Giant Robo: The Animation (1992) on Netflix
NR19925h 37mActionAnimationDrama
In 2039, the Shizuma Drive powers everything. The BF Group finds a way to shut every Drive down. Twelve-year-old Daisaku Kusama alone can pilot Giant Robo against them.
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The Shizuma Drive, a clean and endlessly recyclable energy source, supplies power across land, sea and air in the year 2039. Ten years earlier, the scientists who developed it under Professor Shizuma came close to destroying the world, and one of them, Franken von Vogler, disappeared in the catastrophe remembered as the Tragedy of Bashtarle. The BF Group, a secret society working for world domination, is now trying to repeat that event, and von Vogler has resurfaced to help. The International Police Organization learns of the plan. Against Big Fire's superhuman operatives it sends its Experts of Justice, agents holding special jurisdiction, and among them is twelve-year-old Daisaku Kusama, the only person able to control Giant Robo, the colossal machine built by his father.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Giant Robo: The Animation (1992)
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- Screenwriter Eiichi Matsuyama died midway through production of the first episode of Giant Robo, and his name was combined with those of the writers who took over to form the on-screen credit "Hidekazu Matsuyama".
- Giant Robo was intended to finish within 36 months, but the seven-volume series was ultimately released over the span of six years.
- To alleviate the dwindling budget for the main series, a spin-off OVA about the character Gin Rei was made to be lightweight but profitable, yet costs exceeded expectations and it made almost no profit.
- Budget overruns left Giant Robo stagnant for about three years until Masayuki Miyashita, who had moved from Nippon Columbia to Amuse Video, approached Yamaki while he was working on Urotsukidōji, and the project was revived.
- Told he could not use any supporting characters from the manga or live-action versions, Imagawa, with Yokoyama's permission, filled the series with characters from the artist's entire canon, including Akakage, Babel II and Godmars.
- Producer Yasuhito Yamaki began planning Giant Robo after his Final Yamato spin-off, Dessler's War, was shelved, since he had already invited many staff members and felt it would be a waste to do nothing.
- Giant Robo is credited with generating interest in re-imagining other artists' works, including Osamu Tezuka and Go Nagai, and with creating a "retro" style that was later used in productions like Sakura Wars.
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