Gear Fighter Dendoh is a super robot show that I’d never have cross paths with if not for SRW. It had a large part in the plot of SRW MX, which convinced me enough to watch the show myself (another show steeped heavily in MX’s plot was Machine Robo: The Revenge of Chronos, but good luck trying to find that online). That aside, I found Dendoh to be an above-average, entertaining show. Think GaoGaiGar with kid pilots and Digimon-esque weapons.
Directed by Mitsuo Fukuda before he did Gundam SEED, with an OP sung by Hironobu Kageyama, along with animated idol group C-Drive, this show is a blast. The story is basic: evil aliens plan to conquer the Earth, and it’s up to an advanced robot (Dendoh) manned by two kids to stop them. Aside from a few twists, the show is easy to figure out, and we get to focus on the fights more.
This is just badass. See those wheel turbines? They will do you in.
