The King of Braves Returns

Just remember: nothing, NOTHING, can stop the burning flames of righteousness that compel all true heroes. After putting the title on a year-long hiatus, President of Media Blasters John Sirabella has just made known the second half of the renowned late-90s super robot series, King of Braves GaoGaiGar, will finally see a US release.

I’ll let the man speak for himself:

“Gaogaiger second season is being worked upon as we speak and will be released this year...probably August, sub only and cheap at like $35 for the whole thing I believe.”

I’m glad my hopes weren’t dashed upon the rocks of ultimate despair, once having them raised earlier this month when Media Blasters re-solicited a box set for the series’ initial five DVD volumes. GaoGaiGar really is the best modern super robot show around, and it’d have been an utter shame had the rest of the television episodes not been released for the US fans.

Still, GaoGaiGar was put on hiatus because of exceedingly weak sales. While part of this I feel can be attributed to Media Blasters’ poor marketing and inappropriate decision to release the series with an English dub across 10 DVD singles, that doesn’t negate the truth that people (fans as well) just weren’t buying.

So here’s the rub: if you want to see all of GaoGaiGar, by which I mean the incredibly awesome sequel OVA King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final, then you need to buy these DVDs. Those who haven’t yet invested will be able to purchase the first five discs housed in beautiful G-stone-green art box for an amazingly dirt-cheap price of $34.99 (right now Rightstuf is offering the set for a mind boggling $26.24, and I’m sure the truly thrifty can find even better deals). So open those wallet and go pre-order the set, now!

Once done, start saving for the second DVD barrage, hopefully arriving later this summer…again at a ridiculously low price.

Seriously, anyone with even a shred of interest in robot anime would be doing themselves a giant favor by getting GaoGaiGar. The show admittedly starts off slow, but once you're past those opening episodes, it’s some of the best giant robot action ever put to film.

But for the time being, simply enjoy some “Yuusha-O Tanjou!,” GaiGaiGar’s epic opening theme song: