Line #8 Anime/NegadonTheMonsterFromMars


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2	[[caption-width-right:250: Guess "Miroku 2" doesn't make for a good movie title. ]]
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4	''Negadon: The Monster from Mars'' is [[AllCGICartoon a short CGI film]] that [[GenreThrowback pays homage]] to the [[{{Kaiju}} Giant Monster]] movies from the 1960s. This includes having a grainy-old-film look, spaceships that look like toy models, etc. Despite this, it has a story that is played completely straight and the quality of the graphics is very high.
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6	The story takes place in the future, when humanity begins exploring Mars for colonization. They find a strange object there and, [[TooDumbToLive of course]], bring it back to Earth, where it turns into a monster and starts destroying Tokyo. A scientist named Dr. Narasaki, who has been in seclusion ever since the accidental death of his small daughter, is stirred into action and brings his old [[HumongousMecha giant robot]] out of storage to fight this menace.
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8	It can be found [[http://www.hulu.com/watch/117925/negadon-the-monster-from-mars-negadon-the-monsters-from-mars here]].
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11	!!Tropes:
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13	* AntagonistTitle: Negadon is of course the main villain.
14	* AttackReflector: The Miroku's drill is capable of catching Negadon's beam attack and sending it right back at it.
15	* BigBad: The title Negadon.
16	* DugTooDeep: Humanity begins exploring Mar seeking to colonize it. They end up accidentally unearthing Negadon and transporting it to Earth where it awakens and goes on a rampage. Narasaki comments it'd likely been slumbering there for millions of years.
17	* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Negadon goes up in a gigantic explosion after being run through by the Miroku's drill.
18	* HeroicSacrifice: Narasaki takes the battle to the space, knowing that he is unlikely to return.
19	* HotBlooded: He might be old, but Narasaki has his moments once he actually gets in the pilot seat.
20	* HumansAreBastards: Narasaki blames mankind for bringing Negadon upon themselves. Then again he's [[UnreliableNarrator not exactly in the mood to be fair,]] and ultimately chooses to kill Negadon and save the world anyway.
21	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Narasaki finishes off Negadon by driving the Miroku's drill straight through it's beam emitter and out it's back.
22	* OverclockingAttack: Narasaki kicks the Miroku's reactor up to the max to finish Negadon off.
23	* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "May my final gift to humanity...be sending you to oblivion!"
24	* RetroFuture
25	* SharedUniverse: With ''Anime/{{Planzet}}'', that takes place 22 years later.
26	* ShoutOut:
27	** A close-up of a moth might be a homage to ''Film/{{Mothra}}''.
28	** Narasaki is a scientist with a missing eye (he has a bionic replacement) and has the only weapon capable of killing the monster but refuses to use it, [[Film/{{Gojira}} sound familiar?]]
29	* StarfishAliens: Negadon is an alien monster that's not even vaguely humanoid and resembles some form of shellfish more than anything else on Earth.
30	* SuperPrototype: The Miroku as an in-progress prototype robot. Naturally it's ''far'' more powerful than anything the defense forces can manage.
31	* SuperRobot: The Miroku was created to be an exploration and construction device, not a weapon, but it still came even with built-in drills and a (sort of) RocketPunch.
32	* {{Terraforming}}: What people planned to do with Mars.
33	* ThisIsADrill: The Miroku 2's primary weapon is an arm mounted drill.
34	* TokyoFireBall: Negadon lands in Tokyo like a meteor, causing a huge crater, then proceeds to obliterate everything in its path.
35	* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The story takes place in 2025.
36	* TheUnreveal: The alien monster is never named within the film itself.
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