This whole episode was a wink to John Carpenter’s The Thing: the assimilated people in the Invader weren’t hostages; they were already dead. When moaning heads were still active even after splattering, it was pretty apparent there was no turning back. Ryoma did the right thing before anyone realized hope was already lost.
It is also a reference to the Devilman manga, also by Go Nagai. In it there was a turtle demon that devoured people, and their suffering faces appeared on its carapace.
First of all I just have to say that I think Getter Robo in all of its many forms and multiple series may actually be my favorite Super Robot Mecha franchise. With that being said, the Black Getter Robo is just so damn cool! My only real complaint with Shin Getter Robo Armageddon is that we didn’t get enough of Black Getter Robo. Also, Robots wearing capes is a super good look!👍🏻😎
Back in Black I love this Black Getter custom mod that Ryoma did, and he made this badass creation. Out of an unfinished Getter Robo on the moon. I still want an action figure of this Getter for my collection though. But I've seen one but it is expensive but it is a larger toy though. Might as well try to get the Revoltech version of it.
@@archangel5627 The Revoltech is smaller and it has revolving joints for more realistic poses. And may be somewhat cheaper depending on where you buy it from.
@@kenyattawhite794 That’s great because from what I’ve seen, the standard Getter Robo figures are quite large and very expensive. Like $400 dollars expensive and up. So to be able to buy a much more affordable Getter Robo figure that’s super poseable is some of the best news I’ve heard a while. Thank you so much for sharing and answering my question. I’m definitely going to look into that and I hope you manage to pick one up as well. Take care!👍🏻😎
I gotta say I did not see this coming Mazinger Z transforming into a gigantic rocket punch I mean I gotta say it was affective but apparently Koji's Grandfather Dr. Kabuto has gone off the deep end but I think he already went off the deep end when he built Mazinger Z and later Mazinkaiser because of the animation for this series looks like it's in the Mazinkaiser Universe with the way Koji acts in this series and the way Dr. Kabuto looks with that left eye of his.
Though Ryoma is indeed a badass, in this instance it's less that more that unlike the new team he doesn't give a shit about saving the lives of the humans absorbed by the Invader. That was the problem with the former, they hesitated because of victims whereas Ryoma knew it was already too late and decided to get it over with and likely as a form of mercy kill.
It's worse than that. Not only the Black Getter is limited by only having 1 pilot, it is also an extremely outdated model (1st gen) wich got damaged in battle and was hastily repaired by Ryoma himself.
