The Big O: A Forgotten Anime Classic
Released: 1999-2003Studio: SunriseEpisodes: 26
In the wake of Neon Genesis Evangelion over 25 years ago, the mecha genre has had few standouts. The Big O should have been one of them. It’s an anime unlike any other, a blending of Eastern and Western animation trends and storytelling styles to create an easily approachable yet extremely complex tale. What begins as Batman: The Animated Series wherein our rich, perpetually black-clad protagonist solves Paradigm City’s problems as The Negotiator, slowly becomes an existential battle, not only for Roger’s sense of place in the universe, but the entire city’s as well.
The first season of The Big O is mostly episodic. In it we follow Roger Smith, the pilot of a lumbering giant robot called Big O. The city, Paradigm, lost all of its memories 40 years ago but life has continued regardless. Inside the city, domes were built for the rich to live under while the poor are forced to subside outside in squalor. Androids walk among humans and giant robots called Mega Deuces appear seemingly whenever someone remembers something they should have forgotten. In pursuit of those memories is the Paradigm Corporation and its mentally unstable chairman, Alex Rosewater.
Ironically enough “the city of amnesia” in which The Big O takes place will stick with you for a long time after watching.
Rating: 4 out of 4 Stars
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List Of The Big O Episodes
The Big O is a mecha-anime series based on the manga of the same name. The series is directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama and animated by the Japanese animation studioSunrise. The series follows Roger Smith, Paradigm City‘s top Negotiator.
The first season of the series premiered on October 13, 1999 on Wowow with the episode “Roger the Negotiator” and concluded with “R.D.” on January 19, 2000. Starting on April 2, 2001, The Big O aired two times in its edited form on the Cartoon Network: once during the afternoon Toonami programming block at 5:30 PM, and once at 12:30 AM during Toonami: Midnight Run the 12:30 AM showing was the premiere and the more publicized 5:30 PM showing a rerun. In anticipation of the premiere of The Big O: Season Two, the first thirteen episodes were re-aired, completely uncut, on the Adult Swim block.
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Big O Is Trending On Social Media As Fans Celebrate The Classic Anime
Unfortunately for fans of the anime Big O, the term is trending not due to a revival of the franchise that ran on Cartoon Network’s Toonami but rather, because of a number of players that are part of the National Basketball Association. Despite this fact, anime fans the world over are taking the opportunity to revisit the series that focused on the professional negotiator Roger Smith who is able to summon a large mech suit that goes by the name of The Big O! With many fans seeing this anime as a combination between Batman and Gundam, it’s clear why it’s still a fan favorite!
Big O was , ironically enough being the same folks behind the Mobile Suit: Gundam series! When the series first debuted on Cartoon Network, it gained a passionate fanbase which originally allowed the series to return and continue the story of Roger Smith and this strange new world that would allow for the entire tale to be told. While a revival of the anime hasn’t been announced in any form or fashion, that isn’t stopping fans from crossing their fingers and wishing for one thanks to this new social media trend!
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It’s show time! Not only is Big O heading back to North America with a Sentai Filmworks/Section23 Blu-ray scheduled for June 20th, season one of the 1999 giant robo noir anime is streaming on Adult Swim. The show has been featured on the block’s online Toonami feed.
BREAKING NEWS: Looks like #Toonami now has the rights to stream Big O Season 1. Go watch it using this link:
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–——Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain’t It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
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The Big O/the Big O Ii
I grew up on big robots. From Battle of the Planets to Voltron, my childhood had them aplenty. And, of course, Robotech, the show that took transforming mecha to a whole new level, was the lynchpin to my anime addiction that now is seen weekly via this website. I also like film noir, the classic pulpy ’30s detective stories that you imagine in black and white with a slow jazz combo in the background. The Big O is a fusion between the two, taking in these parts and shaking in a bit of the 1920s silent film Metropolis and the animated version of Batman for good measure. But all these great ingredients have somehow made a lousy stew. It has plenty of style, but The Big O has wound up being one of my biggest anime disappointments.
The development of The Big O was rocky, but it explains a great deal of my issues with the show. Though the show’s creators planned for a 26-episode run, it was resized before broadcast to 13 episodes, which changed their whole approach. These first 13 episodes were completed and aired in Japan to a lukewarm response. However, Cartoon Network found it surprisingly popular when they aired it in America, and they commissioned and broadcast a second 13-episode season three years after the first season had gone off the air in Japan. Cartoon Network had the option to create 26 additional episodes but did not do so.
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