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English rewrite better than original Japanese version

Agent 760 | San Francisco, CA | 04/21/1998

(2 out of 5 stars)

"The story focuses around four ESPers: Miya, Lamba, Rol and Pai. They do not recollect any of their past memories, but the stories around their pasts will become evident to them as the series progresses. Under the careful guidance of Dr. Tarsan, they create a special force which controls Dangaioh, a gigantic robot with incredible powers. The original release in Japan had three distinct episodes, each running 45 minutes long. However, the English distributor decided to splice two out of the three episodes together and make the first episode a prologue to the rest of the movie, a good change, since the original anime did not seem to follow any logic. The character acting for the English version made for a colorful rendition for English speakers, although the plot created did not follow the original Japanese version accurately. However, the changes made for a better understanding of the original work and really impressed me, although I felt that its conclusion left me hanging. Another of its drawbacks was the musical score, which reminded me of an animated version of Power Rangers. Of its positive points, the character designs were created by Shoji Kawamori and Koichi Ohata, famous for their works on such animes as M.D. Geist and Super-Dimensional Fortress Macross. END"