First Look: Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
A bunch of Japanese teenagers end up in a beautiful fantasy world without their memories. It may or may not be a big video game.
A bunch of Japanese teenagers end up in a beautiful fantasy world without their memories. It may or may not be a big video game.
In the future, humanity has created machines called “coils” that tap into “Dimension W” to produce effectively unlimited energy. Our technology-hating hero and his robot girl sidekick search for illegal, unlicensed coils, probably running into all sorts of trouble along the way.
A young, by-the-book police rookie is assigned to a laid-back power armor squad to evaluate their performance as they fight crime.
One of the year’s most highly anticipated anime has come and gone, and if our Top Ten of 2015 is any indication, OPM’s fists sure left a mark. Read ahead for our more concrete impressions looking back on the past 12 weeks of ONE PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNCH.
Aliens invade, wiping out A City in an instant. Can the S-Class heroes (and this B-class nobody, who invited him anyway?) defend the planet from this threat?
I made an angry list last year, so this time I figured I’d go with a more long-form retrospective that hopefully didn’t end up quite as acerbic, but, well… read ahead.
The Deep Sea King and his army of fish-men invade, their power seemingly overwhelming. Can the heroes of the surface prevail?
Having impressed the Turbines, Tekkadan is taken in by Teiwaz. Meanwhile, the group struggles with questions of family and duty.
The Heroes Association sends a task force to investigate the monster-filled hellhole known as City Z. Soon after, Class-S heroes congregate to protect the city from a giant meteor.
Tekkadan is attacked by the Turbines, a subsidiary of Teiwaz with a crew of lady Mobile Suit pilots.
Their original plans for going to Earth ruined, Tekkadan regroups and decides to try their luck with Teiwaz, an economic superpower located near Jupiter.
Tekkadan (FINALLY) launches into space, only to be betrayed by their ferrymen and attacked by Gjallarhorn.
Sogo rushes to to the enemy’s mobile base to rescue Felia, whose desperation leads to drastic changes to both herself and Moura.
A gang of bald terrorists is smashing the city, which means Saitama has to teach them a lesson for cribbing his style. Unless their target’s ninja bodyguard takes care of them first, of course.
As Tekkadan (STILL) prepares to escort Kudelia to Earth, some of Gjallarhorn’s officers land on Mars to investigate their missing soldiers.
Do Mon and company rush to repair the roof before a typhoon hits. Meanwhile, the villainous trio get a bead on Felia’s location.
Our heroes infiltrate the House of Evolution and battle its greatest threat: Carnage Kabuto.
Orga, Mikazuki, and company stage a coup, taking over CGS and renaming it “Tekkadan”. Meanwhile, Crank Zent (aka Totally-Not-Ramba-Ral) returns to the battlefield for a fair duel with Mikazuki and Gundam Barbatos.
Genos, a lone cyborg, arrives on the scene pursuing a monster created by the House of Evolution. After seeing Saitama’s power, Genos becomes our hero’s disciple right before they’re ambushed by yet more animal creatures.
Mikazuki drives away the Gjallarhorn forces in Gundam Barbatos, leaving both sides time to lick their wounds and prepare their next move.