[Androzani84]

Yeah, this has to be one of the most hype finales I’ve seen this year (since that’s when I first saw this show). Especially that reveal that Gridman was actually the og version all along (granted Ultraseven X did the same twist, but I don’t remember a lot about that series beyond the theme song.)

While I wasn’t in the crowd when the anime first came out, I found people on both sides of the dub vs sub battle mostly weren’t in this for the source material familiarity, since a lot of them were disappointed that Gridman’s “new look” wasn’t more robotic. Then again, we can’t expect everyone to be familiar with a short lived 90s show from the period where everyone wanted to replicate the success of Power Rangers, even the makers of Power Rangers.

Anyway, on with my regular feature. And boy, is it a big one.

* Zegga's design is actually recycled from a scrapped concept art of Kahn Digifer's invasion tentacle from the final episode of Denkou Choujin Gridman.
* Gridman's true form is, of course, the original design of Gridman from the 1993 series.
* The original Yume no Hero plays while Gridman fights Alexis.
* A piano cover of Motto Kimi o Shireba, the ending song of Denkou Choujin Gridman, plays during Akane and Rikka's final coversation.
* The area where Gridman and the Neon Genesis Junior High Students stand before leaving is a replica of a similar area Gridman stood in while within Junk in Denkou Choujin Gridman. (which Syber Squad used for scenes where Servo was talking while within Sam’s Compaq)
* In the Japanese version, Alexis Kerib reveals that the inhabitants of Tsutsujidai are Repli-Compoids. Compoids being humans who live in the Computer World in the original series. (The official subs by Funimation refers to them as replicants, removing that little nuance).
* One possible interpretation of what Rikka is to Akane is one of these, to Takeshi's good clone Takeo from the original Gridman. Rikka physically resembles Akane's real self, but her personality can be interpreted as an idealization of Akane's own, much like Takeo represented what Takeshi could be at his best.
And now for something in general throughout the series.

* One of the stops for the buses and trains is Sakuragaoka, which is the city that forms the setting of Denkou Choujin Gridman.

And to conclude, I’ll point out the final live action shot is the first few seconds of oxt’s mv for Union, this show’s OP.