You can purchase Orguss on DVD over at Amazon.ĭisclosure: I bought the DVD’s for this review with my own money. So if you’re interested in stories that delve into the multiverse with likable characters and a solid story, then you really can’t go far wrong with Orguss.
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We already had a limited release a few years back but Discotek has re-released it and finally made this classic series more readily available.
Back in the day, this caused havoc with the various kits and toys released alongside the series but that’s been rectified with more modern toy releases.Ĭonsidering Orguss aired back in 1983, this DVD release has been a long time in coming. This made the titular Orguss a very different type of mecha, as it could transform through four modes. Having to merge universes forced the creative team behind Orguss to really make some very interesting mecha designs and the resultant aesthetic the series puts forward is very memorable.
It’s also worth pointing out here that the designs in Orguss were unlike anything seen before or since and still hold up today. Like many early 80s shows, Orguss has its heart in the right place and the resultant characterization is suitably warm and engaging, with characters like Kei growing from being a self-centered idiot to someone far more compassionate and thoughtful by the end of the series.
Overall the narrative is well handled for a show that could have ended up a confusing mess and the characters are all surprisingly easy going as well as nicely affable. The second in the Super Dimension series, with the first and third parts being Macross and Southern Cross respectively, Super Dimension Century Orguss was both a fascinating and groundbreaking show. The series builds up to a fantastic climax and the finale is both deeply sad as well as mind-bendingly both definitive and yet indecisive.
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