Giant Robo/YMMV


 * Adaptation Displacement: The OVA seems to have more of a following than either the original manga or the TV series. GR: Giant Robo is right out.
 * Alternate Character Interpretation: Sort of. There were two dubs. The first was... campy, but not so great, while the second was much higher quality and more consistent. But the original dub played Genya as a petulant, single-minded Psychopathic Manchild while the later one played him as a suave, calm Well Intentioned Extremist.
 * Ass Pull: In the episode with the giant vampire, it turns out Robo can create a... flaming cross!? Talk about being Crazy Prepared.
 * Awesome Music: One of the best soundtracks in the medium, courtesy of an Academy Award-nominee composer and orchestra. Look out for the famous opera track Una Furtiva Lagrima, too.
 * Example: Daisaku is in trouble, so Robo has just launched off. Only Chuujo is left at the base, so he gets ready to protect it. And then "Rush! Issei and Yohshi" starts playing...
 * Louder, clearer version of Robo's theme.
 * Crazy Awesome: This show wouldn't be half as awesome if it wasn't completely batshit insane.
 * No Export for You: This troper would personally *love* to read the original manga... but not even online English scanlations are available.
 * Tear Jerker: The Tragedy of Bashtarle in all it's sad glory. Especially when the aria 'Una furtiva lagrima' plays. The theme of the aria is 'the sorrow of people not understanding your true feelings', which fits perfectly.
 * The bittersweet ending.
 * Too Cool to Live: is powerful, wise and a total badass. He also has . Clearly, he had to die.
 * He was also voiced by Norio Wakamoto, making him way, way too cool.
 * Too Good to Last: The series ran massively over budget and suffered low sales, though the love the creators had for the story allowed them to complete The Day the Earth Stood Still arc, even if it took them six years to do it.
 * Toy Ship: Okay has there ever been a fan-fiction NOT doing this to Daisaku and Sunny the Magician?