Just finished Dancouga, I gotta say. It was truely a spectacle. But at what cost?
Dancouga is nothing more than a saturday morning cartoon for teenagers. But here's the kicker. It has a story some good music and animation.
STORY- One of Dancouga forces besties, your very best american soldier got abducted by evil terrifying humanoid aliens and now must wage war on earth. Now a group of soldiers must come together in their giant robot and defeat the evil Aliens on a big epic adventure. Don't expect to be intellectually stimulated. This is the same anime you saw before.
CHARACTERS Dancouga has a group of self motivated hot headed young characters who are all gonna kill. You will feel sad at time for them. Shapiro Keets- Sara's boyfriend who gone bad and give info on to destroy Shinobou Fujiwara- Leader of Dancouga. Already this 18 year old BOY is leading Dancouga squad. Why? What kind of prodigy is he? It makes me mad. Masato Shikibu- Comedic relief. Completely inept. Ryo Shiba- Tall buff Kung Fu fighter. Helmut is completely terriyfying. He never blinks and laughs like a mad man. Death Gaia- an evil henchman
There are other characters I care not to get into.
I feel the real character of the whole show is Dancouga itself. ANIMATION Animation in dancouga is really good. For everything is fluid! Almost. Could it be recycled animation? Perhaps but it still looks great. It has a strong 80's anime style with big as all hell heads and big angular eyes. Similar to Akira Toryama but not. This is animated by Thundercats staff so basically that. It all has that Thundercats feeling. Lots of angular highlights and shading. Backdrops range from dirty to dry.
SOUND OH YEAH OH YEAH, boy does Dancouga have an OST. Tons of 80's hair metal. This entire point of this was to sell a cassette tape and a toy.
OVERALL Dancouga is for people who don't like anime. It's very much not full of itself. Easy to chow down. Do not expect any character development. I only know this anime cause I played Super Robot Wars. If you have nostalgia of Vultron please consume. Or otherwise watch something educational.
Dancouga is nothing more than a saturday morning cartoon for teenagers. But here's the kicker. It has a story some good music and animation.
STORY- One of Dancouga forces besties, your very best american soldier got abducted by evil terrifying humanoid aliens and now must wage war on earth. Now a group of soldiers must come together in their giant robot and defeat the evil Aliens on a big epic adventure. Don't expect to be intellectually stimulated. This is the same anime you saw before.
CHARACTERS Dancouga has a group of self motivated hot headed young characters who are all gonna kill. You will feel sad at time for them. Shapiro Keets- Sara's boyfriend who gone bad and give info on to destroy Shinobou Fujiwara- Leader of Dancouga. Already this 18 year old BOY is leading Dancouga squad. Why? What kind of prodigy is he? It makes me mad. Masato Shikibu- Comedic relief. Completely inept. Ryo Shiba- Tall buff Kung Fu fighter. Helmut is completely terriyfying. He never blinks and laughs like a mad man. Death Gaia- an evil henchman
There are other characters I care not to get into.
I feel the real character of the whole show is Dancouga itself. ANIMATION Animation in dancouga is really good. For everything is fluid! Almost. Could it be recycled animation? Perhaps but it still looks great. It has a strong 80's anime style with big as all hell heads and big angular eyes. Similar to Akira Toryama but not. This is animated by Thundercats staff so basically that. It all has that Thundercats feeling. Lots of angular highlights and shading. Backdrops range from dirty to dry.
SOUND OH YEAH OH YEAH, boy does Dancouga have an OST. Tons of 80's hair metal. This entire point of this was to sell a cassette tape and a toy.
OVERALL Dancouga is for people who don't like anime. It's very much not full of itself. Easy to chow down. Do not expect any character development. I only know this anime cause I played Super Robot Wars. If you have nostalgia of Vultron please consume. Or otherwise watch something educational.
