From Late 90s Sunrise Mecha series Gasaraki, Bandai for some reason decided to make a Robot Spirit out of this relatively obscure series after more than 20 years Gasaraki Aired. Back then the only merchandise available for Gasaraki series was Bandai model kit which was relatively affordable. This particular Robot Damashii rendition of Raiden cost 7500 yen and will be scheduled for May 2020 release. If this Robot Spirit was made 5-7 years ago i think Bandai could have sold them under 5000 Yen because with 7500 price tag, only diehard real robot fan willing to buy one. Since i am Yutaka Izubuchi's fan, i will get Raiden in the end as it exemplifies the Aesthetics of Izubuchi's real robot. Though i recall Raiden's colour scheme was green in the anime not the desert color that is used for the Robot Spirits.
Gasaraki would have been a good Real Robot series if it wasn't ruined by Ryosuke Takahashi's penchant for mysticisms. The series had solid portrayal of Global Politics with modern warfare even though it will be boring for viewers that are not into this kind of thing. The recent Bandai Visual's animation Obsolete seems to be a good spiritual successor of Gasaraki which could accomplish what its spiritual predecessor unable to. If this RoDA sales particularly well which is unlikely, Ishtar Mk2 and Kugai would likely follow suit.
Cool that Bandai revisit old title. Guess I will give this a miss. Happy with the kit I built previously. Ready to play action figure is still very much appreciated.
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