TOMINO-THON! Heavy Metal L-GAIM Part 1 (Episodes 1-26) History & Review
Japanimation Station S6E11
Welcome to Season 6 of Japanimation Station, where we are peering into the delightfully deranged mind of Tomino Yoshiyuki with our long-awaited Tomino-thon – Part 1: The New Anime Era! You can subscribe on all platforms at www.Japanimation-Station.com.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a prickly anime veteran named Tomino Yoshiyuki teamed up with a plucky young animator named Nagano Mamoru, and with a healthy dose of inspiration from an obscure international sci-fi hit called Star Wars, they made one of the most rad mecha anime of the 1980s: Heavy Metal L-Gaim! In these first 26 episodes, we enter Pentagona World and meet our hero, Daba Myroad, as he begins a resistance against Pentagona’s mysterious ruler, Oldna Posaydal. Driven by outstanding and influential mech designs from Nagano and a fun, fleet-footed sense of storytelling, these episodes are perhaps Tomino at his breeziest, but also some of the most entertaining material we’ve watched all season.
Enjoy, and come back next week as we finish L-Gaim with episodes 27 through 54, where the show transforms into something even better…
Time Chart:
Theme Song: 0:00:00 – 0:01:37
Intro and History: 0:01:37 – 1:22:44
Eyecatch Break: 1:22:44 – 1:23:29
L-Gaim Part 1 Review: 1:23:29 – 3:13:37
End Theme: 3:13:37 – 3:15:46
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