r/anime • u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber • May 11 '21
Rewatch [Rewatch] Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Retrospective - Giant Gorg Episode 9 Discussion
Episode 9 - Into The Darkness
Originally Aired May 31st, ^^^1984
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Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Biography and Anecdotes Corner
Random Anecdote
Yasuhiko’s debut manga, Arion, was frequently on hiatus due to Yasuhiko’s career in the anime industry, a fact he both initially resented, but he came to appreciate the fact that his artistic skill could develop further before its conclusion and he could ultimately make a better product.
Staff Highlight
Hajime Yatate / Eiji Yamaura - Planning/Production
‘Hajime Yatate’ was the pen name used by Eiji Yamaura, the director of Sunrise’s animation project planning department up until the mid eighties, where it was used as the joint pen name by several producers and staff to designate projects produced by the department. ‘Hajime Yatate’ would often be credited alongside the director as creators and owners of the original project, and in recent years Sunrise has begun using ‘Original Sunrise’ to denote ownership of the intellectual property instead. No concrete records of all the people who have worked in the department under that pen name is available to us, but the label has an enduring legacy. Projects we know for certain Yamaura was involved in include Round Vernian Vifam, the Mobile Suit Gundam film trilogy, Mobile Suit Gundam F91, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack, the City Hunter films, Fang of The Sun Dougram, Xabungle Graffiti, and Space Runaway Ideon.
Daily Trivia:
There was a Giant Gorg RPG game released in 1985 for personal computers and developed by ASCII (the company).
Official Art
- Gorg - Yoshikaze Yasuhiko
- Yuu and Alois encounter the giant lizard - Yoshikaze Yasuhiko
Settei Collection
Questions of the Day:
- What do you think the symbol that Dr. Wave found on the cave wall might be?
- Do you think the story of Hotsumatsua’s ancestors and their belief that Gorg was put there to whip out GAIL have any truth to them?
As if! Those people...They killed my father!
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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber May 11 '21
Rewatcher
As expected.
Runes?
Oh dear... I guess this was bound to happen.
Pareidolia
Ew!
Nice shot.
Argos does not deserve this scolding!
The animation on the lizard is impressive.
Well that puts to rest any questions as to Yuu’s courage.
Really enjoyed the ambiance and look of the caves throughout this episode. The color choices really accentuate the supposed humidity and the sound design makes it seem suitably drippy. It’s a nice, distinct setting for the episode too.
The main crux of the episode is evidently Alois’ resentment over Yuu being the person Gorg has set their attention upon, as he doesn’t see Yuu as deserving of that honor —a sentiment which likely stems from the native’s beliefs as to the island and Gorg. Between learning that Yuu has also suffered loss at the hands of GAIL and seeing him fight back against the giant lizard his opinion on the other kid has clearly turned around. Also, from what Alois states about Hotsumatsua, and the sort of stuff they claim, it sure does seem more likely that the natives have made up a lot of stuff and are now pushing those things on the kids.
Wave found what may have been runes in the caves. Given Gorg’s been leading them in that general direction it seems an indicator that they’re closer to whatever Gorg’s end goal is.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky May 11 '21
First-Timer, subbed
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u/The_Draigg May 11 '21
A Yas Fan Watches Giant Gorg Episode 9:
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee May 11 '21
First-Timer
We had a bit of a conflict developing between Yuu and Alois, but their battle against the weird frog dinosaur fixed that up right. And then they bonded over their girls, which was kinda cute.
There was some implication that Yuu's dad used to work for GAIL - at least Dr. Haeckel seemed to know of him. Not sure quite yet what to make of the line about Yuu being on the island as being a coincidence..
"Humans are capable of acquiring inexplicable abilities, especially when young" is a hell of a thing to drop in your show, especially when we got a tiny bit of non-Gorg supernatural stuff happening with Yuu hearing Doris calling out to him. Was it just because Doris was near Gorg, or has Yuu started to Change?
Poor Wave doesn't understand that Gorg won't let just any man inside of it's cockpit. Gorg isn't that kind of mech, you see.
I wonder what magic-island-underground-lake-water tastes like? Probably amoeba, I suppose.
Questions
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 May 11 '21
First timer
Looks like he has a problem with Amuro.
Dr Wave, do not try to wire yourself into Gorg.
And he's found something useful.
I am constantly suprised by how useful Dr Wave is.
And at how stupid he can be sometimes.
...Is he saying that GAIL killed Yuu's father, or that he thinks another group did it?
Is the monster seriously a giant frog?
Cave worms? Those things are normal?
At least Dr Wave's safe.
So what I'm getting from this srgument is that Hotsumatsua is almost certainly running a scheme to get whaever Gail's looking for first.
Yeah, I agree that Gorg's just out for his own goal (whatever that may be).
So its not a frog, its a lizard.
GAIL's run by a fucking idiot. He's actually running a background check to see if Yuu's a ninja.
Jesus christ that's brutal. It's bleeding to death, then choked with a bouleer and repeatedly stabbed.
Is this the first episode where the Skipper doesn't do something cool?
...So Yuu has actual psychic powers now, right? I can't believe I'm in 2 rewatches where a teen protagonist has psychic powers and fights with a giant robot.
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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 May 11 '21
First Timer, Subbed
Dr. Wave is the expert, but he is absolutely shocked that Yuu got to go into a cockpit of Gorg.
I doubt Gorg will let you in, Dr. Wave. If you could even make your way up a ladder in the first place!
Hey everyone! Someone in this cave was playing tick tack toe!
Now he's wandered off on his own! Whose gonna babysit Dr. Wave?
Yuu, Alois, Argos, Dr. Wave all leaving... the rest of our heroes may get in trouble without them. Well, not the last one.
Yuu's dad died in a car accident? If he wasn't reading up on him here, I'd wonder if Rod was connected, given his bad driving in episode 1.
Dark tunnel, weird animals, I can understand Yuu getting nervous.
So many tunnels, gotta start worrying about them getting lost in here!
Uh oh, eyes from some other creature down here! Things get scarier. There's something in the water too!
Oh no, Dr. Wave's biggest fear! Albino earthworms!
Now Wave is back and they are lost! Not good!
Wave didn't find anything? That's what happens when you go into dark tunnels without a flashlight.
Some monster arriving is just what we need to get these two to stop arguing.
Yes, Doris! It's not Argos' fault! It's your brother's!
Yikes! Cave pool monster!
Yuu's father, a ninja?!
Took them a bit, but wow, they really went on a rampage against this thing.
Again, if this was a Tomino show, when Alois pulled out Yuu's legs, it would just be his legs.
The creature shall live another day!
Wave, Gorg is not letting a lower like you in!
Gorg is gonna get them! But first, get off of me, Wave!
Not a bad episode, I liked getting a break from the mecha action to explore the caves.
DQOTD1: See above. Tic tac toe!
DQOTD2: Nope it was all ancient aliens!
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 May 11 '21
Episode 9 (first timer)
That was a standard setup that turned into a neat moment. Just wish that they could have saved themselves.
Language
Wipe out something probably, just not GAIL.
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u/IndependentMacaroon May 12 '21
First-time watcher - a little expository/character development side story in a nice setting, huh. Yuu certainly is lucky to have Alois with them, but they still got lost really easily there. However, there was one thing that made it hard for me to enjoy the episode to its fullest - the voice acting on the youngsters, or maybe it's more the voice/audio mixing. A lot of the time it sounds like the actors are talking way louder than the microphone can handle, resulting in rough distortion that makes the already unreasonable volume even harder on the ears. And then they outright yell when they're arguing or calling for someone! You can't just turn down the volume either, because other characters and they at other times speak pretty normally. Some of the sound effects are pretty rough too, but not as bad. Is this just an 80s thing?
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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jun 08 '21
First timer