Panzer World Galient

 Another mecha series cleared, and this one pretty much wraps up my journey to Ryosuke Takahashi mecha series! I started from Votoms and ended with Galient which ain't that bad. Out of Ryosuke Takahashi's work, Galient is the only that took on Fantasy spin with mecha but occassionally it does get futuristic. Galient's storyline is typical JRPG stereotype where a prince of fallen kingdom fought against BBEG to reclaim his nation. But the conclusion of the series does take a different spin probably due to cut off early like Layzner. In any case the series have some interesting ideas but weak execution and being sponsored to promote toys sales doesn't make thing easier. If i have to pick the top 3 of Ryosuke Takahashi's work probably Galient will be on the third after Votoms and Dougram because i like some of the concepts. Votoms still reign the top because it has the best mecha action sequence and while Dougram's story no doubt the best of Takahashi's, aging animation prevents it to claim the first spot. Galient also had an OVA called Crest of Iron which is pure Fantasy take of the series which is kinda a miss since the story is rather messy. Nevertheless Panzer World Galient had a significant contribution for Fantasy Mecha. Escaflowne definitely took a lot of inspiration from Galient and definitely tried to fill in the shoes but ended up in failure unfortunately. If SRW ever assembled purely Fantasy theme mecha series i would love to see Galient and Escaflowne fought side to side together.

 By now i have finished Votoms, Dougram, Layzner, Gasaraki, Blue Gender and finally Galient which covers most of Takahashi's work, if i got interest probably i will take a look on FLAG.