Giant Gorg (1984) - Episodes 1 - 3 (out of 26) (First Impressions)
I just watched the first three episodes of
Giant Gorg. For the uninitiated,
Giant Gorg is a
26 episode anime series released back in
1984 and was directed by
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and produced by
Sunrise. The director’s works include directing
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin,
Kaze to Ki no Uta Sanctus and
Crusher Joe: The Movie among a few others like
Venus Wars.
Yasuhiko is also known for his fantastic character designs, most notably for
Mobile Suit Gundam,
Gundam Unicorn,
Zeta Gundam and
Yuusha Raideen. As such it is clear what cloth
Gorg is cut from.
Only having watched three episodes its early days however I'm thoroughly enjoying my time thus far with this show. I'd say that it definitely moves at a fast pace. The show itself is a mecha series however not much of anything in the way of mechanical has been spotted yet outside of the OP and ED however the mechanical designs themselves are by the legendary
Mamoru Nagano of
Five Star Stories fame. As mentioned earlier, I'm very...well early in the series but I already love what I both see and hear. Speaking of hearing, the music is composed by
Mitsuo Hagita (
Record of Lodoss War) and I like it a lot.
The series itself follows a 13 year old boy (as most mecha anime series do) called
Yuu, the son of a respected scientist who died in an accident. I assume that this sounds familiar if you've watched any mecha anime. What I didn't expect is that the show starts off in New York, with
Yuu looking for a man that his father instructed him to visit. He finds the man, who's living with his sister in a dingy apartment. Introductions are cut short as their house is bulldozed and they're chased by a bunch of people whom are trying to kill them.
Yuu's father, and his apprentice, the man
Yuu has found (named
Dr. Wave) have been researching a place called the
Austral Islands and apparently a big corporation doesn't like people moseying about. Dr. Wave knows a man who they simply call
Captain who is tough and ruthless.
Dr. Wave requests the help of
Captain in order to get to the island but of course on the way they encounter people, dangerous people who don't want them getting any further. These people have eyes and ears everywhere and so the journey there is tumultuous. One of the leaders of the bad guys is pretty cute tho.
The show itself is comedic and but also doesn't shy away from having characters die, even 3 episodes in with blood and such.
Also, I thought that it might be worth mentioning that the
OP for Giant Gorg is awesome while the ED is equally awesome. What's more awesome, the name of the ED is
Believe in Me, Believe in You.
In any case, I look forward to watching more Gorg. With a nice soundtrack, fun characters with attractive designs and great animation (the show itself starts off live action!) I'm having a lot of fun. I'll watch more episodes, same Gorg time, same Gorg channel.
