This will probably get yanked but I figure you people have always been my best source when trying to discover SciFi so I will beat you over the head with it for a while. This is very broad so don't flip out. I either need a link to a knowledgable japanese animation nut or a good forum. I grew up in the 80s so you could consider me part of the transformer generation. I am looking for two Japanese animated movies, I think japanese, one where the hero puts a star to his head and mutates into superhuman something, and the other, more difficult because I vaguely remember it has a hero who escaped from somewhere with a giant robot that he uses to protect earth from other huge evil robots. Any thoughts?
Bear
Posted by Thoughtchopper (Member # 480) on :
quote: more difficult because I vaguely remember it has a hero who escaped from somewhere with a giant robot that he uses to protect earth from other huge evil robots.
Was the hero a kid or an adult? That would narrow it down considerably...
I'm passing the question on to my friend, though...he's got over eight hundred anime videos, so he might know...
Posted by bear (Member # 124) on :
Between the ages of fifteen and twenty...I know he stole the robot and that he was very dark and brooding. He wasn't very old...One scene has him battling another robot that turns into a giant top saucer ship with a razors perimeter. As for what the hero does when he is not fighting...I want to say he was working on a farm or something.
Posted by Thoughtchopper (Member # 480) on :
Okay...my friend says that describes roughly a million animes...he's unfortunately clueless on the one with the star on his head too. Sorry.
You might want to send an e-mail to one of the American anime companies that distribute this stuff. They've helped my friend find stuff before via e-mail...
(the title that popped into his head first was Mobile Suit Gundam because it's so popular, but I don't know. I don't watch Animes that much, unless they deal with Ninjas. Ninjas are the cure for any problem.)
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
And "Mobile Suit Gundam" encompasses at least 10 animes anyway...
Was it in English? That might also help.
Posted by bear (Member # 124) on :
I don't think it Mobile Suit Gundam...it was a long shot...I'm not in a hurry to figure it out... I really appreciate your help.
Bear
Posted by EMH Mk.2 (Member # 860) on :
quote:I am looking for two Japanese animated movies, I think japanese, one where the hero puts a star to his head and mutates into superhuman something, and the other, more difficult because I vaguely remember it has a hero who escaped from somewhere with a giant robot that he uses to protect earth from other huge evil robots. Any thoughts?
I believe the second one is named UFO Robot Grendizer. Your guess is as good as mine on the first one.