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Destroy All Podcasts DX Episode 87 - The Great Battle with Genma a.k.a. Harmagedon

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So that's where this guy is

So that's where this guy is from.

-Andrew

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Posted by Destroy All Pod... on 19 January, 2009 - 11:49
From what I've read, Vega

From what I've read, Vega served as the inspiration for the Guyver.

God, I saw this when the Sci-Fi channel have their Saturday anime block and even back then I thought this film was cheesy.

Eh, maybe I'll pick it up next time I'm in a convention from one place that sells OOP DVD's and such. I'm too afraid my memory of it will be right.

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Posted by VZMK2 on 19 January, 2009 - 18:37
Wow

Wow...what an interesting hidden gem. I've never heard of this film before until yesterday (compliments from DAP-DX). You know from a moment there I could've sworn that anime got co-directed by Don Bluth.

For some reason this anime just has that Don Bluth feeling to it. It's pretty weird once you think about it.

I wonder if Rintaro's animation style for that movie influenced Bluth's work such as 'Dragon's Lair' or 'Titan A.E.' for that matter.

-R78

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Posted by Rodimus78 on 20 January, 2009 - 11:40
Bluth musings....

Wow...what an interesting hidden gem. I've never heard of this film before until yesterday (compliments from DAP-DX). You know from a moment there I could've sworn that anime got co-directed by Don Bluth.

For some reason this anime just has that Don Bluth feeling to it. It's pretty weird once you think about it.

I guess if Bluth had the balls to end the movie the way it is, then yes, he could do it!

Seriously, hearing of how this film ends makes brings out the phrase in my mind, "But at what price?" Yeah, they defeated the baddie, but now they've got a huge mess-hole of a planet to mop up, let alone prevent themselves from starving to death if there's no plant/animal life left to exploit (or else they'll use their powers to solve that too).

I wonder if Rintaro's animation style for that movie influenced Bluth's work such as 'Dragon's Lair' or 'Titan A.E.' for that matter.

-R78

Who knows (Dragon's Lair came out in '83 mind you, not sure if he even knew of Rintaro or seen any of his work yet like the GE999 movie).

Speaking of Bluth, in the tradition of Dragon's Lair, Cliff Hanger and Super Don Quix-ote, Harmageddon's footage found it's way onto a LaserDisc-based video game called "Bega's Battle" around '83/84. Here's some footage of it's clunky play!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iloK0RIzNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnzLsmNxQBY

Course the same thing happened with Galaxy Express 999 too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6691TWp8xc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmHBjpz5mBs

Gotta love the 80's!

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Posted by Chris@StudioToledo on 28 January, 2009 - 04:38
Course I don't want to knock

Course I don't want to knock Bluth that badly. I think the best thing he did was Secret of NIMH, if only for it's dark, chilling scenes (just got a couple cels in from All Dogs Go To Heaven, especially one of Charlie getting choked by one of Carface's thugs)! I think he works best if he didn't take flak from the usual production backers to tone down certain things (I still felt Titan AE needed better writing).

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Posted by Chris@StudioToledo on 28 January, 2009 - 04:43
Well Chris...

Well Chris...Bluth didn't do bad animating 'Titan A.E.', I've felt he failed poorly at marketing the film to the kind of audience he was aiming for, and I don't think that was his whole fault. The problem with it had to be studio intervention from the top hats of 20th Century Fox. Like you've surmised, they always tamper w/ every project for the sake of profit.

I highly agree with you about the writing quality of that film. Despite it's flaws, I like Bluth's film. However it's just not as great as 'The Iron Giant'. That movie swept me off my feet. Pixar was very wise to add Brad Bird on their team and I dig Bird a lot.

-R78

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Posted by Rodimus78 on 22 February, 2009 - 02:00
Rock Animation

I still think that the ultimate "eighties rock plus animation" video has yet to be made. "Heavy Metal" came close, but there were some god-awful animation issues.

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Posted by RobotBastard on 8 March, 2009 - 17:20