Aliens are invading but worried about their BUDGET. Only three reluctant granddaughters in a giant lady robot can save us.
The Earth is being invaded by aliens. Fortunately, the aliens are so concerned about budgets and the cost of the invasion that they haven't succeeded yet. To defend the Earth, Dr Kishida has designed ARIEL, a giant robot shaped in the likeness of a woman with body-armor. Unfortunately, he has selected his relatives (his grand-daughters Aya and Kazumi Kishida, and his niece Mia Kawai) to be the pilots, and they are far more interested in their own lives.
Practical Effects
Giant robot design is gloriously impractical and very 1989
Director
Junichi Watanabe
Mami Koyama
Mia Kawai (voice)
Jurota Kosugi
Krest Saber Hargen (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Kazumi Kishida/Tomomi (voice)
Yuko Mizutani
Aya Kishida (voice)
Eken Mine
Prof. Amamoto (voice)
Fumi Hirano
Simonne (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa
Hauser (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Demonova (voice)
Osamu Saka
Dr. Kishida (voice)
Tomoko Maruo
Nami (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki
Ragnas (voice)
Kozo Shioya
Researcher A (voice)
Yumi Touma
Mother (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Megumi Hayashibara recorded this mere months before her iconic role as Rei Ayanami in Evangelion, making Kazumi's chaotic energy even more fascinating in retrospect.
ARIEL parodies the 'real robot' genre that Gundam built, mocking both military mecha seriousness AND the magical girl boom happening simultaneously in 1989.
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