by Movies that were hit in Japan in 2023 include “THE FIRST SLAM DUNK,” which had a box office revenue of over 15.7 billion yen, “Detective Conan: Black Iron Fish Shadow” (box office revenue of 13.8 billion yen), and Kento Yamazaki (29 ) starring in “Kingdom Flame of Fate” (box office revenue: 5.6 billion yen), etc. Nowadays, it is typical for movies and dramas to come with original works.
artist As expected.” It’s the same with anime and the entertainment information web magazineTV Maga” (WonderSpace) project. We asked 100 people about it! 2023 The Top 8 Funniest Anime of 2019 Ranking, with “Funeral Freeren” taking first place. All of the top 5 were anime adaptations of popular manga. While the visual adaptations of the original works continue to be hit, there is a TV anime with an original script that does not have a manga based on it, which has been gaining popularity mainly on the internet since it began broadcasting on January 11, 2024.
One such unique anime is Courage Explosion Burn Brave Burn (TBS), airing on Thursdays at 11:56 p.m. This series stands out with its plot, as a TV magazine editor explains. ‘The story is set shortly after humanoid armored weapons have been put into practical use. Unidentified armed groups attack a Japan-US joint military exercise held on Oahu, Hawaii.’
The soldiers are on the verge of destruction. At that time, a giant talking humanoid robot named Braeburn appears before the eyes of Isami Ao, a member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and the story begins with Isami piloting the robot and successfully repelling the enemy. Director: He has been active since the 1980s and has recently served as the mechanical animation director for such films as Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans” (2015-17) and Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch of Mercury” (2023).
This is the well-known Masami Obari.” This work seems to have a super robot” mixed into its military-like realistic worldview. Since the broadcast began, it has received a great response, becoming the number one trending topic in Japan on X (formerly Twitter). Its momentum was terrific, and on the general anime information site Anime” (Dwango), it was ranked #1 in “This Season’s Anime Ranking” (as of February 28).
What on earth makes viewers so excited? This is because of the preparation beforehand,” says Ryusuke Hikawa, an anime and special effects researcher and Japan Science Fiction Writers Club member. Since it is an original work directed by robot anime master Ohhari, it has attracted the attention of anime fans in advance. So-called real robots” were featured in the key visuals.
However, there’s a twist.’ Until the end of the first episode, they pretended to be an ‘authentic military-style robot anime’ (Mr. Hikawa). What do you mean by pretending?’ I thought it was a story about an invasion from space during a military exercise like RIMPAC (a multinational joint training exercise sponsored by the U.S. Navy) in the real world and the main characters riding humanoid armored weapons defeating it. Suddenly, a talking robot named ‘Braeburn’ appears before their eyes. The viewer realizes that this is a work in which a super robot comes flying into the world of a real robot’ (same as before).
Another intriguing aspect is the character development. ‘For example, the scene where the theme song is played. Normally, it would be an animation, but in the case of this work, Braeburn is singing it and broadcasting it himself. People in the real robot world in the play can hear it in their ears, and the main character asks, ‘What’s this song?!’ Furthermore, as the story progresses, Braeburn, a talking robot, seems to have unique feelings for the main character, Isami.
When I found out that there was a robot, I wondered if it was a love story between a human and a robot. I was starting to realize that this was the beginning of a strange anime that I didn’t understand.
