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First, I must admit this is most of my exposure to UF, but I quickly grasped it was a [[Fusion Fic]] of a lot of different properties as opposed to a standard megacrossover, and for the most part, it works well, and on the good side of the ledger, using [[Revolutionary Girl Utena]] as the core of this mega-arc was a good call on Gryphon's part, and as a fan of RGU, he consistently treated the canon of that show with absolute respect, modifying it only to the degree needed to make it share a universe with Magic Knight Rayearth (which I felt was fused slightly badly but otherwise worked) and his own Mega-Canon, which is an expanded version of the Ah My Goddess canon on a multidimensional scale, and the way they all work is actually rather ingenious. |
First, I must admit this is most of my exposure to UF, but I quickly grasped it was a [[Fusion Fic]] of a lot of different properties as opposed to a standard megacrossover, and for the most part, it works well, and on the good side of the ledger, using [[Revolutionary Girl Utena]] as the core of this mega-arc was a good call on Gryphon's part, and as a fan of RGU, he consistently treated the canon of that show with absolute respect, modifying it only to the degree needed to make it share a universe with Magic Knight Rayearth (which I felt was fused slightly badly but otherwise worked) and his own Mega-Canon, which is an expanded version of the Ah My Goddess canon on a multidimensional scale, and the way they all work is actually rather ingenious. |
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On the somewhat less impressive but still decent side of the ledger is how several mecha anime were added to the plot. In this, Gryphon clearly invoked [[For Want of a Nail]] or [[In Spite of a Nail]] or even just cherrypicked what he liked and tossed out the rest, and while that rather annoys me (in some cases he tossed out all but the title robot and few key concepts and kept everything else), he did a great job adding Big O in an altered form as well as Gao Gai Gar. Gunbuster was also heavily modified ( |
On the somewhat less impressive but still decent side of the ledger is how several mecha anime were added to the plot. In this, Gryphon clearly invoked [[For Want of a Nail]] or [[In Spite of a Nail]] or even just cherrypicked what he liked and tossed out the rest, and while that rather annoys me (in some cases he tossed out all but the title robot and few key concepts and kept everything else), he did a great job adding Big O in an altered form as well as Gao Gai Gar. Gunbuster was also heavily modified (Noriko is in another dimension post-Gunbuster canon), but added quite well. I also have to admire how he said "screw it" and included the most badass Zaku II and had it plausibly win against the Shining Gundam in what had to be a rather amusing/awesome mix of Gundam canon which was so good the weak excuse tying it all to the larger plot didn't really bother me. |
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The bad side of the coin is Getter Robo, which keeps the concept of Getter Rays and the Robot and throws out the rest, and while it does get to do some badass stuff (with an RGU character doing [[Crazy Awesome]] stuff that would make Hayato Jin's jaw drop as the pilot), Gryphon flatly admitted he called it's second form (based on Getter Robo G) The Getter Ryger instead of Liger (despite being made aware of the correct spelling per series Theme Naming) and refuses to change it to this day, a fact that still makes my inner Getter fanboy's eye twitch on occasion. |
The bad side of the coin is Getter Robo, which keeps the concept of Getter Rays and the Robot and throws out the rest, and while it does get to do some badass stuff (with an RGU character doing [[Crazy Awesome]] stuff that would make Hayato Jin's jaw drop as the pilot), Gryphon flatly admitted he called it's second form (based on Getter Robo G) The Getter Ryger instead of Liger (despite being made aware of the correct spelling per series Theme Naming) and refuses to change it to this day, a fact that still makes my inner Getter fanboy's eye twitch on occasion. |
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