Review of SSSS.Gridman

Essentially, SSSS.Gridman is a "monster of the week" format mecha anime, with a bit of a curve ball for the overall plot. This is something that I would only recommend to fans of mecha, trigger, or CG, and probably won't be something that I would consider re-watching. I had to give this show a 6 for a few reasons, but I would have given it a 6.5 if there was the option. The opening theme by Oxt is a complete ear worm with a filthy bass line. The soundtrack wasn't too shabby either. The CG was goofy in my opinion, but if CG decreases a project's productioncosts enough for it to get made, then its not such a terrible compromise. Good animation, especially the backgrounds, apart from the CG.

This anime was a bit over the top, and was very reminiscent of Tenga Toppa Gurren Laggan for that reason. (They even referenced/copied the drill break and Kamina's sunglasses.) I wish they didn't call out attack names constantly, but it wouldn't have been the same without that.

The Kaiju/gridman's design felt a little underwhelming, especially considering the series is an original and not trying to remain faithful to the source material or anything. Gridman's style definitely borrowed a little too heavily from Gundam.

The show's concept was interesting and pretty original, as far as I know, and sacrificed being well explained for the sake of not over-explaining things to death.

Voice acting/casting and character design were well done. I can usually find at least one character that irritates me to no end in every anime, but the characters in Gridman were mostly reasonable.

The pacing was consistent, and with only 12 episodes, this is a quick watch.