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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Katsushi Sakurabi, Fumihiko Takayama, Rod Boaz |
| MANUFACTURER: | Media Blasters, Inc |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Animated, Color |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 631595040425 |
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Customer Reviews of Gunparade March - Operation 1
Does not live up to the genre I'm not sure how it became stylish to make fun on giant robots in anime but it has. I'm not sure how `Gun Parade March' rose to be considered above this genre but it did. <
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>The giant robot genre is still one of interest, because like WWII movies there are always new versions of an old story. Here our giant robot hero pilots are Japanese teenagers conscripted to defend the earth from giant robot invaders. `Gun Parade March' equips itself with all the right tools, giant robots, alien invaders, teenagers, a boarding school. Like other hit anime of the genre like `Full Metal Panic' and `Gundam Wing' this formula should have worked. But it doesn't. <
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>Unfortunately, `Gun Parade March' does not offer us a single interesting character, compelling situations or exciting battles. It is devoid of the most basic elements which make a story interesting. We don't care about the characters, so we cannot care about their battles. Even the fight scenes are boring. <
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>With all the other great anime coming out right now in the giant robot genre and others, give `Gun Parade March' a pass. <
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This one proves that Japan loves classic American SF
Without giving much away, imagine the American film Starship Troopers, but this time with younger (16) soldiers. Then set it in Japan, adding in a previous alien invasion/war in 1945. Add mechs. Stir well. There you have it.
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>Very well executed, if you forgive the borrowing from Heinlein, as I do. The only thing that suffers is the fact that this is "just" an intro/setup for the whole story.
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>The best part is characterization. These young soldiers act realistically and don't come off as either stereotypical whiny teens or hard-boiled, emotionless vets.
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>If you want to see a really good translation of mediocre American film based on classic SF, this is the one to get.
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>Now, if there was a way to do Stranger in a Strange Land...
Pretty good
After hearing this was simuliar to Full Metal Panic!, I decided to check it out. I was expecting the usually plot.. Teenage kid who is afraid of the enemy learns that he or she has special abilities to save the world.. However, this is not the case. Sure there is a ton of simularities to this and FMP.. but this anime has enough differences to stick out. Instead of just one main character there seems to be several pilots it centers around. I'm looking forward to volume 2.