Chief among the forgotten things is the means to produce “ Megadeuses”, the giant robots of the show. In the time since then, its residents have rediscovered modern conveniences and some technology, enough to resume a civilized existence, but much remains forgotten. It has been forty years since “The Event,” a mysterious occurrence which caused everyone there to lose all their memories. Emphasis on “seemingly.” Every episode, this place seems just a little stranger than the episode before. It introduces Roger Smith, a professional negotiator who lives in Paradigm City, a seemingly ordinary place in the not-to-distant future. The producers of Big O worked on some of the animation for Batman.) But after a while, it becomes just as obvious that there is much more to The Big O than is first apparent. Batman: The Animated Series is probably the best-written, and certainly the best looking, of all American cartoons produced for television.

And it’s true, this does accurately sum up a lot of the show – the art style is just dead on Batman, and the many echoes from that series are obvious. The Big O has been described by many (and, one suspects, derided by some) as Batman: The Animated Series meets Giant Robo. If there was ever an anime series that seemed produced specifically for ( adult) American audiences, this is it. Information on the second season follows. If you ignore the second, much stranger season, then this still stands. Original writeup, dated June 3, 2001, posted after having watched the first season.

Big o anime characters roger smith.