Detonator Orgun
Starring:Matthew Bray, Hiroko Kasahara, Jeff Gimble, Katherine Devaney, Angela Parks, Cory Carthew, Toshihiko Seki, Norio Wakamoto, Kôichi Yamadera, Justin Thompson (III), Yumi Tôma, Ted Lewis (II), Emi Shinohara, Jessica Calvello
Director: Masami Obari
Studio: Us Manga Corps Video
Product Type: DVD
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Originally released in 1991, the three-part OAV Detonator Orgun plays like a mixture of several popular sci-fi films. Tomoru, a teenage boy in the 24th century, is haunted by weird dreams partially based on the computer games he plays with his friends. He soon discovers he's telepathically linked to the mysterious mecha Orgun. Meanwhile, at the Earth Defense Force Intelligence Headquarters, Dr. Michi Kanzaki and supercomputer I-Zak decrypt a message from deep space that turns out to be the blueprint for Orgun's physical being. As they make these discoveries, an advanced race of aliens nears the Earth with plans to destroy it. Naturally only the combination of Tomoru, Kanzaki, and Orgun can defeat them. Director Masami Obari (Fatal Fury) handles the action sequences, space battles, and fist fights between giant robots with his usual skill. He's less successful at presenting Hideki Kakinuma's convoluted story, a needlessly complicated mixture of flashbacks, fantasies, quasi-religious mysticism, and warnings about the dangers of tampering with human evolution that is simultaneously too complicated and too simple for its two-and-a-half-hour length. There also seem to be problems with the translation: although Tomoru sees himself as a World War I-style pilot in his fantasies, he refers to his leather jacket as a "Luftwaffer uniform" (the Luftwaffe was the German air corps in World War II). Unrated; suitable for ages 14 and up: nudity, profanity, and violence, largely restricted to robot versus robot conflicts. --Charles Solomon
Description
From Masami Ohbari (Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, Battle Arena Toshinden, Bubblegum Crisis, and Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer)! With the help of a super computer and a young Earth Defense worker, Tomoru must unravel the mystery of the alien armor found on the Moon! In the two-fisted tradition of Ultra Man!
Average customer rating:
- Just Short of Greatness
- Eat your heart out Mega Man
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- Classic anime OVA at it's best! A piece of history!
- Best OVA!!!!! I Have Yet To See One Better.
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Starring: Hiroko Kasahara , Jeff Gimble , Katherine Devaney , Angela Parks , and Toshihiko Seki
Director: Masami Ôbari
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Release Date: 2003-07-29 |
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Originally released in 1991, the three-part OAV Detonator Orgun plays like a mixture of several popular sci-fi films. Tomoru, a teenage boy in the 24th century, is haunted by weird dreams partially based on the computer games he plays with his friends. He soon discovers he's telepathically linked to the mysterious mecha Orgun. Meanwhile, at the Earth Defense Force Intelligence Headquarters, Dr. Michi Kanzaki and supercomputer I-Zak decrypt a message from deep space that turns out to be the blueprint for Orgun's physical being. As they make these discoveries, an advanced race of aliens nears the Earth with plans to destroy it. Naturally only the combination of Tomoru, Kanzaki, and Orgun can defeat them. Director Masami Obari (Fatal Fury) handles the action sequences, space battles, and fist fights between giant robots with his usual skill. He's less successful at presenting Hideki Kakinuma's convoluted story, a needlessly complicated mixture of flashbacks, fantasies, quasi-religious mysticism, and warnings about the dangers of tampering with human evolution that is simultaneously too complicated and too simple for its two-and-a-half-hour length. There also seem to be problems with the translation: although Tomoru sees himself as a World War I-style pilot in his fantasies, he refers to his leather jacket as a "Luftwaffer uniform" (the Luftwaffe was the German air corps in World War II). Unrated; suitable for ages 14 and up: nudity, profanity, and violence, largely restricted to robot versus robot conflicts. --Charles Solomon
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From the Director of Bubblegum Crisis, in the two-fisted tradition of Ultraman. If it weren't for the horrific dreams, Tomonu would be having the time of his life cutting classes and playing video games. But an alien intelligence has invaded his mind and is about to plunge him into an interstellar war. Battleships are headed for Earth and Tomoru's psychic link is humanity's only hope!
Customer Reviews:
Just Short of Greatness.......2007-06-30
Detonator Orgun is a 3 part OAV series that has a bit of magic to it. An 80's style sci-fi story that shows up late to the party in 1991, it feels both nostalgic and polished. It features an evocative portrayal of a utopian future, fueled by technology, that also looks longingly to the past. While the story is a little too familiar, a little too adolescent, and the main character is too much of a martyr-hero, it's far from void of merit. While it anticipates series like Neon Genesis Evangelion only a few year later, Detonator Orgun stands on it's own as a well executed classic anime sci-fi. Whether it's the skillful treatment by AIC, or the beautiful character designs by Kiya Asamiya (under his pen name), or just the quality of the story, it feels right...yet it falls short of greatness. I think the thing holding it back the most is that it's the same conflict/resolution as Macross: Do You Remember Love (the movie adaption of Macross). No matter how nostalgic it feels, how delicately it's presented, how polished the designs are, or how much it feels right, it loses everything it has going for it by sharing too much with a classic that surpassed it on every level so many years previous to it. Detonator Orgun is a would-be classic, overshadowed by it's betters.
Eat your heart out Mega Man.......2005-08-01
The only thing I understand about this movie is Tomonu is a teen boy who is haunted in his dream's that is based on a video game he plays with his friends. And that's it, I don't have a clue of what a Orgun is. The movie is great it is like Gundam getting into 16 up rating anime's.
Wow.......2005-06-18
Im sure many will hate my review but as an anime fan and I don't mean a NEW fan of like "sailor moon" and "pokemon" stuff I mean anime as in "Akira", "Bubblegum Crisis" etc..
I sat down to watch this show but just couldnt get into it, the characters seem so boring and the story just lags on and on. The mecha in the show is "ok" but nothing mind blowing for old fans or new fans. The truth is weve all seen the mecha anime over and over again, some good some bad. This one isn't really "bad" but more "boring". The story trudges along (through the mire I might add) and even the ending is quite lackluster. Harsh? yes but the reason is with SO many old school and new animes this one just doesn't stand out as "classic" or "breakthrough" in ANY way...if you are a completist anime collector than you wont even be reading this but if your a casual fan or someone who sets higher standards you'll see what I mean. Sure its ONLY an "opinion" but the truth is, opinions are what help us decide whether to invest money into something. Bottom line, yes I think this show was a waste of money and time but I'm sure there are SOME fans of the show as you can see from some of the reviews here! Take a chance on the show at your own risk, I say rent it first!
Classic anime OVA at it's best! A piece of history!.......2005-01-16
Detonator Orgun originally came out in Japan in 1991, but didn't hit American or Canadian shores until 1993 on VHS and such. With this OVA series out on DVD, and in this re-release DVD, fans of the 1990s OVA blow out can enjoy this classic series in fine detail and enjoy EVERY minute of it!
(...).
Detonator Orgun is also an anime trying to tell the benefits of what it is to be a human being, and the power of the human soul, not wanting to give up, and keep going on. Some may call it cliched, but I personally love every minute of it. The pacing is well done, with time for great plot development, and great action sequences. The original japanese voice actors play their characters VERY WELL, and I can't find any faults. The dubbing is ok, being 1990s quality. You'll either like the dub or not, or get used to it over time. The music is addicting, especially since the ending themes are performed by Susumu Harisawa, also famous for performing songs for the Berserk anime series.
The video quality on the DVD is VERY good, considering this OVA is now over 10 years old. I didn't notice any breaks ups or of the like, so there is nothing to complain about. The animation is fanstatic for it's time, but then again, most OVAs have more money to spend than a whole anime series.
Of course, Detonator Orgun has had it's own bit of contriversy. For those who remember the Tekkaman-Blade series(Teknoman for the english version), both Orgun and Tekkaman-Blade himself look very, VERY similar. From the large should armor, the head spikes, covered eyes, and armored body. Both use a doubled bladed lance, although Orgun doesn't actually use it till the last episode. I doubt either show was trying to rip off the other, but it's also hard to tell if one is trying to be a dedication to the other. In the long run, I don't really compare unless I want to make a note of it for fun and good humor.
But in the long run, this is an excellent must have OVA, and should NOT be missed! Any fan of anime who enjoys mecha combat, great story telling, great characters, and great music, WILL enjoy Detonator Orgun.
Best OVA!!!!! I Have Yet To See One Better........2003-09-14
Last year I went to an anime store to rent some anime. They had one of those rent two get two free special deals and I couldn't resist. I didn't know about this OVA (Original Video Animation, its not a series, nor a movie, it has a budget somewhere in between and its made specifically for the home video market, usually going straight to release.), I noticed it because of the character of Orgun in the front cover, a mechanoid that reminded me much of the Teknoman Slade from the 1992 show or as he's known in much of the rest of the world Tekkaman Blade.
Anyways I wasn't too interested until I read the back of the DVD case, and I learned about this great sci-fi story. When I saw the first part of it I was blown away.
Detonator Orgun at brief glance may seem similar in appearance to both the original 1975 Tekkaman incarnation and its 1992 remake, but this 1991 OVA has a whole other dimension to it that the others lack, by separating itself from them with its more realistic characters, more complicated themes, and its darker atmosphere. This is exemplified by Orgun's search for morality. Much like the Marvel Comics superhero Silver Surfer, who was brainwashed by the cosmic being Galactus and transformed into his herald reborn to fulfill the duty to search and find worlds teeming with intelligent life in order to satisfy his master's hunger, Orgun willingly led his kind, the Evoluder, to worlds to conquer and then consume with their death planet. Like his precursor, the Silver Surfer, Orgun has a continual regret for his actions and a longing for something that was lost to him, morality, even while fulfilling the grand destiny his God, Lord Zoa has given to him. Without morality Orgun feels incomplete and eventually the desire for that lost ideal is so great that it causes him to rebel against his own people and everything he ever believed in. However there is much more depth to this anime than just the quest for morality.
While in our western culture its all about the Western Judeo Christian ideas of good versus evil, the Eastern Hindu Buddhist culture expressed in many anime is all about the balance at the core of everything, there are no good or evil characters for everyone is capable of both, there are only people with a balanced yin and yang and people with an imbalance within. Such a dichotomy between two ways of thinking is interesting to look at; you might notice it in this anime.
Average customer rating:
- Just Short of Greatness
- Eat your heart out Mega Man
- Wow
- Classic anime OVA at it's best! A piece of history!
- Best OVA!!!!! I Have Yet To See One Better.
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Starring: Hiroko Kasahara , Jeff Gimble , Katherine Devaney , Angela Parks , and Toshihiko Seki
Director: Masami Ôbari
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Release Date: 2001-09-11 |
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Originally released in 1991, the three-part OAV Detonator Orgun plays like a mixture of several popular sci-fi films. Tomoru, a teenage boy in the 24th century, is haunted by weird dreams partially based on the computer games he plays with his friends. He soon discovers he's telepathically linked to the mysterious mecha Orgun. Meanwhile, at the Earth Defense Force Intelligence Headquarters, Dr. Michi Kanzaki and supercomputer I-Zak decrypt a message from deep space that turns out to be the blueprint for Orgun's physical being. As they make these discoveries, an advanced race of aliens nears the Earth with plans to destroy it. Naturally only the combination of Tomoru, Kanzaki, and Orgun can defeat them. Director Masami Obari (Fatal Fury) handles the action sequences, space battles, and fist fights between giant robots with his usual skill. He's less successful at presenting Hideki Kakinuma's convoluted story, a needlessly complicated mixture of flashbacks, fantasies, quasi-religious mysticism, and warnings about the dangers of tampering with human evolution that is simultaneously too complicated and too simple for its two-and-a-half-hour length. There also seem to be problems with the translation: although Tomoru sees himself as a World War I-style pilot in his fantasies, he refers to his leather jacket as a "Luftwaffer uniform" (the Luftwaffe was the German air corps in World War II). Unrated; suitable for ages 14 and up: nudity, profanity, and violence, largely restricted to robot versus robot conflicts. --Charles Solomon
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From Masami Ohbari (Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, Battle Arena Toshinden, Bubblegum Crisis, and Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer)! With the help of a super computer and a young Earth Defense worker, Tomoru must unravel the mystery of the alien armor found on the Moon! In the two-fisted tradition of Ultra Man!
Customer Reviews:
Just Short of Greatness.......2007-06-30
Detonator Orgun is a 3 part OAV series that has a bit of magic to it. An 80's style sci-fi story that shows up late to the party in 1991, it feels both nostalgic and polished. It features an evocative portrayal of a utopian future, fueled by technology, that also looks longingly to the past. While the story is a little too familiar, a little too adolescent, and the main character is too much of a martyr-hero, it's far from void of merit. While it anticipates series like Neon Genesis Evangelion only a few year later, Detonator Orgun stands on it's own as a well executed classic anime sci-fi. Whether it's the skillful treatment by AIC, or the beautiful character designs by Kiya Asamiya (under his pen name), or just the quality of the story, it feels right...yet it falls short of greatness. I think the thing holding it back the most is that it's the same conflict/resolution as Macross: Do You Remember Love (the movie adaption of Macross). No matter how nostalgic it feels, how delicately it's presented, how polished the designs are, or how much it feels right, it loses everything it has going for it by sharing too much with a classic that surpassed it on every level so many years previous to it. Detonator Orgun is a would-be classic, overshadowed by it's betters.
Eat your heart out Mega Man.......2005-08-01
The only thing I understand about this movie is Tomonu is a teen boy who is haunted in his dream's that is based on a video game he plays with his friends. And that's it, I don't have a clue of what a Orgun is. The movie is great it is like Gundam getting into 16 up rating anime's.
Wow.......2005-06-18
Im sure many will hate my review but as an anime fan and I don't mean a NEW fan of like "sailor moon" and "pokemon" stuff I mean anime as in "Akira", "Bubblegum Crisis" etc..
I sat down to watch this show but just couldnt get into it, the characters seem so boring and the story just lags on and on. The mecha in the show is "ok" but nothing mind blowing for old fans or new fans. The truth is weve all seen the mecha anime over and over again, some good some bad. This one isn't really "bad" but more "boring". The story trudges along (through the mire I might add) and even the ending is quite lackluster. Harsh? yes but the reason is with SO many old school and new animes this one just doesn't stand out as "classic" or "breakthrough" in ANY way...if you are a completist anime collector than you wont even be reading this but if your a casual fan or someone who sets higher standards you'll see what I mean. Sure its ONLY an "opinion" but the truth is, opinions are what help us decide whether to invest money into something. Bottom line, yes I think this show was a waste of money and time but I'm sure there are SOME fans of the show as you can see from some of the reviews here! Take a chance on the show at your own risk, I say rent it first!
Classic anime OVA at it's best! A piece of history!.......2005-01-16
Detonator Orgun originally came out in Japan in 1991, but didn't hit American or Canadian shores until 1993 on VHS and such. With this OVA series out on DVD, and in this re-release DVD, fans of the 1990s OVA blow out can enjoy this classic series in fine detail and enjoy EVERY minute of it!
(...).
Detonator Orgun is also an anime trying to tell the benefits of what it is to be a human being, and the power of the human soul, not wanting to give up, and keep going on. Some may call it cliched, but I personally love every minute of it. The pacing is well done, with time for great plot development, and great action sequences. The original japanese voice actors play their characters VERY WELL, and I can't find any faults. The dubbing is ok, being 1990s quality. You'll either like the dub or not, or get used to it over time. The music is addicting, especially since the ending themes are performed by Susumu Harisawa, also famous for performing songs for the Berserk anime series.
The video quality on the DVD is VERY good, considering this OVA is now over 10 years old. I didn't notice any breaks ups or of the like, so there is nothing to complain about. The animation is fanstatic for it's time, but then again, most OVAs have more money to spend than a whole anime series.
Of course, Detonator Orgun has had it's own bit of contriversy. For those who remember the Tekkaman-Blade series(Teknoman for the english version), both Orgun and Tekkaman-Blade himself look very, VERY similar. From the large should armor, the head spikes, covered eyes, and armored body. Both use a doubled bladed lance, although Orgun doesn't actually use it till the last episode. I doubt either show was trying to rip off the other, but it's also hard to tell if one is trying to be a dedication to the other. In the long run, I don't really compare unless I want to make a note of it for fun and good humor.
But in the long run, this is an excellent must have OVA, and should NOT be missed! Any fan of anime who enjoys mecha combat, great story telling, great characters, and great music, WILL enjoy Detonator Orgun.
Best OVA!!!!! I Have Yet To See One Better........2003-09-14
Last year I went to an anime store to rent some anime. They had one of those rent two get two free special deals and I couldn't resist. I didn't know about this OVA (Original Video Animation, its not a series, nor a movie, it has a budget somewhere in between and its made specifically for the home video market, usually going straight to release.), I noticed it because of the character of Orgun in the front cover, a mechanoid that reminded me much of the Teknoman Slade from the 1992 show or as he's known in much of the rest of the world Tekkaman Blade.
Anyways I wasn't too interested until I read the back of the DVD case, and I learned about this great sci-fi story. When I saw the first part of it I was blown away.
Detonator Orgun at brief glance may seem similar in appearance to both the original 1975 Tekkaman incarnation and its 1992 remake, but this 1991 OVA has a whole other dimension to it that the others lack, by separating itself from them with its more realistic characters, more complicated themes, and its darker atmosphere. This is exemplified by Orgun's search for morality. Much like the Marvel Comics superhero Silver Surfer, who was brainwashed by the cosmic being Galactus and transformed into his herald reborn to fulfill the duty to search and find worlds teeming with intelligent life in order to satisfy his master's hunger, Orgun willingly led his kind, the Evoluder, to worlds to conquer and then consume with their death planet. Like his precursor, the Silver Surfer, Orgun has a continual regret for his actions and a longing for something that was lost to him, morality, even while fulfilling the grand destiny his God, Lord Zoa has given to him. Without morality Orgun feels incomplete and eventually the desire for that lost ideal is so great that it causes him to rebel against his own people and everything he ever believed in. However there is much more depth to this anime than just the quest for morality.
While in our western culture its all about the Western Judeo Christian ideas of good versus evil, the Eastern Hindu Buddhist culture expressed in many anime is all about the balance at the core of everything, there are no good or evil characters for everyone is capable of both, there are only people with a balanced yin and yang and people with an imbalance within. Such a dichotomy between two ways of thinking is interesting to look at; you might notice it in this anime.
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Average customer rating:
- Just Short of Greatness
- Eat your heart out Mega Man
- Wow
- Classic anime OVA at it's best! A piece of history!
- Best OVA!!!!! I Have Yet To See One Better.
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Starring: Hiroko Kasahara , Jeff Gimble , Katherine Devaney , Angela Parks , and Toshihiko Seki
Director: Masami Ôbari
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Originally released in 1991, the three-part OAV Detonator Orgun plays like a mixture of several popular sci-fi films. Tomoru, a teenage boy in the 24th century, is haunted by weird dreams partially based on the computer games he plays with his friends. He soon discovers he's telepathically linked to the mysterious mecha Orgun. Meanwhile, at the Earth Defense Force Intelligence Headquarters, Dr. Michi Kanzaki and supercomputer I-Zak decrypt a message from deep space that turns out to be the blueprint for Orgun's physical being. As they make these discoveries, an advanced race of aliens nears the Earth with plans to destroy it. Naturally only the combination of Tomoru, Kanzaki, and Orgun can defeat them. Director Masami Obari (Fatal Fury) handles the action sequences, space battles, and fist fights between giant robots with his usual skill. He's less successful at presenting Hideki Kakinuma's convoluted story, a needlessly complicated mixture of flashbacks, fantasies, quasi-religious mysticism, and warnings about the dangers of tampering with human evolution that is simultaneously too complicated and too simple for its two-and-a-half-hour length. There also seem to be problems with the translation: although Tomoru sees himself as a World War I-style pilot in his fantasies, he refers to his leather jacket as a "Luftwaffer uniform" (the Luftwaffe was the German air corps in World War II). Unrated; suitable for ages 14 and up: nudity, profanity, and violence, largely restricted to robot versus robot conflicts. --Charles Solomon
Customer Reviews:
Just Short of Greatness.......2007-06-30
Detonator Orgun is a 3 part OAV series that has a bit of magic to it. An 80's style sci-fi story that shows up late to the party in 1991, it feels both nostalgic and polished. It features an evocative portrayal of a utopian future, fueled by technology, that also looks longingly to the past. While the story is a little too familiar, a little too adolescent, and the main character is too much of a martyr-hero, it's far from void of merit. While it anticipates series like Neon Genesis Evangelion only a few year later, Detonator Orgun stands on it's own as a well executed classic anime sci-fi. Whether it's the skillful treatment by AIC, or the beautiful character designs by Kiya Asamiya (under his pen name), or just the quality of the story, it feels right...yet it falls short of greatness. I think the thing holding it back the most is that it's the same conflict/resolution as Macross: Do You Remember Love (the movie adaption of Macross). No matter how nostalgic it feels, how delicately it's presented, how polished the designs are, or how much it feels right, it loses everything it has going for it by sharing too much with a classic that surpassed it on every level so many years previous to it. Detonator Orgun is a would-be classic, overshadowed by it's betters.
Eat your heart out Mega Man.......2005-08-01
The only thing I understand about this movie is Tomonu is a teen boy who is haunted in his dream's that is based on a video game he plays with his friends. And that's it, I don't have a clue of what a Orgun is. The movie is great it is like Gundam getting into 16 up rating anime's.
Wow.......2005-06-18
Im sure many will hate my review but as an anime fan and I don't mean a NEW fan of like "sailor moon" and "pokemon" stuff I mean anime as in "Akira", "Bubblegum Crisis" etc..
I sat down to watch this show but just couldnt get into it, the characters seem so boring and the story just lags on and on. The mecha in the show is "ok" but nothing mind blowing for old fans or new fans. The truth is weve all seen the mecha anime over and over again, some good some bad. This one isn't really "bad" but more "boring". The story trudges along (through the mire I might add) and even the ending is quite lackluster. Harsh? yes but the reason is with SO many old school and new animes this one just doesn't stand out as "classic" or "breakthrough" in ANY way...if you are a completist anime collector than you wont even be reading this but if your a casual fan or someone who sets higher standards you'll see what I mean. Sure its ONLY an "opinion" but the truth is, opinions are what help us decide whether to invest money into something. Bottom line, yes I think this show was a waste of money and time but I'm sure there are SOME fans of the show as you can see from some of the reviews here! Take a chance on the show at your own risk, I say rent it first!
Classic anime OVA at it's best! A piece of history!.......2005-01-16
Detonator Orgun originally came out in Japan in 1991, but didn't hit American or Canadian shores until 1993 on VHS and such. With this OVA series out on DVD, and in this re-release DVD, fans of the 1990s OVA blow out can enjoy this classic series in fine detail and enjoy EVERY minute of it!
(...).
Detonator Orgun is also an anime trying to tell the benefits of what it is to be a human being, and the power of the human soul, not wanting to give up, and keep going on. Some may call it cliched, but I personally love every minute of it. The pacing is well done, with time for great plot development, and great action sequences. The original japanese voice actors play their characters VERY WELL, and I can't find any faults. The dubbing is ok, being 1990s quality. You'll either like the dub or not, or get used to it over time. The music is addicting, especially since the ending themes are performed by Susumu Harisawa, also famous for performing songs for the Berserk anime series.
The video quality on the DVD is VERY good, considering this OVA is now over 10 years old. I didn't notice any breaks ups or of the like, so there is nothing to complain about. The animation is fanstatic for it's time, but then again, most OVAs have more money to spend than a whole anime series.
Of course, Detonator Orgun has had it's own bit of contriversy. For those who remember the Tekkaman-Blade series(Teknoman for the english version), both Orgun and Tekkaman-Blade himself look very, VERY similar. From the large should armor, the head spikes, covered eyes, and armored body. Both use a doubled bladed lance, although Orgun doesn't actually use it till the last episode. I doubt either show was trying to rip off the other, but it's also hard to tell if one is trying to be a dedication to the other. In the long run, I don't really compare unless I want to make a note of it for fun and good humor.
But in the long run, this is an excellent must have OVA, and should NOT be missed! Any fan of anime who enjoys mecha combat, great story telling, great characters, and great music, WILL enjoy Detonator Orgun.
Best OVA!!!!! I Have Yet To See One Better........2003-09-14
Last year I went to an anime store to rent some anime. They had one of those rent two get two free special deals and I couldn't resist. I didn't know about this OVA (Original Video Animation, its not a series, nor a movie, it has a budget somewhere in between and its made specifically for the home video market, usually going straight to release.), I noticed it because of the character of Orgun in the front cover, a mechanoid that reminded me much of the Teknoman Slade from the 1992 show or as he's known in much of the rest of the world Tekkaman Blade.
Anyways I wasn't too interested until I read the back of the DVD case, and I learned about this great sci-fi story. When I saw the first part of it I was blown away.
Detonator Orgun at brief glance may seem similar in appearance to both the original 1975 Tekkaman incarnation and its 1992 remake, but this 1991 OVA has a whole other dimension to it that the others lack, by separating itself from them with its more realistic characters, more complicated themes, and its darker atmosphere. This is exemplified by Orgun's search for morality. Much like the Marvel Comics superhero Silver Surfer, who was brainwashed by the cosmic being Galactus and transformed into his herald reborn to fulfill the duty to search and find worlds teeming with intelligent life in order to satisfy his master's hunger, Orgun willingly led his kind, the Evoluder, to worlds to conquer and then consume with their death planet. Like his precursor, the Silver Surfer, Orgun has a continual regret for his actions and a longing for something that was lost to him, morality, even while fulfilling the grand destiny his God, Lord Zoa has given to him. Without morality Orgun feels incomplete and eventually the desire for that lost ideal is so great that it causes him to rebel against his own people and everything he ever believed in. However there is much more depth to this anime than just the quest for morality.
While in our western culture its all about the Western Judeo Christian ideas of good versus evil, the Eastern Hindu Buddhist culture expressed in many anime is all about the balance at the core of everything, there are no good or evil characters for everyone is capable of both, there are only people with a balanced yin and yang and people with an imbalance within. Such a dichotomy between two ways of thinking is interesting to look at; you might notice it in this anime.
DVD:
- Nightwalker: Midnight Detective
- Marriage
- Blue Seed - Prelude to Sacrifice (Vol. 3)
- Tenchi Universe - Volume 3 - On Earth III
- Saber Marionette J Again - Plasmatic Crisis Collection (Vols 1-3)
- Gate Keepers - Infiltration (Vol. 3)
- Babel II - Perfect Collection
- Armored Trooper Votoms - Deadworld Sunsa Volume 1
- Hades Project Zeorymer, Volume 1
- Lupin the 3rd - The Secret of Twilight Gemini (Edited Version)
DVD List
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Drinking and Driving: The End of the Road
The Nightmare On Elm Street
Pianist [2 Discs] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
DVD: Hobgoblins
Moro No Brasil