#hades project zeorymer

[arcadebroke]

[laurarolla]

SRW Y Wishlist Part 2

Some more series I'd love to see in Super Robot Wars Y. Trying to avoid things that have already been in the official english translated games (VXT and 30), but there a few exceptions/tangential series. Onward to the next set:

UFO Grendizer/Grendizer U (TV Series): Here's the Mazinger inclusion we kinda need at this point. Grandizer (which is apparently spelled Grendizer with an E, not really sure about that choice but okay) is the third Mazinger series from the 70's, and has had a strange resurgence in presence in the last couple years, with both the new Grendizer U anime and a current generation video game based on the original 70s series. Really don't get it myself but I'm happy to see it. Grendizer on the surface sounds like possibly the most interesting of the original Mazinger trilogy of series, but has lost a lot of prominence with the appearance of things like Mazinkaiser and Shin Mazinger. I think this is one we need to see again, and clearly someone with some actual influence seems to agree with me on that point.

Hades Project Zeorymer (OVA): A high quality 80's OVA loosely based on a short manga series definitely aimed at adult audiences, Zeorymer also has a strange bit of current day attention being brought to it as an upcoming DLC unit in the recently released Iron Saga VS fighting game. As a beautifully animated dark sci-fi mecha series, Zeorymer always kinda feels unfinished, but the OVA did a good job making that ambiguity part of the appeal. Zeorymer has been one of the legendary powerhouse mechs in other SRW games, primarily SRW J, where the manga based Great Zeorymer first showed up, but it would be nice to see the original again. Heck, I'd be interested in seeing the other Hakkeshu mechs being playable.

Zoids New Century Zero (TV Series): Honestly, any Zoids series would be a fantastic inclusion, as the franchise really doesn't get as much attention as it deserves. Zoids keeps chugging along in the background of toy and model franchises, continuing to have new releases even today, but their anime heyday was in the early 2000s, when New Century Zero and Chaotic Century/Guardian Force were internationally known thanks to Toonami. Also, mecha animals are awesome and I'd love a modular Liger to use as a regular member of my squad. I chose New Century Zero because I don't think it's ever had proper story inclusion in the SRW series.

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (TV Series): Available to stream free on Tubi just like Gundam X, but I don't know how much I can recommend this one. AGE is a facinating story about the experiences and motivations of three generations of pilots for the AGE series of Gundams, originally developed by Flit Asuno and later inherited by his son and grandson. For the first three arcs, AGE weaves a story about the dangers of allowing personal trauma to disconnect you from empathy, with each generation growing in terms of personal motivations reflecting how they deal with their own pain and difficulties. It's kinda bad in regards to the treatment of women in the show (who rarely get to be dynamic and interesting characters), but the real failure comes with the fourth arc, where the show completely drops the ball on its message by failing to commit to the character paths they clearly set up throughout the series. But hey, SRW has improved interesting but flawed shows before (Cross Ange and Unicorn being good examples), so maybe there's some magic they can work with AGE, too.

Bang Brave Bang Bravern (TV Series): Super robot anime, modern successor the Brave franchise from the 90s, and plenty of homoeroticism. I kinda don't need to go any further than that.

Lord of Lords Ryu Knight (TV Series): Don't be fooled by the cutesy designs. Taking place in a fantasy world, the series tells the story of a group of pilots who have inherited the Ryu mechs. These machines are the key to facing an oncoming threat from beyond the planet, but in the time since they were last needed, their power has somewhat faded. A cast of RPG style characters in RPG style machines (which each have official classes based on those games) makes for a fun fantasy experience that is just serious enough for its own good.

Rayearth (OVA): I'll be honest, I'm not the biggest fan of this story in comparison to the original version, but that largely has to do with their character assassination of Eagle Vision. Everything else in here is fantastic, from character and mechanical designs to the re-imagined story about the importance of accepting the shifting and transient nature of life and relationships. Seriously, just replace Eagle with Debonair and you have a short version of Rayearth that can stand alongside its more famous sisters. If nothing else, the OVA designs could be a really cool mid-season upgrade for the original trio of machines.

And that's part two. One more part coming tomorrow. ^_^

[soulspark]

[romdocitizen]

hades project zeorymer "project II: misgivings" (1989, aic & artmic) dir. toshihiro hirano

[selketshaula]

Hades Project Zeorymer by Junichi Nakamura (JUN)

[wanderersrest]

Filling in the Blanks of An Abbreviated History of Mecha

As I worked on An Abbreviated History, it dawned on me that using a broad definition of mecha makes this a rather intense project. The more I went on, the more I thought "What about Gaiking/Hades Project Zeorymer/Gravion/Genesis of Aquarion," or "Maybe I should list Dragon Ball as an honorary mecha show," or "Would Dragon Ball technically BE a mecha show," or "Should I have mentioned Panzer World Galient?" You get the idea. It's also not helped by the fact that I have not watched most of these shows, so the most I can give of a description is, at best, superficial.

My problem is that if I had kept on second-guessing myself, I'd never finish this series. So this post's purpose is twofold:

To kick off a more long-term project that will fill in the many, many, many gaps in An Abbreviated History of Mecha.

To bring to light and to give you, dear reader, an idea of just how expansive mecha is.

So here's a, once again, incomplete list of mecha that was not covered in the original An Abbreviated History of Mecha series:

Gaiking

Kotetsu Jeeg/Steel Jeeg

Danguard Ace

Super Beast Machine King Dancouga

Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh/Matchless Raijin-Oh

Robot Jox

Heavy Gear

Genesis of Aquarion

Gotcha Force

Dragon Ball

gen:Lock (begrudgingly)

Giant Gorg

Armor Hunter Mellowlink

Gravion

Vandread

Ex-Arm (also begrudgingly, although given more time to think, I don't know if Ex-Arm actually counts anymore)

Hades Project Zeorymer

Megazone 23

Break Blade (originally was a part of Part 6 but was cut since, moreso than most shows, I didn't really have much to say about it)

Planet With

Granblem

Majestic Prince

Heavy Object

Obsolete

Gasaraki

Genocyber

Blue Gender

Flag

Knights of Sidonia

Porco Rosso

Howl's Moving Castle (the Ghibli Film, not the books, although if you squint I think you could count House of Many Ways)

The Wind Rises

Gintama (Tama out here carrying this stupid-ass series by herself)

Shogun Warriors (special thanks to Owlsounds for pointing this one out)

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Waters

The Princess and the Pilot

Medarot/Medabots

Zoids

Red Giant

Tryder G7

The Spider-Man Tokusatsu series

Iron Man

Rah'Xephon

Knights and Magic

Fafner of the Azure

Cross Ange

Robotics;Notes

And many, many, many more. If I missed any series on here that you think should have been mentioned here that was also missing in the original An Abbreviated History of Mecha, please let me know.

[fantasyinvader]

There are characters I do like that can pull off the “greater good” angle.

Shu from Super Robot Wars basically acted as a complete bastard so that the evil god he was linked to wouldn't be aware of what he was doing, but he was preparing the heroes for greater threats and his death was part of that. It allowed Shu to be revived, albeit without his memories but his plan kept that in mind as he planned to regain them, and because he had died the evil god was no longer connected to him. He was then able to take the power of that god, use it to improve his personal mecha the Granzon into the Neo Granzon, and kill that god so that he could finally be free. And from there, he becomes more of an ally to the heroes against those threats he was preparing them for.

His mech also plays homage to Hades Project Zeorymer, and his battle theme kicks ass.

[littleeyesofpallas]

Meiou Keikaku ZEORYMER Ω[冥王計画ゼオライマーΩ]: Hades Project ZEORYMER Ω

[a-shrieking-cloud-of-bats]

a fun fact is that in super robot wars J there is a secret unit for Hades Project Zeorymer; it is the most busted unit in the game if not the franchise and it is technically not canon to the source material but I believe it is implied

essentially you are fufilling the goal of the villain in zeorymer to power up zeorymer into Apocalypse Robot

zeorymer a very odd pick for the series and it was a complaint I heard a lot

why is the devil robot here and buddying up with everyone

at any rate J is fan translated and has a fun cast honestly I reccomend it

good originals too

lotta like “one time appearences” in that game

[soulspark]

[romdocitizen]

hades project zeorymer "project III: disillusionment" (1989, aic & artmic) dir. toshihiro hirano

[coolmoviemanmike]

I'm watching Hades Project Zeorymer 1x01 "Separation"

[yoyoyopt]

[selketshaula]

Art by Matayoshi (Nopple 1000)

[shin-hero-buster]

finally watched Hades Project Zeorymer. it was really good!

but uh, why did Masaki create and then betray Tekkoryu and get himself killed when he could’ve just... built Zeorymer? his goal was to turn Earth into his own personal underworld to rule over, and Zeorymer alone would’ve been enough to do that, so why did he literally create enemies for himself?