It may take you a while to warm up to this series from director Ryôsuke Takahashi. The pacing feels a bit sluggish and there are so many characters being introduced that you almost need a pen and paper to keep track of who’s who. Stick with it, though, because Takahashi is slow cooking a great stew with this story of a pair of gifted young people whose hidden talents may hold the key to saving the world. There’s plenty of giant robot action to keep action movie fans happy, but it doesn’t dominate the complex story. What starts as some robot battles in a Middle Eastern war zone soon evolves into a conspiracy to return Japan to its former glory, or at least the formal glory that a few powerful – psychotic – individuals want to see brought back. And if that means wiping thousands of undesirables off the map, so be it. What is a bit of ethnic cleansing compared to a bright new future? It’s chilling how far the movie takes that idea.
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