Super Dimension Century Orguss 02
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worldserpent here and here, I was suddenly reminded of my love for Orguss, an eighties Macross spinoff that was nearly 80% filler and starred an almost total jackass.
The Story: horndog flyboy Kei Katsuragi sets off the space-time oscillation bomb, accidentally destroying the universe as we know it. He finds himself in a new patchwork Earth made up of many different alternate realities and ends up traveling with a band of space gypsies across a chaotic landscape filled with mecha and androids and aliens and Marie Antoinette. Awful as things are, they may soon become worse as the fabric of reality is rapidly unraveling -- but does Kei feel bad about having caused so much trouble? No! Because he is a Jackass.
In the very first scene, Kei escapes from the second floor with his pants in one hand while the girl's father takes potshots and yells threats from the window, which really, tells you everything you need to know about him. XD He's unreliable, irresponsible, prone to temper tantrums and sulking fits -- in fact his only real redeeming feature is his skill as a pilot. He also spends most of the show making passes at an engaged woman, often right in front of her fiance. Still for all his faults, and there are many, I kind of like Kei. He's a feminist in the special Japanese sense of "man who has many girlfriends because he genuinely loves women." He's also pretty easy-going.
OP
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Anyway this is all incidental. The real news is that I found the OAV sequel, Orguss 02, online! Orguss 02 is an entirely different beast from Orguss. For one, the main character is a nice guy. For two, it's only six episodes long with no filler. For three, all these really big names in mecha were involved. For four, it's the Cold War all over again -- but this time fought as Europe versus the Ottoman Empire, in the 18th century, with Mechs.
Story: Set in a single reality several hundred years after Orguss and only loosely related. Two superpowers -- the Occidental Revilia and the Oriental Zafrin -- are at war using ancient technology (which is actually future technology dislodged by the space-time oscillation bomb). Lean, a mechanic, finds himself caught up in the conflict. Features political intrigue, charismatic but morally dubious guardsmen, and a mysterious woman who may be an escaped military secret.
Super Dimension Century Orguss 02
If you'd like the episodes, leave a comment and I'll leave you the link. *beams*
Six episodes, dual audio, English subtitles. The subtitles are in some cases horribly mistimed, but the English dub is good, so I actually recommend you listen to that (audio track 2). Orguss 02 isn't a life-changing experience, but it is a very, very solid series. High production values -- actually it kind of reminds me The Wings of Hommenaise, but with more likable characters.
worldserpent here and here, I was suddenly reminded of my love for Orguss, an eighties Macross spinoff that was nearly 80% filler and starred an almost total jackass. The Story: horndog flyboy Kei Katsuragi sets off the space-time oscillation bomb, accidentally destroying the universe as we know it. He finds himself in a new patchwork Earth made up of many different alternate realities and ends up traveling with a band of space gypsies across a chaotic landscape filled with mecha and androids and aliens and Marie Antoinette. Awful as things are, they may soon become worse as the fabric of reality is rapidly unraveling -- but does Kei feel bad about having caused so much trouble? No! Because he is a Jackass.
In the very first scene, Kei escapes from the second floor with his pants in one hand while the girl's father takes potshots and yells threats from the window, which really, tells you everything you need to know about him. XD He's unreliable, irresponsible, prone to temper tantrums and sulking fits -- in fact his only real redeeming feature is his skill as a pilot. He also spends most of the show making passes at an engaged woman, often right in front of her fiance. Still for all his faults, and there are many, I kind of like Kei. He's a feminist in the special Japanese sense of "man who has many girlfriends because he genuinely loves women." He's also pretty easy-going.
OP
ED
Anyway this is all incidental. The real news is that I found the OAV sequel, Orguss 02, online! Orguss 02 is an entirely different beast from Orguss. For one, the main character is a nice guy. For two, it's only six episodes long with no filler. For three, all these really big names in mecha were involved. For four, it's the Cold War all over again -- but this time fought as Europe versus the Ottoman Empire, in the 18th century, with Mechs.
Story: Set in a single reality several hundred years after Orguss and only loosely related. Two superpowers -- the Occidental Revilia and the Oriental Zafrin -- are at war using ancient technology (which is actually future technology dislodged by the space-time oscillation bomb). Lean, a mechanic, finds himself caught up in the conflict. Features political intrigue, charismatic but morally dubious guardsmen, and a mysterious woman who may be an escaped military secret.
Super Dimension Century Orguss 02
If you'd like the episodes, leave a comment and I'll leave you the link. *beams*
Six episodes, dual audio, English subtitles. The subtitles are in some cases horribly mistimed, but the English dub is good, so I actually recommend you listen to that (audio track 2). Orguss 02 isn't a life-changing experience, but it is a very, very solid series. High production values -- actually it kind of reminds me The Wings of Hommenaise, but with more likable characters.