Giant Robo Gaiden Ginrei

Alternative titles: Synonyms: Giant Robo Gaiden, Giant Robo: Gin-Rei Special, Gin Rei, Giant Robo: Ginrei Special, GinRei: THE ANIMATIONJapanese: ジャイアントロボ外伝 GinRei 銀鈴
Type: OVA
Episodes: 3
Status: Finished airing
Airdate: 20 Feb, 1994 to 21 Feb, 1995
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Mecha, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Psychological
Duration: 00:30:00 per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 and older

Synopsis

The first story, something like "Barefoot Ginrei" is pretty abysmal and budget restricted. This includes using lots of footage cut out of the OAV series and then spliced into the middle of this. There`s a fair amount of nudity but the story itself is better forgotten. The second episode, "Gin Rei`s Blue Eyes" is much better, actually having a plot, characters and sequence...but is still fairly basic at its heart. This second sample is pretty watchable, and has its moments, but really only hard core Gin Rei fans are going to value this material highly.

There are clear signs of some budget restrictions, most obvious in the first episode. Likewise the style maintains a sort of modern production of older style, or somewhat retro, look and atmosphere. While this is in keeping with the parent series it may be strange for someone unfamiliar with it. This is largely because the short running time, and certain degree of assumed knowledge, may make this somewhat confusing for new viewers. Taken as an independant product I would have to say the animation is nothing special, competent but simple, that does little to fill the voice left by the short running times and basic stories. (Source: AniDB.net)

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