Brave Exkaizer Team

There are not many online facts I could find with regard of this mecha anime.   Very uncommon mecha show that anyone hardly knows (including myself, which is sad to say the least).

All my googling efforts ended nowhere until I later discovered that they were actually far more popular in Asia, than it was in European, USA, South America and Oceanic countries.

It’s fair to say  the content was more geared to suit Asian audiences.   After searching its material via Google Trends (and reading this link from Wikipedia.org), I could be right.  Here’s the following excerpt from Wikipedia.org

“Brave Exkaiser is a Japanese animated television series that began in 1990, created by Sunrise under the direction of Katsuyoshi Yatabe, and is the first of the long running Yuusha or “Brave” metaseries funded by Takara and produced by Sunrise. The story takes place on a present day Earth that was secretly visited by a group of space police led by Exkaiser who were chasing after an evil gang of energy beings called The Geisters (led by Dino Geist). Upon arriving on Earth, Exkaiser and his team called the “Kaisers” put their spirits (Similar to Sparks of the Transformers mythos) into vehicles all over Japan so that they could convert them into transformable bodies for themselves.”

Here’s the intro theme.

Some pics from the series

Exkaizer Hero Crew

Brave Exkaizer wall poster

Exkaizer

And here’s the list of heroes and villians.

Our Heroes

Exkaizer – Our Hero Intro

King Exkaizer

Dragon Exkaizer

Great Exkaizer

Dash Max

Sky Max

Drill Max

God Max

Blue Raker and Green Raker

Ultra Raker

The Villians

The Four Geists

Dino Geist – Ringleader of Geists

Lots of uncanny resemblances with Transformers G1 animated series. Here and there. In fact, it is said that they’re the new designs of Transformers G1 and they’re meant to showcase the “enhanced” design aspects of Transformers that were superior. Because of this enthused marketing ploy Takara wanted to do so much, that’s why it’s part of that long lineage of super robot series during the 90s.

Very intriguing.

Well, that’s all for now. I’m sure there’s plenty of facts to go I’m keen to find out why the series was only good amongst Asian audiences in the far east.  More will be posted in the future.

If anybody out there who knows better about the Brave series, feel free to guest post here.  I’m looking forward to hear your thoughts on it.

Was casually browsing online the other day after returning from work.

And I encountered this very awesome video clip and had to post it on my Facebook page!!

You couldn’t believe what I’m seeing here! It’s Taiwan’s very own Transformers 1/1 scale model of Optimus Prime!

Well sort of.

News said that a Taiwan local gardener built this giant (somewhat) replica of Optimus Prime model, using all the spare parts of the brake discs and other auto parts as a special present for his 10 year old son. Awww… How incredibly sweet of him! ^^

And to show he meant it with all his heart and soul, he’s spent two weeks to construct a 430 cm tall and about 500 kgs of weight as prove of his dedication for making a wonderful gift for his soul.

Man. What a swell kind of guy! That clearly shows his passion and love for this little big ‘project’ of his. ^^

Source: Youtube.com

After reading this post in twitter,  I started to think myself how can the guy in the video really want to take over with the world with this so-called giant robots.   If you’re really planning to take over whole world with giant robots, then start working ahead towards being an actual scientist, rather than be a make-believe giant robot scientist wannabe! :-/

Source: Tonydyson.com, Youtube.com

Before I resume, I just want to say Happy New Year 2010 to everyone! And hope everybody had a great Christmas break and safe New Year’s holiday!  Now the new year  with the second decade of 2000 rolling in, lots of goals and objectives everybody wants to aim.

I certainly have some.  One of my goals is to resume blogging again after being away in my Christmas/NY’s holidays. :-)

And today, I want to share something I learned from AltJapan the other day.

You will find that he’s stumbled across some very interesting documents about GCS…

All the early concept artwork of Mospaeda were found! At last!  It’s been so many years since the show finished in the early 80’s.  And here we have an actual copy of the documents sitting in the all-forgotten warehouse (where the original studio used to run), somewhere in Japan.

You can even download the copy of its documents too! Take a look!!!

Source:  AltJapan.com

Speaking of Tetsujin 28 statue on my last post,  Japan’s mobile phone telecommunications provider, NTT Docomo, not long ago aired their new TV commercial, featuring Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s Tetsujin 28 (Gigantor in English).

NT Docomo TV commercial poster: Featuring Tetsujin 28 with a Japanese businessman holding laptop in what appears to be his remote control device just like Shotaro Kenada with his remote control device from TV series.

Basically, the main attraction behind this is to grant the computer users the ability to gain remote control on any movable vehicles or devices using NT Docomo’s wireless data communications adaptor (via USB port).

And when they mean any, they literally do mean ANY.

And what better way to give their latest telecommunication gadgets the ultimate test is to use an 18-foot giant robot as the prime example to show off its power capabilities.

After reviewing their website, I had a quick browse.  By passing all their nifty Flash player presentations (just like any other ordinary company websites’ that wish to show off their media content) explaining about their latest telecommunications invention,  I found several downloadable wallpaper images of the Tetsujin 28 (select link 05 on the main page).

Tetsujin 28 Wallpaper (1)

Tetsujin 28 Wallpaper (2)

Tetsujin 28 Wallpaper (3)

Tetsujin 28 Wallpaper (4)

These images are 1024 x 768.  There are larger ones as well you can try ie 1280 x 1024 and 1680 x 1050, if you have a bigger LCD screen with bigger resolutions.  So those are sure nice to have.

There’s also this wicked screensaver you load onto your computer once downloaded (which I downloaded and tested it).  And what it shows you is the computer prompt screen that loads some OS code and after a few seconds, you’ll see number of blueprint images of Tetsujin 28 appearing on the right half of the screen.

For a telecommunications provider to come up with a design like this and little or no relation to Japan’s  anime industry, they sure deserve the big pin-ups for great media works such as these.  Good on them for making such effort!

Source: ANN.com, NTDocomo

Reading my news feed here, TV-adapted movie, Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, was announced the award winner of the 15th Asian Film Festival (AFF) in the best animation category in Lyon, France. Knowing that I was there in France on a long holiday, I’m familiar with the fact that sout-eastern parts of France are well-known for many film festival activities, be it cult or independent-related films.  Cannes is a good example for its Cannes Film Festival. I never had the chance to travel down there while I was holidaying around the French Riveria. Our tour group were scheduled to stay there for two short days only.

Pity that…

Nevertheless, it was a great experience. I’m sure Lyon would be a great city to travel as well.

While browsing about it online, I found the festival video link that featured all Asian films and amongst one of them is a TV clip from the early episodes of the Evangelion.

Parfait!! (excellent in French)

Source: MyAnimeList.net, FestivalFocus.org

Reading the latest news feeds from Animenewsnetwork.com, our favourite hero of the great anime classics is experience a ‘major’ fault with his rocket-powered legs which prevents him from skyrocketing at the top of the USA box office charts.

Astro Boy Movie

The US $65-million film by Imagi earned nearly US $18 million after remaining in the cinemas for almost four weeks now. It’s ranked from its 10th place to 13th last week. Think the American audience’s feedback was generally harsh with it? Don’t know. Hard to say. I heard sources from online reviews saying the film has several cliché themes were overused especially (spoilers!) in the middle and end. That could explain why it contributes to its drop. But I doubted it’s got anything to do with the plot’s weakness in telling its own unique story as compared to the original so one wouldn’t expect too much originality in its perfect form, even for the hardcore fans. It’s an adapted film after all.

Find out more info about its US Box office ranks and its comparison with other films.

Source: ANN.com

Go Nagai with his Mazinger Z

Was reading interesting article from an Egyptian online paper on Go Nagai, talking about his anime works made such impact on several (and uncommon) communities in the anime world, including the likes of Middle East and African countries and explains how he got famous.

Here’s the following excerpt of the article.

For my generation, the generation of Mickey Mouse and Tin Tin, MazingerZ and the Japanese cartoon genre of manga, the printed comic cartoons, were something beyond our conception. I had neither understood the cartoons nor sympathised with the characters. For the current generation, however, their creator is a big hero.

Thirty minutes before the talk Go Nagay was to deliver at the Cairo Opera House was due to begin, dozens of young people, most of them are students at the Faculty of Fine Arts, were trying to enter the gate but were held back by security. It was amazing to see how popular this artist is in a culture so far from his own in every way. I made my way into the hall after myself getting into a short clash with the security men, who let me through when they saw my press card.

The lecture was part of the programme in a four-day visit organised by the Higher Institute for Cinema (HIC) in cooperation with the Japanese Foundation in Cairo to host the internationally renowned cartoonist in Cairo.

The visit included a lecture at the Artistic Creativity Centre at the Opera House and an interactive workshop with HIC students on how he designed and created his cartoons. Both the lecture and the workshop included the screening of one of Nagay’s latest episodes of MazingerZ.

“Egypt has been one of the places that I have dreamt of visiting since I was a child. And I am happy to be here tonight, and even happier to discover that my cartoons are famous here too,” Nagay says.

…………………………………………………………………..

The length of the lecture was too short to satisfy the audience. They wanted more interaction with their very own hero. At the press conference held at the Japan Foundation in Downtown Cairo, a more relaxed Nagay received questions from journalists, most of them of the younger generation who appeared to be up to date with the episodes of MazingerZ and Grendizer and were familiar with the most key characters.

Asked about the kind of influences that had shaped his imagination since his youth, Nagay said World War II was the most important and had led him to make a deliberate attempt to show children how awful and destructive wars are through his popular cartoons.

“The mangas are easier to read than long novels, at least for teenagers, and this is one reason why my mangas have become very popular in Japan since World War II.”

Source: Al-Ahram

Click on the above link to read more on the article.

After receiving Bandai’s Twitter updates last night, Bandai just released a new poll on what items do the online people normally get from the Bandai website.  Looking at the vote results of 504 people voted so far, they show

• 54.1% voted for  Imported Japanese Bandai toys
• 31.2% voted for Previous Bandai toys not available in stores
• 9.7% voted for Exclusive and collectible Bandai toys
• 5.0% voted for North American Bandai toys

It’s not difficult to see why Japanese Bandai toys are the obvious favourites as compared to the Northern American counterparts.  Japanese reserved more exclusive rights of their product range to their own local consumers more and they get more  special requirements than the USA citizens do!  Not to mention some of the really unusual toys that only Japanese consumers are better off catered with it like ettchi dolls and classic robot anime figurines etc etc.

For more info about the poll, check out at the Bandai Website.

Source: Bandai.com

A while ago, I signed up with a web-based anime cataloguing system, MyAnimeList.net, gives you end user the ability to organise all your favourite anime, customise the layout and design of  your profile pages, receive all the latest and most up-to-date information on the anime industry from Japan and the rest of the world.  It’s a very good site with plenty of bells and whistles on them.  They got a lot features you can use to present your views and opinions on various subjects such as blogs, reviews, anime, opinion polls, recommedations etc.

But that’s going to be on a separate blog post, which I’ll probably plan to write as a review in the future.

For now, the main agenda on hand is looking at Japan’s DVD/BlueRay rankings for the past 4-5 weeks.

Keeping track of MyAnimelist.net feeds, I filtered the results for “Shin Mazinger Z (aka the new Mazinger Z series)” and I found only one result there.  Its DVD popularity ranking stood as 24th, whilst its BlueRay ranking stands at 11th. With Gundam’s counterpart, its DVD ranks (for all Mobile Suit Gundam series),  was in the top 20 since the end of June till the middle of this month. Same is true for Blue-Ray counterparts.

Here are their official ranks (sourced from MyAnimelist.net feeds)

DVD

Jun 29 – July 5

*1, 502,228 502,228 Gake no Ue no Ponyo Normal Edition
*2, *19,861 *19,861 Clannad ~After Story~ vol.8 Limited Edition
*3, *10,172 *10,172 Sengoku BASARA vol.1
*4, **4,377 *18,877 Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows DVD
*5, **3,713 *24,031 Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone DVD
*6, **3,689 *18,599 Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season vol.5 DVD
*7, **3,225 925,172 My Neighbor Totoro
**, **2,466 **2,466 (Donald Duck Chronicle vol.3 Limited Edition)
*8, ***,*** ***,*** Kuroshitsuji vol.6 Limited Edition
*9, ***,*** ***,*** The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya vol.2
10, ***,*** ***,*** One Piece 9th Season vol.19
11, ***,*** ***,*** Toaru Majutsu no Index vol.6 Limited Edition DVD
12, ***,*** ***,*** Junjo Romantica 2 vol.6 Limited Edition
13, ***,*** ***,*** Gintama Season 3 vol.11
14, ***,*** ***,*** Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica Crimson S vol.1
15, ***,*** ***,*** Naruto: Shippuuden Mitsuo Shutsugen no Shou vol.2
16, ***,*** ***,*** Chrome Shelled Regios vol.4 Limited Edition
**, ***,*** ***,*** (Wall-E)
17, ***,*** ***,*** Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou vol.3

July 6 –  July 12

*1, 138,262 640,490 Gake no Ue no Ponyo Normal Edition
*2, **4,026 **4,026 Minami-ke Okaeri vol.4 Limited Edition
*3, **2,941 928,113 My Neighbor Totoro
*4, **2,569 *26,600 Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone
*5, ***,*** ***,*** Clannad ~After Story~ vol.8 Limited Edition
*6, ***,*** ***,*** Asura Cryin’ vol.1 Limited Edition
*7, ***,*** ***,*** Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows
*8, ***,*** ***,*** Sengoku BASARA vol.1
*9, ***,*** ***,*** Castle in the Sky
10, ***,*** ***,*** Kiki’s Delivery Service
**, ***,*** ***,*** (Wall-E)
**, ***,*** ***,*** (Monsters Inc.)
11, ***,*** ***,*** Princess Mononoke
12, ***,*** ***,*** Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
13, ***,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season vol.5
14, ***,*** ***,*** Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Pikachuu Koori no Daibouken
15, ***,*** ***,*** The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya vol.2
16, ***,*** ***,*** Spirited Away

July 20 – 26

*1, 32,408 723,532 Gake no Ue no Ponyo Normal Edition
*2, 17,163 *17,163 Hetalia Axis Powers vol.3 Limited Edition
*3, 14,137 *14,137 Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season vol.6 DVD
*4, 12,307 *12,307 Gintama Season 3 vol.12 Limited Edition
**, 10,694 *10,694 (Madagascar 2 Special Edition)
*5, *8,922 **8,922 Kuroshitsuji vol.7 Limited Edition
*6, *8,347 **8,347 Toradora! vol.7 Limited Edition
*7, *7,883 **7,883 Code Geass – Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 Special Edition Zero Requiem DVD
*8, *7,791 **7,791 Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou vol.4
*9, *7,527 **7,527 Lupin III vs Detective Conan DVD
10, *6,634 **6,634 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack 30th Anniversary Collection
11, **,*** ***,*** La Corda D’Oro ~secondo passo~ Limited Edition
12, **,*** ***,*** Queen’s Blade: Rurou no Senshi vol.2 DVD
13, **,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam F91 30th Anniversary Collection
14, **,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space 30th Anniversary Collection
15, **,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam I 30th Anniversary Collection
16, **,*** ***,*** Pandora Hearts vol.1
17, **,*** ***,*** Toaru Majutsu no Index vol.7 Limited Edition DVD
18, **,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow 30th Anniversary Collection

Aug 31 –  Sept 6

*1, 7,125 **7,125 Sengoku BASARA vol.3
*2, 6,307 802,388 Gake no Ue no Ponyo
*3, 6,213 **6,213 Saki vol.3
*4, 3,836 *20,100 Mobile Suit Gundam OP/ED Collection vol.1 -20th Century-
*5, 3,585 *25,397 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2 Sasanoha Rhapsody Limited Edition
*6, 2,899 **2,899 Valkyria Chronicles vol.2
*7, 2,830 *16,186 Mobile Suit Gundam OP/ED Collection vol.1 -21st Century-
*8, 2,324 **2,324 07-Ghost vol.2 Limited Edition
*9, 2,291 *14,869 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood vol.1 DVD

Sept 7 – Sept 13

*1, 4,731 807,119 Gake no Ue no Ponyo
*2, 2,058 *22,158 Mobile Suit Gundam OP/ED Collection vol.1 -20th Century-
*3, *,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam OP/ED Collection vol.1 -21st Century-
*4, *,*** ***,*** My Neighbor Totoro
*5, *,*** ***,*** Asura Cryin’ vol.3 Limited Edition
*6, *,*** ***,*** Saki vol.3
*7, *,*** ***,*** The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2 Sasanoha Rhapsody Limited Edition
*8, *,*** ***,*** (Madagascar2 Special Edition)
*9, *,*** ***,*** 07-Ghost vol.2 Limited Edition
10, *,*** ***,*** Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood vol.1
11, *,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack 30th Anniversary Collection
12, *,*** ***,*** Sengoku BASARA vol.3
13, *,*** ***,*** (Monsters Inc.)
14, *,*** ***,*** (no data)
15, *,*** ***,*** Usavich – Season 3
16, *,*** ***,*** Crayon Shin-chan Movie 10: Arashi wo Yobu Appare! Sengoku Daikassen
17, *,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space 30th Anniversary Collection
18, *,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow 30th Anniversary Collection
19, *,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season vol.7 DVD
20, *,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam I 30th Anniversary Collection

Sept 14 – Sept 20

*1, 5,845 **5,845 K-ON! vol.3 DVD
**, 5,580 **5,580 Winter Sonata Making Video
*2, 4,245 811,364 Gake no Ue no Ponyo
*3, 3,056 **3,056 Hayate the Combat Butler!! vol.2 DVD
*4, *,*** ***,*** Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Mirai-hen X vol.6
*5, *,*** ***,*** Zettai Karen Children vol.14
*6, *,*** ***,*** Utsurun Desu. vol.2
*7, *,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam OP/ED Collection vol.1
*8, *,*** ***,*** Dragon Ball Kai vol.1
*9, *,*** ***,*** Nintama Rantarou 16th Season vol.7
10, *,*** ***,*** Nintama Rantarou 16th Season vol.8
11, *,*** ***,*** My Neighbor Totoro
12, *,*** ***,*** Fresh Precure! vol.4
13, *,*** ***,*** Chi’s New Address vol.3
14, *,*** ***,*** Mameshiba The DVD
15, *,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam OP/ED Collection vol.2
16, *,*** ***,*** Cyborg 009 (1979) DVD Collection vol.2
17, *,*** ***,*** Crayon Shin-chan Movie 10: Arashi wo Yobu Appare! Sengoku Daikassen
18, *,*** ***,*** Tears to Tiara vol.4 DVD
**, *,*** ***,*** (Madagascar 2 Special Edition)
19, *,*** ***,*** Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack 30th Anniversary Collection

Blue Ray

Jun 22 – Jun 28

*1, Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone
*2, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season vol.5
*3, Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows Limited Edition
*4, Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows Normal Edition
*5, Queen’s Blade: Rurou no Senshi vol.1
*6, Toaru Majutsu no Index vol.6 Limited Edition
*7, Tales of the Abyss vol.5
*8, Utawarerumono OVA vol.1
*9, Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo vol.3
10, Tayutama -Kiss on my Deity- vol.1
11, Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari vol.2
12, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas – Meiou Shinwa vol.1
13. White Album vol.3
14, Final Fantasy VII – Advent Children: Complete Normal Edition

Jun 29 – July 5

*1, Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone
*2, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season vol.5
*3, Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows Limited Edition
*4, Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows Normal Edition
*5, Toaru Majutsu no Index vol.6
*6, Tales of the Abyss vol.5
*7, Queen’s Blade: Rurou no Senshi vol.1
*8, Final Fantasy VII – Advent Children: Complete Normal Edition
*9, Utawarerumono OVA vol.1
10, Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo vol.3

July 6 –  July 12

*1, Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone
*2, Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows
*3, Eureka Seven: Pocket Full of Rainbows Limited Edition
*4, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season vol.5
*5, Final Fantasy VII – Advent Children: Complete Normal Edition
*6, Queen’s Blade: Rurou no Senshi vol.1

July 20 – July 26

*1, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season vol.6
*2, Code Geass – Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 Special Edition Zero Requiem
*3, Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone
*4, Toaru Majutsu no Index vol.7 Limited Edition
*5, Queen’s Blade: Rurou no Senshi vol.2
*6, Lupin III vs Detective Conan
*7, Tales of the Abyss vol.6
*8, Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo vol.4
*9, Xam’d: Lost Memories vol.1
10, Code Geass – Hangyaku no Lelouch Special Edition Black Rebellion

Aug 31 –  Sept 6

*1, 9,691 *9,691 Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season vol.7
*2, 5,221 *5,221 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood vol.1
*3, 4,498 *4,498 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex BD Box vol.1
*4, 4,094 *4,094 Queen’s Blade: Rurou no Senshi vol.3
*5, 3,725 *3,725 Higashi no Eden vol.2
*6, 3,506 32,110 K-ON! vol.2
*7, 1,987 *1,987 Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo vol.5
*8, 1,748 *1,748 Tales of the Abyss vol.7
*9, 1,583 *1,583 Xam’d: Lost Memories vol.2
10, 1,419 *1,419 AIKa: ZERO vol.1
11, 1,260 *1,260 Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-Hen vol.1
12, 1,001 *5,053 Toaru Majutsu no Index vol.8 Limited Edition
13, *,778 90,189 Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone
14, *,759 **,759 Tayutama -Kiss on my Deity- vol.3
15, *,690 38,237 K-ON! vol.1
16, *,642 *2,871 Hayate the Combat Butler!! vol.1 Limited Edition
17, *,374 **,374 Kurokami vol.4 Limited Edition

Sept 7 – Sept 13

*1, 1,114 33,224 K-ON! vol.2
*2, *,891 91,080 Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone
*3, *,824 *6,045 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood vol.1
*4, *,717 10,408 Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season vol.7
*5, *,488 38,725 K-ON! vol.1
*6, *,345 45,148 Final Fantasy VII – Advent Children: Complete Normal Edition
*7, *,302 *4,027 Higashi no Eden vol.2
*8, *,294 *4,792 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex BOX1
*9, *,294 *4,367 Queen’s Blade: Rurou no Senshi vol.3

The ones highlighted in blue are Gundam and other real robot shows like Eureka Seven, Code Geass.  Another point I failed to mention here is that we have other super robot shows besides Shin Mazinger Z, taking some notable spots in the ranks as well ie Fullmetal Alchemist, Ghost in the Shell and Evangelion series.

So it’s fairly evident to say Gundam and other real robot shows are dominating the DVD sales charts as compared to the super robot counterparts.

Source: MyAnimelist.net