Goshogun: The Time Etranger...
Goshogun: The Time Etranger seems to be more infamous for having an extra E in its title than for anything that actually occurs in the feature...
According to the Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy (page 151). ISBN# 1-880656-64-7...
Goshogun: The Time Etranger is a confused mix of events and situations, with the people from Remy's past gathered around her bedside playing parts in her dreams. I didn't know who these people were before I watched this. And afterwards, I didn't care whether any of the characters lived or died. There's nothing particularly memorable in terms of gore and there are no naughty bits. In fact, there's nothing particularly memorable about this title. I gave Goshogun: The Time Etranger a 0 out of 5. I used to have Goshogun: The Time Etranger on subtitled VHS, but, in the aftermath of the Ultimate Otaku Fall Cleanup, I decided not to keep it in my archive.
In case you were wondering, the Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy (page 151). ISBN# 1-880656-64-7 goes on to spoil the ending...
Start Spoiler... Read on at your own risk...
Forty years ago, the GoShogun Team saved the world.
Now, decades after they went their separate ways, they find themselves reunited in the hospital room of former teammate Remy Shimada, who lies on the brink of death. She was always somewhat distant, even among her closest friends. And now, totally alone, she battles a relentless evil that deftly maneuvers her towards oblivion. A fight for survival which rages across her past and outside of time itself...
Buried alive at age ten, caught in a nightmare at age twenty, ravaged by disease at age seventy, she faces a darkness which whispers the same prophecy over and over: You have no chance. You will die. Give up.
But Remy has beaten the odds before. And, with the team at her side, she battles the dark strangers who drive her to the edge of despair. But can she possibly triumph...?
According to the Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy (page 151). ISBN# 1-880656-64-7...
Goshogun: Time Etranger (1985). often confused with the unrelated TIME STRANGER, ...is the incarnation of the series best known today, through the dub made by Manga Entertainment. Recycling the plot from the Goshogun novels, [Time Etranger] added a framing device set 40 years later in a world that looks like Chicago with taller buildings and hover-cars. Much of the footage is wasted on a pointless car chase, leaving little time for anything but a few shots of beeping machines and hand-wringing bedside vigils...
Goshogun: The Time Etranger is a confused mix of events and situations, with the people from Remy's past gathered around her bedside playing parts in her dreams. I didn't know who these people were before I watched this. And afterwards, I didn't care whether any of the characters lived or died. There's nothing particularly memorable in terms of gore and there are no naughty bits. In fact, there's nothing particularly memorable about this title. I gave Goshogun: The Time Etranger a 0 out of 5. I used to have Goshogun: The Time Etranger on subtitled VHS, but, in the aftermath of the Ultimate Otaku Fall Cleanup, I decided not to keep it in my archive.
In case you were wondering, the Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy (page 151). ISBN# 1-880656-64-7 goes on to spoil the ending...
Start Spoiler... Read on at your own risk...
[The feature] ...is a metaphor for Remi's critical condition in the present day, since she must confront the demons of her childhood and psyche if she is to awaken from her coma. However, her fate is left unclear in an ending that is either a ham-fisted metaphor for her death or a reunion scene riddled with continuity errors and poor writing. So Remi either makes a miraculous recovery, springs out of bed, and chases after her comrades, or dies, recovers, and dies again, depending on your interpretation.End Spoiler...
