

SSSS.DYNAZENON
One day after school, first-year high school student Yomogi Asanaka comes across a starving man under a bridge. Introducing himself as Gauma, the strange drifter informs Yomogi that he is a "kaiju user," a person who deals with the "kaiju"—monsters who bring harm to the city and its citizens. The following evening, Yomogi runs into Gauma and his classmate Yume Minami. Simultaneously, a kaiju appears in a populated area of the city. Due to Gauma's lack of experience controlling the kaiju, he brings out a mysterious object from a glowing pouch, summoning a giant robot known as Dynazenon. Requiring the cooperation of four people, the mecha drags Gauma, Yomogi, Minami, and Koyomi Yamanaka—an unemployed man who was wandering on the street—into its cockpit. Their encounter with the kaiju marks the beginning of their entanglement with kaiju eugenicists—kaiju users who manipulate kaiju with ill intent—and their efforts toward bringing out the full potential of Dynazenon. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
One day after school, first-year high school student Yomogi Asanaka comes across a starving man under a bridge. Introducing himself as Gauma, the strange drifter informs Yomogi that he is a "kaiju user," a person who deals with the "kaiju"—monsters who bring harm to the city and its citizens. The following evening, Yomogi runs into Gauma and his classmate Yume Minami. Simultaneously, a kaiju appears in a populated area of the city. Due to Gauma's lack of experience controlling the kaiju, he brings out a mysterious object from a glowing pouch, summoning a giant robot known as Dynazenon. Requiring the cooperation of four people, the mecha drags Gauma, Yomogi, Minami, and Koyomi Yamanaka—an unemployed man who was wandering on the street—into its cockpit. Their encounter with the kaiju marks the beginning of their entanglement with kaiju eugenicists—kaiju users who manipulate kaiju with ill intent—and their efforts toward bringing out the full potential of Dynazenon. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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darkfeatherX
June 18, 2021
Humans always use monsters to visualize their fears and anxieties. And yet overcoming such oddities is part of human existence. Thus it's fitting that in SSSS.Dynazenon these fears materialize into "Kaiju". Both structurally and thematically, Dynazenon presents itself as beeing seemingly mundane. While unoriginal there is a new monster every week and the heroes overcome their weaknesses to beat the enemies. But there is nothing wrong such a with structure. For this is one show that takes it's structure to it's advantage. It takes care to develop it's characters, to imbue them with a sense of humanity. Character drama becomes the backbone of what isessentially a very straightforward action show. And when it comes to action, it delivers. Every battle manages to be unique and fresh in spite of the presence of supermoves and lengthy transformation sequences. The music is perfectly integrated to enhance action. Contrasted heavily with scenes of levity that keeps things from feeling dire or stale. Above all else Dynazenon is earnest. It beacons to an era where entertainment was less dire and dreary while simultaneously managing the desire to offer morals to it's viewers. If you aren't cynical enough to completely ignore raw passion, I'd highly recommend that you give it a watch.
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CodeBlazeFate
June 18, 2021
*some spoilers for SSSS.Gridman, as SSSS.Dynazenon is a distant sequel that's best experienced with the context of Gridman* SSSS.Dynazenon is an impressive follow-up to 2018's SSSS.Gridman. It improves on all of the visual elements of its predecessor while having a far superior cast that gets explored with the level of precision rarely seen in 1-cour anime outside of Ping Pong: The Animation. With said rogues gallery, Dynazenon maintains the depth of Gridman while having more overarching themes and ideas to focus on. SSSS.Gridman was a piece of anti-escapist media. Its focus was on Akane Shinjou and her struggle to accept that she can't just callously play amalevolent god in this world she created for herself to escape her problems. Despite some unease and dissatisfaction with the show's worldbuilding, it manages to tell its message in fascinating and resonant ways thanks to director Akira Amemiya and his team. Unfortunately, while its focus is primarily on Akane and perhaps one or two others, the cast was largely pretty dry. Most of the main characters hardly had much to their personalities and weren't all that entertaining. Outside of one side character, the cast was really carried by its antagonists: Akane, Anti, and Alexis. This is where Dynazenon comes in. The main focus this time is on getting over your troubles and regrets in order to move on with a sense of purpose and direction in your life. It explores this through its entire main cast and some of its antagonists, as unlike Gridman, Dynazenon wishes to explore and develop its ensemble cast. Yomogi, Gauma, Yume, Koyomi, and Chise make up the initial Dynazenon crew, as well as the heart and soul of the show. Let's start with Yomogi, as his issues are the least important. This is not a slight against the character, but rather a statement of fact that he himself agrees with. He feels uneasy about his mom dating a new guy who could potentially become his step-father. Big whoop. Compared to everyone else, his problems are the most benign, and therefore, the easiest to get over when the show reaches its bonkers 10th episode storyboarded by Kai Ikarashi. In reality, his character is more centered around understanding the call of duty in comparison to the normal life he tried to lead, and his burgeoning and frankly charming relationship with Yume. Speaking of, Yume herself is probably the most interesting and resonant character of the lot. In stark contrast to Yomogi, Yume is probably the most damaged of our main leads. Due to the mysterious death of her estranged sister Kano, she found herself detached and standoffish for years. Since the death came after Kano invited Yume to her club's recital for the first time, she developed a habit of asking boys out and standing them up, breaking promises like the one that was robbed from her. After doing this to Yomogi and realizing that the two are now pilots of parts of Dynazenon, they eventually become closer. Yume takes the initiative to find out the truth behind her sister's death, and Yomogi joins her as their relationship deepens. Said relationship is deemed interesting by Kaiju Eugenicist, Shizumu, who finds people's dependence on each other limiting and sad, but nonetheless finds emotions beneficial as they are what fuel Kaiju. The reason the two come together in the first place is due to Gauma and the appearance of the 4 pieces of Dynazenon. Gauma is brash, passionate, principled, and in no way accustomed to modern day society thanks to his experiences breaking away from the Kaiju Eugenicists of yester...millenia. Regardless, he's arguably the most entertaining of the bunch, and his struggle to remember the final important thing his beloved mentioned, as well as his grapples with being unable to find her, are nonetheless compelling. His interactions with Yomogi tend to be pretty amusing and endearing after the latter saves him from starvation. Plus, his antics upon getting a part-time job are priceless. He's the one who chews out Yume for standing Yomogi up and breaking promises (important thing 1), and he finds himself relating somewhat to Koyomi, as the latter lives a rather pathetic life by his own feelings (thing 2). As for Koyomi, he's a 33-year-old NEET. The most important moment in his life was when he ran away from his crush in middle school after she proposed to run away with him. He was afraid to take life by the horns, and now he's a loser who has made nothing of himself with the girl he likes ends up coming back into his life with a husband she's on the rocks with. At best, he lives with his younger cousin, Chise, who doesn't go to school just as he doesn't go to work. He ends up being a foil to Mujina, who has no ambitions and hardly knows much about herself. Koyomi goes along with the Dynazenon cuz it gives him something to do, and Mujina goes along with the Kaiju Eugenicists' myriad of motivations including the destruction of humanity and a world where Kaijus are needed, for the same reason. To round out the main cast without spoilers, there's Chise: the middle-schooler who felt ignored by all her peers. She's also the odd one out in that she's the only member without a piece of the Dynazenon. Yomogi has Dyna Soldier, Yume has Dyna Wing, Gauma has Dyna Diver, and Koyomi has Dyna Striker. Qt best, Chise just tags along and gets a little bit of practice as a substitute, but between this and Koyomi's own subplot, she feels like she's second fiddle once again. She's also the only one without any Kaiju Eugenicist to serve as a foil. Yume and Yomogi have Shizumu, Koyomi has Mujina, and while the next comparison is more shallow, Gauma does have the soft-spoken, mild-mannered Juuga as well as the more brash and psychopathic buttmonkey, Onija. Chise has none of that. Her arc does come to a head around the same time as Yume's does, and Chise manages to lift the both of them up in a time of need. However, she does have the fewest connections out of anyone in her group. It's not often that a 1-cour series successfully juggles this many character arcs at once so naturally while having all of them constantly play off of and run alongside each other. Each member of the show’s ensemble cast is lively in their own way, and has a lot of powerful moments before climaxing in episode 10. Even the Kaiju Eugenicists have a lot of chemistry with one-another, especially when the shoe dedicates time to showing them just dicking around. It's where Mujina in particular, ends up shining the most, as the empty and often stoic girl becomes just as vibrant, fun-loving, and expressive as most of the cast. There's still a lot of fascinating and compelling specifics regarding Yume and Chise in particular left out for the sake of a spoiler-free review, and there was still a lot to unpack. To think, we didn't even get into the characters that make this show a distant sequel. There's also the two-part ending that details what happens after the bulk of the conflict is over and everyone is forced to move forward on their own terms based on their developments, or in the case of the Eugenicists, drift along due to the lack thereof over the course of the show. We shan't get into them here, but the two returjing characters add even more fun humor, character chemistry, and transformations into the show. The ending is certainly weird, but it's nonetheless a powerful conclusion. The audiovisuals are also an improvement from Gridman. There is still a lot of CG, and when it comes to debris, it can still look weird and choppy. However, the tokusatsu feel is captured much better this time, as the compositing and the new kaiju models are more appealing to look at. The show still retains the feel of the rubber suit kaijus in toku works, as well as the environment toppling over like cardboard. It's just that the team at Studio Trigger has refined this aspect of the franchise, leading to more dynamic and stylish fight scenes with less of the jank of Dyna's predecessor. The character designs are a lot more vibrant than the largely plain and uninteresting designs of Gridman's protagonists. Even the returning cast looks incredibly sharp compared to before. Additionally, while there are still some wonky, off-model shots characters have towards the middle of the show, they don't seem to surpass Gridman's iffy moments, either. There are several absolutely gorgeous shots in every episode, thanks to often beautiful art direction and Akira Amemiya and his team mastering sick wide-shots. Then, there's episode 10: a highlight among highlights. Kai Ikarashi's more jagged, stretchy style lends well to the extreme emotions and situations the characters find themselves in at the climax of their arcs. Here, the show sells a sense of desperation and impact like never before. The visual representation of TV screen static and cracks and Yomogi tries to help everyone deal with their issues, is difficult to describe. It really must be seen to be believed. Rarely is Dynazenon exactly a masterclass of visuals aside from its noteworthy presentation Akira Amemiya carried over from Gridman. However, episode 10 isn't just cool and interesting, it a highlight of the year! As for the music, the show does something interesting yet again. It does carry over Gridman's distinct lack of music in a lot of scenes where no one's fighting. However, the show ends up having a lot of insert tracks thst liven up the battle and exist diagetically as music bumped up by the titular Dynazenon. Most of the music is likable enough, though special mention must go to the bombastic orchestral transformation themes, as well as the OP and ED. "Imperfect" by Masayoshi Ooishi is an incredibly fun and lively OP theme, embodying a hopeful, youthful energy more so than Gridman's OP did. It also makes a satisfying transformation appearance in episode 1, as well as a gut-busting appearance in episode 2. Meanwhile, "Strobe Memory" is easily Maaya Uchida's best anisong for being a solid, peppy closer to every episode. Her singing is way better than in her Gridman ED, to boot. SSSS.Dynazenon takes everything that worked about Gridman, and just runs with them. There are some strange character beats here and there that at least make some sense. However, there aren't that many issues to be had aside from some strange pacing at points, a few of the Eugenicists not getting all that much focus, and perhaps some odd aspects of the Eugenicists' pasts which also get no real spotlight. Still, this show is even more ambitious and emotionally resonant than its predecessor, knocking its messages and the handling of its ensemble cast out of the park! There are several fun, little touches as well regarding the way the show carries itself. Concurrent conversations overlap and there's often this sense of quietness and awkwardness to the characters as they bumble about their lives in and out of battle. It's this mumble-core type feel that further cements the series' identity. It is best if you watch SSSS.Gridman before Dynazenon, but either way, this show is a must-see if you wanna experience what will surely be one of the best anime of 2021.
NekoAkiraLee
June 23, 2021
This anime is over-rated, my score is only 4 out of 10, after watched 12 episodes Story is poor: 1) Story of Minami's sister takes a lot of time, but quite boring 2) Story and power of Chise is unclear 3) Story of Gauma and kaiju users has not been planned well 4) Story between Yomogi and Minami looks awkward 5) Power of Yomogi unexplained 6) Destruction of city has been ignored every episodes 7) Kaiju users' reason to battle is illogicalCharacter is awkward: 1) Yomogi is very awkward, shy like a female 2) Kaiju users still wearing same clothes, not blend into modern world 3) Minami's characteristic is very bad as a main female character Fighting technique and strategy is poor: 1) Everything regarding to technique unexplained 2) Every time kaiju appears, they just only start gathering, and sometimes people absent Good side of this anime: 1) Graphic is good 2) Robots and fusion are cool
Marinate1016
June 18, 2021
Dynazenon throws us back into the Trigger/Tsubu world after a 4 year wait and I’m glad to be back. The spiritual successor to SSSS Gridman, Dynazenon retains a lot of the same features that made Gridman successful. Great toku action scenes, a good cast with solid chemistry and an entertaining story. In my opinion, Dynazenon was actually better than its predecessor. I felt the main cast in Dynazenon’s chemistry, particularly the MC and main heroine, was amazing. A lot of their interactions felt like legitimate conversations, the seiyuus did a good job of removing that usual “anime voice” and sounding like normal teenagers. The side charactersin Dynazenon also were more interesting to me. I think they played a much more relevant role, especially the Eugenicists who act as the main opposition throughout much of the series. Their backstories are so well fleshed out that you almost want to root for them. The overall story of Dynazenon was probably slightly worse than Gridman, but the quality of the characters makes up for it. I think the show also does a good job of setting up Trigger to do even more with Tsuburaya, so I’m excited to see what they’ve got up their sleeves. Dynazenon, like Gridman before it is essentially a toku anime, and with all toku series the most important thing is the action. The CGI action sequences were well done and really brought back that feeling of watching Kamen Rider or Super Sentai on Saturdays. The kaiju designs were on point throughout and were a unique mix of classic Ultraman and Kamen Rider designs. I briefly mentioned it earlier, but I have to bring up the voice acting again. It’s one of those things that can totally change the atmosphere of an anime, and in this show it really created the feeling that you were listening to real people talking. That type of quality is rare in this medium and I appreciate it a lot. Overall, Dynazenon is a really fun time and does a great job of setting up future Trigger/Tsubu works. Based on its popularity in Japan, I don’t think we’ll be waiting too long for a third instalment. While the story may be weaker, I found the show way more enjoyable than Gridman, and the characters more likeable. I am sad to see it end. SSSS Dynazenon gets 9 Ankhs out of 10.
SanaeK10
June 18, 2021
Gridman was one of my favourite anime from 2018. I say this despite not being into Tokusatsu all that much. The way Gridman challenged your expectations and left you with grand anticipation for every new episode, plus the excellent contrast between the human/existential drama and the over-the-top action made it one of my favourites. Dynazenon on the other hand, is thoroughly average all the way through. For what it is, Dynazenon is still a fine and competent show, but it's really missing that extra something to really reel you into its world. The human drama and high stakes action are still there, though less intense comparedto its predecessor in both aspects. It's an average tokusatsu that doesn't do enough to elevate itself beyond mediocrity. The music isn't as good, the animation is less refined (though understandable given current conditions), and the action scenes all blend together. The show also reuses its transformation/combination stock animations far too much to the point of just making them unimpressive and dull as the episode rolled on. The plot itself doesn't go anywhere interesting, with the complete apathy of the general populace to their city being destroyed each episode (apart from like one scene) being such a strange detail I swore it was a plot point (it wasn't). It's your typical coming of age plot, learning to work with others, moving on yadda yadda yadda. The characters are again just fine. Like, there's nothing truly outstanding about this, which wouldn't be such a problem if this were a standalone, but the fact that it had to follow up Gridman leaves a lot to be desired. As it stands, Dynazenon is thoroughly average. It doesn't do anything particularly bad, nor does it do anything particularly good, though thankfully it isn't boring. But coming of the heels of Gridman, and having director Amamiya at its helm, it's not unfair to have such raised expectations coming into this. 5/10
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