Shattered Glass a reference for SSSS Gridman

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  1. fathi_haziq

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    This new form reminded me of Beast Machines Jetstorm.

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    With the popularity of this show in Japan and the Bluray preorders looking good, we could get another season in a few years.
     
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    Is this doing so well in Japan?
    It's nice, but it's not been the most eventfull thing so far.
    Perhaps it's the nostalgia factor.
     
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    Could be the nostalgia factor, toku is also Japan's equivalent to superheroes and with all of the mecha references and cute girl designs it's a shoe-in for Japan's demographic.
     
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    Dragon Kaiser, maybe?
     
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    They're saving this one for the next season:

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    I'd love to see an updated version of King Gridman.
     
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    That would be great. And how knows what else is on the horizon after the success of Gridman - they could give Ultraman a spin next.
     
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    A Brave homage this time?
    Nice catch.
     
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    Screen Shot 2018-11-18 at 7.08.10 PM.png
    Another semi-subtle Transformers reference...
     
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    Akane is basically this guy. A female incel irl who creates a virtual reality where she's god.


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    But what does Alexis want with it?
    The only thing he could get from it would be information. But what kind?
     
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    Using some past shows as example, the aliens in Zegapain...

    Wanted to “finish the job” and destroy the ship that contained the last digitized remains of humanity.

    Bonus, the ship only had so much storage, so it kept looping the same month or season of their lives and then scrapping their memories so that they could continue to “live.”

    But, I think Rahxephon is a little more fitting...

    First, here’s a bit on the setting of Rahx’ from Wikipedia—

    The backstory of RahXephon is a fight against multi-dimensiomal invaders known as Mulians (known as Mu (ムー Mū)). The Mu are visually indistinguishable from humans, however they carry a genetic marker called the "Mu phase" which turns their blood blue and causes some memory loss when they mature.

    The story reveals that two Mu floating cities appeared above Tokyo and Sendai around the end of 2012. The ensuing conflict between Mu and humans escalated into nuclear warfare, and the Mu enveloped Tokyo and the outlying suburbs within a spherical barrier resembling Jupiter, referred by outsiders as "Tokyo Jupiter" ("Tōkyō Jupita"). The barrier has a time dilating effect, which causes time inside Tokyo Jupiter to slow down to one-fifth compared to the outside time, and allowed the Mu to secretly take control of Tokyo, using the area as a base of operations. The goal of the human forces outside Tokyo Jupiter is to build up their strength to invade Tokyo Jupiter and stop the Mu while surviving their attacks.
    Again, my guess is that it’s actually Yuta who is the “Prime Mover,” or Monad, when he got impailed by the Stand Giving Arrow the Space Lance, which was shown as the one flash of memory Yuta has recalled since amnesia. Though, while I’m at it, that certainly seems bit a like Cyberverse, no?

    After that, Tsutsujidai was “digitized.” For all we know, their hometown got sucked into a Black Hole like “Dark Cybertron” TF comic story, or maybe Tsutsujidai is all that’s left kinda like in the movie “Dark City.”

    Personally, my guess is that Alexis Kerib is kinda like the Cenobytes in Hellraiser or the Fascists in Salo, and just gets his kicks off of Sadism.

    Of course, it’s possible that he has a real plot of world or galactic domination, but it may be that he’s an escaped space criminal who fled to earth to continue his violent delights.

    One last thought is that maybe Alexis Kerib is some reference to Cerebus and Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru everyone is actually deceased and this is basically retreading and, maybe, deconstructing of Death Parade, wherein spirits are judged as to whether they should be annihilated or reincarnated in a Buddhist afterlife...and naturally that still leads back to Clive Barker, and, by extension, Donatien Alphonse François, the Marquis of Sade... =D


    I’m not so sure that Shinjo doesn’t have other uses for Anti. =D

    That, and I get a feel of “Basic Instincts” or “Audition” from Akane, neither of which I’ve seen—though they’re twists and surprises frequently precede them, so... ;}
     
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    All this time I've actually been thinking about a Zegapain-isch scenario,
    where Akane is the last survivor or mankind who digitized all of her friends and became a tyrant due her feelings of loneliness and omnipotence.
    Alexis toying with her while erasing the last remnants of humanity would fit right in with that.
    Though I don't know if that's not a little too depressing for an anime like this.

    It is funny that an homage to Cliffjumper, for whom SG was the show where he got to be the star (for a while), is suffering amnesia while Bee is suffering amnesia in the latest show where he stars.
    That is some scary meta Trigger is pulling here :lol 
     
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    Already an Ultrman anime in the works. And Netflix has already licensed it.
     
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    Ah, yeah, Production I.G.’s Ultraman.

    I’ve’nt watched a lot of Ultraman, but I’m definitely interested in checking that out.
     
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    It is definitely a different take on Ultraman, seeing as the title character doesn't go huge. (At least, that's what I can infer from the manga description)
     
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    good find I was honestly sold on her being a Springer with those colours and the note being in place of the autobot logo.