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Post by ninjahandz on Sept 2, 2021 7:58:21 GMT -5
I still remember back in the year 2000, a young me walked into my local Gamestop and saw on a tv this giant white mecha with a golden drill for arm superman punch an old man, a human! who repeled the attack by holding the drill with his barehand right before tentacles exploded out of him and tossed the mecha in the air. The mecha then exploded into 3 ships and rejoined to form a DIFFERENT mecha with organic looking bat wings!!! What the hell was I watching? I couldn’t even blink. All I knew right then and there is that I loved that thing! That’s how my obssesion with Shin Getter started and when I watch him on screen 21 years later, I still get that awe feeling I felt back then. Then I meet Black Getter… OMG!!!
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Post by mpchi on Sept 3, 2021 13:58:51 GMT -5
I still remember back in the year 2000, a young me walked into my local Gamestop and saw on a tv this giant white mecha with a golden drill for arm superman punch an old man, a human! who repeled the attack by holding the drill with his barehand right before tentacles exploded out of him and tossed the mecha in the air. The mecha then exploded into 3 ships and rejoined to form a DIFFERENT mecha with organic looking bat wings!!! What the hell was I watching? I couldn’t even blink. All I knew right then and there is that I loved that thing! That’s how my obssesion with Shin Getter started and when I watch him on screen 21 years later, I still get that awe feeling I felt back then. Then I meet Black Getter… OMG!!! Shin Getter Armageddon is indeed a special show with a lot of creative minds came together to renew/reboot the old franchise. Getter had never been that mysterious and gritty before, with Invader enemies that you would expect more from a horror film instead of the generic kaiju/bot monsters of the week. While I have issues with it now watching it many years later (inconsistent low animation quality on a few of the middle episodes 5,6,8, & 9, and a few odd plot conveniences, like how Cowan & Stinger just easily created invader planets with a simple Getter core while everybody can fly through far far galaxy in mins like its nothing ), it is definitely one of the most influential for me personally. Good old days when I drove to Japantown once every few months to pickup my expensive subscription of the Japanese Laserdisc releases of Shin Getter, and need a friend to dub it onto VHS tapes just to watch. And it is very obvious how influential it is to a lot of people too, just look at how many Shin Getter toys we got through the years. With that said, part of me wanted Getter Arc to be of similar quality at least. But being a very budgeted TV show with the art style they adapted, its not gonna happen.
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Post by S_Gokin on Sept 4, 2021 9:58:05 GMT -5
The original author, Ken Ishikawa, died before finishing the manga so we have no one knows how it would have ended, but the producers consulted Go Nagai to help them give one to the anime.
yes i know, i think Go Nagai will give it a decent ending, Shin Getter Armageddon ending was good not wow not bad just good
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Post by Magmatron on Sept 4, 2021 14:36:30 GMT -5
yes i know, i think Go Nagai will give it a decent ending, Shin Getter Armageddon ending was good not wow not bad just good
After familiarizing myself with Getter I didn't like the ending of Armageddon a much anymore since it's relatively upbeat and doesn't delve into the core ideas of Getter, despite being darker than any other Getter animation.
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Post by S_Gokin on Sept 4, 2021 14:58:05 GMT -5
After familiarizing myself with Getter I didn't like the ending of Armageddon a much anymore since it's relatively upbeat and doesn't delve into the core ideas of Getter, despite being darker than any other Getter animation.
yea Armageddon felt like it was made by DC LOL, it was very dark and the ending was more like a beginning
for me give anything mecha for our classic heroes and i will be happy to watch
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Post by rodimus1138 on Sept 5, 2021 4:00:59 GMT -5
I don't think any of the getter adaptations properly cover the comic horror aspect of the getter from the manga.
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Post by Magmatron on Sept 5, 2021 10:52:54 GMT -5
I don't think any of the getter adaptations properly cover the comic horror aspect of the getter from the manga. New Getter Robo dealt with the potential ramifications of Getter energy, and Neo Getter touched on it a little as well.
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Post by S_Gokin on Sept 5, 2021 16:39:08 GMT -5
I don't think any of the getter adaptations properly cover the comic horror aspect of the getter from the manga.
i agree with you, the manga is very brutal, same with with Marvel and DC comics
in general the Manga have much more gore than the anime
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Post by rodimus1138 on Sept 6, 2021 12:10:46 GMT -5
I don't think any of the getter adaptations properly cover the comic horror aspect of the getter from the manga. New Getter Robo dealt with the potential ramifications of Getter energy, and Neo Getter touched on it a little as well. True. But neither touch on the same end goal as the manga or arc. With the getter ultimately ending up the enemy of the entire universe with a goal only of expansion and the good guys are the bad guys for trying to survive. After reading the manga, even though I still love the getter animes and ovas, but none of them hit the mark just right except for arc, and arc has the downsides of budget and no manga based Shin or Go adaptations.
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Post by mpchi on Sept 6, 2021 12:18:32 GMT -5
New Getter Robo dealt with the potential ramifications of Getter energy, and Neo Getter touched on it a little as well. True. But neither touch on the same end goal as the manga or arc. With the getter ultimately ending up the enemy of the entire universe with a goal only of expansion and the good guys are the bad guys for trying to survive. After reading the manga, even though I still love the getter animes and ovas, but none of them hit the mark just right except for arc, and arc has the downsides of budget and no manga based Shin or Go adaptations. It sounds like we need an anime that truly adapts the story of Getter Go & Shin Getter manga, condense it a little and fit it into a 13 episode OVA series, with the look and feel of Armageddon with high quality animation. That would be one hell of a ride, and a good 'end' for the Getter anime franchise. I can only wish...
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Post by rodimus1138 on Sept 7, 2021 14:12:14 GMT -5
True. But neither touch on the same end goal as the manga or arc. With the getter ultimately ending up the enemy of the entire universe with a goal only of expansion and the good guys are the bad guys for trying to survive. After reading the manga, even though I still love the getter animes and ovas, but none of them hit the mark just right except for arc, and arc has the downsides of budget and no manga based Shin or Go adaptations. It sounds like we need an anime that truly adapts the story of Getter Go & Shin Getter manga, condense it a little and fit it into a 13 episode OVA series, with the look and feel of Armageddon with high quality animation. That would be one hell of a ride, and a good 'end' for the Getter anime franchise. I can only wish... One can wish, but knowing how things go, arc will probably end on the same cliffhanger as the manga and go down as another shin mazinger chain yank while the executives call it a financial failure and another forgettable waifu anime gets greenlit over any possible sequel.
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Post by tiffermore on Nov 27, 2021 6:39:54 GMT -5
Anybody still interested in this thing? It's not my cup of tea. But I haven't read the manga or seen the anime. Maybe it's different if you see it in action.
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Post by greengetterguy on Nov 28, 2021 5:22:30 GMT -5
Those knees are hard to resist
But seriously, Arc is the most evil looking Getter Ive EVER seen...."It's POSSESED!!"
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Post by tiffermore on Nov 28, 2021 7:34:16 GMT -5
Those knees are hard to resist But seriously, Arc is the most evil looking Getter Ive EVER seen...."It's POSSESED!!"
Oooh, those clicky knees ARE nice. In fact, it looks like a well engineered toy all around. Both solid and poseable. Almost makes me wish I dug the design more.
Doesn't look evil to me, though. Between the head sculpt and the long fingernails, it kinda reminds me of a goth kid dressing up like a vampire. Like there's an impressive Getter under there, but it's trying too hard to be something it's not. But then, I've not seen it in action. I'd probably feel differently if I had. Is the new anime worth checking out?
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Post by Magmatron on Nov 28, 2021 8:36:49 GMT -5
Oooh, those clicky knees ARE nice. In fact, it looks like a well engineered toy all around. Both solid and poseable. Almost makes me wish I dug the design more.
Doesn't look evil to me, though. Between the head sculpt and the long fingernails, it kinda reminds me of a goth kid dressing up like a vampire. Like there's an impressive Getter under there, but it's trying too hard to be something it's not. But then, I've not seen it in action. I'd probably feel differently if I had. Is the new anime worth checking out?
Considering the shoestring budget they were given and the fact that they made a story that never really got a conclusion in the Manga I think they did fine. It's only 13 episodes so it won't take long to finish.
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Post by tiffermore on Nov 28, 2021 10:21:36 GMT -5
Considering the shoestring budget they were given and the fact that they made a story that never really got a conclusion in the Manga I think they did fine. It's only 13 episodes so it won't take long to finish. Thanks. In that case, I'll give it a go.
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Post by S_Gokin on Nov 28, 2021 11:03:20 GMT -5
Those knees are hard to resist But seriously, Arc is the most evil looking Getter Ive EVER seen...."It's POSSESED!!"
i dont like it, i thought the anime will make me reconsider getting it but putting black Shin Getter 1 in the show did more harm than good to Arc lol
it doesn't looks that good either, its more like the love child between Getter Queen and Devil Man
i dont think any Getter would reach the level of the Black Getter
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Post by greengetterguy on Nov 28, 2021 13:53:23 GMT -5
Ill have to wait on it.
Im spent for this year.
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Post by beastofpossibility on Nov 28, 2021 23:46:38 GMT -5
Mine has shipped. Super excited. I'm relatively new to Getter Robo but I've read the manga and now I'm hooked.
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Post by bocasas on Nov 29, 2021 4:53:27 GMT -5
I like it. HlJ already charged me, and mine is awaiting at my private warehouse. I really dig it even when I don't know the source material and its a nice design to add to the getter family. This one tends to be a more organic take on the getter stuff (I still want a Neo getter and a Black getter, also it would be great to have a getter rekka to mix with all those boys).
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