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American viewers know Genesis Climber Mospeada (1983) as one of the three unrelated series combined to form Robotech, but it's been unavailable in its original form. The program bombed when it aired in Japan (the toys didn't even sell), but Robotech fans have kept its memory alive. In the original story, Stig Bernard is a dedicated officer in the force sent by the human colony on Mars to free Earth from the alien Inbit, who conquered the planet 33 years earlier. Stig survives the destruction of the space fleet and forges a group of freedom fighters out of the unlikely individuals he encounters: irrepressible Ray, tough-as-nails Houquet, whiny Mint, Jim the mechanic, and transvestite singer Yellow. They bond as they destroy a seemingly endless succession of Inbit mecha. The Refles, the ruler of Inbit, morphs three warriors into human form. The females fall in love with Stig and Yellow; the male becomes a fanatic warrior, whom Stig dispatches in a climactic duel. Mospeada ends on a weak note: after 24 episodes of warfare, the Refles suddenly decides to lead her people to another planet where they can realize a higher destiny. Unlike their previous rereleases of Robotech, ADV did the needed restoration work for Mospeada: the colors are true, with no fading to pink. Although it's interesting to compare the original series with the familiar Robotech version, Genesis Climber Mospeada reveals just how far Japanese animation has developed in the intervening decades. (Unrated: suitable for ages 10 and older: nudity, violence, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
Genesis Climber Mospeada (Japanese dialogue with English Subtitles) Reviews
Genesis Climber Mospeada (Japanese dialogue with English Subtitles) Reviews
| 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful  A Surprisingly Different Experience., By A Customer This review is from: Genesis Climber Mospeada (Japanese dialogue with English Subtitles) (DVD) I grew up with the Robotech Trilogy version of the Mospeada television series and didn't think I needed the unaltered, Japanese original. But, I must say it's like watching a completely new story. Not that there are many differences between the Robotech and the original show. It's all about a difference between what American audiences and Japanese audiences wanted from their television shows. The music and dialogue is different. The whole mood of the two series' are polar opposites in some respects. It's surprising how different the same show can atually be. 16 of 21 people found the following review helpful  Okay series, weak subtitles, This review is from: Genesis Climber Mospeada (Japanese dialogue with English Subtitles) (DVD) A few words about the revisionist history I see in the Amazon review above. In recent years, the story has been propagated that the three series that made up Robotech were all failures in their Japanese incarnations. While it's true that Southern Cross tanked, Macross was the most successful animated series in Japan EVER at the time, and Mospeada, while not a huge hit, wasn't a bomb, either. It had a loyal fan base, it spawned an impressive toy line, and even a retrospective special set one year later entitled "Love Live Alive," featuring videos set to new songs by the Yellow Belmont character, along with some new scenes of life after the Inbit invasion. This ongoing smear campaign seems to have surfaced right around the time of the rerelease of Robotech on DVD, as its creators still, nearly 20 years later, try to excuse and/or justify their re-write job, hoping young fans won't know the facts.Like many, I grew up watching Robotech. This series was a favorite of... Read more 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful  Good series with a decent restoration, By This review is from: Genesis Climber Mospeada (Japanese dialogue with English Subtitles) (DVD) This series like Macross, Gundam and Transformers, was repsonsible for shaping the mech genre to what it is today (and is directly responsible for the creation of the famous Megazone 23). True alot of it does seem to be cliched now, but that's almost to be expected from these early series that have been copied by almost everything that came after. The animation is fine with good mech and character designs, a decent plot and quality music. If you can spare the cash and want a history lesson in the evolution of the mech genre then I reccomend it. My only real complaint is that some of the original errors that happened in the original film have not been corrected (they're few and quick: a part of Ray's head is missing for a few seconds on disc 3 right after him and Mint finish skiing, on disc 5 there's 2 instances where part of the picture overlaps itself for a second before being corrected). But these aren't anything too huge (we all remember the firt generation of Neon Genesis:... Read more |
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