Garaga

Description

When a spaceship crashes on a bizarre alien world, its crew must use all their wits and skills to survive. The dinosaurs aren't the only threat: A tribe of warlike ape creatures is on the rampage!

Customer Reviews:

Garaga - An Overlooked, Yet Cheesy Piece of Anime.......2007-09-09

GARAGA was released in the late 80's when, according to Project A-Ko staffer Yuji Moriyama, a lot of newcomers were getting a crack at movies and OVAs. Garaga seems to fall into this category, because I can't seem to find any information about it online, not even at Bestanime.com. Oh, well, on with the review.

Garaga's story centers around the crew of the XeBec spacecraft, who go horribly off-course and land on the planet called (duh) Garaga. Apparently, through some abberation in the ship's computer, they were SUPPOSED to go off-course and warp here, because they have precious cargo: Heran Yun, the daughter of dignitary General Yun, who is currently trying to take over Garaga with an army of augmented ape-men (who remarkably speak good English) and his android companion, Alf Dolf (why the heck would you name your subcommander after a muppet?).

It's this kind of backward and cheese-filled storytelling that only gets Garaga a three-star rating. I've watched a lot of cheesy 80's anime in my time, but this one REALLY takes the cake. The animation and music are pretty good, including the mechanical designs and the one character's "battle gear" is wicked cool, but it seems as though Garaga was meant to be a TV series and got condensed into a movie. That happened a lot back in those days, especially with science fiction/adventure anime.

Just as an added warning, neither language of this film is really all that good, although if you want some giggles, watch the English dub for lines like "Is Jay directly attached to the director?" and similar fare. If you want something to tide you over while you wait for the next volume of Air to come out, then by all means, grab this--you can't beat it at its low price point. Just be warned that you're in for one long, cheesy ride.

I would rate this anime 13+, due to some blood and thematic elements.

BTW, be on the lookout for some "spectacular death scenes" by Tom Wayland, one of the employees at Central Park Media, as he plays countless soldiers getting wasted by combat robots.

Garaga is Great.......2000-10-19

Garaga is just an above average anime. There are sme times were it can be spectacualar, but otherwise theres nothing special.If you're just looking for something to buy you should probably rent this instead.

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