History Anime / Gravion

** Just to give you an idea: The cover for the DVD release features the main female cast at the beach, with Faye and Luna ''taking each other's bikini tops off''. God Gravion is faintly in the background, as if to assure you that this show is about giant robot fights.

* WhamEpisode: Episodes 6-7 plunges the Gran Knights into one big DarkestHour little by little and pretty much sheds away that this was just a cookie cutter super robot anime, showing its true colors. [[spoiler:First, Mizuki openly left the Gran Knights and revealed that she was a spy for the government. Then Leele fell into a comma after learning about her true identity as Sandman's daughter and also her relations with the Zeravire, partially due to Touga's NoSocialSkill upbringing escalating, which caused Eiji to lash out and Touga lost concentration in the next battle, causing Eina to commit a HeroicSacrifice and in the ensuing blast, Luna went MIA, actually captured by the government. Because of this, Touga ends up on a ''massive'' HeroicBSOD and even Sandman for once fell into his own HeroicBSOD. Basically, at that point, the Gran Knights were seriously undermanned.]]

* EleventhHourSuperpower: The Chōjūken in ''Gravion'' and [[spoiler:Ultimate Gravion]] in ''Zwei''.

&% * DrillTank: G-Driller.

% * DrillTank: G-Driller.

%% * MsFanservice: Mizuki.

** Alex Smith, recurring MauveShirt: He eats ''natto'' while dressed like [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry Bogard]] and fanboys Gravion. Then he turns out to be a Gran Trooper (who is absolutely ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny thrilled]]'' to shake Gravion's hand).

* JAMProject: Both openings - ''Nageki no Rosario'' and ''Kurenai no Kiba'' - and both insert songs, appropriately named ''Gasshin! God Gravion'' and ''Enkou Gasshin! Sol Gravion''. They also sing ''Dangai no Tsurugi'' from the pachislot game.

* PigeonholedVoiceActor: Mizuki is a super busty MsFanservice, so it's not surprising that her seiyuu is YuuAsakawa.

%& * MauveShirt: [[TheFederation EFA]] pilot Alex; the Gran Troopers.

''Chōjūshin (Super-Heavy God) Gravion'' is a 13-episode SuperRobot series directed by Creator/MasamiObari and released in 2002 by {{Creator/GONZO}} (the animation studio, ''not'' the Muppet). Think ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' loaded with [[{{Meido}} maids]] instead of HotBlooded [[{{Transformers}} Autobot]] [[{{Expy}} Expies]].

* MaidCorps: And ''[[http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6586/moe30952gravion.jpg how!]]''
%% * {{Meido}}

%% * {{Dojikko}}: Eina.

* BoobsOfSteel: The bustiest maid in the series is Cookie, who is shown to have super strength and is head of the security division. The bustiest female member of the grand knights, by a wide margin is Mizuki, who is the only female grand knight shown to be proficient in any hand to hand combat. [[spoiler:Justified that she is a spy, used to sneaking around and knocking out guards to get her job done, as shown in her attempts to rescue Luna once she [[BecomingTheMask feels like she belongs more to the Gran Knights]]]]
%% * CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Hugi and Sandman]].

* {{Badass}}: All bearers of the G-Factor, and those capable of wielding graviton energy.

'''''Chōjūshin'' (Super-Heavy God) Gravion''' is a 13-episode SuperRobot series directed by Creator/MasamiObari and released in 2002 by {{Creator/GONZO}} (the animation studio, ''not'' the Muppet). Think ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' loaded with [[{{Meido}} maids]] instead of HotBlooded [[{{Transformers}} Autobot]] [[{{Expy}} Expies]].

* AscendedFanboy: Sandman might as well be an older [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Ryuusei Date]].

** BadassCrew: The Gran Knights, as well as the Gran Troopers of ''Zwei''.
** CulturedBadass: Sandman.

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:What happens when you put on Raven's mask.]]

* BridgeBunnies: The above-mentioned MaidCorps.

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Hugi and Sandman]].

* CombiningMecha: Naturally, the Gravions.
* TheComicallySerious: Raven.

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Hugi and Sandman]].
* {{Dojikko}}: Eina.
* DrillTank: G-Driller.

* {{Expy}}: Compatible Kaiser and G Compatible Kaiser of the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Original Generation]]'' sub-series bears striking similarities and attacks to the God Gravion and Sol Gravion respectively. It helps that Masami Obari, ''Gravion's'' director and character/mecha designer, was tasked by Banpresto to redesign the Kaiser.

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Mizuki Tachibana.
* HeroicBSOD: Touga, Leele... and Sandman.

* MauveShirt: [[TheFederation EFA]] pilot Alex; the Gran Troopers.

* {{Meido}}
* MidSeasonUpgrade: Sol Gravion.

* MotionCaptureMecha: Gran Kaiser and Gran Sigma.
* MsFanservice: Mizuki.
* MysteriousWaif: Leele.

* PowerCrystal

* {{Robeast}}s: Warrior-class Zeravire.

* ShowerOfAngst: Faye gets one.

* SkySurfing: G-Gradius.

* WrenchWench: Thoria.

* AttractiveBentGender: Eiji and Touga looks pretty good in a dress; Alex unknowingly hits on them - Eiji twice - and the maintenance crew of the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Minerva]] even [[CrowningMomentOfFunny tries to pick them up]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ''.

* CoolSword: God Gravion has the Graviton Sword in its chestplate, subverted in that while it's used as a finisher the first time, every other Zeravire is basically immune to it and thus it only gets used a small handful of times. It's not even God Gravion's fifth most powerful attack in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''. The White Steel Fang definitely qualifies, though.

* VideoGame/SuperRobotWars: Both seasons debut in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'', with ''Zwei'' returning for the sequel. Also, Obari did the redesign for the Compatible Kaiser in the OriginalGeneration sub-series, and one of the BridgeBunnies makes a cameo in the anime adaptation of the second Original Generation game (also directed by Obari). Eiji and Touga later make cameos piloting the anime-only Sol Gravilion, which is itself an obvious ShoutOut.

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This series provides examples of:

* AttractiveBentGender: Eiji and Touga looks pretty good in a dress; Alex unknowingly hits on them - Eiji twice - and the maintenance crew of the [[MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Minerva]] even [[CrowningMomentOfFunny tries to pick them up]] in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ''.

* ShoutOut: Gravion is losing badly against an enemy, when a new robot piloted by a mysterious person comes out of nowhere and saves the day. Mecha fanboy Alex immediately nicknames the newcomer "[[GreatMazinger Great Gravion]]", effectively pointing out the reference to the last episode of ''MazingerZ''.

'''''Chōjūshin'' (Super-Heavy God) Gravion''' is a 13-episode SuperRobot series directed by Creator/MasamiObari and released in 2002 by {{Creator/GONZO}} (the animation studio, ''not'' the Muppet). Think ''GaoGaiGar'' loaded with [[{{Meido}} maids]] instead of HotBlooded [[{{Transformers}} Autobot]] [[{{Expy}} Expies]].

Some of the characters make cameos in ''DancougarNova'', the remake/sequel to ''{{Dancougar}}'', and some viewers consider it to be the unoffical "[[SpiritualSuccessor third season]]" of the show.

** Alex Smith, recurring MauveShirt: He eats ''natto'' while dressed like [[FatalFury Terry Bogard]] and fanboys Gravion. Then he turns out to be a Gran Trooper (who is absolutely ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny thrilled]]'' to shake Gravion's hand).

'''''Chōjūshin'' (Super-Heavy God) Gravion''' is a 13-episode SuperRobot series directed by Creator/MasamiObari and released in 2002 by {{Gonzo}} (the animation studio, ''not'' the Muppet). Think ''GaoGaiGar'' loaded with [[{{Meido}} maids]] instead of HotBlooded [[{{Transformers}} Autobot]] [[{{Expy}} Expies]].

Most definitely ''not'' to be confused with ''{{Gravitation}}''.

[[WarWasBeginning The Earth's about to come under attack]] by an alien race called the Zeravire. However, a mysterious billionaire named Klein Sandman has prepared for the invasion with God Gravion, a [[SuperRobotGenre Super Robot]] that uses the power of gravity to fight. The protagonist is Eiji Shigure, a young man who infiltrates Sandman's St. Germain Castle in search of his missing older sister Ayaka, and is recruited as part of the Gran Knights. The story is given a different slant: although Eiji is the main character, he's effectively TheLancer of this particular [[FiveManBand Six Man Band]], piloting the G-Attacker, the God Gravion's right leg, rather than being the main pilot.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Chief among them: Creator/HikaruMidorikawa, Creator/KenichiSuzumura, Creator/JunFukuyama, YuuAsakawa, Creator/HoukoKuwashima, Creator/ShowHayami and Creator/MichikoNeya among others.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Chief among them: Creator/HikaruMidorikawa, Creator/KenichiSuzumura, Creator/JunFukuyama, YuuAsakawa, Creator/HoukoKuwashima, Creator/ShowHayami and MichikoNeya among others.