Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion The Animation

If you like mecha with good visuals and fun, also for people that want to start mecha, get to have a chance to learn more about Japan and the trains/RAILWAY,there too, you in for some badass knowledge XD, people MUST WATCH this one Shinkansen. This is like the Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V of mecha. not your standard thing and more people need to watch both. Both are very FLASHY and has that SPIRIT AND ENERGY !!!!! The ANIMATION of Shinkansen is GODLY during transformation sequence of the Shinkansen trains (bullet trains/super high speed trains) to robots, BEST I'VE SEEN, dude I've seen a lot of robot anime. THIS IS GOOD. THEY ARE DIFFERENT SERIES/MODELS OF SHINKANSEN E5 E6 E7, etc. transform to BADASS ROBOTS. The robots can also combine, GATTAI , so this anime does not miss out on that traditional Classic part of mecha. The trains/robots also got BADASS NAMES like Hayabusa, Doctor Yellow for example, The Fantastic designs and names are BASED ON THE REAL THING IN REAL LIFE too. As you watch the anime you might start obsessing with the Shinkansen and Shinkansen knowledge too like the main character!!! Fights, the robots have feet equipped with wheels cause original part are wheels of the train so they can slide and ice skating around to fight in addition to running, REALLY COOL. ROBOT GOT GOOD WEAPONS, (Sword, guns, drill, charge blast, etc.) Characters are all really likable. Best part, the kids don't just sit and pilot the mecha using joysticks, they fighting as the mecha. MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE ENTERTAINING AS MECHA! Kinda like Wii sports where instead of pressing buttons on the controller to swing a bat, you actually swing the controller yourself. Character designs and personality excellent too, from the kids, to the aliens, to the commander officers. THE GIRLS ARE PRETTY CUTE !!! For all you that like anime BOTH Arc-V and Shinkansen are example of a PERFECT 10!

I remember when the mecha genre used to be one of the most popular genres in the anime medium. Around the early 80s to the late 2000s anime studio’s used to produce and release a tone of mecha anime ranging from Gundam, Brave series, Gurren Lagann, Ideon, Macross, Patlabor, Evangelion, etc. A lot of anime fans that grew up around that period loved the mecha genre and the genre helped the industry from crashing down in the early 90s. Unfortunately, as time went on the mecha genre granted faded out to obscurity thanks to the rise of the isekai and ecchi genres in the 2010 era. It didn’t help that many of the popular mecha anime from the last decade weren’t that good or at the very least pale compare to the mecha animes from the 90s, 00s. Darling in the Franxx, Aldonah Zero fall into the bad category while SSSS Gridman and Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans fall into the decent but pale other mecha anime from the past category. Excluding Gundam the Origin and Promare many of the great mecha anime were more on the obscure side such as Gundam Build Fighters (Season 1), Planet With, Gundam Unicorn, Little Battlers Experience Wars and my favourite of the bunch Shinkalion. A show that I never expected to good due to its kid’s label ended up being one of my favourite animes as being one of the best animes I have seen from the last decade. Shinkalion is at its core a celebration of the mecha genre. It homages every well-known mecha series out there from Gundam, Brave, Getter Robo and especially Evangelion, one of the most important anime ever made packed with the soundtrack and character appearances notably Shinji Ikari. Shinkalion also features Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, who’s a recurring character in the show, as a full-fleshed pilot. When the show is not homaging various mecha anime from the past it delivers and man what a plot this is. The story of Shinkalion may not be the most original thing ever but, the execution and story structure are what makes it stand out. Evolution is the key to Shinkalion’s successes. It starts as a simple monster of the week however as early as episode seven after the show establishes Hayato, Akita and Tsuraunki characters with their two-part introductory episodes the show break takes a spin of the monster of the week formula that we all use to seeing. Sure the Kitoralsus still ditch out monster of the week objects to fight the heroes, but from episode seven onward will you discover they are strategic and well-calculated villains that analysis our heroes every move, so much so that will start to gain an upper hand in various fights causing our heroes to think before they act. This alone really made the story engaging as I was always thrilled of what the Kitoralsus are going to do next. From reducing enemies numbers to summoning monsters that exploit various Shinkalions weaknesses the Kitoralsus are forced to be reckoned with. Speaking of Kitoralsus they are a fantastic group of villains. Not only they are an engaging threat from beginning to end they are also well written. They may appear as your typical black and white kids villains but again as episode 7, they grow out of the black and white villain status to a point they come just as human as the heroes, despite their race. When the show is not showcasing mecha fights the show spends its time at world-building and comedy and speaking of world-building. The world-building in Shinkalion is fantastic. If you want to learn about the Japan Railway System, and Japan lifestyle then you came to the right place. Though the 76 episodes run you will learn how trains operate in Japan, discovering different Japan city lifestyle that is different from Tokyo and certain places where people with certain interests would hang around. The world in Shinkalion feels accurate and alive and that aspect really strengths the writing in the series. On top of all that the show is simply self-aware of itself. Similar to Symphogear, Assassination Classroom and Martian Successor Nadesico the show pokes fun of its humour, for example, each character has a catchphrase that enhances the show self-awareness especially when certain characters would steal their owner character catchphrases. Oh, the show is simply funny. Many of the humour that the characters ditch outflows thanks to great comedic timing and chemistry. All of this was made possible by the show’s great pacing and writing. Toy/Card product shows tend to struggle in that aspect as their promoting Toys/Cards products rather than telling a meaningful story that kids can learn and while Shinkalion is certainly a toy product anime it has enough substance to make it stand out from its peers. Shinkalion moves at a consistent smooth pacing nether feeling rushed or dragged. Every single episode has a purpose wherever for character development, world-building, or story advancement. Themes of bonding, friendship, humanity, and communication are beautifully executed in the series. Shinkalion is a simple series that has focus. It doesn’t off rails just to meander to a certain target audience nor does it try to do something that is clearly not to a point it becomes incomprehensible gibberish. Shinkalion knows what it wants to do, and it achieves it with minimal hiccups. The beautifully crafted story won’t be effective if the characters weren’t not up to par. Thankfully the characters were not only fun to watch but they were nicely written. Let’s start with Hayato and man what a brilliant and lovable character he is. From the first two episodes of the series, I knew that he was going to be a compelling, interesting, and fun protagonist to follow. I love his fighting determination as well as his nerdy passion towards trains to a point where his friends have to speak rail language just to get his attention. Despite his rail obsession, Hayato is still human and character development and flaws showcase that from his naive drive that causes him to do reckless things at times, his fear of heights, to overall lack of psychical discipline, and he thankfully grows as a person through the influence from his friends that he encounters in the series that lead him to become a better leader. Lastly, I love how he influences various characters in the series to become better people, and his hobby reflects that as the true reason why he loves trains so much is he wants to protect everyone’s dreams by people’s using the Shinkansen as transportation. Hayato is the main component of Shinkalion successes and without him, the show wouldn’t be the same time. Easily my second favorite character in the show, as well is one of my favorite protagonists alongside Sana Kurata, Nagisa Shiota, Lelouch, Atsuko Kagari, Ciel Phantomive, Sena Arata and Iruma Suzuki. I liked Akita more than I should. He could have easily been the most boring character in the due to his distant personally that contracts Hayato and Tsuraunki happy personalities respectively, but the show proved me wrong thanks at his great character development. I also enjoyed his character growth throughout this series. He starts off a cold and less talkative individual, but he quickly starts to open up to others as the series progresses with the help of Hayato and the group. He’s has a catchphrase where he comments about where is the story is heading. Finally, I found his chemistry towards the other characters especially Tsuranuki and Shinbou to be impeccable. Tsuranuki is my favorite character in the series. From the minute he appears in the show I knew, he was going to my favorite character in the show. Hayato and Akita are strong characters in their own right Tsuraunki won my heart. I love his hot-headed and humorous personality. He also has the most sympathetic background out of the main cast coming from a family of engineers. What made him so special compared to the rest of the main cast for me is that his unpredictable mature. He’s still the hot-headed one of the team with his flashy catchphrase, but he’s more ma…

(Spoiler Warning) Okay, this needs to be addreased first. Kento Shinoyama can be a GOOD writer when it's not Toei's stupidity making him feel misrable. Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion The Animation is the example of how to make a good kid show once in a life time by having the writer be giving free will.If you're looking for anything deep, this would be it.But take notes I will make you understand why Kento can also screw up sometime when it comes to anime, but not all the time. Case and Point: Shuriken Sentai Ninninger and Kamen Rider Zi-O With the Toei staff being beyound terrible from newcomers trying to gain mentor wisdom is hard in a post deviant era that doesn't allow that. Toei over the last 10 years has been screwed up alot of good that are either Kamen Rider Or Super Sentai.It also really annoying to deal with Toei's idiot red ranger troupe for over 10 years in a row. That's right.I can go on hours of talking about this one, but i'll write it short. Shuriken Sentai Ninninger was a total disater of a show i'd say. It was sexist and nothing good or right ever came out of it. Mostly because it's leader Takaharu was played by a horoble actor who stole the screentime of his teamates. This was because Toei wanted to bring back the that troupe and kill whatever interest was good in the show. Also, Ninninger killed the franchise and thus making any new show after it get less viewers and toy sales not above avarage. In short. People with out a senior guiding hand to not mess up–ESPECIALLY for things part of a larger franchise. He wrote some of the worst episodes of Toei's Goseiger, Gokaiger and Go-Buster and few Spring films, but the guy who killed the Toei genre was Shoji Yonemura the Taisen writer who wrote the spring Kamen Rider X Super Sentai films back when i was still new to this. Well it has to do with their history on longrunning stuff…in that they’re better with adapting material than production of their own content, and if they’re writing their own original stories then they need a senior guiding hand to not mess up–ESPECIALLY for things part of a larger franchise. In example…believe it or not, as much as I’ve bashed Shoji Yonemura for the Taisen movies as it was clear he did no research and was writing what someone else wanted ad nauseum the entire time, I REALLY liked his work as the main writer for Kamen Rider Kabuto, as he gelled well with Toshiki Inoue’s works on it and for the most part both reigned each-other in, especially since Toei’s problem producer Shinichiro Shirakura (despite being credited on it) said himself he had no actual involvement with it which would have screwed it up. Normally though? Yonemura does not work well in writing original work that contains other people’s characters if he doesn’t grasp an understanding of them, and has gotten worse in writing original content over time. But beyond that Yonemura actually wrote a couple good Lupin TV specials in the late 90′s/early 00′s, and consistently does good work contributing to the Pokemon Anime from near its beginning up to this day–even doing Damage control for the godawful ending to The Kalos-related seasons. He Also did the adaptation for most of FAIRY TAIL, including writing its movie Dragon Cry. And now he’s involved in Adapting One Piece, and doing it well. As a proper adaptation? Yeah, involves reading/watching the prior content to get an understanding of them, thus it gets past one of his bigger achilles heels. But its clear to see he’s a writer that does better with guidance and training wheels on, than if you let him loose. Maekawa another Toei writer ends up much that same way. You know what else he did outside of Magiranger or Yugioh stuff? DIGIMON ADVENTURE 02 AND DRAGONBALL GT, much of what he wrote being the derailing stuff people disliked or content that didn’t treat past characters/events particularly well. His most well-received work was the first year of HunterXHunter(2011), but that’s about it. If a series is heavily producer mandated he’ll do what he’s told, but if its original writing it’ll end up in a way that the audience generally doesn’t like…with the bucking blame more likely to stop at the producer. Case in Point: Toei doesn't allow free will anymore, but only money making shill. Toei is just money 101 and never changees. WHen they a good show they get worse. Toei’s problem producer Shinichiro Shirakura since the 90's series that include Zyuranger has aways got over-barring at times who thinks Tokastsu is juvinale and doesn't give damn if its target demograhfics are either children or young adults. And back to the topic. Kento while having writing flaws in this show he alteast doesn't screw up important episodes plot points and one major thing he did was make the MC not open his god damn mouth. This show while having plots holes galore, filler and plot, deux ex machina and etc. Still made a good job in understading what trains are about and having your own family and team makes it far better than anything he wrote in Toei's trash days. I have nothing to say much to the show because i love the cast, and mostly the villians. My point was to prove that Kento can be giving good material to work on it when it's sourced and not original like Toei's Kamen Rider and Super Sentai being writen by morons weekly basics.

Simply great kids anime and as a teen I really enjoyed this too as a Shinkansen fan to combine them with mecha is super cool the plot is surprisingly fun and good paced. Wish they could include other shinkansen such as the e4 max 0-300 series too but it’s fine. Kids love this in Japan and maybe adults too and I enjoyed the story more than bleach filler lol. The battle scenes were cg but didn’t mind cause it fit in. I love the sound design too with the transformation scenes and it was pretty good. Simple story but the gimics and plot makes shinkalion really good