[Kiwami]

Episode 3 was fantastic. I want to praise this show more but I feel like I would need to talk about everything that happened because everything was great. So far I do enjoy this a lot more than the Gridman anime and that's saying something, because Gridman was great also.

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

Did they ever mention how old that mummy is by the way? Because we've got some like juicy stuff for backstory involving little tidbits about both Gauma and the Kaiju Eugenicists now via Episode 3.

Funny that you should ask - the mummy was 5000 years old.

So yes, Gauma and his former comrades dying 5000 years ago, being revived, commanding "dragons" (Kaiju) and Gauma searching for his "princess" is all lore regarding the mummy that appeared in the OG Gridman episode which also marked Dyna Dragon’s first appearance as the "Dragon Cannon".

Plus, the dragon statue Gauma had was in the mummy’s possession as well, and it had a sword with an emblem on its hilt, said emblem was hanging from the pouch that Gauma carried.

There might be a deeper meaning to this eventually but for now it's a rather elaborate, clever and fun homage. If nothing else they took a random weekly story from the classic Gridman which happened to be the first appearance of what they turned into their main robot and made an entire plot out of it.