Grendizer U

Grendizer U is the first TV anime based on the Mazinger franchise in 15 years, the first anime adaptation of the UFO Robo Grendizer series in nearly 50 years, and a collaboration between staff members that worked on mecha classics like Gundam SEED, Code Geass and Evangelion… and it’s not good. I really wanted to like…

Guess I'm finally actually using this like my Letterboxd and Backloggd since I'm not waiting for anime to get added to the former. Anyways, show is loads of fun, but it really suffers from the unfortunate issue of being a mecha anime made when it's impossible to get even slice of life shit to hit 24 episodes.…

I loved the original Grendizer anime back when it came to America in the early 80s. It was the best of all of the giant robot anime, with characters that developed (at least a little) and female characters who weren't just damsels in distress all the time, and a story line that actually had a beginning, middle and an…