Engine Oh G12 is a new transformer TV series that's super hot in Japan right now. In this clip, a dozen normal-sized motor vehicle robots transform into an indestructible giant mecha with a 12-man cockpit. Even if you can't understand what they're saying, the visuals are amazing. Engine Oh G12 is actually part of a series called Engine Sentai Go-onger, and premiered on TV Asahi last February.
(Thanks, Matsuu!)
ummm it's a sentai/toku series. not anime.
Think more Power Rangers, less Optimus Prime.
Posted by: Don | February 03, 2009 at 10:26 AM
@Don: You're right, silly me!
Posted by: Lisa | February 03, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Looks like my studying has finally paid off and I can now at least watch/understand TV shows for kids.
Yeah, I thought this was some new Power Ranger show and not Transformers. Still, looks like a good way to push the merchandising on the kids. I counted numerous items.
Posted by: vagrant | February 04, 2009 at 08:53 AM
They just owned American power rangers.
Posted by: japan | February 04, 2009 at 11:18 AM
This is not a new show, its the latest series of Super Sentai. Power Rangers is originally a Japanese show which Disney buys the footage for, cuts out all the asian actors and re-films it with American ones. They also change the story, and make the whole thing so very much more cheesy lol. You'll see this robot in 'Power Rangers: RPM' this year.
This season - 'Engine Sentai Go-Onger' - is nearly over, and the next season starts in Febuary (with a samurai theme). If you are interested in watching the Japanese version with subtitles you can over at http://www.tvnihon.com/
P.S. If you were interested, the first season from our childhood, 'Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers' was originally 'Kyoryu Sentai Zyu Ranger'.
Posted by: harpdevil | February 06, 2009 at 01:02 PM