CXXX: "Gravion" series

Let's see: a squadron of mostly female pilots and maids, a world that is victim to sentinent beings bent of erasing humanity, and one deraged genius holding the fate of our world... at the time, the only anime that clicked with these traits was
Gravion.  Years after seeing it, I feel bad for not speaking of it before.


Earth is in for one hell of a shakeup, and beings known as the Zeravire begin their plan to eradicate all life on the planet. Bringing the warning of their coming is Klein Sandman, who speaks of this during a party he hosted for the leaders of the Earth Federation Alliance. It's all taken lightly until one of the beings reveal its ugly head and cause chaos. Fortunately, even though EFA is useless against it, Sandman and his defense team, Earthgertz, stand ready to fight against them.

Then we have protagonist and central character Eiji Shigure. Seeking his lost sister Ayaka, he is sent a letter, supposedly by her, which ultimately leads to Sandman. He is tricked, however, into piloting one of the 4 Gran Divas, the G-Attacker. Even though he is reluctant to do so, he becomes a member of Earthgertz. Should the world be in peril, Eiji must combine with the other 3 Gran Divas, piloted by females, and the Gran Kaiser, controlled by Toga Tenkuji (the only boy besides Eiji there), in order to summon the mechanical graviton savior: Gravion.

Gravion ran for 2 anime series: Gravion and the sequel Gravion Zwei. The first ran for 13 episodes, while the second ran for 12, answering any questions left from the first anime in the process. Both were originally licensed and released by ADV, and currently by AEsir Holdings. There are many mecha involved, the titular machine being combined by 5 of them. Even the combined mecha itslef undergo a few changes between series, and almost in the fashion the original Mobile Suit Gundam was, there are mass produced ones as well. Now to sum it up, EFA and Earthgertz are not actually allies with one another, as there is some tension between them. In any case, Eiji is voiced by Chris Patton in English, and Toga is voiced in the same manner by Greg Ayres. Music wise, JAM Project did both the opening songs, as well as their respective insert songs, for both anime. The ending for Gravion is "Wish" by YURIA, and it is "La La Bye" by Honey Bee for Gravion Zwei. While it has no games of its own, the giants were included in the Supa Robotto Taisen game series, debuting in Super Robot Wars Z for the PS2 in 2009, 5 years after Gravion Zwei's debut

In all, I say this anime was a good as it could be mechawise, but it also has its share of comedy. Gravion get's a 7.5 of 10.