X-Nebula has fansubbed the first episode of Galaxy Cyclone Braiger, the first of the J9 series. How’s that make me feel?
It’s not without it’s flaws – outside of the OP, the animation here doesn’t compare with the episodes of UY that I’ve talked about recently, even though they were out at the same time.
And the mecha designs are bit too “toyetic” for my tastes.
The writing is very good though. The theme is that of colonising space, with particular focus given to terraforming in the solar system. One big difference to other mecha shows of the era is that the heroes are very pulpy. It definitely feels like the Monkey Punch influence is deeper than the character design in that respect.
Rather than eager or reluctant youths, these heroes are fully formed professionals, the best in their fields. Also, like a lot of early 20th century pulp sci-fi, the leader is a scientist who works outside the law for the betterment of mankind.
It’s not great art, but, if giant robots are your thing, it’s sufficiently different from better known 80s mecha shows to make it worth your time checking out.
