[Kiwami]

Another great episode.

I could point out the characters, the action-scenes or the animation: But what I want to highlight is that I love how they handle the combinations and general mecha design.

I noticed it with their short back then too where the robot had a half orange head with a screw in the back which was clearly inspired by the original toy with its translucent plastic light piping feature, but looking at Max Gridman...

I really like how you can see the clips, how "simple" the transformation is and how it all makes sense. Some shows like Netflix' Voltron go a long way to spice up the transformations sequence by adding extra machinery and stuff but with Gridman the panels just open, the arms go inside, done.

They take they toy and animate it, that's it. It's simple yet effective and as a collector I really appreciate how close this is to an actual physical object. They still take their liberties for action scenes but I really like how they translate toys into designs. Or in this case, design the mechas with real-world limitations so toy makers can translate it into plastic.