GR -GIANT ROBO-

Season 1

13 episodes · Jan 19, 2007

A 40th-anniversary reimagining of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga classic through the cerebral eyes of Chiaki J. Konaka (Serial Experiments Lain). It's the 21st century, and mankind is threatened by a terrorist organization who wield GRs - ancient titans from a bygone age. The United Nations races against the clock to unearth the remaining GRs first. Teenage scuba diver Daisaku Kusama finds himself drawn into the conflict when he discovers the mighty GR-1 and forms a psychic bond with it. Now Daisaku must combat the other GRs threatening Earth and uncover their dubious past.

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  • S1E1

    Qubit:01 - Contract

    Jan 19, 2007

    Scuba instructor Daisaku Kusama discovers an ancient ruin beneath the sea. When the experience lures him back, he unwittingly awakens an ancient titan - and a power that now belongs to him.

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  • S1E2

    Qubit:02 - Invasion

    Feb 16, 2007

    Daisaku is taken into custody by UNISOM while they scramble to keep GR-1's awakening under wraps. When the terror organization GRO deploys one of their own robots to destroy GR-1, Daisaku must put his newfound power to the test.

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  • S1E3

    Qubit:03 - Confrontation

    Mar 2, 2007

    GR-1 fends off GR-2 in Daisaku's first battle. McKenzie takes Daisaku home to tie up loose ends with his estranged mother, but the reunion is short-lived when danger strikes.

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  • S1E4

    Qubit:04 - Awakening

    Mar 16, 2007

    GRO ambushes and captures GR-1 while separated from Daisaku. Stranded in Tokyo, the reluctant GR operator must now figure out how to free his robot from so far away.

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  • S1E5

    Qubit:05 - Investigation

    Mar 30, 2007

    UNISOM fakes Daisaku's death to protect him from GRO. The military organization's less-than-moral measures, combined with GR-1's collateral damage, give the young hero pause.

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  • S1E6

    Qubit:06 - Thunder Strike

    Apr 13, 2007

    GR-1 and the airborne GR-3 clash in Odaiba, but the enemy GR's psychopathic operator is too much for Daisaku to handle. Unless he can determine his own reason for fighting, Daisaku's robotic partner will be captured for good.

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  • S1E7

    Qubit:07 - The Desert

    Apr 27, 2007

    BFN journalist Maria Vovnich follows a lead on the GRs while Daisaku is transported to Nevada for study. Hodges, unable to fail GRO leadership again, plans a counterattack.

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  • S1E8

    Qubit:08 - Doppelganger

    May 11, 2007

    At UNISOM's Nevada base, Daisaku is introduced to "Disaster:" a salvaged GR with a striking resemblance to GR-1. Daisaku is warned by V that the GRs shouldn't fight, but has no choice when GRO launches a full-frontal attack.

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  • S1E9

    Qubit:09 - Separation

    May 25, 2007

    GR-2 returns for a rematch at the Nevada base, but proves to be a distraction for GRO to capture Daisaku. UNISOM's finest must protect their operator - at any cost.

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  • S1E10

    Qubit:10 - Flux

    Jun 8, 2007

    GRO narrowly captures Daisaku, who learns Hodge's personal motives. To prevent GR-1 from falling under enemy control, UNISOM decides to transplant its Avatar into Disaster.

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  • S1E11

    Qubit:11 - Truth

    Jun 22, 2007

    Vovnich & Chang go rogue to expose BFN. Daisaku is delivered to GRO's HQ, where he meets V's "mother." Hodges fulfills his final duty in protection of GRO.

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  • S1E12

    Qubit:12 - The Twist of Fate

    Jul 6, 2007

    Texas - operating the newly-repaired Disaster - settles his score with Hodges. Daisaku tries to escape the crumbling facility with V, but not before GRO's secret leader requests an audience.

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  • S1E13

    Qubit:13 - The Elder Gods

    Jul 6, 2007

    The gods have judged mankind unworthy and resolve to wipe Earth clean with V as their Avatar. GR-1 & Daisaku will stop at nothing to save mankind, rescue V, and carve out a new future.

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