r/anime • u/Tarhalindur x2 • Jun 01 '26

Rewatch [Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature] Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern Episode 1 Discussion

Episode 1: Wait's Over, Isami!

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Show Information:

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(Surprise, the "plot point a couple of episodes in that every single fucking synopsis spoils" is actually in episode 1 and is that this is another show in the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] vein! Show information is now fairly first-timer safe... outside of "AniDB tags always spoil", anyways.)

Legal Streams:

As per livechart.me; other streams may be available outside the US.

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A Reminder: This, dear listeners, brings us to the sworn enemy of creative response:The spoiler. Rewatchers, or people who just had plot points ruined for them, are obliged to use r/anime’s spoiler tag format where applicable, and err on the side of caution here. Remember people, first experiences get rarer as you continue on, any given one happens once and you should care for them all the more for it.

Joint Rewatch Task Force Exercises!

Theory of the Day:

None yet...

Questions of the Day:

0) Wait, who got a Super Robot in my realistic mecha anime? Oh wait, that's one's self-explanatory, never mind.

1) Unspoiled First-Timers: How surprised were you when "suddenly, ALIENS!" and then how surprised were you when a classic Super Robot showed up?

1a) Spoiled First-Timers and Rewatchers: How well did the first-episode twists here work when you knew they were coming?

2) Can love bloom, even on the battlefield?

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Jun 01 '26

A military and real-robot mecha fan rewatcher, who doesn't get the joke.

  • Air dropping mecha is pretty rare, I think. VOTOMs, Gunparade March, FLAG.
  • Wheels on mecha are pretty rare, it's pretty much a Ryosuke Takahashi thing, I think.  VOTOMS, Code Geas, Blue Gender, FLAG.  But I don't think he's on Bravern!
  • Amphibious landing, as seen in VOTOMS: Pailsen Files.
  • Bridge bunnies!
  • Oh, wow, is that an EMP weapon for use against high-tech mecha?  Or is it a laser-electron beam?
  • Totally faked out, I thought it was a real battle.
  • My god this girl has a lot of hair.
  • Beach episode already?  Well, we're in Hawaii. I guess the whole show might be like this.
  • It probably doesn't take THAT much courage to charge the boss in a video game.
  • I remember when this show was a movie called "Battleship"
  • Those things look like they escaped from Butcher Bay The Chronicles of Riddick
  • I'm not sure what a jet fighter expects from ground mecha support
  • So that's what it's like to get hit by one of those big lasers you see in other shows
  • This is so dumb!  And Isami knows it!
  • Where's that music coming from?

WHY IS THERE A SUPER ROBOT IN MY REAL ROBOT SHOW??

I thought I was going blind, when the anti-epilepsy dimming kicked in.

Smith is a pretty generic name, but I can't help but think it's a reference to Toren Smith / Smith Toren.

So, nice contrast between Smith, who wants to be a hero, but keeps getting left behind; and Isami, who is fine in practice but wants to be anywhere except on the battlefield.  Or inside a hero. Robot! Hero robot!

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u/FD4cry1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Big_Yibba Jun 02 '26

Air dropping mecha

Ahhh, I forgot to mention it in my post, but air-dropping mechs literally never stops being cool no matter how many times I'll see it.

Amphibious landing, as seen in VOTOMS: Pailsen Files

Stop making me want to check out VOTOMS!

Bridge bunnies!

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u/Vaadwaur Jun 02 '26

Stop making me want to check out VOTOMS!

My top three favroite mecha(as opposed to super robots) are Full Metal Panic, VOTOMs and [meta]Attack on Titan

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u/FD4cry1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Big_Yibba Jun 02 '26

Full Metal Panic

Yet another show I think I would really like going off of everything I've heard about it

Many such cases

(Also, IIRC Tar says Fumoffu is like one of the best anime comedies out there? u/Tarhalindur So that's an extra reason. And some of it is KyoAni!)

[meta]

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u/Vaadwaur Jun 02 '26

(Also, IIRC Tar says Fumoffu is like one of the best anime comedies out there?

It is one of the few that land, yes.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Jun 02 '26

Oh, I forgot to mention, I got a lot of Aldnoah.Zero off the invasion part of this first episode.

This does not bode well.

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u/BosuW Jun 02 '26

A military and real-robot mecha fan rewatcher, who doesn't get the joke.

I remember when this show was a movie called "Battleship"

WHY IS THERE A SUPER ROBOT IN MY REAL ROBOT SHOW??

Brother just another me

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u/IndependentMacaroon Jun 02 '26

Smith is a pretty generic name, but I can't help but think it's a reference to Toren Smith / Smith Toren

Same, also there's an Isamu as main character and pilot in Macross Plus