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Total episodes: 26

Opening:
manacles - Tomiko Van

Ending:
Kakeashi no Ikizama - Ataru Nakamura

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The Reborn Legend

Opening: "manacles" by Tomiko Van

Short Summary:
Junki's father - a scientist - went missing, when Saiga Junki was still a child. Now years have gone by and Junki is high schooler together with his childhood friend Shiori. Recently he sees dreams about two giants fighting, while he pilots one of them.
One day his family receives a phone call that in a cave at a mountain, that is shaped like a pyramid, some of his fathers belongings where found, next to bone fragments of no human origin. Junki, his sister and mother visit the site. There Junki finds an old diary by his father, talking about the great warrior "Reideen" and a bracelet. Suddenly a comet falls down from space into a nearby lake. Out of the water rises a giant animal like robot. The dam breaks and the region is flooded.
While Junkis family, together with some police men and another scientist called Taro Maedasaki try to get away, Junki runs back to the site to fetch his fathers belongings. The giant robot seems to come nearer and nearer, directly moving to the pyramid mountain. With his bracelet Junki finds himself in big golden robot, coming out of the mountain. Junki's naked and can't explain why he is in a robot all of a sudden. Does he have to fight against the other giant?

My opinion:
I'm not espeacially a fan of the mecha genre, but after a long time this is the first mecha show that catches me with already the first episode. While the fighting robots move slowly and rather clumsy, the absence of daylight and impressive background music create a dark, oppressive atmosphere I appreciate a lot.

Ending: "Kakeashi no Ikizama" by Ataru Nakamura

2007年04月06日