Hello everyone. I joined because I'm looking for a certain show I saw about ten years ago and I can't remember enough about it for Google to help out. I cannot remember the name and I beleive I only saw the first few episodes, but I was hoping that if I descrbe enough of the plot someone can point me in the right direction. I looked at the lists of mecha shows on Wikipedia and cannot find it, even though I know its dubbed.
I remember the first episode started with the discovery of a run down looking white and red robot underwater. The robot is dragged to surface and is then taken abort a cargo plane. Then we see the main character and what I think is his father testing to see if it works, which it does. Almost instantly after, it cuts to a few other robots attacking the plane. They are green/greyish and one has some sort of axe weapon. After a shoot out, the main character takes the robot and takes them down, but his father is killed.
It then cuts to the father's funeral. Some thugs turn up and the son yells at them, earning himself a beating.
I forget how the plots interlink after this point, but here is what I can remember:
- There are all sorts of different controled battle robots. Some are shown used for construction, and another scene shows an academy for young pilots.
- A man steals one of these and takes off on his own, and he eventauly encounters the main character. Its a kind of "can you trust him?" thing.
- There is some sort of subplot where a group of CEO types have utilized a powerful weapon which engulfs target locations in lava and fire (I think)
The only other things I can remember are two small scenes:
- The 'rouge' guy flies a robot during a sunset. The robots hands are cupped, carrying the main character and a woman they encounter.
- The lava weapon thing strikes while the rouge is using the robot he stole. The very end of the second episode (and the very last thing I saw) was him calling the main character to inform him he has to escape and he is on his own now. It then cuts to the main character and the girl, who are standing on some sort of cliff. He turns and says "I think he just said...we're on our own...", causing the girl to pull a gun on him, ending the episode.
Does anybody have any idea at all what this might be? I had a VHS of the first 2 episodes that I watched so many times as a child, which I have lost after moving around too much. The only other thing I can think of is it was a Manga UK release, but I can't see a trace of it on their site.
Can anybody help?