Giant Gorg (1984) - Episodes 4 - 7 (out of 26)
I watched 4 episodes of
Giant Gorg, and although it’s progressing slowly right now, I feel that this show is going to be something special by the end; it has all of the elements of a legendary show.
Episode 4
Writen by: Yumiko Tsukamoto
Storyboards by: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Directed by: Kojika Eikichi
After washing ashore on the
Austral Islands the crew is split up.
Yuu and
Argos (the Dog) on one side of the island where as the
Captain,
Doris and
Dr. Wave end up on the other side, unaware of the whereabouts or wellbeing of one another.
Doris is of course distraught since she likes
Yuu but
Captain as stone cold as ever tells her that worrying will do her no good and that they should eat and head onwards. As they trek through the forest they are ambushed and taken to a secret camp. Turns out that a bunch of locals reside on the island and mistake the crew for
GAIL soldiers, so when
Captain helps them fight off
GAIL soldiers they become more hospitable to their guests.
Meanwhile,
Yuu hearing gunshots on the other-side of the island figures that it must be coming from the rest of the crew and decides to head in that direction. On the way there he is attacked by the same beast that destroyed their boat in the first place. Just as he is about to be attacked however a mecha appears and saves him, wrestling the beast.
Yuu is obviously afraid of the giant lumbering robot however it seems to be docile and curious about
Yuu.
This is the moment that I knew that this show would be something special. The way in which the 'robot' interacts with
Yuu is like a curious animal. I'm getting
Giant Robo and
Evangelion vibes from it as it seems to have a mind of its own and I can only guess that a maternal bond of some kind is at play here.
Episode 5
Writen by: Masaki Tsuji
Storyboards by: Norio Kashima
Directed by: Norio Kashima
Yuu and
Argos continue on top of
Gorg, the giant humanoid but while
Yuu wants to find his friend, the silent
Gorg continues onwards on its path. The locals and the rest of the crew however are confronted on the island by
GAIL soldiers but they successfully fend them off for now. The crew thanks the locals for their hospitality but suggest that they must go on their separate ways to the other side of the island. Two of the locals ask if they could go with them to reclaim their island from
GAIL however the leader of the tribe prevents anybody from leaving, locking them up as it is forbidden in their tribe to go to the other island. Of course they break out with three of the locals and steal a tank and head off for the island.
At the same time,
Gorg heads straight for
GAIL with
Yuu sitting on top of his head. Since it is dangerous,
Yuu demands that
Argos go to the other side of the island by himself in order to find the others.
GAIL tries to capture
Gorg but they’re no match for its strength. The leader of the army however notices a boy on top of
Gorg and makes it his priority to capture the boy alive.
Episode 6
Writen by: Masaki Tsuji
Storyboards by: Mamoru Hamatsu
Directed by: Mamoru Hamatsu
The episode continues where the last one left off, with the army attacking
Gorg and
Yuu however they retreat when they realize that it’d be foolish for them to sustain any more causalities. Both
Yuu and
Gorg continue onwards.
Captain,
Doris,
Dr. Wave and the other three locals continue in their amphibious tank where they encounter the group that that tried to kidnap them earlier. Fending them off isn’t too difficult. While they are out at sea they are reunited with
Argos who then tries to lead them to
Yuu.
In the meantime,
Gorg takes
Yuu into a cave.
Gorg then opens his chest to reveal the cockpit, but what’s inside is pretty creepy and shocks
Yuu. After a little break they continue onwards.
Yuu tries to steer
Gorg away from heading towards
GAIL to no affect. Eventually the crew with the help of
Argos find
Yuu but seeing
Gorg, they assume it to be a baddie and try to shoot at it, however
Gorg saves
Doris from getting hurt by shielding her and thus they realize that
Gorg is on their side.
Another interesting episode, the music is great and like the previous episode
Gorg remains mysterious and strange, with the cockpit being genuinely creepy and will most likely play a pivotal role in the series including the revelation of what
Gorg actually is.
Episode 7
Writen by: Masaki Tsuji
Storyboards by: Kojika Eikichi
Directed by: Kojika Eikichi
The crew reunited rest on the tank as they follow
Gorg’s lead as it heads towards
GAIL.
Yuu tries to communicate with
Gorg in order to tell it to go into a different direction to little success. Both
Yuu and
Doris have some catching up, but where
Doris is obviously in love with him, telling him that she was worried about him he just stares blanking towards
Gorg, infatuated by it.
Gorg is attacked head on with a barrage of missiles to no affect however when a bullet grazes
Yuu’s arm,
Gorg goes berserk.
Yuu falls down a hatch and lands in the cockpit of
Gorg, afraid and scared at first he regains composure and has a better time communicating with
Gorg from within the cockpit. After a direct hit, both
Gorg and the Tank fall into a ditch. Everyone is fine, but they are vulnerable to the oncoming cavalry of tanks and soldiers.
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I’m liking the show a lot so far, the premise is interesting and I’m genuinely curious in regards to how the story will progress and conclude.
