Genesis Surviver Gaiarth, Stage 1

Genesis Survivor Gaiarth has a pretty original story, original mecha designs (not your typical bipedal robots, though there is one as secondary character) and interesting characters. This makes it pretty enjoyable to watch. Lacking a bit in sound and music, it still does a good enough job.

This anime follows the life of Ital del Labard, raised in the wilderness since he was a child by his only friend, Randis, a War-roid (a bipedal robot), and taught nothing but fighting and surviving. Eventually, Ital finds himself in a city, meets more robots and joins up with a band of junk-hunters, namely Sahari (who seems fond of Ital), Fayk, and others.

Ital’s foe, and the city’s too, is a Beastmaster; one who can control droids by thought. At only 51 minutes, the story was going by pretty fast, which kept me glued to the TV, but I wouldn’t have minded it be a bit longer. This is though only the first part of 3, I wasn’t able to get a hold of the others though.

Ital del Labard: Since he was raised in the wilderness by a robot, he’s pretty clueless about anything once in the city, which makes for some good comedy.

Sahari: Ital’s first human friend, she is very grateful to him for saving her life and quickly becomes fond of him.

The Beastmaster: Typical bad guy, dark figure, mask, constant threats, he wasn’t the most original enemy.

The story is filled with a lot more interesting characters, yet all weren’t developed enough because of the shortness of this part of the movie.

The anime being a bit old, the colours were a bit washed up. Most of the animation was good, though there were times that it certainly could have needed improvement. The fight scenes were decent, though I’ve seen better.

The voices weren’t particularly impressive. I saw the subbed version, as I usually like to see anime, but I haven’t seen it dubbed, so I cant really compare. The background music for most of the story was almost videogame-ish, though there were a few catchy tunes.