Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern (2025)

KANLen09

Recommended

Brave Bang Bravern - *OP song plays, churns up* "Bang Bang, Bang Bang, Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang, BBRRRRAAAAAVVVVEEERRRRNNNNN!!!" *Explosion SFX* You have my sincere congratulations for being part of the spiritual revival of a long dead franchise.

What defines a dark horse? The Cambridge Dictionary describes it as such: "a person who is not expected to succeed in or unexpectedly wins an election, race, or other competition", or how the Mirriam-Webster Dictionary worded the definition even better: a usually little-known contender (such as a racehorse) that makes an unexpectedly good showing". And in this season, get ready for a wild goose chase of a show ...

Pixelbuddha

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

This has to be the greatest stroke of genius that ever saw the light of day.

The comedy and the meshing together of genres is made masterfully. I have never seen such perfection.
This show subverses any expectations you could ever have. Nobody can predict anything in this show.
The dialogue is absolutely off the charts. The innuendos are many and great.

The outro merges the perfection of the male body with the elegance of true culture.

Who ever conceived this idea needs to be protected and cherished. Whichever board of directors agreed to the script shall be deemed incredibly based.
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ForeverTraitor

Recommended

Funny

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Do you like Top Gun for totally heterosexual reasons?
Did Witch from Mercury ending so soon leave a gay-mecha-sized hole in your heart that nothing else can fill?
Do you find euphemisms about how good it feels to be inside your super robot hilarious?

If your answer to any of these questions was yes, you'll probably enjoy Bang Brave Bang Bravern!

Jokes aside Bravern is a very fun watch. Don't go into it thinking it's gonna be a gritty real robots story like the first episode leads you to believe. It's a comedy and should be tagged on MAL as such.

American-style military homoeroticism and mecha are a match made ...

Rian_Rahmat

Not Recommended

Funny

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Please note for those of you who want to watch military anime like this, because this anime is not completely military, so please read it before you regret it!

At the beginning of the anime story, it shows planes, tanks, aircraft carriers and modern robots.
I thought this would be the best Military anime of the season, but apparently not! In the last seconds of the first episode of this anime, my hopes were destroyed, because the appearance of a talking robot, What The He'll!!

It turns out this is the Power Ranger anime, do you know Power Ranger? Yes, this anime is more or less like ...

whiteflame55

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My pick for the most surprising anime of the season. I found myself loving this one for a variety of reasons, but first, I’ve got to talk about that premise:

Top Gun with aliens invading a la Independence Day but giant robot Kamina from Gurren Lagann comes to save the day.

That sounds like a mess, and while it kind of is, this is a show that revels in the mess. It leans in hard as the robot Bravern diagetically blasts his theme music from its cockpit (projecting his opening animation background behind him like a boss), proclaims that his pilot Isami is its soul mate, ...

Vrozty

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

[Literally everything at once! Impeccable action with intense thrill and emotional desperation, Rated R extremely, EXTREMELY hilarious comedy, and... steamy romance? Such chaotic energy, but with wonderful delivery- one of the best 3 first episodes among all genre of anime that I've ever watched for sure! 10/10]

Bang Brave Bang Bravern is looking up to be one of the most iconic anime of all time, for sure. From every aspect possible, it is so well-made, despite having so much potential still.

Among all of its qualities, what stands out to me the most is the drawing, for sure! The expressions, the shading, everything sets up the mood ...

nanakibh

Recommended

denkisoda

Recommended

Funny

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Don't be fooled; at least finish ep.1. If you enjoy mecha but got a little tired of “traditional” stories (and don’t mind some homoeroticism), give Bang Braven a try!

What should I expect from an anime directed by Obari Masami? Probably robots with crisp yet muscular design that can make striking poses. Yes, the top priority is to see some cool robots!

To my disappointment, the first half of ep.1 was totally a real robot mecha anime; and the robot designs were so…boring. There were some nice characters though, who seemed to be skilled, hard-working, and passionate…blah blah blah…

But you know what? After 10 minutes, all ...

Klabautermann

Recommended

For the love of god, please watch this fucking masterpiece.

Peak animation, peak over-the-topness, peak comedy. Everything you ever wanted to get out of a mecha anime, parodied to hell and back and packed into twelve extremely easy to watch episodes that will leave you craving more. All that being said, god-forbid you try to take anything too seriously or question the plot too much - it's entirely not what the anime wants from you. Sit back and enjoy how much this title seems to indulge the goofiness of itself and anime as a genre. There is little I can say the other reviews haven't pointed ...

Toasty

Recommended

What the goddamn hell did I just watch.

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kiokushitaka

Recommended

probably my favorite anime of the season. it's got comedy, heartfelt scenes, pop culture references, sci-fi, mechs... lots of things i love in one place.

the animation was really polished and i liked that it used traditional animation alongside cg well and the cg wasn't glaringly obvious. the humor was tongue-in-cheek for the most part, with some pretty heavy handed innuendos. the action scenes were really nicely choreographed and fun to watch. i felt the story was solid and i was often left wondering what would happen next. pacing was good, and i hope there will be a second season.

Ember0110

Recommended

The general description for this show does not do it justice. I passed on this show multiple times before I saw someone review it on youtube - and barely a minute into that review I knew I had to watch it.

This is a mecha anime that isn't actually about mecha. Yes, one of the main characters is a giant robot, and there is plenty of robot on robot combat in every episode, but that isn't what this show is actually about. It's hard to describe what the story actually is about without spoiling anything or being somewhat misleading. Just know that ...

Timeline_man

Recommended

This show is Unabashedly goofy, and I love it for that. It initially presents as though it's going to have real-robot tone, but then swerves hard into classic Super Robot territory and makes it gay, and that's an A+ in my book. The humor, while a little crude, is hilarious. The drama had me tearing up at a couple points. If you're already a fan of mecha, and aren't afraid of a good, humorous time, you will love this show.

Frankly the show defies description. It plays a lot of the usual "super robot" tropes pretty straight a lot of the time, what with evil aliens, ...

Kittykate13

Recommended

Where do I even start?
This anime was an emotional roller coaster from beginning to end.
I'm not sure what I expected when I sat down to watch "the gay robot anime" but it certainly delivered.

I really enjoyed how it explored the themes of what it means to be a hero, what courage and bravery look like, and what it means to bond with and care about someone. Despite the abundance of robots (both sentient and not) it really showed what it means to be human and the experiences that make us who we are.

I appreciated how it could go from ridiculouslysilly to gut wrenchingly serious in ...

Shinkuo

Recommended

Stop reading reviews. Go watch it now.

Like a hot piece of meat off the grill, the more you stare at it before digging in the worse it gets. Do yourself a favor, watch an episode or two and then come back if you still want to see others' opinions.

Trust me, you'll thank me later.

Or you'll need bleach for your eyes. Same difference but clearly this show wasn't your cup of tea if you couldn't handle what is essentially pure MANLINESS distilled into anime form.
Only weak men, and women, can't handle the pure unadulterated love and passion shared by two men and a robot. ...

ConraDargo

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (10/12 eps)

I absolutely hate "Ga-ga-piiii!". I want Lulu to burn in hell and have her eyes gauged out for all eternity, while muted with duct tape so that she can't scream like an idiot. Because there's a lot of it here, especially during the first 5 or so episodes.

Just shut up already, you're annoying as f*ck >_>

Other than that, it's not too bad, even quite funny at times - until Lulu shows up with a "Ga-ga-piiii!", which makes me wanna throw my headphones at the screen.
It definitely turned out to be more interesting and enjoyable than the first episode's first half. Quite happy with what it's ...

Artvisitor

Mixed Feelings

This is what happens when you mix a traditional, serious mecha show, a cheesy tokusatsu (e.g. Power Rangers) show and Top Gun.

If this description made you curious then it might be for you. I can't really recommend it easily because the show is definitely not for everyone. If you can't take the cheesyness then you will probably dislike it, if you don't want self-aware comedy in your mecha anime then you will probably dislike it and if the "bromance" is too much for you to handle then you might also... Dislike it. Yet for people who look at the ingredients and think they have to ...

Kasuk

Recommended

Absolute trash... and I loved it!

Think of a parody of Gurren Lagann, bunch of jokes mixed in with action and a WHOLE lot of over the top nonsense.

But surprisingly the jokes are funny, the over the topness in the serious moments make you laugh, and nice payoff at the end even though nothing makes sense.

There are a couple of interesting plot twists even if everything else goes the way you would expect it, and the characters are decent enough. What I also like about this is the fact that there are tons of characters but you see them interact with different cliques at different ...

JTisnotcool

Mixed Feelings

teraphIl1000

Not Recommended

Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern is the kind of show that tries to be too many things at the same time.

It takes real talent to be able to write a story that can balance the drama of war with (often situational) comedy and gaudy mechs, talent that you won't find here, where all of these elements are thrown in together without much regard as to how they interact, leading to some serious tonal whiplash, usually to the detriment of the drama, and sometimes the fighting and humor. The humor, by the way, relies mostly on homoerotic jokes, so if you don't think gay men = funny, ...