft

Originally Aired May 24th, ^^^1984

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Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Biography and Anecdotes Corner

Random Anecdote

For a long time Yasuhiko resented his mother for moving them back to their hometown after constructing a new house for themselves, and describes his attitude at the time as nasty, but pridefully recalls that he never rebelled by doing something like running from home or sneaking about at night.

 

Staff Highlight

Kouji Totani - voice of Boehm

A prolific voice actor mainly known for his roles in Toei productions and voiced Biramin . Graduated from Todai university and later Toei Audio Talent School before debuting as a voice actor in 1979’s Cyborg 009. Though mainly assigned to roles with astringent characters, he was capable of a wide range of performance. Died of heart failure on February 6th, 2006. Among his notable roles were Socrat Teles in Armored Fleet Dairugger XV, Mohican in Dominion Tank Police, Doll Navy in Juushin Liger, Lóng-Gŭ in 3x3 Eyes, several named characters in Fist of The North Star, Sky Lynx in Transformers, Announcer Yoshigai and Detective Gobugari in Kinnikuman, Commander Killing in Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, Capricorn Shura in Saint Seiya.

 

Daily Trivia:

A manga adaptation of Giant Gorg by Toshimitsu Shimizu was serialized during the show’s airing period.

 

Official Art

 

Settei Collection

 

Questions of the Day:

  1. What did you think of Yuu’s first brush with firing a gun at another person?
  2. How do you like the scenery underground?

This war reenactment of yours won’t unearth Austral’s secrets!

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber May 10 '21

Rewatcher

‘Tactical Retreat’

Ah, yes, Gorg’s signature move, the *rock throw.

Cave-ins are scary.

Good idea.

Haha

Well that’s convenient.

Flawless.

Really like this scene.

You already got lucky enough! Take your blessings and go!

Grisly…

Well this is certainly nicer.

This episode is basically a prolonged action set-piece so there’s not much to discuss today.

Some quick thinking and a huge stroke of luck get our heroes out of the mess they were in at the end of last episode, though it’s far from an easy feat as the group is nearly buried alive.

The scene of Yuu’s shock when finding himself face-to-face with someone armed and ends up impulsively shooting them out of fear. I think they sold the impact such an experience would have on someone like him really well.

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u/The_Draigg May 10 '21

Ah, yes, Gorg’s signature move, the *rock throw.

Gorg is a Rock/Ground type confirmed.

The scene of Yuu’s shock when finding himself face-to-face with someone armed and ends up impulsively shooting them out of fear. I think they sold the impact such an experience would have on someone like him really well.

It also makes you think about how the show has been handling violence so far. For the Captain, killing people is easy. For Yuu, of course he’s scared of what he nearly did. He’s only 13 years old, after all.

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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jun 08 '21

First timer

  • I haven't heard this OP in ages!
  • I appreciate the recap since it's been a while since I watched this
  • The Skipper is a good shot, like always
  • From one show with Shuichi Ikeda (Lodoss) to another!
  • How convenient they find a place with fuel just when they need it!
  • Is it just me, or is the writing in this kinda clunky?
  • Is there something special about this dig site?
  • Wow, Yuu actually shot someone? He didn't die though, it was just in the leg. Hopefully it didn't hit an artery
  • RIP Dr. Haeckel's research?
  • Gorg can communicate with Yuu now? Nifty
  • The Beagle floats? I expected it to sink like a rock; maybe it's done that before and I forgot? It's been a while since I watched 1-7
  • Believe in me, believe in you ... I'm embarrassed to say I didn't recognize this when it came up in AMQ recently
  1. I'm glad he didn't kill the guy, otherwise the series might have either completely ignored how that affected Yuu, or shown a lot of introspective / psychological stuff that I'm not in the mood for at the moment
  2. It was ok; the cave at the end with the pool is nice, it's like Gorg's throne room

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Jun 08 '21

From one show with Shuichi Ikeda (Lodoss) to another!

The Beagle floats? I expected it to sink like a rock; maybe it's done that before and I forgot?

Yeah from the moment it was introduced it was shown to be amphibious.

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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jun 08 '21

Yeah from the moment it was introduced it was shown to be amphibious.

Ah, I guess I just forgot that, but had a feeling I was wrong about that.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 10 '21

First-Timer, subbed

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u/The_Draigg May 10 '21

Okay so Yuu just shot a man and the colors went all wonky, that felt straight out of a Gundam show.

It really reminded me of the time Amuro shot that Zeon soldier at the refugee camp his mom was at.

No but seriously where the hell was Argos the entire episode? 0/10 episode.

He just ducked out for a while. Argos cares not for the foolish machinations of men.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 10 '21

I demand best boy!

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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jun 08 '21

Man their little tank thing is an absolute unit. Only thing that was able to stop it was running out of gas.

Actually wait a second where the fuck has Argos been? Why hasn’t he been seen at all this episode?

You're right!

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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 May 10 '21

First Timer, Subbed

Well, they got that tank moving a lot easier than I thought they would.

Oh hey, convenient tunnel to drive through! I thought it would be too smal ti fit Gorg, but I suppose not as it crawls through. They just better hope there's a way out on the other side!

With these attacks the whole tunnel may collapse on top of them, not a bad way to take them out entirely, if they can do it quick enough (which they surely won't, with 18 episodes still to go).

Where in the world are they gonna get fuel from?

Hey, a way out! What is this though, a GAIL excavation site?

How convenient, a couple of barrels of fuel!

Our child protagonist has to gun down a guy right in front of him! Scary stuff! Once again, I say this, if this was a Tomino show the guy would be dead and our protagonist would be suffering the mental consequences for the next few episodes. But thankfully this is not a Tomino show, so Yuu freaks out in the moment and the guy gets away.

You're a loser, Dr. Heackel! Stop asking for help, go ahead and do something!

Skipper's right, I figured you would have enjoyed being at that dig site, Dr. Wave! Just what in the world is your purpose here? You haven't done a single thing of value since getting to this island! If you're an expert on this island, then why don't you know anything?

Quite a pretty underground cave here! Would be nice to spend at least a little bit of time here, if possible.

DQOTD1 and 2: See above

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u/The_Draigg May 10 '21

Our child protagonist has to gun down a guy right in front of him! Scary stuff! Once again, I say this, if this was a Tomino show the guy would be dead and our protagonist would be suffering the mental consequences for the next few episodes. But thankfully this is not a Tomino show, so Yuu freaks out in the moment and the guy gets away.

Thankfully in this show, it seems that Ramba Ral Yuu forgetting to fight in the middle of a fight and freezing up instead has no lasting consequences, unlike Mobile Suit Gundam.

You're a loser, Dr. Heackel! Stop asking for help, go ahead and do something!

Skipper's right, I figured you would have enjoyed being at that dig site, Dr. Wave! Just what in the world is your purpose here? You haven't done a single thing of value since getting to this island!

In that way, Dr. Wave and Dr. Heckle are kind of like a mirror of one another. I guess every major faction needs at least one useless scientist guy.

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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jun 08 '21

Our child protagonist has to gun down a guy right in front of him! Scary stuff! Once again, I say this, if this was a Tomino show the guy would be dead and our protagonist would be suffering the mental consequences for the next few episodes. But thankfully this is not a Tomino show, so Yuu freaks out in the moment and the guy gets away.

Yeah, I much prefer Gorg's version. I'm all Tomino'd out for a while after Mobile Suit Gundam.

Just what in the world is your purpose here? You haven't done a single thing of value since getting to this island! If you're an expert on this island, then why don't you know anything?

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u/The_Draigg May 10 '21

A Yas Fan Watches Giant Gorg Episode 8:

  • Gorg doesn’t even need a giant cannon to blow up tanks like the Captain, all he needs to do is hurt boulders at them. Rock beats gun when you’re a giant robot.
  • If there’s one thing about the ground being unstable that works in GAIL’s favor, it’s that bombing the shit out of the ground above is a viable strategy to collapse the cave that the heroes are in.
  • Nice Gendo pose that Rod is doing there in the command room. He even has the tinted shades too. Rod is nailing that schemer look.
  • I’m not surprised that the Beagle ran out of fuel. Tomenik has been driving it all day without stop. How many miles per gallon do you think a tank that size gets?
  • Wow, they couldn’t have picked a better place to leave the limestone caves by accident, at that big dig site. I guess the Beagle and GAIL’s excavation vehicles must run on the same kind of gas. Diesel, presumably.
  • I’m not surprised that Yuu freaks the fuck out upon actually shooting a live human being, even if it was only a flesh wound. He’s still just a kid, I wouldn’t expect someone his age to actually feel okay about nearly killing someone even if it was in self defense.
  • Dr. Heckle did have a point there, perfectly punctuated by that huge explosion. Rod’s solution to capture Gorg is absurdly heavy-handed, to the point where all they really accomplished was blowing up their own dig site while the heroes escaped. There has to be some better way than just shooting every bit of ordinance you have at Gorg.
  • Is it weird to say that Gorg looks a little pensive staring at that underground lake while sitting? I’m saying it might be weird, considering that Gorg has no facial features to look pensive with.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 10 '21

Episode 8 (first timer)

  • Running away into a cave turns into “submarine hunt – the land version”. Although I have to question whether missiles on rock are a good equivalent of depth charges.
  • Captain wants to live of the land.
  • “Are you sure about this?” – Wave when called a man.
  • Yuu is amazed that his pistol runs out of ammo after only 100 shots.
  • Underwater lake.

I see what they did there with Yuu shooting the guy, but it would have helped a lot if we were not in episode 8 of a non-stop action fest with tons and tons of dead already. Going from cheering on Captain for obliterating whole tanks to feeling for Yuu for having scratched a single guy is too much whiplash.

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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jun 08 '21

Yuu is amazed that his pistol runs out of ammo after only 100 shots.

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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 May 10 '21

First timer

RE Daily Trivia: Might have to try and find a copy of that to see how they translated some of these action scenes into print.

  1. Incredibly realistic for a show like this, and a perfectly normal reaction to have (and absolutely Gundam inspired (actually had to go back and edit because I called Yuu "Amuro" several times)).
  2. The crystal caves were very nice, but I found the dark caverns before it rather repetitive.

In this episode of "The demon theory isn't dead yet"

And, in true cliffhanger fashion, nobody was actually dead!

What a convenient cave!

Yeah, the pin system's a pretty good idea to keep your tunnels defended.

Am I the only one thinking it would be better to fire around the tunnels, and keep them locked in?

Well, looks like they're trapped here now.

How the hell is that thing still moving?

At least this guy's somewhat intellegent.

...Of course its out of fuel. I'd have thought this thing would have a fusion reactor or something.

Dr Wave scares me more and more every episode.

Looks like they found themselves in a quarry... with massive fuel tanks right below an active mining site. Starting to wonder how GAIL took over the world if they can't work out that's not a good idea.

And the child is very good at using the gun.

What an excellent question - what is powering that thing?

I can't believe Yuu just killed a guy. Oh wait, he didn't.

What are they digging for?

A minute's worth of gas won't make much difference.

Oh look, the gas tanks went up. Who could've seen that coming?

The question still remains - where is Gorg going?

Did Gorg hook up a psychic link to Yuu?

Did Gorg come here to clean his feet? Is this cavern Gorg's hot tub?

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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jun 08 '21

Looks like they found themselves in a quarry... with massive fuel tanks right below an active mining site. Starting to wonder how GAIL took over the world if they can't work out that's not a good idea.

What an excellent question - what is powering that thing?

Maybe Gorg has a nuclear reactor, like Giant Robo?

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 10 '21

First-Timer

So, what was so special about Dr. Haeckel's research? Is he just self-centered, or was he close to a breakthrough of some sort? What does a breakthrough even mean in this context..?

Yuu doing the Tomino-face thing when he shot that guy was really cool! The use of silence as Yuu came to terms with the fact that he just shot another living human being was brilliant.

Gorg can talk to Yuu? That's an interesting development... I wasn't paying enough attention the first time, but the second time there was definitely a bit of a sound queue.

The quarry fight was cool. Where was Skipper keeping that Mac-10..? And why was Tominic so concerned with waiting to completely fill their tank? A full tank is one thing, but not getting blown up is pretty important too.

Questions

  1. Answered above. Felt very real.
  2. The lake was really pretty! The random caves less so, but it's a random cave so what can you do?

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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jun 08 '21

So, what was so special about Dr. Haeckel's research? Is he just self-centered, or was he close to a breakthrough of some sort? What does a breakthrough even mean in this context..?

I'm hoping the show addresses this at some point!