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Review for Super Atragon
Episode 1 | Episode 2
Episode 1: Zero Hour to Extinction
Episode 2
Is is an early spring for the Southern Hemisphere, or is their the possibility something is melting the South Pole? To find the answer the U.N. sends an exhibition to find out what is melting the ice cap which they believe is a giant column that is producing microwaves. Two of the members the team, Go Arisaka and Annete Sukara, take a helicopter in for visual confirmation when Annete suddenly panic as an attack is comensed upon them. The other members of the exhibition have been killed in the attack and the U.N. decides to counter attack with two nuclear missiles which only gets rid of the clouds that were blocking the column way. Now giant ring are attacking the U.N. fleet by crushing them in their center and bending energy beams. Go and Annete are seperated and the next thing Go sees is that he inside a ship that is inside an ice berg. Is this ship the way to defeat this new enemy and is Annete even alive after the first attack?
This anime does live up to all the attention given to it; the soundtrack is magnificent, the story is great combinig history modern sci-fi, and the animation is great. Of course Avatar could have been drawn a little better, with every preview I saw I thought she was a guy. Still it does seem to try pushing everything really far which makes it so much fun to give it a little MST3K treatment. If your not interested in sci-fi that isn't using lasers and huge fantastic explosion, basicly total concentration on action you may not be interested. This does actually cause a problem with the episode because it does try to cater to those people. Just think about the plot, WWII, unknown, invincible enemy, unusual technology, high body count, for war nuts or RPG fans (we all couldn't wait till they discussed the Third Reich in U.S. History, I'm an American if you feel left out on that generalization, well who can resist games like Final Fantasy) its something you have to see. And if you like MST3K, you might not be able to resist it.
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