Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

Yes, Toei did the Fleet of Doom animation! What was either surprising (or not) was that Golion and Dairugger XV are both separate shows. The Earth was destroyed in Year 1999 in  Golion's setting. Dairugger XV has the Earth in the Year 2200 A.D. When adaptations happen -- there's a trope called Related in the Adaptation. My only guess is that American adaptations put several unrelated shows together for the adaptation -- due to cultural difference. Power Rangers put several unrelated shows or self-contained shows in their own expanding universe. I won't devote myself to writing Dairugger XV episode reviews. The show has TOO MANY characters to write about. What was Toei thinking in putting 15 characters in one Anime? It's probably no wonder why children didn't like it! Pidge's story is that he's from Planet Balto. However, that planet that blew up in Golion was actually EARTH! Yes, Lion Voltron episode 20 used footage from where the Earth blew up! None of that...

I watched Lion Voltron and Vehicle Voltron . I didn't like Vehicle Voltron -- I only watched it as a form of escapism. It's obvious that both Hyajakuu Golion and Dairugger XV have DIFFERENT plots and weren't meant to be connected. However, World Events Productions (WEP) decided to do that mish-mashing with the two shows and we have two Voltron entries. Dairugger XV came a year after Golion premiered. It was a different environment. That means the Galaxy Garrison was only from Dairugger XV . The year was 2200 A.D. and the plot is related to the endless sea of the Galaxy. I actually like some shows that weren't a hit during their time. Take Kamen Rider BLACK RX which had low ratings. B-Fighter Kabuto may be better than the Beetleborgs duology BUT it's still messy. I enjoyed both shows but they didn't do well during their time. Dairugger XV is another show that was too ambitious for its own good. What was interesting was that Dairugger XV was five years after Chode...

Most Super Robot Anime shows are self-contained -- unless specified. It's known that Mazinger Z had a Trilogy. However, the Nagao Tagahama's Romance Robot Trilogy, w hich are Combattler V , Voltes V , and Daimos ,   are most likely self-contained, series-wise. The American production shows tend to get the Japanese license then combine several unrelated shows into one localized remake.  Vehicle Voltron's first episode came out on October 19, 1984. Dairugger XV came out in 1982. The two shows were completely unrelated. The idea was done by World Events Productions (WEP) before Harmony Gold did the same thing in making Robotech (which I'm super oblivious to) and Saban Entertainment with Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers .  Dairugger XV became the last of the Super  Robot Anime series by Toei. What do you expect when Super Sentai started making Megazords sell better? However, I blame Dairugger XV's overly serious and mature tone as to why it didn't click with childr...

Lion Voltron was known to have extended to 20 more episodes -- followed by that awful 3D cartoon Voltron: The Third Dimension . Back then, a lot of stuff were kept trimmed away from Lion Voltron . I decided to lump up the last five episodes for this reason -- similar to how Voltes V created a movie based on the last five episodes. Yes, there are some spoilers and I'll hit on the RANDOM REVELATION that showed up as well. Who could remember the toned-down dialogue of Lion Voltron ? The arc maintains that Saint (Garrett in Lion Voltron ) was a saboteur. Here, it's revealed that Raible's son is not in "some other dimension". Instead, some tribal chief reveal that both of them DIED during the Galra attack. Hysteria wasn't hit by some stun gun. Instead, Hysteria really DIED when Saint shot him. Saint was created by Honerva as an evil clone of the real son, the late Roland. The scene almost looks like what if Okane from Daimos died defending Professor Ryuuzaki. Hyste...

  Episode 41 The mysterious figure is Ryo Shirogane -- Takashi's brother. Takashi is shocked to learn that his brother has died. They were probably separated at some point when Takashi escaped with the others. Takashi's died at the hands of Honerva. Ryo recalls the vision he had from Takashi -- which helped confirm Shirogane's death to him. A deleted scene is the Golion team visiting Takashi's grave. That scene was deleted for obvious reasons. Ryo's footage was used for Sven. However, Takashi and Ryo are two different persons from the source material. Interestingly, Power Rangers Zeo turned one person into two separate persons -- that was Kaiser Buldont into Gasket and Sprocket. A strange way to deal with source material adaptations huh?  Amue's escape gets Sincline ticked off. It's amazing to know how the firing squad failed to kill Amue. Amue has a pretty strong PLOT ARMOR on her. Amue helps some slaves escape but it FAILS. Sincline uses the new Mecha Beas...

Episodes 39-40 Golion wasn't exactly well-received but why did it get past Voltes V's 40 episodes? Even the lower-ranked Dairugger XV went past 40 episodes! It's safe to assume that Voltes V couldn't get past Combattler V's shadow. If one must check the year 1981 -- a lot of things have been going on for Toei. For instance, it was the year of Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan and trying to wrap-up that failed Kamen Rider Super-1 . I'm amazed that Golion still got past 40 episodes despite its lack of popularity. Sure, it's Vindicated by History but not as much as other less-appreciated Super Sentai entries! I mean, the Super Robot Anime got unplugged by Toei because Megazords sold better!  This episode brings up the LONG ABSENT AMUE. What was Sincline doing to her anyway? We don't even see Amue forced to dance at some of Sincline's sick parties. Sincline uses her as a sex slave but that's even too brutal for Golion . This episode has Galra plan to use the S...

I could care less about unattractive actresses. I've watched some K-Drama where the leading lady was anything but pretty. For example, I don't find Shin Hye Sun pretty but she's LOVEABLE. However, the more I watched Rachel Zegler's interviews -- the more I'd say, "The problem isn't her face -- it's her ATTITUDE!" I could handle someone who looks like Rachel IF the woman doesn't have that woke attitude! As I watched the trailer -- what happened to Snow White ahem Snow Woke? Just looking at Snow Woke forcing the dwarves to do work for her -- is CRINGY. Since when did a woman doing domestic work become degrading and she must force men to do it? There's nothing wrong with men doing domestic work either. Domestic work is done by both men and women. Snow Woke's "Whistle While You Work" is absolutely CRINGY.  It's going to get more hilarious from there huh?