2014, 12 episodes:
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In the late Edo period, Perry's black ships were fought off by giant
mystical mecha. Twenty years later in Nagasaki, a young yakuza boss
has just unified the town under his rule by beating up everyone who
objected. But he's got bigger things on the way...
I'm so ashamed. There's about a third of a decent anime series in
here, but practically everyone in the show is a bouncy-breasted hot
chick in love with the hero, whose "official" job is as the strong guy
for a bathhouse and brothel. Yeah. You kind of have to watch between
the massive bosoms and the obsession with virginity (for once,
admittedly, male as well as female; see, Our Hero can only pilot the
Great Big Mecha if he remains "pure", and there's the idea that he
needs to pick one of the girls as a co-pilot or the thing won't move,
but this is just used to generate jealousy and then forgotten about
for most of the series). Everybody agrees that this series was
complete crap.
And yet there were bits of it I kind of enjoyed. If you can get past
the prurience, well, there's late-Edo alternate history (including the
Shinsengumi portrayed more negatively than usual), the historical
Japanese stereotype of foreigners, and some interesting mythology. Oh,
and a rather nifty steampunk airship. Animation is pretty basic, the
actual characterisation (nobody gets more than one personality trait)
and mecha action aren't so great, and the last couple of episodes
(which largely consist of mecha action) are often tedious.
I really can't recommend this one, but it had a few good moments.
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