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Bang Brave Bang Bravern is an original mecha anime directed by Masami Ōbari and produced at CygamesPictures. Inheriting the title of the classic Brave series of robot shows but taking it into a new tonal direction, Bravern sets itself up as a Hollywood-inspired war drama centered on the rivalry between exuberant american mech pilot Lewis Smith and ice-cool japanese mech pilot Isami Ao, highlighting the human cost and psychological strain of war against an unknown enemy. Then something something they are now in a gay love triangle with a giant alien robot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkg_03wzNKQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIRO9Hk5ACs Bravern is wild. It's the surprise of the season to me. The 1st 2 episodes thus far released are an absolute ride, and it looks to have a lot to offer for people who are fans of mecha, grand operatic BL, and/or things that are just generally a bit tonally unhinged. Also, I think the girls are cute. Very excited to see where it's going.
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 10:34 |
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# ? Jun 8, 2024 08:21 |
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Get in the loving robot's guts Isami.
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 10:46 |
I keep thinking of Smith thinking "yeah, he's handsome..." to himself and I'm sure he's talking about Bravern. I think this ends with a gattai that'll represent polycules.
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 12:55 |
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BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BRAVE BANG BRAVERN https://twitter.com/a_o_umiushi/status/1748305542576263184 Fangz fucked around with this message at 13:22 on Jan 19, 2024 |
# ? Jan 19, 2024 13:00 |
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The reveal. In this very serious military meeting. Following a somber funeral scene. That a giant robot is attending, through a hole in the wall is. Tonal perfection. It's peak. God bless this show and all who ride in him.
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 13:54 |
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I'd just like to point out that Guel has taken another loss when proposing to a gay character who doesn't want him.
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 15:47 |
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Im really impressed because it really does feel like a proper military setting. It reminds in that regard to Hisone to Matosan where you have a fantasy elements imposed on a realistic military background. Like if you had people that were in the military advice on the setting. Also both the pilots somehow end up naked inside their mechas???
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 16:04 |
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Obligatory Twitter-alternate link for the character designer: https://nitter.net/sangsilnoh
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 19:29 |
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Lmao the censor on Isami getting waterboarded
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 20:10 |
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Too realistic how the Americans immediately arrested Isami and tortured him. I know this is gritty war drama meets super robot but there are lines that are uncomfortable to cross. Otherwise good show.
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 21:30 |
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lol https://twitter.com/sangsilnoh/status/1748045528494149878
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 23:03 |
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The end credits is a duet between two shirtless dudes, this show is going places and I'm all for it.
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# ? Jan 19, 2024 23:41 |
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Oh, this show is going to be GAY, isn't it? I am here for it, give me the content.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 01:52 |
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 02:01 |
oh yeah the eyecatch is so perfect, too
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 02:24 |
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It's not Obari without the Brave Perspective
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 02:26 |
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I finally watched the first two episodes. What the gently caress is happening. I am here for it.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 02:35 |
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That ending. I found a bunch of the jokes in episode 2 very funny, but I kept it together until I got to the ending. That was hilariously unexpected, even though I reasonably should have. Anyway show is perfect no notes.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 03:18 |
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I'm assuming the obvious alien woman is the one in the op and she's related to whatever upgrade Smith gets because we can't have a rivalry where one has a super robot and the other has a completely ineffectual real robot.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 04:28 |
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Kwyndig posted:I'm assuming the obvious alien woman is the one in the op and she's related to whatever upgrade Smith gets because we can't have a rivalry where one has a super robot and the other has a completely ineffectual real robot. Honestly I would think it would rule to have the seemingly straight-laced but kind of cowardly guy pilot the super robot while the gung-ho 'wants to be a hero' type gets the real robot.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 05:27 |
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I hope Bravern gives the real robots some edge to help them fight the Deathdrivers. They can't keep doing the Independence Day meneergy shields forever and we've already got an M2 TS with boxing gloves ready to go.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 05:32 |
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this show is incredible and whoever wrote the synopsis on CR and did the tags on MAL deserves some kind of award for hiding it
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 05:58 |
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Tabletops posted:this show is incredible and whoever wrote the synopsis on CR and did the tags on MAL deserves some kind of award for hiding it Cygames hid it right up until the premiere. Worked, too, since it made the OP sell like crazy on Japanese Amazon and got the show trending on twitter, when a version of the show that admitted things up front would probably have faded into the background like Synduality or Kyoukai Senki.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 06:05 |
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I am pleased that this show is following in Dynazenon's path by having the mech play its own theme song and having the pilot notice it.KOGAHAZAN!! posted:The reveal. In this very serious military meeting. Following a somber funeral scene. That a giant robot is attending, through a hole in the wall is. Tonal perfection. It's peak.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 09:41 |
It was hidden so well that my mecha friend going in was like "I'll give it a shot since it's Obari, but looks like a plain military mecha show, and it's CG mechs so who knows" and I'm pretty sure part of the reason Crunchyroll waited until this week to get the show was because they didn't know either and figured it wasn't gonna be worth licensing lol None of this made sense to me until I remembered who Cygames is. Of course the company raking in the granblue fantasy money can do a big gay obari mecha and hide the premise of it for shits and giggles.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 14:15 |
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Bandai: Suletta and Miorine's relationship is up to interpretation. Cygames: He came inside me.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 14:40 |
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The ending was amazing, oh my god. They all perfectly know their audience, thanks Obari.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 14:58 |
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chiasaur11 posted:like Synduality or Kyoukai Senki. Except these sucked Hiding the premise made a good thing great. I went in thinking it was going to be another kyoukai senki but a bit more hopeful for at least cool robot stuff from obari. Hopefully it continues on this trajectory.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 15:37 |
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I’m going to be singing “bang bang bangbang, bang bangbangbangbang BRAVERRRRRN” all week. I love this gay-rear end show already.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 16:51 |
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Considering how much the name and the OP instrumental in the trailers clashed with the real robot stuff, I was expecting some kind of turn coming in
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 18:07 |
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yea idk why people are acting like this is some Huge Surprise That Took Everyone By Storm, its was pretty obvious from the promo materials. feel like its mostly people who barely know obari or mecha talking about it like this
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 18:12 |
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Eating Bang Bang Chicken while reading about Bang Brave Bang Bravern. Removing one of the Bangs from the international title is a crime.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 18:14 |
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Yeah I think most mecha fans expected it to have Super Robot/Brave robot. The real twist is just how extra Bravern is
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 18:30 |
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I expected Obari to pull an Obari and apply it to a Real Robot show. Instead we got a real robot show interrupted by an Obari super robot show and thats even better since it's handling both with class.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 18:34 |
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https://twitter.com/Gyra_Solune/status/1748731454178165085?t=4_VH_TElZkJBSHrf7_Jbkw&s=19
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 18:53 |
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I would not describe anything that is happening in Bang Brave Bang Bravern as being 'with class'. Unless you think Bravern loudly recalling his first experience with Isami to an increasingly uncomfortable military upper command is classy.
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# ? Jan 20, 2024 18:54 |
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It's in a class of its own https://twitter.com/wkqejrdhkd1/status/1748576941827907675?t=tWGj6LMmN3I-XevE2jCXfg&s=19 Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Jan 20, 2024 |
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# ? Jan 21, 2024 04:12 |
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so this tweet is the character designer saying that they mostly draw yuri artbooks and feel a little silly imagining BY THE CHARACTER DESIGNER OF BRAVERN on them they then followed this up by drawing https://twitter.com/sangsilnoh/status/1748762230278263087 if bravern also has yuri in it it might truly be anime of the century
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# ? Jan 21, 2024 05:09 |
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# ? Jun 8, 2024 08:21 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQVJ8kaMey0
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