[DreamSword]

Episode 1: Over Tokyo

Hello! Hi! I plan to end off this "Year of Miniseries" with Gamera Rebirth!

Given that this is my first piece of Gamera media outside of the old SEGA CD video game, I have no idea how this is gonna go or what to expect.

So to give you my short first impressions, while this premiere wasn't anything amazing, I did overall like it, and am looking forward to the next five episodes over the next five days.

Boco, Joe, and Junichi are three friends whom will soon be separated by various things happening in their lives as they grow up, but are resolute in their desire to remain best friends forever, and even try to find a way to stay in contact with one another over long distances(this show takes place before the invention of cell phones).

And for the most part, the episode plays out like your average coming of age kid's' movie. There's bullies, there's the pressures of adults, and the fun had between friends during summer vacation. Things take a dramatic turn though when sudden, dragon-like creatures known as Gyaos begin attacking.

It's a fairly standard affair all around when it comes to things like this, and I'm not exactly holding that against the episode. The primary duty of a first episode is to introduce the audience to the base idea of the show that they're about to watch, and that's just what this episode does. Sure, the animation is a bit jank, but the main three characters are all likable, and when it gets to the Kaiju action at the end, it's alot of fun!

So with that, yeah, I don't have any sort of deeper analysis to give other than saying that, yeah, I had fun, and I look forward to more.