Review of SSSS.Gridman

Having not seen the original Gridman from 1993, I found this to be a decent mech-vs-kaiju show. The first few episodes are all over the place and the last few are a bit rushed, but it's fun for a quick watch that won't leave you so attached that it makes you want more episodes. A lot of inspiration was obviously taken from Neon Genesis Evangelion, and concepts from the show are just blatantly name dropped - at one point Utsumi writes 'God's in his heaven, all's right with the world' in his schoolbook. One of the episodes has a very Shiro Sagisu-sounding score which mayor may not have been intentional but I found it to be a nice homage to the composer.

The kaiju design is the strongest part of the show by far and without spoiling anything I just want to say that there are so many good kaiju-centric story ideas in this show that even though it was lacking in cohesiveness I still thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope Studio Trigger makes more shows in the mecha genre in the future.