My Cultural Diet

Several centuries from now, humanity enjoys a utopian existence and has begun venturing beyond the solar system. Even so, Tomoru Shindo remains apathetic about his post-college future. That all changes when a powerful alien weapon called Orgun arrives on Earth. A mysterious connection emerges between Tomoru and Orgun, which proves vital when the Evoluder empire arrives to reclaim Orgun and annihilate humanity. If he wants to save the human race from certain destruction, though, Tomoru must first confront the truth about Orgun, the Evoluders, and himself. There are some interesting ideas in Detonator Orgun, from the origins of Orgun and the Evoluders to commentary on the military-industrial complex, with time dilation and psychic powers thrown in for good measure. The execution, however, which consists of three hour-long episodes, is dull and convoluted. (The English dub with its stilted dialog certainly doesn’t help matters.) I enjoyed seeing some vintage ’90s hand-drawn anime aesthetic and mech designs, but Detonator Orgun is far from the best example of those things.

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