Mighty Orbots full transformation sequence

The full epic transformation sequence as each of the robots combine to form the unfeasibly large Mighty Orbots.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• mighty
• orbots
• TMS
• tokyo
• movie
• shinsha
• osamu
• dezaki
• anime

[o82774]

This animation is divine. It is too magical to exist in today's era of entertainment that is driven by low quality and degenerate standards. The aesthetics that exists in this show (and MOST 80's cartoons) was so highly creatively developed that these works represent a cultural miracle that cannot be duplicated, mainly because it is totally beyond the abilities of fully grasp. This was the closest thing tv came to art and pure animation. Tv for brilliant children and adults with imaginations.

[eternalwing89]

Ahhh.... the late cartoon robots. they never tell you how the heck their robots gotten so big or change shape after combination, they just do.

[o82774]

@OvaltinePatrol

Haha my bad...got carried away and missed that lol

[o82774]

@Zignoff

You see you have a level of visual literacy that is quite possibly near non-existent not among modern animation audiences but modern animation CREATORS. This may be the crux of the disparity between this animation and modern cartoons. In addition to the shading The LINE QUALITY is OFF THE HOOK. This is love this is FEELING what ur drawing.

[zazelby]

Sadly, as awesome as the theme is, I don't think they ever played the full song at one time. This one cuts out most the final chorus except for the last line - you can hear the abrupt cut at about 2:13. Another episode - I forget which one - has the final chorus, but cuts the "Five lights shining together as one" bridge. The opening is the most abridged version, cutting out most of the song to squeeze in a "Robot roll call".

I'd love a soundtrack album, but I doubt it after all this time.

[Zignoff]

@Zignoff Let's not even mention the intro and theme song is completely epic and has more then JUST one word over and over again, like He-Man and Go Bots. There is actual lyrics in this. I like to hear what animetal would do with this an see what it could be like now.

[Zignoff]

@o82774 Hell don't watch many anymore, One Piece, Gurren Lagann, and Needless have been some of the latest, and there all ACTUAL Japanese Anime, but today's american cartoons.. whew, if they can be called that, I mean seriously this cartoon back the 80's is hand drawn with what looks like what 3 levels of shading? That was almost unheard in that time with those cartoons. Just the artwork alone had many levels of care.

[OvaltinePatrol]

@o82774 Actually, I was just making an environmentalist joke...But sure, what you said sounds true.

[o82774]

@Zignoff

True on both counts sir.

Modern shows are too over produced and micro managed to allow for the sheer creative and skillful freedom of these shows. These shows were made by small cadres of superhuman draughtsmen and brilliant writers willing to follow their lead and create stories with the lyricism of a beautiful IMAGE all working under pressure. Nowadays it's a legion of well financed low talent technicians sticking slavishly to scripts. These conditions rarely produce magic.

[o82774]

@mazimadu

Two words:

PURE BRILLIANCE

Two More Words:

SUPERHUMAN FEAT

[o82774]

@OvaltinePatrol

Yup. Whoda thunk that after this era was over that these wondrous creations would stop being made. It is ashamed this stuff is not cataloged enshrined and celebrated as the unduplicatable masterpieces they are. This level of aesthetic energy and yes even refinement (without looking processed and overproduced like modern cartoons) is simply not possible today. These shows were not cartoons. The were pure ANIMATION  working within the idiom of cartoons. Amazing.

[Zignoff]

@o82774 Just like back there are many diamonds in the rough. One Piece for example. But I do agree something is missing from most cartoons today.